Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 September 1891 — THE POULTRY-YARD. [ARTICLE]

THE POULTRY-YARD.

Ton Can't Do It. You can’t keep chickens in health without grit. You can’t make eggs from feed that produces fat. You cant make a hen sit until she wants to. You can’t keep fowls thrifty without green food of some kind. You can’t make profit with a crowded yard. You can’t succeed without hard work. You can’t build up a trade without capital. Yqp keep fowls in good condition that are literally covered with lice. You can’t put brains into an incubator and brooder. You can't have a good growth by Inbceedlng. You can’t get any satisfaction out of a lazy hen. You can’t make a living out of one branch of poultry alone. You can't be a successful fancier until you have become well versed in poultry culture. You can’t afford a big expense in this business; the less help you haws the better. You can’t speculate on tho markets. Prices change with tho whirlwind. You can’t become practical by books alone; jou must combine experience with them. KeniHtljr for Chicken Lloe. A reader asks for a remedy lor lice on little chicks. Powder both hens and chicks thoroughly with either Persian insect powder (Bubach) or carbolic acid powder; use for the purpose one of the little bellows that is sold with the powder. Hot lime whitewashing three times a year of all poultry houses and appliances, while tho dusting-boxes, nest-ing-places, etc., are well sprinkled with hot lime water in which has been dissolved carbolic acid, a wine glassful to the gallon, will effectually destroy and keep the places free from these pests. A dust bath In which has been mixed soma sulphur will also prove beneficial.