Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1919 — POULTRY NOTES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

POULTRY NOTES

a system of cleanliness in poultry raising is desirable. * * * Hens must have things to eat that contain egg-making elements. ♦ ♦ * The hen as a rule is a better sitter than the pullet for the incubation of eggs. When mites, lice, ticks, fleas, etc., once get a start they are very troublesome. ♦ * * Egg testers are to be easily had from manufacturers and dealers in poultry supplies. ♦ * * To successfully hatch chicks great care should be exercised in the selection of the sitting hen. Any old hen seldom does in these matters. • ♦ ♦ • There are four common breeds of geese, the Toulouse, African, Embden and the White China. Of these the Toulouse is the most popular and most generally raised. ....