Show FOWLS SUITABLE FOR FARM old farmer says he has never seen anything better than plymouth rocks and Wyan dottes many farmers have hobbles and pet theories which sometimes bring them plenty of experience but a a rule they look at everything along utility lines says farm news some farmers have been looking for the best farmers fowl have bred almost all breeds in existence and yet have to confess to failure along these lines at times he thinks that he has the best bird cornered only to find that it Is stil at large A buzz saw Is all right tor the purpose for which it was intended but it cant be used for shaving a mans beard all cheso things are very practical in their way but making them answer borall purposes Is very much like corralling a cyclone something soo ething no man has succeeded in doing one person wants fowls for the production of eggs and therefore will want the breed whose hens prove to be the best layers another wants the best table fowl and an entirely different bred will be selected the third man wants a fowl with a certain fancy feather and pays a fancy price for it A farmer living several miles from town cares very little tor fowls of any particular kind yet he columbian wyandotte pullet will admit that they are an unfailing source of supply in case ot emerged cy in supplying the table buying the groceries and keeping him out of debt for long intervals the farmers flock should be prolific without sacrificing other qualities they should be good table fowls to satisfy this requirement they must be of good size plump and of good appearance pe arance when dressed they must be hardy and good foragers for agers as there Is much waste food on the farm that can be converted into cash returns by the fowls the hens must be good sitters and mothers as many farmers are not ready to buy incubators although they should do so at once these are questions that are being studied liy the careful and each in will have to determine the matter tor himself an old farmer who Is new off the active list but still lives on the farm and raises poultry as a diversion says he visited many poultry bowa just to inspect some of the best birds of the new varieties and he cays that he has never seen anything better than the plymouth rock and wyandotte varieties tor real business stock he said you can tell inquirers that these two breeds are still at the top and there are enough varieties of them to please any sensible person As to individual taste the old indian said if men were all alike they would ell want his squaw so many varieties of chickens have been evolved that it seems as it there should be nothing left to be sought or desired in the way of beauty or utility sell all the roosters not ceded for breeding don t buy breeding stock that lacks in strength and vigor keep everlastingly and eternally after the lice and mites A box of crushed oyster shells should always be kept in reach keep he coops for the small chicks at a distance from the hen bouse low perches will induce young stock to roost in the poultry bouse early in life the color of the egg shells has nothing to do with the food value of the eggs A combination of the heat with lice pests Is enough to cause fowls not to do well the flavor of eggs and their color depends very much upon the kind of given after the moult a little linseed meal Is a fine thing to round out the poul ry ration with commence to gather dry road dust nd put away in barrels in dry place r ne winters use |