Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 168, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1917 — Poultry Pointers. [ARTICLE]

Poultry Pointers.

Do not allow ducklings and goslings to swim, for that checks their growth. A late-hatched chick well, grown is more profitable than an early chick that has been neglected. Never allow growing chicks to occu;py the same yards or to run with the i matured fowls, but keep the youngsters separate on clean ground. Much of the profit in poultry raising depends on whether the chicks grow rapidly and uniformly, and that means ■whether they have the right kind of i care and feed. There is no economy in feeding entirely on one grain, or even two grains, ibecause better results can be obtained jfor less money if a variety is furnished the fowls and chicks. Although young geese will some--1 times pick up enough food to keep from starving, they will not make enough growth to be profitable unless fed liberally when young and given enough feed to make up, with what they get on the range, a. full Clean ground, where other chicks or fowls have not been during the season, is necessary for the best results with little chicks, especially the latehatched ones, ’ because ground which ,has been used by others is likely to be more or less foul and inay contain disease germs. Be sure that ducklings and goslings are given water in dishes, fountains or troughs large enough so that the most of the flock can drink at one time during meals, and so arranged that each can get its head into the water up to its eyes but cannot tip the dish over or ,get its feet into the water.