Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 June 1891 — THE PUULTRY YARD. [ARTICLE]

THE PUULTRY YARD.

lar(« and Double-Yelket* Ejjjj*. It is seldom that a double-yelked egg will hatch, though instances have been

known in such eggs have prodo'-ed chicks. Wlo*. do.iMe-yelked eggs are found, it Is t> 1 c regretted, as thoy invariably indicuM; that the hens aro oat of condition—h/o fat. A hen in good laying condition will never produce an egg other than of the normal size peculiar to her breed, ami if fat, she is entirely unfitted for laying. If a fat hen is killed she will be found full of eggs, so to speak* but they will he noticed to be of and the poulf.ryinan will be amazed over the fact thotehe did not lay; but examination will show that obstructions of fab were the cause, and the hen is then more profitable dead than when alive — Farm and Fireside. Food ami Growth. Tho duckling will eat twico as much< food as the chick, but it will also weigh, more than twice as much in two months. It is not the amount of food eaten that regulates tho expense, but the ratio of gain in proportion to tho amount fed. It matters not how much is consumed, provided you have a corresponding growth and increase of weight. Feed the ducklings heavily and force them. Smiled Head*. If you allow a draught of air to flow over your fowls at night, the probability will be that you will find their heads and eyes swollen in the morning. The first thing to do Is to remove the cause by stopping up tho cracks or the ventilatorhole at the top of the poultry-house. Tho best remedy Is to annoint the head ami eyes with a few drops of a mixture of ono part of spirits turpentine and four part* of sweet oil.