POULTRY SUGGESTIONS WORTH OBSERVING.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2, 2 January 1903, Page 6

POULTRY SUGGESTIONS WORTH OBSERVING.

Exercise is like an ounce of preventive. It is worth, a pound of condition powder. If you are looking for a "soft snap stay out of the poultry business. We never waste tie time spent in thinking. Applied thought is the great means of success. . Do not forget, to always keep on hand a supply of clean water. Don't dabble in many varieties. You are too liable to be a failure in all.

If your hen .house is near swampy ground, raise plenty of sunflowers. Examine often for lice.

It is easier to hatch chickens in an incubator than , to raise them in a brooder.

Neither the poor hen nor the overfat one will lay many eggs. Leaves, chaff, grass and hay make good litters for the floor.

Dressed poultry should be packed carefully, ni-ahapen birds do not sell well.

The beauty of your poultry yard is the kind of chicken that walks in it. Set fresh eggs.

The poultry business is not vision ary, but has come to stay.

Thoroughbred stock is not necessary to profit, but it will pay.better in the long run.

Do not sell the good mothers just because they cannot win the first prize. You will need them very much in the spring , .

Don't lessen your efforts because some one tells you that you have gone to seed in the poultry business. You have the best outlook for success.

A pleased customer is a walking , advertiser.

The fact that you have pure bred fowls is often an incentive to gTeater effort..

■'Large capital is not necessary in the poultry business.

Those who must buy food ana grU for their flock will find it profitable to purchase eggshells from confectioners, bakers and restaurants. Pulverise and mix with other feed.

Hang cabbage, turnips or scraps of meat on the wall of the hen house just within reach of the fowls. This has the double advantage of keeping the food clean and giving exercise.

See that the nest of the sitting hen is free from lice, give the young chicks a fair start.

Charred corn or wheat will show its value in brighter combs and -a more healthy appearance.

When you improve the quality of the egg you will be able to obtain a good price for it, just as good butter always brings a better price.

No fancier can promise that every egg will hatch nor that every bird will be a prize winner.

Now is the time to sell all the male birds which you do not Intend to use as breeders. There is a demand for the same and the price is good.

Save eggs from your best layers. The fact that they axe good layers proves that they are in good condition.

If you have good quarters and early sitters, do not be afraid to raise early birds, for they will be in the best condition for the next year's shows.

Every year shows advance in breeding and judging.

There are many varieties, "but every one has its champions.

Every enthusiast will work to better his flock." The flock of the don't-care breeder will degenerate.

Fancy and utility are often combined. It is not always the best heart that beats beneath a ragged vest.

A good school for the amateur is the show room, if he has a desire to learn; but the beginner who thinks he knows it all is a nuisance.

Pure air is essential to long life and healthy bodies, but nevertheless draughts will often cause disease.

A real live interest in your werk will mean muoh to yon.

For best results it will pay to decrease rather than increase the number of birds in each pen.

Lice and filth are accountable for much of the disease In the poultry yard, as they are .the cause of debilitated condition.

Some one says, "Mistakes are and always will be the bane of human life." This will be true of the condition and success of the poultry business.

Do you really know the points of merit and demerit in yonr flock? If yon don't, how can yon successfully mate them for the 'breeding- season?

Advertising , pays. The man whose name is continually before the public ■will receive the most orders.

You will often save much trouble by being very accurate in the description of the fowl which you are pricing to a prospective purchaser. "Saw wood and say nothing ,, is a homely slang , expression, but the sentiment is worthy.

Every year brings someEhing new to be at first laughed at and then accepted. An editor in 1896 sneered at a cat show. Now they are not un-

usual.

Prompt replies to letters will often win over a doubtful purchaser. —"Fanciers' Gazette."