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Perfect cleanllneu N of toe blfheet
Importune In the poultry yards and
nouaen during the eutlra year, but It
eapeclHlly noceaaary In the aultry Hum
mar montha, when trory detail enoultf
be run-fully attended to which may N
of any poaalhle beneOt to the growth
and development of tb young atock.
Fowl which hart the very beat of food
and care In other reajwU will not
thrive when confined In uuclean and
III ventilated bouaoa and pena, write
W, II. Works In American Poultry
Journal. t'leaullueaa la highly necaa
aary In the rearing of youug chicks, no
matter whether they are Intended fot
exhibition stock, for breeders or fot
the market. '
Hy cleuullnei Is not meant tbo UM
of a largci quantity of disinfectant!
which may give the appearance of
rleaullneae, although thoao are uudoubt
edly good to uao lu cobnectloo with tb
care of the poultry j wirier, Cleanll
iioxi U of aucn grft account lu tin
minimcr tlm l In many cases It may
Menu the Raving of the life of a chick
as well at the health and growth, fot
clcnnllnee U the foe of vermin, and
vermin la the cjiuno of a majority (
the poultry lotwe and dUeaeee,
Hie hoUNie for the young atock aboold
be dry and well ventilated, and tn
' lil ka should t kept from crowding
and taught to go on tba rooata na aooo
n poMMllilo, so that there will he nc
dinner of deformed tireaattKinea caused
by nrererowdlng, The brood coop and
brooders ahould recelre much of tbt
poultrytimn'tt attention during the bol
eeawiu, and the little chick should
have clean, dry etrnw on the floors ol
their itNtita end abut plenty of freeb alt
and nhitde.
Lime Ih one of the beet thing to ua
lu the houaca, either In the form ol
whitewash or nr1nkled about the flooi
ni n powder. Carbolic acid la alao a
gmxl disinfectant, and keroene ebould
be tiDcd lii the fight, ngiiltmt Ilea and
tnlteV The chick luted to be dusted
with Insect powder and tholr duatlng
places sprinkled with It. The yard
should be dug up often and (Uninfected
with lime and carbolic acid, no thai
the ground will not ttccouio old and
full of d I ! gurms.
rehe Pallia.
On of the most aatlefactory way
of treating feather palling, eay Ball
able Poultry Journal, Is to rub a llttl
attract of aloe on tba feathers of tba
bird about th portion that baa been
picked at After tba feather pullera
bava bad a good tasU of tbo feathers
dosed wttb sloes tbey are not ltfceb to
give jon any further trouble.
' All grain damaged by dampness nay
ba freely fad to poultry if thoroughly
dried out It l kot oven. Bcorch It Jgst
a little.
Home llluatratloua from a dairy aad
hay farm near Augusts, (in., one of
which Is here reproduced, serve
Hoard's IHlrymun na the text for a
siiKKCNtlve little sermon as follows:
There line been a good deal of talk
In recent yenrsnnd not without soma
very excellent reasons-shout the "new
south," but we are llrm In the bellof
Dint the south will not fully come to
Its own until scene sltullnr to those
here depleted become Hoinewhnt com
mon In every southern state. Without
etoilu to Inquire nt the present time
for (lie HpccHIc reiiHoiiK why such re
sults follow, wc sin to the simple fact
thnt lu the absence of dairying, wheth-
Vrltr WlHlm WrsiUolt.
The Silver Icd Wyandotte cock,
hare reproduced from Breeder'a Uaeetta
won first prlte at Uie recent Cblcagc
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SIX VLB LACKU WTAKD0TT1 COCK.
poultry abow. Wyandottea are great
favorites lu llie middle and eastern
atatcs, and laa'u number are found
on successful farms. They are pro
lific egg producers.
Cooking Food ror Fowl.
Cooking the food destroy the live
cells and does not sdd anything to the
food except bulk and renders the starch
more easily digestible. The cooking la
chiefly of service In adding variety to
the food nd In destroying any unde
sirable germs which may be present in
meat food. Cooked food fed to fowls
two or three time a week will afford a
desirable variety to the ration and help
but do not feed fowla on an exclusively
cooked food diet If you wish to keep
them well and strong. Cooked whole
gTBlna should be fed sparingly and not
too frequcntly.-P. T. Woods, M. D In
Reliable Poultry Journal.
