| Show I 1 I 1 A a ai 1 5 i I 1 i 1 I 1 V 71 A I 1 I 1 POULTRY AND GARDENING 1 1 fit together like roast lamb the an anil I 1 mint sauce along arith th the ho poultry raising every should run a garden for two rea I 1 0 first nearly liala of the feed for so 80 as I 1 hickens chickens in summer comes from froin tho the the and second the poultry manure gird jen fertilizer for such ht to bo be sufficient rarden den on oil ordinary soil these are ago items genera generally lly overlooked in poul avro raising it is cheaper to raise the food al in your own garden than to buy it and nd over a and nd above all of this you will have e nearly enough to supply your own table with fresh vegetables Sn tables all through gli the whole summer the poultry needs food roots berries green oteen leaves green and nd seeds and A great amount of all of hese those can be gathered for them in the th s I 1 I 1 carden den where poultry is not kept gar deal of waste in the there is a 1 great garl I 1 den agn for the green tops of vegetables 1 half grown boota and pods are always 1 useless for the table the time spent in cultivating 1 the garden might legitimately I 1 be put down as conscientious ioui york for the poultry at the end of the artir there would bo be so much saving in the cost of food then the outlay for the garden would amply be for seeds tools labor and interest 1 rat on the land the poultry manure degro ye are goin going r to make supply all the for to material tor for the soil the poultry N dropping 3 should be gathered at least weekly from froin the hen roost or the yard md slid sprinkled over with fine dust th the 9 alst plan is to take every barrel of this lure and find dump it into a quantity 7 of muck gathered from front some pond near by yn the two up thoroughly and a good fertilizer is prepared both for spreading over the ground and for dropping in tho the 1 hills Mis androws and rows the poultry manure fur dishes plenty of mineral and heating I 1 elements while the muck is rich in nitrogenous 1 W tro U s material decayed roots and 0 plants the danger in using poultry manure madare al 1 antho in the drills and hills is that too nuch much will bo be put in so that the seeds ao 10 aiu jil bo be burned up but when it is thoroughly mixed with muck this danger is partly removed after the garden crops have all been gathered in autumn n the chickens should be turned into it for a range they will dig down into the soft mellow i ground and root out all the worms and 00 grabs grubs that may bo be preparing for a winters hibernation they will also snatch up the seeds of weeds and foreign bodies I 1 and prepare the ground for use the next spring these items are seldom taken 01 into consideration by those writing about k poultry but in the long run they furnish P ao no very small profits annie 0 webster at in american cultivator F Lani I 1 lim bing id now is about the time of year when M ho the annual wail regarding commences and I 1 wish to say to my any of your readers who may have I 1 wrongs indel i sheep that disown their I 1 offspring ff spring that there is a sure cure for it and nd not the cure is to feed the ewe plenty of 1106 good hay bay and grain for at least two months before she site lambs if it a ewe has fat on her ribs and udders adders tall full of milk she will own her lambs nine ty y nine times out of a hundred and thia this remark mark will hold good even with young bennos coming with lamb tor the first I 1 tine where many lambs come in the same fa rn at the same time young ewes fre fro bently get confused and lose their ambs but when a system of marking ach each lamb at birth and its mother with the same mark is used and a few s ire tre fitted up for bay hay grain and water where the ewo ewe and lamb can be confined part spart from the others this difficulty till will be overcome when a ewe disowns her lamb it is in most every case because she bos bs very little milk and nature teaches her to look out for number one many people do not realize when a sheep is thin in the winter or spring amply simply because of the heavy covering of wool that covers up sharp angles to some degree and think it need much care and feed but can get the principal part of its living as a sort of all around scavenger but the fact is that to animal will so quickly and surely repay the thoughtful owner in cash for his careful attention and liberal allowance of the best water hay and grain and no animal will be a poorer investment than a half starved sheep 1 for one never had any trouble in lambing because my ewes were too fat I 1 once had the misfortune to fatten for mutton fifty old merino owes that had bad all taken the ram although unknown tome to me I 1 raised forty nine lamba lambs and the ewes were about as fat as corn and alfalfa hay could make them at the time they dropped and I 1 kept them so I 1 tew green grass came the lambs growing i meantime full as fast as they would I 1 have done upon grass nature very seldom makes a mistake e and ilta a strong healthy fat ewe will guard her lamb as carefully as a mother will her child if a man cant afford to feed two sheep well let him keep but one I 1 IL in american sh sheep e ep breeder some new york stock at the fair mr lyon owed an 9 year old jersey bull that ful motive power for drawing I 1 hay 7 helping the team up hill and tak ing either horses place in case ot of acci dent lent he ile liaa has a horse collar fitted to him Q and with I 1 iron r on hames and chain tugs drew w pounds on a pair of tracks I 1 III 3 weighs 1640 pounds some cheshire V ES P shown by A W crandall were ex 1 trl lri the ol 1 sow was a model for a 40 1411 iter ter she has given birth to sixty 1 pio pin in four I 1 litters and received fj civo vo firs p premiums the cheshire is in my 13 on the tile best hog for growth disposition W easy keeping that can be found E U C in kural new yorker |
