Seasonable Items.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 August 1910, Page 4

Seasonable Items.

CONCERNING POUT/TRY. Give ginit. House properly. Milk is good food. Don't over doctor. Knowledge is power. Isolate all sick birds. Give green food daily. Clean up t'e incubator, Buy the I-.:.*!; food only. A dust Ik;!.'.: is in order. Clean l!.? !io::ses regularly. Get .-. gooi start oi' the lice. Miik" .■•jlli; :; !;on pens now. Don't wait; get up and get! liny '.'.O best you can affc'icl. I'.. ' 3 plenty of clean nests. ! v \ : ;o the roosts witili lice-killer. 'I 1.-. , host food is the cheapest. Hrains are the basis of success. Start sit once to rear table stock SLi:.':y the birds on their lurches. It is the little tilings tihat countPrepare for the season's hateJii'ig Make suite every,hen is a producer Scratching is the nature of a hen. Pluck is more commendable than luck.' Shelter from the wind is most important. Grade your eggs if you would Inivt best prices. There's no valid excuse for keeping mongrels. Feed for all you are worth row for dear eggs. Get rid of all those surplus maks at once. Stagnant water is a fruitful souivc of danger. Once again, feed g.reen-ciit bone il you want eggs. Neighbours' sneers never spoilt a worthy venture. A bright comb is the best indication of good health. Keep the hens busy, and they'll keep themselves warm. A spray pump is invaluable in helping to keep the lice down. Nothiing 'beats the new-laid egg for quick cash return. Get your eye on the layers now i'oi future breeding stock. Why not st.irt to advertise right away oaiily bird, etc. Mormiltos seldom troupe t)he uirds in weK-.'.'s". .'ecte<l 'houses. As v- j- -rney through life (says an ok! saw) let us advertise by the way. "\Vay*h •■••d proper food are the essenMi'.ls o!" her.vy autumn egg-pro-ductijii. Smali f! icks lay ; whether they pay )r t <!'• -inds on the numbei you have 1 > lot'c after. .Pcwc'erc I bli'."str"°, a teaspoon'ful tf> 25 birds in the mash is said to be a pievcntive an'! cure foreh'ek-en-po:-. The - 1 are few conditioners that have t!;e value of boiled linseed, one ounce per ihcad, twice to thrice moi