Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1912 — POULTRY NOTES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

POULTRY NOTES

The fowls must be fed at least twice a day. Exercise is necessary for both health and egg production. A box of crushed oyster shell should always be within reach. Split carrots, turnips and cabbage in half, instead of chopping fine. Clear fresh water is necessary for the hens at all times and all seasons. The most profitable way to keep chickens of any kind is to feed them well. To obtain a supply of winter eggs we must have the chicks out early in the spring. Old fowls require less feed than young ones and it is a mistake to overfatten them. • The walls and roosts should be kept free from mites, which suck the lifeblood of the fowls. Cement floors should be well covered with straw. The bare floor is too hard and too cold. After the second annual molt hens are apt to become eggbound, especially if well fed and fat. When the clean, fresh eggs Are gathered they should be nut tn a clean,

ary, cool place until marketed. A plump young turkey, dressing from eight to fifteen pounds, finds a market at almost >any season of the year. V To insure success have the buildings fbr the hens ready early, and choose fowls of the right age and in good condition. Some milkers handle the teats as if they were made of rubber and devoid of all feeling; but, strange to say, there are nerves in the udder which are very sensitive. .., ■■■ -- A .. We like to see the cows approach their master In the yard to be scratched and petted. It shows that they are used to kind treatment and are not afraid of him. In the feeding of live stock there-is a chance for a large leak and yet have it unknown. The most economical feed is the one that supplies the animal’s needs at the least expense. The safest bull the dairyman can use is generally a cross bull. At first this may seem a strange assertion,] The reason, however, is simple. The! bull that is known to be cross will always be watched. On the other hand,, it is easy to put too much confidence* in a tame bull that may suddenly become cross.