Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 250, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1917 — POULTRY POINTERS [ARTICLE]

POULTRY POINTERS

Crate fattening is practiced with good results by some farmers and when a large number of old hens are to be fattened the crate will be more satisfactory than the brood coop method. If there is no other shade near the coops occupied by growing chicks, set the coops up from the ground on blocks so that the chicks can get under them and find protection from the sun. Never give spoiled food to young or old poultry, for it is likely to poison them or at least to cause digestive troubles. Be sure to clean the dishes in which you give milk to fowls or chicks at ieast once .a day and disinfect them by scalding. Otherwise, disease germs find in these dishes a very good place to multiply. It is very essential to have the quarters in which you keep the chickens sanitary, and also to feed sweet, clean food. An ounce of creolin in one quart of kerosene makes an effective remedy for mites and fleas. Applied to roosrs, dropping boards and nests, it will destroy and keep away vermin. In making a change in rations for little chicks it is better to be on the safe side and feed small grain instead of grains that are too large. There Is nothing better for the growing chick than plenty of green feed. The large bo<ly lice on fowls are best destroyed by the use of lice ointment which is Applied to a certain part of the hen, or by filling the plumage full of llce-killing powder which can be obtained from poultry supply dealers.