Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1907 — POULTRY WISDOM. [ARTICLE]

POULTRY WISDOM.

Hint* of All Borte on tho Management ■> of Feathered Pete. There is good In every breed. Grow a crop of turnips for the ducks. Count the Chickens that you raise, not those that you hatch. Ducks should not be given com nor corniueal during hot. weather. Let the newly hatched chicks run with the hen as long as possible. The India runner is the best laying variety of the duck family. ;j§H Whoever undertakes to raise late chickens must expect to fight lice. Try hard to raise more of the chicks you batch this year than ever before. Bone fed in some shape Is absolutely necessary If you wish eggs. Neats foot oil is highly recommended as a remedy for scaly legs In fowls. Apply with a soft brush. During hot weather it is safer to run the Incubator in a cool, dry cellar than it is above ground. Vegetables are best fed in a raw state. Cut them up in a root or bone cutter and feed in troughs. During summer there should be but two regular feeds for the breeding Stock. Give grass or green stuff at noon. Watch the droppings of the poultry. Much regarding the health of the fowls can be told from their condition. Be careful of the half grown chicks. Many hens wean their young too soon, and a cold rain is sure death to them. If properly grown and cared for, the June hatched pullets will come Into profit almost as quickly as May hatched birds. A goose egg weighing five ounces will hatch a gosling that in three months will weigh from ten to eleven pounds. A good sized yard should be fenced in for the hen with little chicks until the latter are able to keep up with their mother. Plant plenty of beets or mangel wurzels. There is nothing that the poultry like better In the way of green food. Eggs that have been kept two or three weeks produce weak chickens. Better use fresh laid eggs for hatching. Put poles tn the top of an open shed for the turkeys. During warm weather they should never be required to sleep in a close roost. This hot, sultry weather be careful how you feed your little chicks. If too much feed be thrown about In a sloppy condition it may sour and cause trouble in the flock.—Farm Journal.