THE FARM.

Colonist, Volume LIV, Issue 13380, 1 April 1912, Page 8

THE FARM.

LOOK AFTER TBE POULTRY.

Poultry is a valuable asset on a farm, Uroed from the best layers. Iron is a good tonic for fowls. Bo.R*fc force yuur laying pullets. Prepare for tho winter season. Spell tho runs in tho poultry yards. Large runs are uniu'eessary for domestis poultry. A good light diet is ■ always best m warm .weather. Grade 'thq, good from tho poor layers, and test them/ Savo the sunflower seed for your fowls; don't waste it. Look at the roof of your poultry house, and make it rain proof. Lime water is the most effectual remedy for hens laying soft-shelled eggs. Lime is essontial to form egg.shells. Old mortar is the best form to give it. Fowl yards become soil sick when charged with ammonia. Use the spade. Animal food promotes egg production, but it should be carefully fed in summer. _ Fanners, improve your poultry flocks; keep only the pure breeds. They will pay you. , , . .. Cleanliness and good housing are, the imperative factors towards the filling of the egg basket. Do not delay in killing or fattening all male birds that are inferior and not worth keeping. See that all steck are well supplied with good, fresh, clean water, and clean vessels to drink from. The first meal should be given very early if you want a good supply of When fattening fowls for the table keep them in small confined runs, and feed liberally on soft foods. Lime, if not in the soil, should be supplied in some form or other, for it is wanted for the egg shell. If young turkeys show signs of drooping, "when about to "shoot the red," give some finely chopped meat, and feed on.good sound oats and wheat. Add a little iron to the water. Disease attacks many flocks through the drinking vessels. Heavy mortality lurks in filthy water fountains. . Overfeeding has its evil effects. It leaves tho blood full of material which furnishes a good seat for disease. Keep down the feed bill by growing vegetable food for your fowls. Green stuff will assist to balance the ration. Salt aids in the performance of the various functions of the body, as digesting the food and its absorption of the blond.'

If your hens peck the cock's comb, Id. of bitter aloes mixed in lard and pasted on his comb v few times will keep them from doing so.