Rich County Reaper | 1934-03-02 | Page 3 | In the Poultry Yard

in the poultry yard food hoppers should be kept per factly dry at all times 0 all ail grit or shell aliel hoppers should be about one foot from the floor 0 it la Is well known that geese live to nn an old age especially in pairs and trios merely a maintenance ration Is insufficient clent to obtain a well filled egg basket the turkey an american bird wits was carried to europe in 1519 by a spanish explorer pucks ducks chickens and other poultry preserved by quick freezing and held in cold storage six months or more are scarcely to be distinguished from fresh killed birds in both appearance and taste the total annual value of the products of poultry in the united states Is about 0 0 0 nearly dozen pegs eggs are sold in a year with a value of 5 WM exclusive of baby chicks 2946 KOW birds are sold with a value of aC fowl paralysis did not respond to feeding treatment at the iowa state agricultural experiment station neither the cause nor the cure for this chicken disease Is known