The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-03-24
Filth breeds disease.
Start slowly with poultry.

Filth breeds disease
Start slowly with poultry.
The horse must have fresh air.
The goose lays score or two of
eggs in a year;
Earliness is one of the main items
in raising broilers.
There is large opportunity for
improvement in horses.
Beware of the oily-voiced tree agent.
Buy of firms of known integrity.
1t is the wise poultryman who
studies the comfort of his fowls.
a weed cut before seeding means
hundreds less for the ground to be
feeding.
A little ground charcoal mixed with
the chicks feed will help keep away
digestive troubles.
Common salts will prove reliable
laxative where a physic is needed in
the treatment of swine.
Onions, beets, spinach. radishes and
lettuce may be sown as soon as the
ground can be worked easily.
Eggs cannot be produced without
heterogeneous food in some shape.
Bones are absolutely essential
Hardness in poultry is not indicat-
ed by color or plume. Hardness de
ponds upon the care of the fowl.
Any man who has ever had corns or
bunions can sympathize with horse
that has tender feet from any cause
The successful business man stud
les the requirements Of the market
and the farmer should also follow this
method.
Go over all garden tools and see
that they are repaired or replaced
with new ones before next season S
work begins.
Plant a quart or two of onion sets
as soon as the ground can be worked
White or yellow sets Of the smallest
size are best.
boar OF heavy bone Is more to
be desired than one Of slight build
Fineness as quality is more desir
able in the SOW
Every farmer should try 10 have 6
| good garden every year. as it goes 6
! great way in supplying the table witt
pure. healthful food.
The average farm hen produce:
about six dozen eggs yearly. which Il
| just about enough to pay her expense!
and leave little profit
The period Of CESSATION with the SOW
is 112 days, or 16 weeks. and seldom
varies to a great extent Keep YOU
service record accordingly.
A small plot, even If 1t is not mort
| than rod square, on which new
seeds can be tried out is interesting
and quite often of real value.
The hog raiser is getting started
right when he buys few well bret
sows or a pure bred boar. Let ever!
farmer aim to produce better hogs
Our hogs fail to maintain thei
size, first, because they do not ge
enough feed, and second, becaus,
they do not get the right kinds o
feeds
Too much care cannot be taken Il
buying nursery stock. It's heartbreak
ing to care for trees for four or f1v,
years only to discover that they ar,
worthless.
Most hen houses are not sufficient,
well ventilated, particularly at night
Pure air supplied without causing
draft is necessary to the health an,
Dr0ductivePess of t the fowls
With turkeys 1t is well to avoi
inbreeding, but it is better to kee
the same male two years and mat
to his own offspring than to select
trio OF chicks year after year with
out introducing fresh blood.
4 Black feathers In white varietie
are a disqualification. but such featt
ers unless too frequent are very oftel
found In the whitish birds and are us
ually removed by expert exhibitor
before the fowls are shown.
Charcoal is one of the most esser
tial articles in the food in successfr
poultry farming. Place ears OF cor
on cob in oven until charred, and the
shell on corn and feed to chickens
An Immediate change will be notice
in the condition Of fowls and egg pr,
duction.