Show im GOOD STOCK IS NECESSARY good strong vigorous Vt gorou fowl fowls are Es enolal I 1 fop for success in poultry male should be hustler in order to get the best results in poultry POU try raisin or in tact fact in any line of live stock bioc work it Is necessary to have good stock to work mork bilth ith this la Is as true of farm poultry kept fop for the production of eggs and meat ae as of the fanciers fowls raised largely for purposes the only difference Is that the fowls fois are Liea measured by a different standard no matter what the stock la Is kept for it should be the best obtainable for the use to 0 which it ie Is to be put what e keep poultry for what condition we e hive to keep the hock flock under or our personal likes and dle dis likes make some difference in the variety we select but there are some points which should be kept la in mind no matter what variety Is selected tei op or what use la Is made of them no aa bat ter what special branch of poultry keeping la Is engaged in it Is necessary to have strong vigorous fowls jowls if the 4 profit making stock best results are to be obtained the weakling no to matter how bow good it may be in some other respect should never have a place in the breeding pen in selecting a male to head the flock the first consideration should be vigor he should be courageous alway always willing to fight for and defend his mates active and hustling and should hare a strong crow the hen should be active and busy early off the roost in the morning late in going in at night always on the bunting for food the farmer tamer wants a fowl that la to active enough to forage for a good part of its living A large part of the profit which comes from farm poultry Is made out of the waste products which the fowls find for themselves fowls are naturally gleaners and scavengers and while some may object to this latter term it Is to a fact that in many places they are kept to utilize waste products on the farm under the best management this would consist of grass grain wasted asted la in bar testing vesting and insect life of different kinds found in the field MAKING FIGHT ON THE LICE nothing more satisfactory has B been ilson found than spray of kerosene and Car carbolic bolla acid during the days when the fowls tere ure under shelter more than Is in usual care must be taken to prevent lice from populating the place you know from experience what a few days can do toward establishing ft a very lively community of theto the to pests the chickens will rill not sleep well and they cannot by lay when they are tortured with these pests any more than human beings can do their most efficient work whoa they worry you have a right to doubt the veracity of the who tells you that Ms his chickens do not have lice for wherever you find a chicken there will yoa you find its handmaiden the mite careful attention and reputed spray ing are the price we pit pay y for clean V houses and h alty clean chickens nothing more satisfactory than the old spray solution so often recommend ed of kerosene and carbolic add acid has bea been found to lat n t the needs of the average avenge tamer and you have bays no doubt found that it if one dose Is not efficacious ca the second followed in seven days will put an end to the scourge margo tor for a R while problem of f feeding folding ped feeding jug poultry Is always thing of a problem leni never place feed so that fowls can gorge sorge themselves them selve IM at any time make them work for it when fed inside the building scatter to th grata grain la in a litter of fine straw or cibat apost a good floor door this makos the birds exercise to get set their feed ad and soP so improve their physical condl tim U you are an feeding out of doom doors setter ator the toed on an dry hard ground of arouse dont put it oa on moist uund and dent under aay any circumstance cum stance ave vao mixed feed where it will become soar sour aad and sour to disastrous to tho the older bird next nut yeses it int too tw lit yet by my meau to buy tw getting of eggs from ahw to secure next years ro roosters asters doat dont begrudge 1 a good price either remember how bow much cheaper a set fag of OW to is tun buying the roost wo i ally NIT bvm fic |