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The Exeter Advocate, 1923-2-8, Page 6Address communications to Agrorisest, t3 Adelaide St, West, Toronto FEEDING FOR WINTER EGGS BY . A.NE LESLIE KIFT. It requires eternal vigilance to keep kerosene to two gallons' of water, and house plantsin a health?, growing: being inexpeusive can be applied with condition, and when they cease to put, a rubber head sprinkler. A Third rem- orth new growth, it is quite likely edy is obtained by boiling the green that they have been attacked by some, leaves of 'tomato vines, draining the insect pest. Soft -wooded plants; such: water through a colander, This water. as fuchsia and heliotrope, which are; is deadly poison to the mealy bug, buts usually rapid growers, are more like-, as tomato leaves aro only obtainable No other place presents such op- make the birds work to get it. Keep ly to become covered with insects( in summer, the use of the remedy is Portunityfor !making a splendid profit in mind that only active birds are egg than are the slow-growing haedwood restricted to that season. from poultry as can be found on the producers. I varieties, . Red spiders are the most trouble - farm but inattention and loci, of Waterin'g the Flock. t Persistent efforts will overcome some of all insect enemies. They are er care often serve to make many Lack of water for the farm flocks these anomies if the remedies are ap- very common, seem to 'flourish in a prop of our farm flocks an expense rather plied before the insects have inter- hot, day stn osphere and are so shall 'p is one of the greatest draw'baeks tfl fared with the growth of the plant• I that it takes an experienced eye to than a profit -producing factor which getting a good egg yield. Be sure Once the growth is retarded the in- they should be and would be under the birds have all the water they want sects„ are much harder to rout. proper management, to drink. I have been out among farm • One of the eoninronest insects to at- .A.ssurning that the fowls have fair- flocks duricold, freezing weather tacit 'soft Wooded plants is the %%aids, detect them. Their color is a peculiar red, they always attack the under sur- face of the foliage and work rapidly. In a week they will skeletonize an and have seen the poor birds standing Oy good houses to stay in, the next v ` most important thing to do to get vin- around an old. pan or dish of some or green fly, which multiplies very entire leaf, leaving only the plain rapidly. Flnorisgts destroy the aphis, veins intact. They weave a web so ter eggs is to feed properly. This kind about half' full of ice or worse, by fumigatitheir .houses with to -1 fine that it almost defies detection. does not necessarily mean expensive yet there was no dish at all for water, ham twice a wash; believing in•pre- . The best remedy for the red spider feeding but that the birds must be In the first place, it is not right to vas -dive measures, this plan is con , is cold water;_ vigorously applied, given the right kinds of feeds, of the treat the fowls in this manner and valued throughoutthe yea l 'Of course,either with a syringe or with full proper amount and at the right time, moreover, no eggs will be laid by'. such treatment is not practical in the' force from the mouth of the pump, or Bens will not lay enough ergs to hens that de not have a good supply house, where the smallest quantity of. faucet, as this destroys the web and pay for their feed if kept in houses of water. As the hobs begin to comp smoke would permeate every room.1 removes the spiders, 'but this treat- having no straw or other atter en the into laying ea�l. condition and' to lay, they The most practical method for house most must be persistent, One. appli-- lioors with the window panes broken drink Neatly more water than during' plants is to Father them in as compact cation is worthless and only repeated put and the doors wide open but will the time when they are moulting or. plass as possible, and. thoroughly • efforts will keep them away. Red •spid- stand around huddled up together try- shedding their feathers, in other' wet the foliage of each. Tile best way ors attack both hard and soft wooded ing to keep warm. Therefore, before words, when they are not laying. Do to accomplish this is to use a water- plants. Of course, the latter are al - cold weather` .sets in, see that the poul not feel satisfied with your efforts in' ing can to which is attached .the noz- ways harder to cleanse, as the tender fry house is in good liveable shape this direction by'giving the birds just • zle with the smallest holes. When growth must be handled So carefully* for the hens during the winter. Give v,,ater but in the winter take the drill; the foliage is partly thy, dust it with in aider to prevent injury, 3t a general overhauling and cleaning off, +powdered tobacco, and if this is 11T1- Water n Tho enemy to plant life that is real- and put about six inches of good dry On very cold days a warm mash fedi , litter of some kind on the floor, available, use snuff. If this is done ly the hardest to combat is the scale, at noon, about all the birds will eat; while the foliage is damp, the tobacco Numerous varieties of scale attack Regularity of Feeding. Almost as important as what to feed is the regularity with which you feed Regularity in feeding is one of up clean in 10 minutes, will help to will adhere to