JuLy 14, 1906 
THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
The Successful Farmer. 
J either shelter my tools cr burn them: 
A thing not worth sheltering is not worth 
saving. 
My wagyon hasn’t stood out four nights 
in ten years. I have harnessed my team 
for no other purpose than to draw the 
waggon into the barn. 
My horses do lots of work, but are not 
. banged up. 
I stop them often when drawing a load 
‘up hill. Did you ever hear of a man 
taking a bag of oats and trotting up hill 
- without stopping ? 
Every oue of my five horses is of my 
-own raising and breaking. and not a 
*baulky or heavy one among them, 
In thirty years of farming I have lost 
“but three horses, and those from old age. 
A neighbor of mine wore out twenty- 
-two horses in twenty-six years of farming. 
~There’s the difference, 
Don’t waste anything. 
T don’t let my buildings decay for want 
~of paint and a man to put it on. 
1 don’t let apples rot on the ground 
when the pigs should have them. 
T am notairaid to invest a pound where 
it will save five. 
T look out for my wife‘s strength as 
well as my own. 
Keeping Records, 
The progressive poultry breeder will 
probably never be satisfied with his fowls 
“until he is able to keep some sort of a 
record of each hen and be able to watch 
each one closely, so as to be able to ascer- 
tain her worth as an egg producer. Some 
hens practically produce no eggs at all, but 
in the o'dinary flock they mingle with tre 
others and are all healthy, hence it is 
extremely difficult to distinguish them 
~from the producers unless a close watch is 
kept. Such hens would look well in a pot- 
pie or a stew, but the owneris afraid to use 
the hatchet, lest by chance he might be 
slaying a good layer, Some hens that are 
good layers are very unattractive, as eee 
‘producing gets a fowl out of shape, and 
this results in her being killed for the 
tuble when she should be retained in the 
yard. Keep a record of the work done by 
the hens and you will be better satisfied 
and ketter fed. 
A Profitable Occupation for Girls. 
Farmers’ daughters, or girls who live in 
the suburbs of a city, may engage in 
poultry raising with the assurance that 
they can derive more profit from it than 
‘from labor in any factory or other place in 
cities. They may thus employ their time 
advantageously while enjoyiug the protec- 
tion and cc mforts of home. Well directed 
-ffort is essential in any vocation, and the 
Same amount of energy expended on the 
learing and care of fowls that would be 
required to earn a respectable living n 
town would bring money, health and cor- 
tentment to many a girl on the farm wlo 
+4 now dissatisfied, 
Rearing Chickens. 
To many this isa very small subject 
and of too little importance to pay much 
attention to. 
‘I find these are ones who sneer at you 
if you say there is money in fowls, and 
laugh at you if you speak of pure bred 
fowls, just as though there was any differ- 
ence. One said tome not long’ since; 
“ An egg is anegg,and a chicken is a 
chicken, and J don’t see any use in mak- 
ing such a fuss about pure bred fowls.” 
I know this is a large subject, and 
room forall to practice and improve. To 
raise chickens successfully there are 
several things to be taken into consider- 
ation 
First—I believe we ought to have the 
control of our breeding stock for several 
years back and be sure it is strong and 
healthy, well fed, well cared for, and of 
standard requirements. Here is a good 
beginning. ola : 
Now, if hatched by incubator and 
raised by brooder, be carefui and not 
over-heat them, for this is sure death. I 
read not long since that a sunny disposi- 
tion was required to raise chickens, and I 
believe it, for when you have to bury 
from one to six every morning in the 
‘sunny cemetery’ you must have lots of 
grit or give up. 
The great mortality of chicks raised in 
brooders is caused many times by crowd- 
ing or trying to keep too many in a small 
space They are over-heated and lose 
strength, and no matter what you feed or 
how you care for them they will droop 
and die, and you will see Darwin’s thesry 
carried out, ‘Lhe survival of the fittest ’— 
and sometimes there are not many fittest 
eft. 
Do not put over twenty-five together. 
Keep coop dr brooder clean.” Use lots of 
lime. Keep grit and fine sand on the 
floor. ‘ 
For bowel trouble, put a few drops of 
carbolic acid in their drinking water. 
This is a sure cure. 
There i no play-time during the chicken 
season. Clean! Clean ! Watch for lice. 
Kall cats, and if it happens to be the 
neighbor’s cat you will very likely have a 
quarrel with him, for he will think more 
of his cat than he does of your chickens 
After they are feathered give them all 
the run possible and good wholesome | 
grain, and you will feel that you are 
amply repaid for your hard work. 
One of your neighbors will want to 
swap eggs with you. Another will want 
to borrow your pet rooster, just to try an 
experiment, and of course you will be 
rated selfish and stingy when you smilingly 
refuse these kindnesses. But push right 
along, and some fine day you will come 
out victorious. 
Place the pullets to be kept by them- 
selves, and feed for good frames and 
health ; also the cuckerels alone, as they 
bother the pullets, and do not grow us 
well as when alone. 
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Those meant for breeding purposes 
shonld not be rushed but kept growing 
and allowed all the run possible, in order 
to make good, healthy strong stock before 
cold weather 
Besides keeping my buildings and con- 
tents insured every hour. I use the 
greateest care in regard to fire. A stove- 
pipe or chimney thatisn’t right is imme- 
diately seen to. No old stove-pipe in the 
stable for me. 
Iv farmers only recognised the import- 
ance of keeping young stock growing, there 
would be fewer runts and misfits on the 
market, and more profit. 
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