The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-08-20
Poultry Helps.

III
Careful attention will bring the
best results.
The time to right wrong is the
moment you see it.
There is an excuse for dust in the
hennery, but not for cobwebs.
The wise poultryman will now see
that the hens come up to the
scratch"
The scratching shed house is of
very little Importance If you do not
keen the floor we'll Uttered.
Some one has wisely said that
pountry without results is like hold
ing shares in a defunct stock COM
pany.
The LAYING season with the heav-
Ter breeds or ducks, ends the last of
this month.
Early March Matched pullets should
be laying eggs now.
Permanganate of potash solution
in the drinking water is an excellent
tonic at this time of the year.
The hens require good care to
get thru the strain of melting with
unim paired health, so that eggs will
be plentiful later on.
Hens confined in small runs need
more attention than the flock that
has plenty of range and access to in
sects of all kinds.
Even the hens that have the free
dom of the fields need to be fed
variety of grains at night.
A dog that sucks eggs is a pretty
hard proposition to deal with. Pep
pered eggs are as good as anything
we ever tried, but sometimes think
YOU either have to get rid of the dog
or the hens.
Filthy water will bring on disease
faster than you can cure it with stuff
out of a bottle.
Wheat helps pullets to come to
laying sooner than almost any kind
of grain.
Grabbing a hen by the wing is like
trying to lift fellow by the ear.
Weeds in the poultry yard look
bad, but when trees and bushes are
scare the weeds furnish refuge for
chicks to get under when Mr.. Hawk
is towering near. 1t is the little at
fentions that keep poulty healthy
during the trying August days.
Provide for a free circulation OF
air thru brood coops and poultry
house. Poultry can not stand being
shut up in tight places at night any
better than the rest of us.
There is nothing more important
In the prevention of disease than dis
infection, and yet there is nothing in
the poultry yard so much neglected.
Cleanliness should be enforced, but
cleanliness without disinfection is
not complete. Some disinfect the
buildings, ETC., once a year, some
semi-annually, others quarterly, and
still others once a month. A good
times a year, at least.
The melting season opens this
month, and the fowls are anything
but attractive. This is time in a
hens life when she must undergo a
severe strain to her system. EXpe-
riences has taught us that during
this period-which requires 100 days
of the fowls annual life-she must
be kept in the proper condition by
feed. She must neither be too fat
nor too lean; consequently ration
is called for that will be pretty near
Iy balanced in heterogeneous and car
bonaceous materials.
The flavor of even a fresh-laid egg
and it's keeping Quantities, depend
largely upon the diet of the hen that
laid it, VeriGcatiOn of this last sug-
gestion is a. simple matter. II your
hens now have access to unclean
food, exclude them from it for
week, feed them only clean whole
some food, free from strong flavOrs.
At the end Of the period reserve
some,of the eggs, then for few days
give the hens a small amount of
onion. celery, boiled cabbage or any
vegetable matter having a decided
flavor, and test the flavor Of the two
lots OF! eggse The certificate" egg
Is coming market commodity;
how soon it will come depends upon
the pare fAess -:s-Earn,- Icxr-
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