the leaves and stems, house plants. Some are soft and fill the egg ;basket. Be euro itreaches the under surface easily destroyed; others are hard - Provide lime, and grit in some form: of the leaves, as this is' the insect's shelled, clinging tenaciously to the as it is absolutely necessary for the favorite lodging place. After apply stems and under parts of the foliage.. the primary factors in getting a good fowls to have grit with which to grind; ing the tobacco, cover the plants with To rid a plant, especially a large one, egg production from your flock, You their feed and lisle for the purpose: paper to prevent the-eseape of fumes of any of these scaly insects requires the eggs. This' which either kill or sicken the green a great deal of time and labor, but it fed regularly, how soon the fowls will can be done by having a good-sized fly Attar twenty-four hours the flies can be done. Turn the plant on its will be surprised, if you have never of making shells for get to know when it is feeding time. box of gravel about the size of peas ;should be syringed off. side and clean off the scale with the A sufficient amount must be given the and some old plantar; or by purchas-f Another insect as destructive as the aid of soft paper and a fine tooth- iriants. Many people swan to think In going among the birds, do birds to keep up the body require- ing commercial grits and oyster shells.! aphid, and equally as common is the brush literally scrubbing them away; who exploits these places. As soon Fie not mealy bug, which florists frequently then sponge the plant with strong a stack is established, whether built the reason they do not get eggs in the burry or move about too quickly as; call the "white scale. It is white soapsuds. Whale -oil soap is the var- of surplus hay that wouldn't go under winter is because they do not have every time you scare them, you check in color and can easily be detected at sty florists prefer for this purpose. cover, os of straw fallewingt thresh- variety enough of grains to snake a their egg yield. Before going into the base of the leaves and about the Scale insects seen! to thrive best on ing season, it at once becomes an good producing mixture. This is not the poultry house, call to them,' under surface of new growths: it is the many varieties of Nephrolepis, or apartment house for field -mice, rod - so, for very good egg yields can be' "Chick, chick!" or rap on the door so usually found in clusters. Boston fern, Here we find them eaves -ante and vermin. Furthermore, the !had from a mixture of cracked corn that they will know you are approach -11 hard to eradicate as the folia e and oats or wheat and oats will do ing and will not be taken unawares. ver neat for a oerntah grain,sup- Leghorns, which are considered a Y yP +plemented by a good dry plash and! highly nervous fowl, can be made some sour milk, beef scraps or very tame by careful treatment. tankage. It often bothers one who is start - Give the birds some green food ing to keep poultry, as well as those rue enough to burrow underneath. shape of cabbagerape, or mange' to know when the birds are getting ops, go over the stems and leaves with s s MIURA smoKOHG TOSACce TheTol.c�:o Straw Stacks Are Fur Pockets Straw stacks and hay `stacks are veritable fur pockets for the trapper foothold. Furthermore, snow covers up signs and, smells that have been. left in setting the trap. Raccoons will climb to the top of tables a lacy stack and dig for vegetables, such as cabliger, •. carrots, sweet ap • pies, if these are" cried for bait, or for meat or scent its; especially will the raccoa ''"bom rfor birds or dead chickens burned a foot deep. Minks will not climb up an will most other furbearers if they ascent„ food, but will explore every nook and cre- vice underneath. A good mink set is made by digging out a hole in the r the ground, side of the stack near, ,gi• i, , using a pointed stick or bar to ream out a hale three feet deep. In the rear of this hole fish -bait. may be placed, which will catch not, only minks, but is a demi sure set for all skunks that pass. Some of the best trappers do not stake a trap of any kind set in a stack, but merely secure ittoa clog, A fence•post makes a good clog fax ordinary animals and is not suspeeted°` as it lies en the stack. Or the clog for the trap may easily be buried in the straw. As soon as an.animal is trapped he leaves the stack, when if the trap was staked securely he would do considerable scrambling around- and might spoil your ohauce-of catch- ing other fur animals. . Of course straw stacks too close to farm buildings will not be likely to yield more than skunks:, but in many sections there are plenty of stacks in more remote locations which are head- quarters for other fur animal's, Very, often trappers miss good sets near, at home. - The best way to rid a giant of these cis y g elevation of a straw stack moires a t laso oft a Iiab e insects is to wash them away. To do of the plan i s . an P 1 fine place for •a fox to the • this, lay the plant upon its side and that one grows weary long before the fine pla looming for food inspect for syringo it thoroughly, thou turn it last insect is killed, but unless the enemies. aver and syringe the other side, thus work •is thoroughly done, it is better'' endests are found under stacks, and drowning the bugs. Or they can be not to undertake it. so are