Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1917 — POULTRY NOTES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

POULTRY NOTES

If the hens do not want to sit, buy an incubator, for early chicks mean greater profits. Little chicks must have clean, wellventilated places to live, or they will not do well; and lice must also be kept away from them. There is no fetter feed for little chiclftt during the first week than johnnycake, baked hard, crumbled and fed dry. Give a good incubator a fair chance and it will hatch more and better chicks than hens, especially during the cold weather. Early chicks should have lots of sun if they are expected to keep well and grow rapidly. Qq not put dirty eggs in an incubftx_l tor or under a hen. Keep them clean by keeping the nests clean, and. If necessary, wash them carefully before setting. If the surplus turkeys have not been disposed of, do it now, or separate them from the flock so that the breeders will hot be bothered by them. Do not put chicks with hens or chicks with brooders in buildings where other fowls are or have been recently, unless such buildings are thoroughly cleaned and disinfected after all other fowls are removed.