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Show POULTRY NOTES. Avoid exciting the geese; let them alone. Peg weak iies In ducks Is usually caused by dampness. There are several Insect enemies of poultry lice, mites and fleas. I. Ice may be found on the bodies of fowls at all seasons of tho year. Oese grow better with age and are Just about in their prime at twenty months Houp may be apparently cured, but It cannot be entirely eradicated from the system. At all seasons of the year It Is a good plan to burn out all nests every four or five weeks I.iver troubles are caused by a lack of sharp grit or by feeding too ric h or stimulating food. As soon as a setting hen comes off the nest should be burned out and fresh nest material supplied. Cayenne cp er Is a most powerful stimulant That It will Induce egg production there can be no doubt. It Is a bad move to change the quarters of pullets or hens while laying lay-ing It Is very apt to chcrk egg pro du' tlon. While it Is desirable to set egg while they are ms freh as jmssible. It Is not always possible to do so. particularly when an Incubator Is being be-ing used If the du' k Is com lulled to sleep In a damp louse she Is likely to b attacked with rheumatism or cramps, for which there Is no sine remedy Overfeeding wlil also do It The turkey I, en Is an lde;, setter, but a bad n o'her unless confined, as die drag hr young after ht-r and does not wait for those who fall out by the way so long as one Is left. A thorough d-enching of the jiotil-t-y house with kerosene emulsion to which a little erode carbolic acid had been added will prove very effectual against the red mltes If done every week. When setting bens It Is never ad tlsabks to apply any greas to their bodies, but they may be dusted with torn good Insert powder, while th hests may be dusted with powjereo) lime or sulphur. |
