APRIL 19, 1906
PAGE 10
Ca Nobraohcw Indopondcrrt
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icultural Department
FARM POULTRY.
. Poultry is worthy of more attention
than the general run of farmers give
it. Everyone keeps chickens. Many
keep ducks, geese and turkeys, but
of all who do, only a small per cent
really study, this branch of farming
and get a fraction of the possible re
turns. Hens need breeding for eggs as cows
do for milk. The scrub hen is no more
of a money-maker than the scrub cow.
The hen is in need of a balanced ra
tion the same as the cow. She, gets
it herself in summer but in winter
she must be supplied by the farmer. ...
If you have been keeping track of
the cash received . from your poultry
ypu will be aware of how many gro
cery and other bills have been paid
by the neglected hen. If you will be
gin to study poultry and practice what
you learn, you. will see how, much
more money you have been getting.
Every farmer should take a greater
Interest in farm poultry. Breed for
eggs, feed for eggs, learn how to fat
Jen the surplus. Poultry-raising is not
to be laughed at.
Haven't time to fool with hens?
Then turn that business over "to the.
wife or daughter and give them' the!
profits. Don't .make them do the work
and you pocket the cash.. The laborer
is worthy of her hire. She will soon
have a new cloak, a new dress,' etc.,
and you will be none the poorer for
it. Good way for the girls to earn
nioney for a piano, or music lessons,
or satisfy some long cherished desire
for self-improvement.
difficult to prepare, matures later crops that any kind of a structure may ba
and is not so favorable for winter pro- built. A few years ago a cement
tection. The ideal berry ground would bnllding was the exception. Now they
be, first, a rich sandy loam with clay are found everywhere and are giving
sub-soil; second, a dark loam or great satisfaction,
gravelly loam mixed with clay, and a Possibly the most satisfactory re
clay subsoil, all having a southerly suits are obtained from hollow Con
or eastern slope. ' crete blocks. The use of cement
AnV f two 'tk-o,i cniia will make blocks has given a great impetus to
touch walls they can't get away from d be gardens by applying good the manufacture of cement. Big
it but will be. compelled to stay and Darnyard manure which contains all plants are rapidly being erected all
take their "medicine." - - tne essential elements required. When over the country and as a consequence.
The instinct of self-preservation guch manure can not be obtained, then the price is only about one-half of
prompts the fowls to perch on the commerciai fertilizers rich in nitrogen what it was three or four years ago.
highest point they can reach , when and h ghould be supplied. Avoid There is an immense amount of ma
taking their quarters at night. They low fl t lan(J uness undermined; it terial in the United States for the
naturally desire o be above danger lg u'sually cold jate crops mature and manufacture of cement and it only re
from below . are more 3Ubje'ct to frosts. Avoid steep quires capital and a demand for the
The perches should all be on a level, hillsides as being more subject to product to produce all that is neces
about eighteen inches above the floor, drought'and wasa,of soil by severe ary. ; ; ; - v
and so constructed as to be easily re- rajns - Special machines are made for fancy
moved. By making roosts low and very few farms are without suitable facings and other ornamental stone,
level, the fowls will not crowd each . jocation for a - good berry These machines are so equipped that
other, no injury .will result from get- garden, and that farmer who simply the different ornamental blocks can
ting on and off, and no fight for pref- exitt(. vpar ater vear without a good be secured by changing some of the
erence of position will take place, frS1?;?" Z rin. parts. The manufacture of concrete
to say nothing of superior ventilation, , ' - d n who should Psts is growing rapidly, as it Is very
etc.
Nest boxes should be built to be " "h v for fam use ' Farmers enable fiSure- Tnese Posts when wel1
.jii.. 1 ,i i ...t,i jj.-r. I everywhere, lur ldiuuy - use. , raxuicio , hnr,Aanma in armoaranoe.
readily cleaned and thoroughly disin
fected, and removable to be taken out
of doors. They should be in a dark
ened place. Nests should not be joined
but separate (soap boxes are excel
must erow berries or do without. No
one can grow them so cheaply as he.
