Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1832-11-05
Eram the NeD York Farmer.
REARING POULTRY IN MEXICO.

Franz the Nep York Farmer
REARING POULTRY IN MEXICO.
! September, 1882.
ST. cannot embark for Capipcachy without
! relieving myself by telling you not a cock and bull,
but cock and chicken story, which may be OF SER
vice to those farmers who supply our markets with
poultry
The fondness Of Spaniaris for eggs and chickens
appears 10 DC inherited 10 the full extent by Their
| American descendants, as at every Indian hut
which have stopped at in Mexico, could get one
the other in default every thing else IN the eat
ing line 1t is true they are MT very scrupuous
about the number of feathers Which covers the
p1lirto, Of TIE days II has been free from the
shell, bu. then Won know you can eat the more OF
them, and pay accordingly. Butte return to my
story During the rainy season. the rivers OF the
state Of Tabasco overflow the banks and the little
| cmlnenccs become SD many temporary islands, 10
which all terrestrial animals retreat for shelter. On
these little mounds, too, the inhabitants place their
hus, and it is fine sport TO go huniingn caroe
from isei to another all over the country. MOB
keys, parrots, poccaries. snakes, IN short, all the
| animals Of tropical climate, may ba found IN the
! same congregation
! Inc afternoon in the month Of October, ISIS, IN
| company Wh the Vcc-Governor Of the state Gu
|
fcshmen and rest, when l observed before the
door lnrg, cool. with three or four dOz N Of chick
en-, around him, engaged in all the occupations
usually uppcrtaining TO the hen, and apparently
terv proud Of his Office. Neither man, woman,
chile pig, nor hen would he suffer to modest his lit
tie oac> in tn, ishtcs. degree, andbe would o.
casnnNily iDek bis eye up towards the birds OF prey
in lac an with meuucing gesture, rs much as 10
say " aad yoa too had batter keep Ut u respectful
Distance .!om my spars." The following was the
,ceoan,oi this phenomenon given me BY my conf
panion, cvi Estrada:
:" I,le coai, is chusen 10 batch tho Eggs, on ac-
coan; of his superior size, uod to take care OF tho
Chickens Oh account Of his superior strength while
the hcn is thus left free 10 Dn.nuo Glps other
nests. 10 qualify him 10 tuke Der place, he Is hrst
rendered lD,oxcated by swinging him over and
over ia hammock under Which tobacco is burnt
10 Keep him enveloped in the smoke. AS soon as
he becomes senseaSs and mo;ionlcss, the tca.hers
! arr s,rippcl' from has broad breast and he Is plac-
ed IN large nest with as many eggs IN |, as his
fb)dy can cover, in the position taken by the hen
| herself while hutchins. When he RECEIVERS from
the suror, the pressure Of the warm eggs against
! his naked breast, seems 10 occasion an agreeable
tsensatlon which detaus him on the nest the period
| of incubation. Why he continues his 10 the
chickens after they escape from the Shell, is best
known to himself but you the fact before you,
and the practice Of thus substituting the male for
! the female is general in this country"
| Now, Mr. Editor all ask of you and your read
ers is to t9 before you denu the truth ofthls story
/ HENRY pERRlNE.
Nav Foop ron Hoes We bespenk the gravity
Of our readers on reading the following they
must not la sh at us for our easy creduli,y,
jcct The proposition on account of its seeming impro-
! bability For ourselves, we have no doubt Of the
truth OF the facts stated nor ofthe eouudness of the
principles upon which the experiments were based
But to the subject:
! A few weeks since, two of the members Of the
| Uni,cd Society Of Shakers, ut Lebanon, n 7.
were at our Office. They Informed us, that
| they had tried an experiment IN feeding hogs
with tie 4uSt produced in their button and 9TH
er wooden ware factory, by mixing II with the usual
| food in the proportion OF one-thrl that Is TWO
parts Of the usual food and one part OF the saw dust
and that the hogs throve fully us well as when TED
| in the usual way. From their experiments they
are satisfied tina, the saw dust was digested by the
| animals, was nutritious, and answered IN all res
| poets the purpose ' of the usual food. They had
endcavored to ascertain the least quantity of the u
/
hors and then used saw dust as substitute for
one third Of il SO 1t the objection that the two
thirds ofthe usual food WINS probably sufficient, can
not be raised They have no, completed their OK
permen,s but urc extending them to ascertain whe-
Their still greater proportion Of saw dust MY not
be used and how rnuch more. We believe they III
tend alse 10 try experiments with other animals.
These facts may be relied on strictly correct
The people who tried the experiments, & those who
related them 10 MS, are not given TO visionary pro
iects nor to marvellous story telling They are gen
orally scientific men one Of them that visited us
was one Of the best botansts we ever met with
1t seems no way improbable that wool should con
tain large quantity of nutri,ivc matter When DC
composed by fire the proportion OF insoub!e matte
is very small, not greater than that ofany KIND
farnaceous fruit or grain after the water mas beer
evaporatcd There is a large quantity OF saccha
rnc matter in most wood or at least in the juices
and we think it no wav improbable that both CLUTTER
and farinaccous matter, as well as sugar. may en-
ter largely into the composition ofthe soluble part
Of wood-even what is called by chemists aood1
fbrc-and that these parts of wood when pulVerls
ed NAV be diees,ed and become nutritious matte
in the s.omachs of animals. We are not sure tina
we recollect perfectly the kind of wood used by tn
Shakers in their experiment, but believe i, wa
what is commonly called soft maple, AeeT T"bTuo'
They have promised us detailed account Of the re
suit Of their experiments as soon as they shall hav
completed them. lAmer' f0'@'e''
! ALARGE EAR OF CORN.
A year of corn was plucked few days ago from
field Of Mr. David Justice, Jr., who lives ten o
twelve miles north OF this city, measurins9 inches
in length, l2s inches in circumference, with 81
rows Of grains around the cob, aud 1891 grains OF
, the whole ear. lHateis3 S'0'.
MN arc The turnip, tie gddish, and the eabbas'