Middletown transcript., 1912-01-20
FARM NEWS AND VIEWS

In raising little chicks they should BIZ
given a variety of food that will help
build up the muscles and bone as well as
fat.
, In raising little chicks they should be
given variety of food that will help build
up the muscles and bone as well as fat.
In feeding mash, give as much variet,
as possible, always using corn-meal and
bran, together with some kind of cooked
vegetable.
Separate the smaller birds from the
flock and feed them separately. In this
way they will not be deprived of their
share of the food.
When the hen shows pal, head and
is sluggish, indigestion is at fault. Unless
too far gone, change to a grass run will
be beneficial.
Methods in all business matter is one OF
the secrets of success. Every poultry
breeder should follow method in the
feeding and care of his birds.
Clover in nitlo ogen, and in homogeneous
soils it develops tubercles which attract
nitrogen from the air where it is stored
in inexhaustible quantities.
In large pastures the animals roam from |
one especially attractive path of grass to
another, travelling all over the the field,
and trampIing down more than they eat.
Gull the flock so that the sheep are Of
uniform type, and present an even appear
ance. Only such as show evidence of
motherhood and hardness should be re-
tanned.
Some people assert that sheep do not
drink water at all but it may be because
that they do cot have a chance to get
clean water and must subsist on the dew
on the grass.
Soils that have been under cultivation
for a series of years without proper rota-
tion of crops lose the original humus that
nature had provided to make the land
produce the necessaries of life.
Most people have the idea that ducks
must always have mixed feed, but it is a
mistake, for they will eat wheat or barley
off the ground, just like a chicken, and
seem to think it good stuff.
Some men refuse to help their wives .
and daughters make flower gardens or al l.,
low them to have piano or pretty car
pets on the floor because they don't care
for such things" Neither does a mule.
While it may not be possible to en-. t
tirely free the fowls from lice, they may e
be kept practically free with proper care G
and attention. {
Fowls have no sense of smell. They
have nostrils, but no noses.
An ointment of vaseline and sulphur n
is good one for scaly legs.
Do not forget that grits and oyster
hell are as essential to fowls on limited if
ange as food ITSELF sC
An eternal fight against lice and mites d
8 the only thing that means victory for
he poultryman. Y
A broiler should have good, plump -
'reast, broad back, clean yellow legs and y
elloW skin, and small comb. y
Sour food should never be allowed TO r.
emain in the feeding pans from one q,
neal to another. Sour feed is dangerous. in
Full fed hens, having a we'll balanced
'ill lay larger eggs than hens on stinted -,
sed. r
Look after the roofs of the houses that sh
hey will not leak when the fall and win an
.r rains come. mi
Care is necessary to maintain the favor ne
! a choicl egg when it is not eaten as be
ION as laid. HI
Some strains of Plymouth Rocks are in
articularly noticeable for the large size ha
their eggs.
Hens with plenty OF exercise and COM De
rtaoie surroundings lay heavier eggs cr'
ian those in restricted quarters. tn
Lack of grit and green food cause De
uRgish action of the gizzard and in. co'
stlnes. Therefore, give plenty of green CMra M
cd. nv
Young hens that are now bright and
tive that have always been well, that =
i've laid right along and that have good
lcestry back of them, are the ones to
loose for producing stock.
A few undesirable eggs will lower the
ice ola whole crate.
The egg should be perfect in shape with
ssh, clean appearance.
Fowls that are still heavy in molt
ouid be given rich oil ration.
The money in the poultry business is
ade most often from the eggs.
Wheel, coarse cracked corn, and oats
the ideal summer feeds.
Feeding too nueh corn and barley is
'ponsible for much liver trouble.