cday. December 14, 1905.
PROGRESSIVE FARMER AND COTTON PLANT. T
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PRACTICAL POULTRY TALKS.
XLI.-To Get Winter Eggs: Feed and House Properly and Avoid "Egg
Producers." ,r - T1itnr5? T nm fremifmr- I lirmeorl if , .' .
jut1 - . yr i "--' .yu waui winter eggs.
Iy askeil tor a reciy xf uiuauK. a ion i crowd; mst enough birds in the
good eirjr producer. house for comfort, not too warm and
T would not advise anyone who has fresh, pure air overhead if possible
a .rood lieauny piacu 10 uuueriaKe dux no dratts. Observe these condi-
doctorin them with a view to fore- tions, and if your birds are right,
injr 'r production, either summer that is, fully matured pullets or vig-
owinter. On most farms there i3 orous year-old hens you should have
plenty of icel tnat wouia go toward a nne egg basket and be sending sev-
makm a puneuujr uuiauwu raiiun, erai aozen weekly to market and rak
if we took advantage of it. The se- ing in the top price for the near
rrrt in making hens lay is simply pro by strictly fresh product, thev solr!
.1 . 1 1 i 1 1 .
rnlin" them witn suitauie ieeo, and it
Js the safe way.
Don't Feed All Corn.
Corn, wheat, oats, barley and mil
let semi are good poultry feed; some
do not believe in feeding any corn. I
believe in feeding it m moderation in
winter, though very sparingly in
sumn er. Though the Agricultural
Experiment Station tells us that
corn is one of the best feeds for poul
trv. thev do not tell us to feed it ex
clusively; still more, cool reasoning
would not suggest that we feed it
exclusively.
The natural make-up of their food
is a variety; a little of this and that,
and a constant exercise in procuring
it. Some tell us to make them
scratch for their feed they would
rather do it than not; besides it does
away with gorging and encouraging
a lazy disposition.
Use More Wheat Bran.
Com exclusively, or in fact, wheat
or millet, is too heavy and too rich ;
something to make bulk must be ad
ded. I know of nothing better than
wheat bran to balance up a heavy rich
feed. It is so common, though, that
it is hardly popular. Bran makes
for twenty-five cents on Rntnrdnv
last, and the actual cost to manu
facture is just seven cents per dozen,
and all you get over this is profit.
Why, it's like finding money.
UNCLE JO.
Mecklenburg Co., N. C.
From Alliance Lecturer Cates.
Messrs. Editors: After spending
ten days in Warren County I am at
home for a few days. I wish I could
paint a picture of the many good and
true men and women of Warren so
thai all the readers of The Progres
sive Farmer could see them as I
have. I will not begin to call names,
for I would have to name about half
the county and then some of the
best would be left out. So I will just
say I met with a warm welcome, and
among such intelligent people I met
with success. I visited all the old
Alliances and a number of other
places and left the Alliance spread
ing like a green bay tree. May it
continue to grow until every farmer
in the county shall find a resting
place under its sheltering shade.
I find the old Farmers' Alliance is
growing more popular each day and
bulk, not only bulk, but it clears the I do believe the day is not far dis
passages and keeps the digestive or- tant when its power for good will be
ielt m every nook and corner or oui
Commonwealth.
And now I want to say to all the
more than forty Alliance counties',
let us realize the opportunity and
be up and doing. We are nearing
the end of another year's work, and
yet much can be done before the next
grans in condition. Bran alone would
be too light for an exclusive feed, be
sides it would not be in line with na
ture to feed nothing else. The craw
is a'.grinding mill and we must keep
it at work. The different grains
would not be a perfect feed alone ;
grass, insects and dozens of things
we hardly think of, going towards county meeting. Let us make the
most of the remaining time and come
up to our January quarterly meeting
with a splendid record of the past
and encouragement for the future.
We have much to be proud of to-
completing the natural wants.
Green Food or Cut Hay.
Fowls 'on free range usually find
these extra tit-bits, but penned up
fowls, or fowls in winter, must have dav. Had it not been for organiza
their equivalent in some form, or tion. the sDirit of which was born in
they cannot do the very best. Cut the Farmers' Alliance twenty years
clover, cut pea-vine hay, or cut al- aero, millions of dollars would have
t 1 r i .... i l I - . tt . .1
iana nay imitates nature, and so do been lost to the bunny boutn tnis
cut vegetables, and cut green bone vear. Let us look well to our Sub
helps to make summer out of winter, Alliance meetings, for on them de
as near as it would be possible. All
these things are within our reach,
and the time required to produce
pends the success of the county
meetings.
Let me say to the men and women
them would return a nice profit, who promised to look after the inter
These means will bring eggs, and it est of The Progressive Farmer in the
is the safe way manv Sub Alliances that I have or-
Avoid the so-caiied " E-Producers" and ganized in the last two years: Do
Poultry Foods. your level oesx irom now uuwi v-
t i i . i I mas.
7? ivise any because you ask him or her for their
TJt 80-eaUe.d "to"". SSX You cau truthfully say
Posed of ginger, sulphur, linseed. Snr nesZh-and
meal, salt, pepper, soda and finely f Ia. p m.:ta t thp
ground wheat brand or cottonseed then it's paper. Wntetoto
hulls, to which is sometimes added Ed.tor and tell him some of Ae many
rcoal.to disguise the color of the ajS?SS7.ni
rtl- H, y?uhave any.ub1? Staking efforts- are appreciated
fc lJZJdt? and loyal host of sub-
see what they have to say about stock scribers and friends.
and poultry fools. Occasionally on a
!No one will think less of you
very cold morninc it is wise to add a
little pepper when mixing the hot
mash for -the first -food, but would
not advise doing it more than once
a week.
Proper Housing is the First Essential
H. M. GATES.;
Alamance Co., N. C.
Common sense and the New Testa
ment may be relied upon to give for
ever, as they have until now, tne true
trend to unnstianiiy as it gvco jwiu
The most important of all is to to meet the religious need oi.uio
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