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Show D01WN0IR Sour milk la an eicelieut feed for ebbks. IJee Increase very rapidly on the sitting ben. Tbe chh ks should not be fed tbs Crst day after batching. A varilety in feeding Is one way of keeping the flock In good condition. Cleanliness Is tbe most Imftortant factor In tbe successful raising of poultry. A little salt in the food for the bens Is an aid to L1gstIon, and so keep them well and vigorous. Iack of grit aud over'4dlrig will rause idleness and stop the egg yield as quickly as anything else. It Is best to salt the morning tnasn, but not more than one ounce for 103 bead of stok should be used. bucks kept entirely on land, must have deep drinking vesnels, so they can get their heads under water. The busy hen Is the productive tine; hence she should be so fed as to Induce In-duce the greatest activity, If In cott-Oriement. cott-Oriement. Ducks, are practically Immune from cholera, roup and gas. Their favorite fa-vorite dbeagea are spinal meningitis ind paralysis. flhe the rhiiks ss much range as possible, even If you have to limit that of tlie old fowls. Kx rclx Is a means cf development. If It were not for lice, poultry raising rais-ing would be an easy matter. At the same time It Is not difficult to rid the benhoun a t.f this pest. The projortlun of down-feathers on the l"gs of Asiatic chicks when f.fitcn-rd, f.fitcn-rd, indicates the amount of feathers they will have when matured. Wben the fowl acts dumpish, has a poor appetite, and Muni generally ut of sorts, It Is best to pen It alone tor a few days and give a good physic. Tbe poultry bus!n-sa has been s pok-ta pok-ta of often as a get rlch-qulrk sdme ut tbe people who have succeeded tan tes'ITy that this Us cot always e a tbe iritb. |