Rom 0! A OKOHOIA DAJRI tkKU.
er lu the south or north, the west or
esst, the soil deteriorates and the In
habitants grow alack and despondent -not
every Individual, but by averages,
Ou the other band, lu dairy communi
ties the soil Improves In fertility, the
crops lucresse In amount and variety,
markets Improve, thrift la apparent
and intelligence abonnda.
Too complacent dairymen In higher
latitudea are apt to forget that tho
dairy 11 1 la rapidly Increasing In
breadth as well as length, and this
fsct emphaslxes the necessity for
abandoning the old tools and old meth
ods and adopting business principles
In the conduct of the dairy business.
There Is no danger of any great or
permanent oversupply of dairy prod
ucts. The demand for first class milk,
butter and cheese will be equal to tho
supply, but with letter cows, better
feeding nnd more Intelligent care the
production must bo Increased and the
cost of production decreased.
BUTTERMAKING.
Hd In Winter.
The flock needs an abundance of
fresh air and as much liberty as can
be given. Wltb a small flock It la pos
sible to shovel away a few feet of anow
around the henhouse door, letting the
fowls get outside for awhllo every day.
Leave the door opeu during tho middle
of the day and let them go and come as
they pleaNe. When there Is no snow
on the ground allow tho door to re
main open from 10 o'clock lu the morn
ing until sundown. Don't coddlo your
hens, for a weak and debilitated flock
will never bo able to stand the strain
of long continued egg laying.-Subur-
ban Life. ' '
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Keep fonltry Houses Ciena.
Cleanliness la one of the chief requi
sites of success, so the houses, nests
anil yards should be cleaned frequent
ly, the houses whitewashed and Insect
powder used freely. Clean out the
droppings every day, oil the roosts fro- 1
quently and provide clean material for
the nests every two weeks. If this Is
done there will be no trouble, from lice, ,
but If tilth la allowed to accumulate
the mites will multiply rapidly and
cause no end of trouble. American Ag
riculturist I
MEN AND WOMEN.
Um BlfOfor unnatnrsl
itUi:hriM,lnBminBtloni,
Irrltntiotil or uloerllou
of mil com nunibrntiM,
PaIiiImm. and not kitrln
ItREEVANSCWMIMICO. gont or poUonoui.
, eiftOHUMTMf 1 r rna Uts,
or Mill in pimn wrnrpw,
b HDmi, nreimld. lrT
At Want Faint to Slop Cfanrajas.
Wnahlnc nnd Snltlna;.
It Is Important to know at Just wbat
point to atop churning. For beat re
mits In freeing the granules from the
buttermilk and Incorporating tho aalt
It Is considered that the butter granules
ahould be about the site of beana or
grains of corn, possibly a little larger.
The churn Is then stopped and the but
termilk allowed to drain. After the
buttermilk la well drained from tbe
butter granules an amount of water
about equal In volume and of tbe same
temperature as the buttermilk ahould
be added and the churn given four or
five revolutions slowly, so that the wa
ter will como In contact with every
particle of butter and wash out tbe
remaining buttermilk.
Aa soon us the wash water has drain
ed well from the butter granules aalt
ahould bo added. The amount of unit
used wiH depend entirely on the de
mands of the consumer. Usually about
an ounce of salt for each pound of but
ter will be necessary. If the ordinary
barrel churn Is used, which Is porbups
the best form tuade, the salt may be
added In the churn. By glviug the
churn u few revolutions the salt will
be quite thoroughly Incorporated with
the butter. It should stand In this con
dition for a few minutes, until the salt
becomes more or less dissolved, before
tho working of the butter Is begun.-B.
II. Webster.
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rrmM Culi
Chaniie In nil Old Standby.
