Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1890 — THE POULTRY-YARD. [ARTICLE]

THE POULTRY-YARD.

Poultry No tex. Tine farmer can, by this time, be able to look over his growing flock and see where he stands—whether the majority are good or imperfectly marked. Two classes can be made a few months later, and stock placed upon the market, and their value obtained. It never pays to carry poor stock very long. Black Minorca are away up as ktyers. They lay a large white shelled fruit. With proper care, will average 165 eggs per year, sometimes more than this number. Much depends upon the farmers’ management of them. They stand cold weather as well as Black Spanish or Leghorns. There are few better breeds than the Black Minorca. It is generally thought the legs of chickens as well as adult fowls fade and turn nearly white when kept in a run with no grass; and this is a fact, sometimes the legs fade from the nature of the soil. The ground contains some mineral that causes them to bleach. A bleached yellow leg ip always out in the

show room, but birds would not be qualified for 1L Ducks eat what other fowls require. If only ducks are kept, boiled potatoes and other vegetables mixed with bran, middlings and meal is excellent food. Give no more water than Is necessary to drink. It is best to let hens hatch duck eggs. Ducklings should not have access to pond or brook until several weeks old. It is a trying matter for the old ducks to keep away from the water so long.