AMONG THE POULTRY.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3560, 15 August 1905, Page 4

AMONG THE POULTRY.

Keep one cock for ten to fifteen bene. ‘ Let the fowls fast a few hours before killing.

Hens lay best at the age of cm® to two years.

Always give fowls plenty of facaii, pure water.

Sitting hens must have a daily run to , insure them good health. There is no danger of the poultry business being overdone because the demand is rapidly increasing.

If a scratching place is provided where you can bury corn, your fowls will receive much benefit from the ea> ercise. A quick way to fatten geese is to put a few in a darkened pen and feed a pound of oats per day to each one. They fatten in two weeks.—Farmers' Voice. Proper Handling of Bees. If you know how to handle bee* you esn earn good pay overhauling the | apiaries of farmers who are too busy;in epri.mg and fall to put their colonies in shape for the season. Many swarms are worthies® now that might bring good profits to the owner if cleaned up and perhaps combined with another. Wormy hive® and hives with old brood might as well be burned or thrown in the sea as to be kept in their present condition. Let a man get a reputation for knowing how to handle bees and being willing to do it for others, and ha would not find time to fill his orders. He would soon carry a large shock of bee* and bee goods a* well a* honey to sell, and should make it all turn in good ■ profits.—Midland Farmer. Varied Rations for Hogs. I feed my hogs corn and oatsprineJ* I pally. Bulk of the feed, corn. Make [ i swill using corn and oats ground together one-third corn and two-thirds oats, and add to that a little wheat i shorts. Hogs have run of pasture. I Have access to salt at all times; plenjty of water. Pumpkins are fed in the fall, also small potatoes and waste apples and such stuff from the garden not usable in the house. In fact any and all things raised on the farm tl will tempt their appetite and be e, .

ducive to their health—F. G. Barfoot, in Farmers’ He view.