rabbits, especially ill a wood - brushed off with a email camePs. hair If the plant is badly affected, cut chuck has been accommodating three of four times a week in the that have been keeping it for years,brush. If the bugs are very numer the top off entirely and fertilize the b How ver both skunks and rabbits will wurtzel beets if they are available, enough food. This can easily be de- a small brush dipped in a solution Green food is a good regulator fax termined by going out to -the poul- .composed of one part alcohol and the birds and seems to help to keep try house at night for a few nights three parts water, - A little of this them in good condition. If the flock is after the birds- are on the roosts and solution goes a long way. Another composed of Leghorns, Anconas or feeling the crops of a few of them. remedy requires a tablespoonful of other of the smaller breeds, feed If they are full, the birds have had- -- _ enough to eat. Otherwise, they are not getting food enough. The following rations have been tested and found to be excellent for Leghorns, Anconas and the smaller oil about the root with weak manure water or any good plantfood. It will soon respond to such treatment, send- frequently dig dens under the stack. ing forth a new head of growth..1,Minks visit staaelcs in quest of rabbits. Cleanliness is the gi eatest enemy to and birds that seek shelter here. So insect life. • do raccoons. •1 Foxes and coyotes visit such places to hunt mice and vermin• I So, ifw you have an old liar or straw. bridle bit in the loop, made by this, stack lin field somewhere, you will buckling. The holes m the strap en- be 'sura to catch furbearers there. • able me to adjust the strap as to Foxes like to climb on top and dig length, as is required by the size and for food. Your traps •should be buried degree of "meanness" of the cow, a few inches under the surface. UseTo apply I put the !leiter in a chaff to cover them, and wrap each stanchel. Then placing the strap by steel trap with wax paper. Use from the snap end I put it around the left three to five traps, according to the hind leg, just above the gambrel joint, sizes of the stack. Bury hits of cheese from behind., forward, on the outside, scrap a foot deep. This will attract slip the snap through the ring of the the mice and eventually •coyotes and about one quart of the grain mixture a day to 15 hens, If for Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes, Rhode Island. Beds or other fowl of this class, allow one quart to 12 hens, feeding one- fourth of the amount early in the breeds: morning, another quarter some time The number two ration, known as between 10 o'clock and noon and the the wheatless ration, was fed by many remaining one-half at about 3.80 in during the war when it was impos- the afternoon especially during the sible to get wheat. It gave splendid short days of the late fall and winter results on many farms throughout the months. As the days begin to grow country. longer, advance the feeding time The number three ration is especi- about 15 minutes each day until your ally • good for Plymorth Rocks, Orp- afternoon feed comes at about 4.30. ingtons, • Wyandottes , and Rhode Is - This will make the change so gradual land Reds. - that the birds will hardly know it is It goes 'without saying that which taking place. ever ration you choose, its efficiency A good mash mixture should be rests upon the quality of the grains kept where the flock can have access composing it. to it at all times. One composed of Ration One. equal parts by weight of Cornmeal, Mash mixture -16 lbs. cornmeal, bran, middlings and beef scraps or 6% lbs. meat scraps, 1 ib. of bran, 1g give good results. 1 tankage will va It Milk of middlings. 1b, in any form is splendid and where one corn, mixture -8 l, ;8 lbs. bs. of cracked lass enough to keep it before the fowls ern all the time, the beef scrap or tankage of wheat, 8`lbs, of oats. Ration Two. may be cut down from one-half to three-quarters. Splendid results have Mash mixture ---3 lbs. - of cornmeal, been obtained by making .. the milk 1 lb. of meat scraps. take the place of the animal protein (beef scraps and tankage). If milk is fed, do not feed it sweet one day and sour the next for bad results are often experienced by changing from one to the other and are noticeable in the loose condition of the droppings. It is best to feed milk in the sour state. The question is often asked: "What is a good egg yield for a farm flock in the winter?" One egg to every three hens a day or 831-3 per cent is very good. There are no secrets in the proper feeding of hens to get eggs whether it be winter, spring or sum- mer, but it does take a little pains to feed the birds so as to keep them in nice healthy condition,. The grain should be scattered in the litter throughout the house. -(not cow approaches freshening reduce the other feeds, whatever they may be, and gradually increase the bran. In a few days the cow wilr relish having the ration dampened. A great deal of trouble may be averted at freshening time if dairymen would follow the above practice. - Breaking Heifers to Milk. About a month ago I got hold of a "long" two-year-old Durham heifer. She had never been handled, not even crossing the strap so as to bring the tied in a stable since she was a calf, snap again from the rear to the front and consequently was as - wild as a on the