Milford chronicle., 1917-05-11

the egg is made up Of water, this matter should
receive your careful attention at all times.
Exercise is one Of the important requisites to
healthy and productive fowls Without exercise
the birds will become sluggish inactive. and above
all. non-productive A lazy I'd rarely If ever.
pays for the cost of her keep and unless you pro-
vide good scratch shed she will not get uH lent
exercise to make her produce. Exercise is also alb.
solutely necessary 10 a healthy flock and should on
no account be neglected. This applies to the
younger or growing stock as well to the ma
good dust bath provided for the fowls will aid
materially in keeping down lice and will save the
breeder or attendant much labor. The hens relish
the dust bath for il is TO them what the bath tub
is to the individual and If provided they will
make good use Of it. An excellent mixture for the
bath VIII be found in finely sifted coal ashes mixed
with like quantity of wood ashes This makes
an excellent bath dust.
Remember that the fowls should be made com
Portable at all times if you desire good results
from them. This term is general and takes in all
phases Of poultry life. See that the birds have
the best Of everything at all times land this in
clHded your treatment of them) and your efforts
will not be wasted.
OIe Of the important details most generally ne
elected particularly by the novice or inexperienc-
ed breeder and which is Of vital import to the sue
cess OF any plant is the construction Of the poul
try houses. Fowls simply cannot nor will thew do
their best if compelled TO live in houses that are
dingy' damp dirty or beset with vermin or drafts
Unhealthy and Improbable birds are always the
result of such conditions. and colds or roup are
more often produced from these causes than from
any other source. If you would desire success in
the raising of poultry this detail or rather neces-
sity must receive your undivided attention until
such time as your cOops are perfected along this
line When once you have succeeded in getting |
these details OF house construction ETC. right re-
member that they must be kept right and in ad- 4
dltion' must be maintained in hyRenic condition at
all times in order to insure healthy fowls.
Last put by no means the least essential to |
success Is the problem of feeding. While this is !
most important it is possibly the most difficult of
all the essentials to solve. Most of the requisites
10 the success Of poultry raising are absolutely
,ostless. save for limited expense in the con-
iuuctlon of the houses and the feeding of the
birds for good results.
Whlle, OF course many poultry raisers have cor
-ectly solved the feeding problem, yet there are
many persons now engaged in the raising of fowls
Nho know little or nothing of this most important
natter and then again. the novice or beginner il !
llso without such knowledge.
The failure to master the feeding problem is Of
en- the cause Of many failures and yet while it
ooks extremely difficult it is comparatively easv
I Judiciously and properly done. There are GER
am specihc rules for feeding. which if adhered
o. VIII be productive of good results We have at
arous times dwet at length on feeding for sue
ess and we hope that these matters have been ab-
orbed by the readers of these columns Adopt
ONE definite line Of feeding and then follow it |
losey. watching carefully the results. In this ! e.
'ay you viii soon be able TO learn just what your
irds need and when they need it Experience is Z
good teacher and one learns readily in this way.
J addition to taking the suggestions of those who
now However. We will later touch uDon feed
ig and hope our advice will be beneficial
These are but few Of the detailed essentials
acessary for the successful raising of fowls but
they are strictly adhered to. your efforts will
eet with much success and 9th r needs will sug-
sst themselves.