It may be worth wlillo to call the
attention of those feeders who do not
stop to tlgure to the fact that the de
velopments of trade thu last few
years have mado oiir old standby corn
not alwuys now the choop feed It
was at one time, says a writer In
Home and Farm. East, especially of
the "corn belt," the market price of
coru rarely falls below SO cents a bush
el aud frequently advances consider
ably above It. With grain corn sell
ing at 50 cents, corn men 1 will cost
from $20 to $22 a ton. On my desk us
I write is a quotation for line western
bran delivered at my station for $19.60.
Corumee.l aud bran mixed far outrank
cornmeaf alone aa a cow ration. At
thee figures It will nianlfoatly pay m
t eichange at lea at part of my corn
for bran.
Ckaanlon Cheese Cnn(r
Tb Sheboygan county (Wis.) dairy
boards of trade sell annually 8,000,000
pounds of cheese, or almost one half
of all tbe cheese sold In this great
dairying state of Wlsconaln. Hut tbla
la not all. Of the 114 cheese factories
la flbeboygan county only sixty-five
all Ibelr product In tho county. All
laments considered, $1, 500,000 Is paid
annually for Mheboygan county cheese.
National Magaslue.
"TUk Worrr" Bhrlnhs Milk.
Tba cattle tick Is not only tbe carrier
of tbo Texas fever Infection, but Is a
parasite which deprives csttle of much
blood, retard growth, reduce tbe milk
ing capacity and Induces an Irritable
tato known as "tick worry." Tba
shrinkage In the milk production of cat
tle harboring many ticks bus been estf
mated to averrge a quart per day.
Entire Wbent Brend.
Many families fall to make the nu
tritious loaf made out of tbe entire
wheat flour from Ignorance. Tbey do
not know bow to use the flour, says
Table Talk. Entire wheat flour Is real
ly very fine and goes farther than the
bolted flour-that la, a bag of tbe one
makes more louve of bread than tbe
same quantity of tbe oilier. This Is
partly due to the different manipula
tion. With the entire wheat flour the
longh Is made very aoft with gentle
lueadlng or sometimes only stirring
wltb the spoon. In either case tbe
ponge mutit be well besten five min
utes by the clock.
Hon Irlne.
House drainage Is a most Imperfectly
understood subject. 8o long as the wa
ter runs away that seems io be about
the only matter with which the bouse
bolder Is concerned. Old drains should
as far us possible be Hluiced with dlsln
fectlng solutions at leimt once a week
In cold weather and every day In hot
weather or at any season of the year If
there hi any epidemic disease In th
vicinity.
'$ LIFE
Untold Suffering and Constant
Misery Awful Sight From that
Dreadful Complaint, Infantile Ec
zemaCommenced at Top of his
Head and Covered Entire Body,
MOTHER PRAISES
CUTICURA REMEDIES
"Our baby had that dreadful corn
plaint, Infantile Ken-ma, which afflicted
him for several months, commencing; at
the ton of his head, and at bust covering
his whole Iwdy. His sufferings were
untold and count an t misery, in fact,
there was nothing we would not have
done to have given him relief. The
family doctor seemed to be wholly
incapable of coping with the case, and
after various exH-nments of his, which
resulted in no benefit to the child, we
sent to Mazon, 111., to a druggist and got
a full set of the Cuticura Remedies and
applied as per directions, wid he began
to improve immediately, and in about
three or four days began to show a
brighter spirit and really laughed, for
the first time in a year. In about ninety
days he was fully recovered, with tho
exception of a rough skin, which is
gradually disappearing, and eventually
will be replaced by a healthy one.
"Praise for the Cuticura Remedies
baa always been our greatest pleasure,
and there is nothing too good that wo
cotdd say in their favor, lor they cer
tainly saved our baby's life, for he was
the most awful sight that I ever beheld,
prior to the treatment of the Cuticura
Remedies. Mrs. Mivebelle Lyon, 1826
Appleton Ave., Parsons, Kan., July 18,
1005."
COMPLETE TREATMENT $1
Complete external and internal treat
ment ror every humor, consisting of
Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Pills, may
now be had for one dollar. A single
set is often sufficient to cure the most
torturing, disfiguring, itching, burning,
nnd scaly humors, eczemas, rdshes, and
irritations, from infancy to ago, when
nil else fails.
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