Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-05-19
POULTRY POINTERS

Keep the feed troughs clean and
sweet
A fat hen is queen on the market
Make her so.
Separate the males from the females
in the early broods.
If the little chicks wings begin TO
drop look for lice.
Don't be afraid Of the market glut-
ting with eggs and poultry.
Keep n good supply of oyster shells
before the fowls ut all times.
Sour or musty food is sure to start
bowel trouble
Eggs have tendency To grow small
Ter as the laying season advances.
Milk i'm any form may be given to
the poultry with profit
DO not let eggs accumulate in the
nests, as il has a tendency to encour-
age the hens to broodiness.
Good wheat at full price is cheaper
than screenings at half-price for the
poultry.
Gapes come largely by exposure TO
cold and damp weather and allowing
the chicks to be out i'm such weather.
When you whitewash put in little
carbolic acid II purifies, and il is
deadly TO all vermin or insects
If eggs are the object choose your
layers from the best laying-not high
est scoring.
Utility does not mean mongrelism,
but breeding with the objective point.
better poultry for eggs and meat"
Double yolked. poorly shelled and
Informed eggs are from hens that
are too fat.
The first trap nest patent was issued
in June 1897, and hardly in practical
use yet and is one of the best inn
provements i'm poultry raising.
a good many troubles in raising lit
tie chicks can be overcome by keeping
the water dishes clean and sweet
The best ration" is the one that
works best with your stock and gives
YOU the best returns.
\ good way To make artificial shade
is to drive four stakes i'm the ground
and rip a burlap sack and stretch il
and fasten the corners to stakes.
If you get soft-shelled eggs il indi-
Gates the hens are too fat; feed lesss
and keep them busy and do not feed
fattsning foods.
Where you find filth YOU find YER
min. These two things cause n host Of
diseases. and right here is whore the
losses begin.
AS the breeding season draws to a
close YOU will probably have many
breeders to dispose OF and right then
there are many who will buy stock to
get start.
Unless you keep everything in
sanitary condition about the poultry
yard in summer months you are more
apt to have trouble than at any other
time during the year.
Cats are quite fond of little chicks,
and once they get the habit. they can
destroy and devour as many chicks as
any other animal that preys on the
feather tribe.
Success will not come the first year
In fact IL takes two or more years 10
get started in the poultry business,
and then you must keep eyerlastingly
at IL to make a success
Some hens are born layers others
acquire the habit. others get credit for
good layers when they are not. The
trap nest picks them out and leaves no
guess work.
Science says impure food fed TO
poultry is the cause of many diseases
in man. Then as poultrymen we
should be careful what we feed our
pouttfy ana tire care we give IL.
Eggs and meat are the foundation
of the poultry business. Let us aim
for this standard more. then we will
have better standard breed" and
more profitable poultry.
You should study to know the value
OF the food YOU feed your poultry to
get the best results. You may not do
this I'm a way that scientist would.
but you can do IL in an experimental
way. and experience is a far better
teacher; however II is also the most
expensive.