outside of the right leg, I snap hawk. About two weeks ago she it into the free ring of the bit. Then came fresh, and now I am milking and pushing the right leg back as far as handling her as nicely as any old cow it will go, I sit down and begin milk I have. My method of handling her, which is, my usual way, may be of in terest if not of help to some of your readers. makes a- modified "handcuff tie" and The rst night we had her, it took not only prevents kicking, tut also: my father and I a long time to drive raising a foot over three or four inch - her into the barn, and still longer to es from the floor. It is very easily get her into a stanchion. Then we and quickly applied and can in no way began feeding and petting and fussing with her, so that by the time she freshened we could handle her without Grain mixture -2 lbs. of cracked her showing excessive nervousness or tea corn, 1 lb. of oats. : Ration Three. When I began milking her I fasten - bit which is fast in the strap; then foxes will come. A fel- Mabee of snow covering the top makes your chancels better because with snow on the ground the food of furbearers is more limited, and the fax or coyote can more readily climb to the - top when snow helps him get a better ing, avoiding all roughness and milk ing rather slowly for a few times. and is a little eiasier to fasten and This "rie when properly unfasten. - I I have used this method a great Mash mixture -1 ib, of ',cornmeal, 1 her legs, using a "rig" I have used lb. of bran, %lb. of meat scraps, 1 Ib, nearly ever since I began farming. I 1 lb. of ground oats.take a quarter strap from a single ofmiddlings, g'r d Grain mixture -2 lbs. of cracked corn, 1 lb. of wheat, 1 lb. of oats; 1 lb of barley.. Remember the following: Feed regularly; scatter the grain in the lit- ter; be sure the birds have all the water they want to drink; feed milk either sweet . or sour, preferably 'sour; move among thebirdscarefully;, see that the birda have enough to •eat' and have access to . grit and oyster shells. In a short time you should be getting a satisfaoto:cy egg yield. When the egg yield is unsatisfac just thrown down in a pile) so as to tory; there is a removable reason. number of times, and it has always been •successful.—C. A. Wagner. If you kept a rust and rat-. expense injure the heifer. By standing very account for a month, you would- kill closely to the heifer's right flank the rats, house the machines, ' and there is little or no chance of their hurting me;' in fact, the only danger is of their falling overon me in case go dower hill, but it they- try to kick, and . that danger, is Anyone can negligible. The stray, including snalr takes determination to slake the up- end bit, should be from thirty to grade. thirty-six inches long, the smaller or - harness, putting a snap in where it ,;"meaner" the cow the shorter. A snap the race which fastens to the breeching ring,buckl- tongueto is the last part of g with thesbroken out, leaving a, determines` the winner; it is thatlittle hick a an ordinary "joint" hook works as well as a' perfect snap' extra effort to do :better which makes ing it back with grease the tools without being told. The Dairyr Wheat bran, is extremely valuable in the ration for dairy cows and is relished by them.' When it is fed in limited quantities to cows producing a large flow of milk, there is less dan- ger of the animals going "off feed." Bran is highlypalatalle. It is quite bulky and, when added; to the ration, assists digestion and keep entire di- gestive system in goods working con- dition. When a ration is compounded from concentrated feeds, such as corn- meal, finely ground oats and cotton- seed meal, it is advisable to lighten the ration by adding a liberal amount of !bran. Heavy producing cows en a dry ra- tion with limited succulent natter need, in- addition sorne • kind of feed 'Baring a laxative 'effect upon diges- tion. From my, experience in feedinK dairy cows under -varied conditions,° I consider bran a most excellent -feed for this purpose. Cows confined to stables during the winter should re- ceive a liberal-feed'of"bran daily to preserve the digestive system and promote food assimilation. Dairymen should not, however, look upon bran as an economic ,source of protein, earbohydrates, or fat Many a dairyman has reduced his profits. from his herd by going to the extreme of feeding too liberally of bi an think - Ing that If a little is goeet more is bet- ter. Bran, like other feeds, should be fed jufdiciously to add bulk, palatabil- ity and mineral' matter' to the ration, Cows freshening in the winter should be taught to eat bran mash. '.phis can easily he accomplished by beginning to feed a., limited :amount of bran along with other.feeds two weeks previous to freshening; As the success in., farming. Co-operation and consolidation are essentials of business and farming, efficiency. Irrigated Farms i Southern Alberta In the k aariops Vannitali District . 78ow nicer Irrigation Project An especially good location for mixed farming and 'dairying, Splendid op- portunity for young scan now living in districts where good land cannot be bought at 1,r,LSonable 1:171.ces. THIS 1S NOT PIONICLnttlNCi, the first 10,000 aorca are fully settled and another 30,000 acres now ready for settlement; Maximum distance from railroad, seven 'miles. 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