Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 239, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1917 — POULTRY POINTERS [ARTICLE]

POULTRY POINTERS

Two weeks is long enough to fatten a fowl if highly fed. Late hatched chicks should be fed by themselves, not with a larger stock.' No man can raise poultry and produce eggs at so low a cost as the farmer. _ Store away some oata, wheat or rye in the sheaves for the use of the hens in the winter. Both hens and pullets need to be well cared for during the fall months if winter eggs are wanted. Fowls should never be kept in such quarters that they cannot take sufficient exercise to promote digestion. Repair the poultry house if eggs are desired in winter. The first cold weather should find all in good condition. It does not pay to kill and sell young turkeys until they are well developed. _ ——- Young ducks that are to be kept for sale as breeders should have plenty of range and two fair feeds each day. Do not feed small chicks with big ones, or the latter will get most of the feed and the smaller ones most of hungry.