Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 194, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1917 — POULTRY POINTERS [ARTICLE]

POULTRY POINTERS

Little ducks often suffer from sunstroke unless given a reasonable amount of shade. If eggs are to be preserved for next season’s use they should be “put down” immediately, if it has not been attended to. Crows are likely to steal the eggs from the late turkey nests if the nests' are made at some distance from the Ibulidings. Fowls or chicks that are confined in yards during hot weather need a variety of food and plenty of fresh, tender (greenstuff. Although geese, both young and old, will obtain enough food in-the fields to_ keep alive and well, the young will* grow faster and be more profitable if given one good feed of grain each day. There is no better time to build henhouses than the present, if there is any spare time, because houses built in warm weather have a ohance to dry out thoroughly before cold weather comes. Place the roosting coops for growing chicks in the shade or near a shady . ylace so tnat the youngsters can find a

comfortable place to rest and digest their food during hot weather.

In warm weather put the coops for growing chicks in or near natural shade or provide artificial shade. Do not keep a lot of spare males, which will not be needed next season, during the summer and fall to eat food, worry the hens and make the eggs more likely to spoil. It is almost impossible to succeed with turkeys unless one is able to furnish a wide range, for turkeys do not prosper in confinement.