Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1914-06-25
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Q.-What is wrong when a cocks
comb turns dark? Ats a sign of
Indigestion. weak heart. diseased liver.
sluggish circulation or frostbite.
OIL have Il Leghorn cockerel with
Top comb. How can l make him
carry it straight? Aft misshapen.
thin ut base or has deep finger marks.
you can't change it. This trouble is
often the result of weakness from lack
Of nutritious food. the inroads Of lice
or loosening of comb through roup. In
makes comb correct.
Off you We're to start goose farm.
what variety would you choose? A
The White Embden.
Q.-What do you think of moth balls
for louise killer in winter? A.-The
laying hens aren't on the nest often
enough to get any benefit from them
and only touch them with the under
body. The worst lice are on the neck
and head Moth balls are apt to flavor
the eggs.
Q.-What is meant by top cross
of Rhode Island Red and White Leg
horn? Awaiting a Rhode Island Red
male and White Leghorn females.
FEATHERS AND EGGSHELLs.
Twelve dozen chickens are killed and
dressed every Saturday by the poultry
class at the Kansas experiment sta
ton. This certainly beats the lessons
on How to Dress Poultry by Mail"
issued by the correspondence school.
Yes, practical work tells in every de-
partment of life.
Many do not realize what hard
worker the hen is. From dawn to
twilight she Is on the go. and all for
food to keep up her body and manu-
facture her product. If a dairy COW
does not get suitable and sufficient
feed she does not produce quantity
and quality in milk. and just SO with
the hard working hen-she can't make
something out of nothing.
The latest convert to poultry culture
Is Charles NJ. Schwab. the steel mag
nate. He is building concrete. steam
heated. electrically lighted poultry
plant on his farm at Loretto. Pa. We
remind him that 1t takes good strains.
great pains. good grains and Furnished
brains. as we'll as Doodle. to get there
with cockadoodle.
The Cimix lectularius. commonly
known as the bedbug. alias the GRIM
son rambler, in slang the B fat, is
branded n transmitter of tuberculosis
and other contagious diseases. and hui
mans afflicted with 'em should dispose
Of them quickly without a trial by
jury. The Dermanyssus gallinae. the
red mite or bedbug Of the hen tribe. as
it crawls from hen to hen. also is a
carrier Of microbes and often spreads
disease whose presence is hard to ex-
plain.
| The old story that the cackling of
geese saved Rome is old evidence Of
their watchdog quality. A stranger, a
strange dog or a hawk comes in sight
and without fail the old gander and
his whole crowd start to honk. They
have been known to sound the fire
alarm and to sound the Alamo when
chicken thieves appeared. and such
rubberneck cops are good to have
around
The farmer is very careful that the
hog, sheep or beef he sells is in fine
condition for market. but he seldom
prepares his poultry for sale and often
Just grabs the chickens off the roost at
night and starts with them for market
the next day before daylight This
slipshod way of doing business has led
to the establishment Of great fatten-
ing plants near Chicago. where the
farmers thin chickens are finished
and sold at big profit that goes into
the other fellows pocket.
Mr.. John J. Sweeney Of 172 East Nine
ty-fourth street. New York. bought a
cold storage egg and wrote to Miss
Clara Baker. of Bellefontaine. o..
whose name was on the egg. She had
been married four years and recall.l
that six months before the wedding
she had packed the egg for shipment.
THIS is rather an old egg. but there are
others.
While glass lets In the light and
suns heat 1t is also rapid conductor
OF heat. and this Is why henhouses
with big glass fronts get cold 30 quick
at night and Jack Frost covers the big
windows with ice.
No MaHanonoxk.