Milford chronicle., 1917-12-07


the shape OF food.
Reduce your flocks at once to the mini
mum by dlsposing Of all surplus cockerels
and drones that are not worth keeping.
The trouble with many so-called poultry
men is that their yards are clogged with q
lot OF dead timber" or On-prdoucing
hens which consume large quantities of
food and give nothing in return This sort
Of condition is what knocks your profits
into a cooked hat and helps largely to
form the OpiRion that hens do not pay.
For instance, if you are keeping 100 chick
ems and 1t costs ten dollars a month to
feed them, while only so Of them are lay
ing, that, in reality, means that 1t costs
ten dollars to feed fifty laying hens. The
producing birds are called upon to pay
for their own keep and that Of their idle
sisters before they can begin to yield a
profit
Now, discard the fifty idle hens or non
producers and you have fifty producing
birds which eat but half the quantity of
food and shell out the eggs from which
nice return is made. Drones in a poul-
try yard are like weeds growing up with
vegetation. they destroy the whole busi-
ness.
Follow poultry raising after a set for
mula or system, eliminate the weak spots
and you will reap a profit, otherwise your
efforts will be in vain and your energies
wasted. Do your bit but do it right and
don't be fooled into believing that the
high cost of food makes it impossible to
make profit from poultry.
KEROSENE COAL OLD AN ASSET
There are frequent occasions when
breeders not only want but need some
quick -acting remedy about their plant
which might be termed. In a measure
"a cure all" OF course, when a bird
develops some disease. and it reaches an
aggravated form before being noticed. the
very best medicine TO apply is possibly the
axe. There are, however, times when ills
are only slight and when a dose of med
icine means so much toward a cure.
Kerosene is possibly Of more use about
a plant than any other one article and
there are many good reasons why it should
be kept constantly on hand. Its use pro-
vides a simple but effective remedy for
many fowl troubles.
1t is Of invaluable aid in keeping down
lice both in the houses and on the birds
quently with kerosene will be found to be
found to be one of the very best methods
Of reducing the quantity Of lice in the
house to a minimum. In putting it on
the birds, however, one must be careful
not to get too much of it on as it has a
tendency to irritate the skin by burn
ing sensation. If administered in small
quantities, however, no i'll effects will re-
suit
Two-thirds kerosene and one-third |
sweet oil will be found excellent for the |
cure of chicken colds. The mixture |
should be injected into the nostrils. roof OF |
the mouth and into the corners of the |
eyes Of the affected birds.
Notwithstanding the difficulty of remov-
ing scale from the legs of fowls. be It |
known that kerosene will be found TO |
positively cure Mix two parts water and |
one part kerosene together and apply to |
the legs Of fowls suffering from scaly |
legs and the infection win soon disap- |
pear One Of the best methods is to ap-
ply it is to fill a pail with the mixture |
and then dip the legs Of the fowls into IT, |
Two or three applications will be found TO |
be all that is required to clear up the legs, |
thus effecting a cure.
a few drops mixed with a little lard |
is a fine remedy for lice on the bodies |
and heads Of both chicks and older fowls
Ten drops to a teaspoonful Of lard Is all |
that is required but it should be mixed |
well.