They may be produced ready for pick-1
made are handsome m appearance,
frost proof, and get harder and strong
er with age. They are practically in
destructible. With wire fences and
ing at two cents per quart. The farmer ulur' , ""v 0V rmn
oottao nnol iit niolfllio- hnYlTlir ffl f 1 M 1 11 1 - - v
lent), and compel hens to walk in fro!trllf ajnraala nnf, nrnfif ftf PPnWrri
rather than fly upon the nests from He g them at first cost) fresh from
the top. . . . the Vines and to the extent of his
Roosts and nests should f requently own famil has the best market ln the
be taken outside the building, and wnrM n hnmp market. He ran select
J lightly brushed with kerosene, and the best land and iocation on his farm
uurnea. i ne rare win run over ine and ig gure of a profit with half a crop,
surface without doing any harm. If Farmers can never have ideal homes
properly constructed roosts and nests wUhnnt thA frn1-t arrton Tt teaches
may be taken out and replaced ;in a th(J lesson of intensifled farming; and
few moments leaving an empty poultry resuUg in better tillagej larger crop&j
better stock and improved methods
in every way. Good gardens and poor
farms never kept company long. The
growing of berries for family use is
fire. Weeds and leaves can be burned
along the fence row without injury.
Thorough Breds Best.
It may "be claimed that the best
hens in a common 'flock those that
produce eggs are at least well bred.
It is difficult to find a flock of hens
that has not some .Plymouth Rocks,
Brahma, Leghorn or Wyandotte grades
among them, and which accounts for
an excellence "that may be found. If
scrubs- will pay, how much better
would hens that have been selected,
do? Scrubs are creatures of accident,
while pure breds are the result of
breeding. The poultry raiser who will
do some thinking in the matter of
breeding poultry and ' who will set
- out to accomplish an object would
have better results than the one who
allows his flock to increase without
careful supervision. The ones who
Will give their scrubs attention will
derive better results from them, and
will be induced to Improve; and if
they are not willing to look after
scrubs, they will not succeed with
pure breeds.
house that can be easily cleaned.
A Few Cackles.
lll,TtJlC?iT,jen easily done. The growing of berries
given all the milk they can drink.
Eggs desired for long keeping should
be kept infertile and in a cool place.
Remember that eggs are not the
outgrowth' of accident but manage
ment.
Guineas are better insect destroyers
than 'chickens and do not, scratch as
much. 7 : , '." .'
It is doing the little things when
they need to be done that counts in
chicken raising,
on a large scale and selling them re
quires considerable skill, and a special
business tact. Only those who have
good location, good market and a taste
for the business should attempt it.
Many small farmers' so situated are
making a success by commencing mod
erately and increasing acreage from
season vto season as experience war
rants. Berries should be grown by
owners of all village homes, and acre
Tfsiri,rTJ ;Ma An c - age property in city and village may!
Kill the sick hens, dont waste time a,ur.A i.-,, tut
HI L BVJ 3L Tldener"'sem"ai Us o"wn !
their bodies. Better to loose a few
sick hens than for disease to spread
through all the flock. -
products, can often; make an acre or
tw6 in berries very profitable.
ABOUT MILKING
Never allow the cows to miss even
one milking. This would not be treat
ing them right. When a cow. is not
Close to Nature
The method of treatment and
life at GREEN GABLES, the Dr.
Benj. F. Bailey Sanatorium, Lin
coln, Nebraska, are those of good
old Mother Nature. In their
work the management do not
attempt; to controvert nature,
but enter into partnership with
her. They do not ride "hobbies
or feel satisfied to dismiss their
guests as "well" when only able
to live the l"e of an ascetic or
extremist. They prepare them
to be strong)f body cheery of
heart and active in all things.
Write for particulars.
Roosts and Nests.
