Show DAMY AND POULTRY interesting CHAPTERS FOH FOR OUR RURAL READERS how this department at the ih A its ur nent as to ur tho car care of live U fuwk and ad cornah indian clams dam from the farmers Far mera review our experience peri ence with the cornish indiana covers almost two year years and in that time we bare have mada made a very careful study of then them in every particular be ing a constant breeder I 1 think I 1 nave have siren given them trial wal enough to bo be able to answer for them from a practical and a fancy standpoint I 1 must confess that at first I 1 was prejudiced against them yet they have gradually won favor with me until they now occupy the front row as an all purpose fowl atone it one la Is raisins raising practical poultry only surely he be finds all be he expects in the cornish indian they are very hardy good layers of large brown shelled eggs aud are the best table fowl that can a found today to day the hens are good all re very gentle and careful mot mothers bars and tho the males are no more pugnacious than the drahman Brah inas as plymouth rocks or Wyan dottes in one nue particular they are like the amer 1 lean ican indian willing to bunt hunt for their living and will and find mosi of it if it given tree free range yet they are easily yarded and bear confinement very well AS a market fowl they have no peer pear being very quick in maturing with plump bodies nice yellow ekin skin and les and are as large ns as the ply rocks and Wyand Wyan ottea dottes from a fancy standpoint they are truly a fowl being very stylish wish with erect carriage broad shoulders ders strong legs set well apart they command the attention ot of anybody As to the females they are when properly bred and of the proper color which Is for ground color a nut brown with each feather evenly laced with two rows of narrow black a wonder to behold we know of no fowl that will come as near filling all the requirements for the farm tarm and fancier as the cornish indian and ve we are often asked why are they growing so popular and for an answer we tell them that embodied in them we find all that recommends any fowl to the farmer the market and the fancier frank H thomas morgan morran county illinois armm sprier car care of at kw from farmers review I 1 have been trying to find time to write you an article on oil spring care of sheep for a long time but I 1 have never found that time and spring Is U on us and I 1 will have to give you just a few points plenty of good feed and exercise with protection from bad storms bring sheep through the winter in good condition and that Is the proper preparation to a successful crop of lambs give the ewes owes the right kind of a chance and they will do their part do not stop the dry feed too eoon soon for it will bo be gome some time before tho the grass has sufficient tent nutriment in it it to keep the sheep healthy and 11 arong rong many flock masters think that sheep must necessarily go bak bark in condition for some time after grasa gras comes but not so if it the dry feed Is not stopped too eoon soon no pasture field Is complete without a good sized ripe patch in it well every other year and a temporary renco aroune it so that the cheep can not get ret at it until tuo too middle of june plow the ground und sow rape as soon as warm weather comes so that oats could be sowed bowed sheep can never do their best unless a connant supply of c salt and pure water Is to afforded them shear early but keep them out of cold spring rains afterward atch the ewes closely at lambin time it will pay for many a lamb and often a ewe owe Is saved sved max chapman union boua ty ohio raising 11 frota review my mir method of raising turkeys Is to first fix good places for the hen to vest in an old barrel laid down on side or big box upside dom down with a good bia b opening inside with some brush thrown nver rover and aud around them in fixing such places you are most sure to idt it them to nest in them then you are not bothered with crows taking aggs it cold I 1 gather the eggs and when ben hen wants to sit I 1 give her 15 to IS begs when jhb has lias hatched I 1 put her in a large coop or pen so she cant get out and let the little turkeys run out and in a it their pleasure I 1 kaep hen in for two weeks and feed latte ones some milk with light bread soaked in it with some millet feed ed then if weather is good I 1 turn hen hu h u out and feed about the same till they are large enough to catch grasshoppers grassL then they wl wu 41 take care of themselves A Z copeland vermilion county illinois now arks ks milk supper I 1 it required about gallons gallous of milk to supply the he city of new now york during 1901 1001 and an additional of gallons of cream and condensed milk ali it 1 Is interesting to note the variation in the milk used in the dif dit r crent forent mon months Ms of taa the year which whick dav wa an 43 follows january gallons toioi 1 february GS march 1 april 78 may 84 1 l june july 1 1 au