Show fy F y tv T f r rasp Rr SP ito jR HINGED SYSTEM OF PERCHES attractive to practical man whose quarters are limited folds up against side of house in cases where quarters are somewhat limited and houses necessarily correspondingly small or where the paving of time and labor Is a consid er atlon the hinged perch shown in the accompanying illustration possesses posse ses an attraction to the practical man As will be seen it Is so constructed that hinged perches it can be folded back against the side of the house out ot tho way during the daytime thus facilitating the cleaning of the interior and tor spraying to destroy insect life its con Is simple and fully explained in the drawing MILK FOR PRODUCING EGGS experiments conducted at west virginia station show of excellent value two tests are reported from the west virginia station of the value of compared with water for wetting a feed mash in the first test which covered days 22 hens fed laid 1244 eggs as compared with eggs laid by the 22 hens fed mash wet with water in the first period of the second test 60 hens fed the ration laid agga egga in 37 days as compared with agga egga laid by a similar lot fed no in the second period which covered 56 days the rations were reversed the chickens fed laid 1220 eggs as compared with in the case of the lot fed no in every case the pens contained ona cock to ten hens in both experiments more eggs were produced when was substituted tor water for moistening the mash under the conditions prevailing in these experiments and with eggs sell ing tor 20 or 25 cents per dozen the used tor moistening the mash had a feeding value of from 1 to 2 cents per quart in these trials quarts of were fed re suiting in an increase in the egg production of eggs or almost an ex tra egg for each quart used TROUGH FOR CHICKEN FEED portable device keeps half grown birds out of food and allow little ones to eat to keep half grown chickens out of their feed and make it available to the smaller ones of the flock a handy portable trough may be made as chown in the illustration says the ion a homestead it Is seven inches portable trough wide and the slat across the top by which it may be carried is three inches wide and about three inches higher than the edge of the trough it would overbalance any chicken trying to stand in the teed handling a goose in handling a goose it should al ways be taken by the neck and when lifted from the ground the body be turned with the back to ward the person handling it in that position it cannot strike and will remain quiet partly support the body by seizing tho first joint of tho wing with one hand if the goose Is held facing ono it will strike hard blows with its wings or scratch with its feet overcrowding injurious overcrowding causes fowls to sweat at flight and this soon rots the feath ers at tho root this Is ono reason hy so many fowls shed feathers out elde of tho regular boulting moul ting pea meal as peed pea meal is not quite so good a feed ing stuff as the average gluten feed H contains about 1 per cent less protein 3 per cent less fat and nearly throe times aa much fiber H A tea PROPER t CARE FOR GUINEAS in winter barda mut have shelter and food same aa other poultry great danger from rains by A J LEGO the young guinea la about as tender a bird as we ever undertook to care tor they are of a wild nature and if one Is lost from the hen in the grass it Is almost useless to look tor it the best plan Is to let the hen cluck it back to her flock we usual ly keep the young guineas up for a few days after they are hatched and feed them some bread crumbs coarse corn meal and occasionally a hard boiled egg they are given water and also tweet milk to drink after they leave the hens call it the days are warm and sunshiny they are given fine rough age they gather bugs and worms so they need but little feeding the great danger Is from the hard rains it the hen does not seek shel ter the young guineas are very likely to get drowned I 1 have seen young guineas nearly drowned in a hard rain that it looked useless to bother with them but aft er they were warmed up and dried they did not show any bad effects from their drenching after tho guineas are feathered out they need but little care as they are fully able to shift for themselves un til the winter cuts oft their supply of food in winter they must have a shellei and food the same as other poultry but not be let out when there Is snow on the ground else they will fly into the tops of trees or alight on the tops of buildings and refuse to come down ventilation FOR HEN HOUSE force draft ventilator built like aft stove pipe chimney top la illustrated poultry houses are often unsatisfactory solely because they are badly ventilated of course it Is out of the question always to tear them down and build aney or to install the king system of ventilation BO some form of ventilation may be the best device to adopt in the illustration Is shown a force draft ventilator built like a revolving stove pipe chimney top the wing with the arrow on top force draft ventilator turns the top so the opening a al ways faces the wind some of tha wind passes through this opening aud out of the top at b it thus creates a draft up the flue c and thus ventilates the poultry house below the principle Is the same as that used in the atomizer A neglected cold may turn into roup the comb Is the chickens health indicator good development before beginning to lay Is best tor the pullet for fattening a wet mash Is good but at other times let the mash be dry the old bens especially those older than two years should bo fattened and sold the nearer square you build a poul try house tha less the cost of construction st begin right tor the winter by keeping nothing but healthy lay ing hens the chick that has been stunted vi ill never make a show bird and seldom develop into a profitable fowl well managed poultry Is preter ablo to farm crops in that poultry will produce an income at all times of the year camons capons are quiet grow more per pound jot teed than cockerell cockerels els grow longer and bring a better price per a day Is sufficient tor chick ens to bo fed a mash the remainder of the day dry grain Is considered better the best way of disposing of surplus late hatched cockerell cockerels els too late to be sold tor broilers Is as camons capons in every variety of farming plan nang ahead of time Is necessary and perhaps most so in poultry hus bandry for the geese a low shed open to the south Is about all that Is needed as geean seem impervious to cold v eather no ben Is going to lay winter eggs it her system Is run down her molt not over and she Is made to scratch her own living get rid of some of the roosters that are worrying the hens to good purpose they are deadlocks and eat up the profits of the flock the hulleta which are undersized have standard disqualification or a weak constitution should be fattened and go to market with the cocker eh |