AMONG THE POULTRY.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3563, 22 August 1905, Page 4

AMONG THE POULTRY.

Ks«p owe eoek for ten to fifteen hew. Let the fowls * f«w hours Wore killing. Bens lay bwt a* the age o< one to two years. Always five iowto ptoAg «# pure water. 1 Sitting hsas muathnveadattr.tnnto insure health. There, ii!ho danger of the poaitry ' business being overdone beceuffs the demand ie rapidly increasing. If' a scratching place ie provided j where you can bary corn, yosr foeria 1 will receive mush benefit from tha , crcise.

A quiok way to fatten gaeae is to put ; a lew in a darkened pen and feed a . pound of oata per day to eaah one. They fatten to two wee&a,—banners' ; Yoie# - ■ ‘ - ■ ¥»#»•• KanAWac ®s*e. Xf you know how to handle beea you •art earn good pay overhauling the •piariea of farmers who are too busydn spriw; and fali to put th*ir colonies in shape for the season. Many swarms are worthless sow that might bring good profit# to the owner if cleaned up and perhaps Combined with another. Wormy hives and hivea 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 beea and j being willing to do it for other#, and h« ; would not find time to fill his orders. ■ He would soon carry a large stock of t beea and bee good# as well a# honey to > »*U, and should make it all turn in good ( profits.—Midland Farmer. t —.. . - ▼■sled Rattan# tor l#c*> I feed mjr hogs corn and oats principally. Bulk of the feed, corn. Make % swill using com and oats ground together one-third corn and two-third* oatfl, and add to that a little wheat shorts. Hogs bare ruu of pasture. Have access to salt at all times; plenty 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 thing# raised on the farm that wilt tempt their appetite and b« conducive to their health.'*-!'. 0. Barfoot, to y angers’ Barlow.