Less consideration is given roosts
and nests than any other part of the
loultry house, and this is not right.
With a desire to save labor roosts
are nailed to the walls, and nesta are
so fastened as to become a part of
the building in itself, and it Is Im
possible to thoroughly clean the poul
try house and rid it of vermin, for
as long as there is a crack in which
a louse can hide, tnere will be a
rapid increase, for a single female
lays enough eggs in a day to furnish
foundation for a million In a week
The perches should be built so that
they do not touch the walls at any
place, for the red mites or lice tha
do the most harm do not stay on the
fowls during the day. but hide in
cracks and crannies during the day
and at night seek their prey. If the
perches do not touch walls they will
have .less opportunity to hide and if
rosts are thoroughly wetted with kero
sene once a week for a month or two
little difficulty will be encountered
with these lice. Kerosene is instant
death .. to them and if roosts do not
THE BERRY GARDEN.
The farmer's berry garden should
be decided upon now. Mature plants
for the season, select your plants,
order them early. One-quarter acre
of good land, set with proper vari
eties and well cultivated, should pro
duce from twenty to forty bushels of
nice berries every day in season and
a liberal supply canned, preserved or
dried during the entire year. Plants
Farm Fences.
The. fence is to the farm what the
clothes are to the man. It- affords oooronoOTj
protection and gives a pressed appear
ance. An ill-Kept ience is as sure 10
indicate the shiftlessness of the farmer
as a shabby suit speaks for the tramp.
CEMENT
A
POSITION
FOR YOU
Cement is the great building mate
rial of the nresent day. It is used -for
for such a garden' may be purchased evervthinsr makine sidewalks, nosts.
direct from a reliable grower for $10 bridsres: houses, barns, "troughs, etc.
or ib ana snouia include the follow- Being obtained at a reasonable price
ing varieties: Three hundred straw- it is rapidly supplanting other building
Derry plants eany, medium and late; material, not only in towns, but
one hundred blackberry plants, early throughout the country. This is as it
and late; fifty black raspberry plants, should be. It frees the purchaser
early and late; fifty red raspberry from the necessity of buying Ligh-
plants, early and late; seventy-five priced lumber or even iron for con-
currants, red and white, early and late; struction purposes.
eighteen grapes, three varieties, early. The invention of cement blcck ma-
Multiply this list by four for one acre, chinery has made it possible for the
or by twenty for five acres, and you farmer to make his own buildings
have the right proportion for a con- from the Very beginning. He first
tinuous supply of different varieties for buys a block making machine, then
market purposes. the cement. During slack times he
Good berries may be grown on any manufactures his blocks and is then with its depressing effects on the nervous svs-
soil, sand, clay, muck, loam, gravel ready for building when the time ar- ceainDioiuaays.
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or a coraumauou ui eacu, proviuea me nves. ine rigm )i"u ui o I IlIU I UI1U solvent remedy known Nocut-
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If you are honest and industrious there
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same be hiehlv fertilized, well drained 1 makes it easilv DOSSible to manufac- tincf or rain.
building block that eventually fir Vasrlae ?A9rla 1241 OSt
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fruits are usuallv most desirable, and becomes harder than stone' and isi
light soils with southern exposure are I practically indestructible by the ele
best adapted for that purpose. Light ments. These machines make it pos-
soils, however, require heavy fertil- sible to secure a variety of blocks and
Horn Treatment by Meal.
Lincoln. Nebr
IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF
The best known remedy for Rheumatism
Neuralgia. Headache, LaGrippe, Fever or Pain
izing, more mulch in summer, and are' thereby enables the builder to put up Md
more liable to injury by draught and an exceedingly attractive structure, send us 25 cents, if not end nothing, send no
produce lighter crops Clay soil must Experience shows that exposure to money only your nace, write now.
be well drained. Such land is more the air Tesults in increased solidity so Thb Dr. Bienemann Co.. South Benfl ma.