Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1891 — poultry and the Farm Boys.! [ARTICLE]

poultry and the Farm Boys.!

How to keqp the ttoy on the farm. We will venture to assert that if each boy is given a flock of fowls, if only Rantams, and he alone have the management, and the receipts,#a very important adjunct —the flock of fowls will cause the boy to take an interest in farming from the start. Let him become accustomed to the breed and he will soon learn the points of all breeds. And he will not stop there. He will aim to know the breeds of cattle, sheep, horses and hogs. He will look forward to the exhibitions of the county fairs, and strive to win prizes. He will have a love for the farm bred in him from the start, and when ho is a man he will yearn for the happy days spent on the farm, and will go back to it if he can, should he be induced away. When one becomes interested in poultry on the farm he becomes educated to an interest in everything else. As soon as your boy can manage them, give him a few Bantams, and after he is older, start him with some pure breed of standard size. It is the best plan for teaching the boy to remain on the farm.— Mirror. Clean Egg*. One of the finest things tor a poultryman to learn, says the Toronto Globe, Is the fact that soiled or dirty eggs should never be sent to market. Many of the eggs that come in are filthy—the shells frequently stained with mud or manure. Fastidious people—the only ones that are willing to pay a “fancy” price—will never buy such eggs if they can help it Clean the eggs before they come to market It will pay you to do so.