January, 1908 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



19 



POULTRY NOTES 



At this season, w hen new-laid eggs are scarc- 

 est, doubt sometimes arises in the minds of 

 manv of us as to whether our poultry possesses 

 the laving qualities that they should or whether 

 the fowl are good, and whether the shortage 

 of the egg supply is the result of improper 

 feeding and hoitsing. Many breeders adver- 

 tise breeding stock from winter-laying strains. 

 This sounds well, and is sometimes true. The 

 establishment in two or three years of a winter- 

 laying strain is within the power of any one 

 of average intelligence who will set themselves 

 to attain that end. 



The present is the best time to take notice. 

 With the use of trap nests, accitfate accoimt 

 :nay be kept of each hen's returns, but this is 



irk that takes up too much time for the aver- 

 ^t poultry keeper. It is not a hard matter, 

 iluiugh, to find which pullets laid first or the 

 hens that laid best through the month.fc'.This 

 •ivill not be hard to determine, for in mostjflocks, 

 not over half the number of hens kept are lay- 

 •'ii;,% The best 10 or 12 layers should be branded 



that they may be easily distinguished and 

 placed in a separate pen in the breeding season. 

 By the selection of a good male to use with the 

 hens so chosen, in two or three seasons, a lay- 

 ing strain should be established. 



With regard to feeding in winter time. By 

 experience, and the experience of others emi- 

 nently qualified to know, the following mixed 



ration of grain is recommended: Two parts of 

 oats, two parts of wheat and one of corn or 

 two bushels of oats, one of wheat and half a 

 bushel of corn, mixed together. Each day, is 

 given with this, of course, some soft food, meat 

 and green food in reasonable quantities. A con- 

 stant supply of cracked oyster shells and mica 

 grit is kept in a convenient place in each pen. 



BETTER WORK 

 LESS LABOR 



Two things much desired by every 

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 to get in Iron Age Iinple< ' 

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 ers because they do bet' 

 ter work, do it easier, 

 do more of it, and 

 thus save hired 

 help. Excep 



tionally w eil 

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 Double 

 and 

 Sin 



■le Wheel 

 xioe. Hill and 

 Drill Seeder, 

 shown here. 

 Is the most 



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