Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1891 — THE POULTRY-YARD. [ARTICLE]

THE POULTRY-YARD.

Xotca. New York and Brooklyn consume about 60.000 chickens daily, and as a result chicken ranches are among the

most profitable of Long Island Indus* tries. Cleanliress means success in the poultry business nine times out of ten. “Feed a little at a time, and feed often,” is a safe and successful rule with chicks. Fresh water, renewed daily, is essential to the health of chicks. Foul water, sick fowl. How abqtjt the young chicks? bowels? Constipation, as well as diarrhea, causes many an early death. Although Canada is extremely cold in winter the poultry production of the provinces is quite large. Stale bread moistened with sweet milk is highly recommended as good feed for young chicks the first few days. To amount to anything, chicks should grow from the word “go.” “No step backward” is the motto for chick life. One hundred hens to an acre is about the right number. They will do much better than if more were kept on the same area. ■ Sour food is the worst thing a chick can be given to eat. It makes a heavy draft on the strength of the wee creature to dispose of it, and th us‘retards growth. Don’t allow chicks to crowd each other in the coop. As they increase in size remove them to larger quarters, and give them abundance of fresh air. “It is cheap,” some one says, “and they need it.” Cooked potatoes or turnips, with chopped clover and a mixture of ground corn and oats, make the best food for ducks, geese or turkeys. One must not expect them to do well urn til he learns to cater to their needs.