The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1912-03-01

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Corn is the most relished by poultry
Of al grains.
To make money is the chief object
Of breeding pedigree hogs.
Systematic work is required to rid
poultry house of mites or lice.
The feed and feeding is the first i'm.
portant point in successful dairying.
One Of the most successful pigeon
raisers feeds his birds nothing but
whole corn.
Never feed soured or tainted food of
any kind to the chicks, or to the old
fowls, either.
It takes a good manager to make
a profit of 81 per head each year from
q single pair Of breeders.
The sheep industry cannot reach
perfection until every mongrel dog in
The land is eXterminated.
There is one rule always to be re-
membered: Never mate birds that
are Matched in the same nest.
It is best not to put sawdust in the
oCn1lfr hnnca
moisture and causes dampness.
II is a fact that the dogs destroy
more sheep in some certain states
than all the diseases combined.
Keep sows and pigs away from fat
tening hogs, and give them feeds that
produce flesh and bone rather than
fat
Thoroughly clean and whitewash
the inside of the hen house and it will
be lighter and cleaner during the en-
tire winter.
Cabbage is one OF the very best
vegetables to feed to poultry, as it
keeps green long time and the chick
ems enjoy picking at it.
An egg, to belong to the strictly
fresh egg class, should not be over
three days old in summer weather,
and a week old during winter.
If a man allows his chickens to roam
e1,, 80 dc
in the fall, he is preparing the way
for some sick fowls this winter.
He who makes a success in the
chicken business from the start will
be the man who does things, not he
who waits for a favorable opportunity
Get rid of the cockerelS as rapidly
as they get large enough and thus cut
off the feed bill and protect the others
of the flock from these scrappy young
sters.
II good, clean, sound grain in abun
dance, and a variety, with pure water
grit oyster shell and meat in some
form, will not produce eggs, nothing
else will.
Only an expert is able to tell by
the smell just when the cream is right
for churning. 1t then has a clean
sour taste and smells like nuts fresh
from the woods.
Impure air, as well as dampness
are a danger to any flock. Separate
the fiocks in punches of % or SO and
feed them separately and they will
make much better gains.
Always make the nest boxes easily
removable so that they may be fire
Cuently taken out of the house and
cleaned, disinfected and treated fol
the destruction. Of vermin.
The dairy farmer who does not build
q silo usually has some reason which
is satisfactory to him, but he cannot
longer use the excuse that silage ha:
detrimental effect on milk quality.
II is a mistake to discard a bree(
on the supposition that it is not {
hardy one Hardness can be instillet
in any breed by proper housing, prop
er food, proper attention, and syste
matte breeding.
Tie time Of milk giving is largely
Influenced by the period of CESSATION
as usually the COWS will be ready t.
dry up from six to four weeks befor'
calving. no matter how long she ha'
been giving milk
The scales and a Babcock tester
when rightly used, will accurately de
termine whether any Of your cow
are "grafters" just as surely as pal
% eo-,o eooIoc will show tha pXac