Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1912 — POULTRY NOTES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

POULTRY NOTES

Eggs now are at their highest. The best breed is one that suits one’s purpose best. A little salt and pepper mixed with the mash Is good for the hens. Hens must be fed, and fed a long time, before the eggs will come. Breeding turkeys can be profitablykept up to the fifth and sixth year. The cost of feed for geese is Bmall, compared with that for other market fowls. ' When at all indisposed, a turkey should be separated from the rest or the flock. Ducks and gese require deep -drinking vessels, especially if reared and kept on land. A hen, like a human being, needs to be made comfortable In order t q do the best wor^. As soon as the breeding season is over the male birds should be separated frbm the hens. The business of oor domestic ben is to produce plenty of eggs, and we must feed her for them. -X Begin to select your breeders for next year and cull out and sell those that you have not room for this winter.