kast bust september 8 october so oo november december the smallest supply was in february and la in that month the supply of cream nd conde condensed need milk was also tho the smallest being gallons the greatest consumption of milk was in july as was as also the consumption of cream and condensed milk which reached gallons more than twice the amount consumed in february the figures arc are interesting as chowing tho the relative amounts con suad which will probably be found to corr correspond spond with the milk supply of all alil of our largo large cities the very largo amount used in july la Is due to the great demand for teen of 0 various carious kinds and to some extent to the more rapid spoiling of milk in bummer summer time worm Is 11 Tur tarter kerp from the farmer farmers review I 1 have written to several agricultural end poultry papers ashing asking tor for information in regard to intestinal worms in turkeys in every enery instance I 1 have had bad a courteous reply but almost devoid of practical points laet last summer I 1 lost halt half of a flock of 80 young turkeys from three to five months old from intestinal worms dy by giving areca nut I 1 managed to save the rest but they were so vo stunted that they were small at maturity and did not fatten readily they had bad the run of a farm of acres my turkeys thia this year hlll of necessity have the earn runs will you please answer the following questions tlona by number as all to whom I 1 have written answer only one 1 I do you know ot any po powder der on the market except blakes which was not effectual which may be fed to two weeks old turkeys as a preventive 2 does areca nut stunt the growth groth please do not recommend turpentine for they will neither drink arink the water writer nor eat more than one mouthful of food containing it the treatment rec ammend d la reply to my last letter required the dosing individually of the entire nock flock four days in the week occasionally I 1 have studied golem government bulletins poultry books and everything ery thing I 1 can find and as all aro are agreed that the worm eggs live tron year to year in the ground and none give a remedy simply enough administered to be practical I 1 am almost in despair of raising any turkeys hereafter L L phelps 0 0 a we urge our readers that have had experience with the above mentioned trouble to send in their suggestions the case Is in a difficult one lose and the usual remedies seem to be ineffective to sol to tn city a oa creamery the milk supply of new york during february of this year wae was about gallons against in the corresponding month last year this la Is an increase of at over gallons this increase was dude in the face of a short and high priced feed supply how was it made by paying more for milk the avage av rage price paid the producers in rebr february uary 1901 was 2 75 7 cents per quart during february 1902 it was 3 25 cents per quart an increase ol 01 one halt half cent a quart without this increase it la Is cafe to say that the extra amount of milk could nover never have been obtained As tho the great cities grow they must reach out further tor for their milk supply and must f increase the price they pay tor for it this fact always militates against the creamery of the two ways of disposing of his milk the creamer cream cly is generally the moat most profitable to the tanner farmer arnot not at one but in the lonn long run when a farmer sends mends hia his whole milk to qa cities the manur lal value in ir 1 never geta gets back to the farm when a man sends his milk to the creamery and gets back bis his skim milk he be can produce out of that skim milk veal york pork poul liy meat and eggi aggi men mea should take this into account when figuring milk prices slow 1 of dairy dalty knowledg Knowla dg in reading the forell i exchanges one Is struck with the slow spread ot of dairy knowledge we have been making silage in this country for mo than twenty five years in victories australia silage has been boado by the leading dairymen for moru than twenty years one of the best ot of them has made tons every winter and has wintered cows on it and he has done it for twenty years without failure yet today the za zel land papers are urging their readers to investigate the tho silage quis question tiou and f are telling their readers that mey are twenty years behind the times they are proposing that the government call a conference give the farmers freu frev passes on the railroads rall roada to attend it and import for speaker speakers dairymen in australia or other parts that have made silage su but the tile new zealanders are not the only people that are behind in their appreciation of the ato in the great state of 1111 t nola there are fw few silos altos despite the fact that just across tho border in wisconsin are hold hole g dotted over with silos and where the m money 0 ney returns have been very great groa t an and d the th a increase of wealth due to the alla enormous |