POULTRY NOTES.

Lake County Press, Issue 982, 3 October 1901, Page 5

POULTRY NOTES.

[By an Expert.] Those who expect to make fortunes in the poultry business will be disappointed for expecting too much. In proportion to capital and labor fowls will pay better than cotton, corn and wheat. Is not that enough to expect ? The steady worker is the one who will make poultry pay, not the man who “ works awhile and waits a week.” Slow and sure is a good motto for the poultryman, though the “sure” without the “ slow” is better. Make the best of the breeding season while it is here. Get your chicks hatched out and fairly started before the summer properly sets in And, by the way, shades in the yard and the greenstuff supply both sorely need attention just now. Pure charcoal, or the charred wood from the stove, when fresh, is an excellent aid in arresting bowel complaints, and is both simple and harmless. Where the hens have nut had a variety, parched grain, neatly burnt, affords an agreeable change and serves nearly the same purpose as chare ml. Oats, corn, wheat, or even bran wi 1 be readily eaten by hens when they have been regularly fed on a sameness of diet, and such food will greatly aid in arresting diarrhoea, or other bowel disorders. In incubating eggs under hens, it is advisable to watch that they do not become soiled by dung in the nest. The successful hatching of eggs soiled in this way is jeopardised not only by the stoppage of the pores of the shell, leading to suffocation of the chick, but by the fouling of the air, which tends to upset both the mother and the germs. Those who are much among fowls are aware that their droppings are excessively offensive when sitting. Feed and water sitting hens once a day; feed corn only. Jf any eggs get. broken, remove them and wash the others in warm water. Give the hens grit. Milk is one of the best feeds that you can give your fowls, and especially is this so in regard to small chicks. It should be placed so that they can go to it at all times. Remember the chicken houses must be kept as clean as circumstances will permit. Disease is confined to no particular breed, season or climate. Prevention is better than cure Cleanliness is the secret of health everywhere, but if there is one special spot where it counts for the highest percentage that is the poultry yard, and that particularly in the roosting houses and covered in runs.

Laying liens should never be so fat as to prevent the gizzard being felt. If food is given in excess of what is required to support life, it is disposed mostly in three ways. Some hens put on flesh, some fat, and some lay eggs In the breast, wings, and thighs the flesh is found, the fat in the stern and abdomen, and the eggs in the nest.