Show ail F PREVENT HEN SITTING DOWN california man invents apparatus that will effectually break up broody fowl As every poultry fanner farmer know knows there are timea times when be he doea does not want his hena hens to set and there are some hem hens ho he does not want to set et at any time to inta obedience by the stupid bird birds a Calir man has hi invented the apparatus presented here A breast plate hai has two wire legs extending down from IL it OB on either end of the plate are straps which pass pa under the chickens wing wings and buckle over ita its back the lega legs anict out in front and do not in the bilks ilka setting hen hens least with the fowls free dom dam of movement but to prevent her bar from oetting although ehe she can Is lay T egge eggs and la Is expected to do eo po if she bo want wants to remain popular when a ben hen persists in setting tito two egg eggs are sometimes ome time hard to find and when they are found are unfit for any other use TO PREVENT DREADED ROUP dlapa result results from cold in had head and la Is easily broken up if taken in tim time this la Is the season for colda cold if left unattended a cold will within corn cow ively abort short apace space of time develop into either roup or bronchitis while tho the two diseases dle aiB are widely different yet they aro are both the result of colds ind and while the latter Is not nearly eo so disastrous aa u the former yet many birds die of it it A cold la to very easily broken up if taken in time and nd thua thus the life of at many valuable specimens bayed purchase a alve cent oil can and fill with coal oil all at the first sign of a cold catch the bird and by pushing the bottom of the can inject one douche of oil 1 into each nostril and into the roof root of taj mouth if it bakon la in time thi this one application la Is lelent to cure the bird should a cure not be effected repeat twice dally daily remit result the entire absence of roup the moat most dreaded dl dt rae rase in addition to the caal oil all place ft mall quantity of ate of potash in a the drinking drink lne water market eggs at least twice each week warmth and comfort are the teed feed economizers dont forgot target that lice and mites affect the egg yield it require requires about four geese to mako make a pound round of feathers athera te de be sure that the male at the head of a flock of poultry ta a purebred tin more the ben hen exercises exer clees the more egg eggs iha sho will lay so keep her bar scratching dry picked turkey feather feathers cam mand a batter better price in markot market than called scalded ones february Is 1 genera ally the beginning of at the laying for both ducki ducks and geese duck ducks sodom seldom become broody gesse aft are av ap to become became broody aati altor laying the first litter the hem heng need st manous exale tse theae these days to keep them from becoming sluggish lug glah and inactive the ecret secret of at getting winter eee eggs 1 in early hatched pullet well grows grown well sheltered belt ered and sad well fed EM ems from yearling duck duclo hatch batch well bet but eese must b be about throe year years old to show strong fertility A few drops of little liquid tular at in 14 rf of water ie Is fine for catick ens in dry weather once or twice a week A little cotton feed seed meal meat mixed with mash Is fine to glass y feathers and helps to supply the moat food needed gees asses cannot be b profitably hatched and reared while ton tori and brooders bro odora har hare the duck but laces oreta cut bone will make mako beak lay in winter get alit a bone buttor ai am 4 grind and them yourself youn elf if it you cannot buy them already ground the older the gander tho more TIO 1 loua tons be la Is apt to become during breed ing season tho the drake seldom howl shows temper being of a more timid nature natum |