| Show POULTRY NOTES A little salt now and then is relished relished relished rel rel- rel- rel by the sitting hen When biddie sings lustily she Is feeling good and will lay Gardeners consider pigeon manure the best of all aU fertilizers for both vegetables vegetables vegetables and flowers An utility bird is a bird that will give the best financial returns in a year in eggs and flesh Dont Don't move he hens s and pullets around In different quarters In the late fall faU if it you want winter layers Look out for frost bitten combs If It the comb Is frozen n it mea means s no eggs till It Is thoroughly healed again Put a few drops of tincture of iron in the drinking water wafer twice a week It Is an excellent spring tonic for the tho fowls Old hens and cockerels should be fattened and sold They can be fitted up for use by hoarding boarding houses and restaurants Give the chickens plenty of range plenty of water and the laying g habit before cold weather Starving them will not promote growth of or feathers Mix finely cut onions or chives in inthe inthe inthe the turkeys turkey's food Meal mixed with I milk or water Is good also boiled balled potatoes mashed fine with pepper I added A sitting hen lien hates to be disturbed even by her own kind By placing her nest In a n ll place c secluded from the theother theother theother other chickens you will secure larger hatches Keep the poultry house clean b by frequently removing droppings all nest material and all other dus dust and dirt is tho the beginning of keeping down Insect pests And again look out for vermin and disease at this time lime as the birds will willbe willbe be more subject to them during the period than at an any other during during dur lur- lurIng ing the year The most plentiful of all the large- large sized heavyweight squab producers producer is the Carneaux It is is' close feathered well proportioned active and has heavy weight In La the hottest weather the tho lice Uce and mites breed the fastest fastest If If you allow them around Keep the tho henhouse cool and clean and they will not trouble so much More satisfactory results are obtained ob ob- tamed from keeping only one variety than in having several unless a n peron perron per per- ron con on has plenty of patience and an abundance of room |
