Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 145, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1917 — Poultry Pointers. [ARTICLE]

Poultry Pointers.

t Keep the chicks busy. Make the fowls hustle. Check the first symptoms of a cold. Old lime mortar is good for poultry and pigeons. Variety of foods sharpen the appetite of fowls. It never pays to feed wet or sloppy foods to your fowls or chicks. Too much or too little food at a time is to be avoided. A little perseverance along the lines of feeding poultry will help the digestion in the Cull out every fowl for which you have no use. « Remember that regularity and persistence in caring for your fowls is a principal feature of success. Table scraps and kitchen waste are excellent foods for all kinds of poultry. ' - ~ { ; Always have a pan, or a clean, dry board to throw soft food on for the chickens, as it saves waste and is more healthful to the fowls. The mtfnagement of growing thicks is an art pure and' simple—and it is a matter of regret that all poultry raisers are not artists in this line.