Poultry Notes.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 June 1911, Page 4

Poultry Notes.

VARIOUS USEFUL HINTS. Uniformity i» the flock always adds to its beauty. Vessels in which milk i,s fed should be cleaned regularly. Charcoal is a good -(jbrrcotive for bowel trouble in chicks. The laying heai develops a groat appetite and an enormous thirst. As a rule the hens with the largest combs prove to be tilie best layera. He who continually aims to improve seldom has any serious drawbacks. There is more profit in knowing how to prevent disease than how to cure it. Not only aim if) improve your stock, but also carefully adjust your .method's. A uniform puirebrod llwkj -will produce eggs of uniform size and young that mature quickly. Whenever a dozen of eggs sells for tihe price of a pound of 'butter, the man with the hens is ahead of the man with the cows. Generally a hen with a nice, cleancut head and a full, bright eye will be a- good layer. Hens with large crops seem to be hotter producers than others. A nice (lock of guinc-as on the farm do iimre than any other domestic "birds towards ridding the farm of injurious insects, besides kcepivig the egg basket well fielld from April until late in October. In order that hens may properly masticate their food and so keep free from indigestion and liver complaint, hard grit of some kind must be found for them. Get some hens to sitting this month. Put the next in a good warm, roomy place and see to it that the mother lien is free from vermin.