Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-14
THE COUNTRY CALENDAR
Practical Hints About Things to Do at This Season in Garden
and Greenhouse the Orchard and the Poultry Yard.

! home, there will be u quick demand
for the surplus from elsewhere. Dc
not undertake to raise more than can
be cared for in the best manner
Feed properly, keep dry and warm in
cold weather, and note what good
returns these young growing animals
make for the feed and care given
The farm herd should be kept con-
stantly improving by thoughtful Sc
lection, breeding and care OF the
animals composing it.
1t should not be forgotten that
swine forms very important feature
on the dairy farm, where the skim
milk Is kept at home. What Is moi
needed for the calves should be fed
to the pigs and poultry; both are in
increasing demand, and it will pay
we'll to give them their proper place
on the farm. Breeding sows and
young growing pigs should have
roomy warm quarters, and be kept
well bedded and dry. With these con-
ditions they will do nicely In winter,
and If fed as they should be, can be
made to grow and fatten as well in
winter as in warm weather.
From now on the amateur should
be Matching his chicks. The eggs for
the heavier breeds should be started
next week, and those of the lighter
breeds a few weeks later.
If using hens, it is better to set sew
eral at the same time. so that the
chicks will come off together, In which
case they can be given to one hen to
mother. 1t is nuisance to have sew
eral hens trailing around with only
three or four chicks apiece.
Even if an incubator is used, it is
q good plan to set few hens at the
same time the machine is started.
Then, when the eggs shown by test
to be infertile are removed from the
machine, they can be replaced with
eggs taken from under the hen. Some
breeders make practise of starting
eggs under hens, removing them to
the machine at the end of ten days.
One great advantage in using an in
cubator is the fact that the chicks are
free from lice.
Start the machine a day or two be-
fore the eggs are to be placed in it, so
that it will be in perfect working or
der when incubation is begun. The
eggs for Matching should be of good
size, and even in size, shape and color.
1t is a mistake to use eggs which APP
pear TO be abnormal in any way.
The eggs which are tested out be-
cause infertile may be used for cook
ing purposes, or may be saved to feed
to the young chicks. Hard boiled
eggs are excellent for first feeding.
They may also be fed raw by mixing
them with bran.
Be sure that the broody hens are
busted with lice powder several times
while they are setting. 1t is not un-
usual for setting hens to die on the
nest because of lice.
AS the days grow warmer it is
necessary that more attention be
given to keeping the poultry house
sanitary. The droppings should be
removed frequently-at least once q
week. 1t is a good plan to disinfect
the poultry house thoroughly in the
spring. Many poultrymen still use
whitewash, but other breeders prefer
the commercial dlsinfectants. The
easiest plan is to use a spray pump,
driving the liquid into every crack
and crevice, paying particular atten-
ton to the perches and nests.
It is a pretty good plan to spade up
the poultry yard as soon as the
ground can be worked