Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1891 — THE POULTRY YARD. [ARTICLE]

THE POULTRY YARD.

Poultry mud the Farm Hoy*. We will venture to assert that If each boy is given a flock bf fowls, if only

Bantams, and he alone have the man* agement of them, 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 tho breeds of cattle, sheep, horses, and hogs. He will look forward to the exhibitions at the county fairs, and strive to win prizes. He will have a love for the farm bred in him from tho start and when lie is a man he will yearn for tho happy days spent on tho farm, and he will go back to it if he can, should he be induced away. When ono becomes interested in poultry on the farm he becomes educated to an interest in everything else. As soon as your boy can mauago 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 Eggs, One of the finest things for a poultryman to learn, says the Toronto Blade, is the fact that soiled and 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 who 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 well to do so. Poultry Notoa. When you get ready to fatten the fowls do the work quickly. Tabbed paper is recommended for a lining to poultry houses. Fob the prevention of roup some poultry keepers scatter air-slaked lime over the ground and floors of the poultry houses. Remembeb that sulphur Is a powerful fungicide and insecticide. Therefore use It freely around and In the nests, and in any other place whore you think it will do good. Do not expect any breed to lay equally well In summer and in winter. If you insist on a good supply ot eggs from November till February, then select a breed noted for the ability to lay in the winter.flDo not expect everything of one breed. The raising of ducks Is only in its infancy in this country. The time will perhaps come when that fowl will be raised as extensively as In China. One of the best reasons for extending the breeding of ducks is the fact that they are less liable to disease than any other breed of fowl.