Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1909 — Notes of Interest to Poultry Raisers. [ARTICLE]

Notes of Interest to Poultry Raisers.

It would be a great advantage if one were able to determine in some manner whether an eg& is fertile oi sterile before being incubated, as then all those that did not contain a germ could be sold as newlaid. There jhave been a great may theories in regard to this matter, but they nearly all fail when put to the practical test. An old farmer once said that every egg laid before midday wai fertile, and every one after this tim sterile. The only theory which seems to contain a grain of common sense was that related by an old Irish woman. She stated that if the broad end of a new-laid egg was held to the mouth and inclosed with the lips, and gently breathed upon, and it gave back heat if it was fertile, whereas if it was infertile it remained quite cold. There seems sense in this, for where there is life there must be heat and out of a large number she tested she was right in every one. The poultry keeper who lives in the country and feeds his catrle, sheep

fj, • •, i ' -’V /• aixd honses timothy and-clover hay [has tight at hand one of the best egg foods that can be found. "The chaff from- the barn floor thrown under a dry shed for the hens to'scratch over for seeds and fine bits of hay is worth a great deal and can not be put to a better purpose than to be fed to laying hens.' Have the setting hens So arranged that they can not be disturbed by the other hens and so they can come off and go on at their will. Have a supply of corn, grit and fresh water where they can get at it whenever they can come off. They Will “ help themselves. A good dust bath must also be handy if you would give comfort to the hen and thrift to the newly hatched chicks. It is now the time of year tfi. decide how to improve your chickens. If you decide that it is by the add! tlon of pure bloods, add them, fat with a care that you add good ones. It is not a matter where you can afford to stand on the saving of a dollar in the price of good trio, or 5C cents in the price of a setting of eggs

Cofffetipation causes headache, nausea, dizziness, languor, heart palpitation. Drastic physics gripe, Sicken, weaken the bowels and don’t cure. Doan’s Regulets act gently and cure constipation. 25 cents. Ask your druggist. Everybody is likely to have kidney and bladder trouble. In fact nearly everybody has some trouble of this kind. That is the reason why you so often have pains in the back and groin, scalding sensation, urinary disorders, etc. —that’s your kidneys. The best thing to do is to get. some o F DeWitt’s Kidney and Bladder Pills right* away. Take them for a few days or a week or so and you will feel all right. In this way, too, you will ward off dangerous and possibly serious ailments. They are perfectly harmless, and are not only antiseptic, but allay pain quickly by thdlr healing properties. Send your name to E. C. DeWitt & C0.,-Chicago, for a free trial box. They are sole here by all druggists.