Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1847-02-26
From the Cultivutor
Management of Poultry.

| F,ro,.rxr ;,,r;r;,. ar. ,,,Jo b, f,r,,ors nc
to tbe ch-ancst and host mode of MANAGING
noul,rv and tho oncstion is mot SATISFACTORILY
answered, Tho most perfect mode is to have
fine airy. wpll.licbted noultrv.bonso con.
noctcd with an annie. we'll fenced yard -
Hens NAV be also kent confined ,hrec.onar,cr.
Of the dav in the poultry.bousc only. If il is
fullv luhied and cleaned daily. wthou, the nd.
dtion If the ward. with run of an hour or two
in tho adjacent Grounds. before roino to roost
The third and moro common wav. is 10 let them
run at large at all times. picking m what thew
can find fora Subsistence, Each Of these mod,
has its advantages and objections.
|. The advantages of a house and larre ward
| are.-the hens are perfectly provided with food
| and room for exercise and all the other comforts
| of life, without interfering with other parts of
the premises. The disadvantages are. the cost
of the house the cost of a hiph. picketted. ward
| fence. and the land occupied where the ward is
hrrc. as if must be. TO answer nronerlv the in.
tended nur,ose. hosidos tho ovnnnsn and c,ro ~,
| nrov;d;nr n corst,n, s,rrlr or r,o5 md u.o,or
| . NJ aJa,,,n,,,- y 'L,,,,.,l ,.:l.,, '.a.
,, ~ "u ~ I 'o"7I "''''ou, q ~ =
, r,, IL -" !"'u - ''u'u.u anu
no III, y. t.ic nr'ls are e.irei!
ie,e,i'pu a. uu..ns iic silor' 'hletya' y, olelr
cin.on GAY u"N' '''s Plsa nas'''y tn'ous''
s'iueli ~ o'i'e' si"uus' P'0h'ns oiy insects
".'u u, "u. "nI 'e'u't''"s VI u'e.'
NV, II " ''e'i iGs''s PAGES iVr 'he night
ii'c ''cns are t'e ."usPehsaoIe necessity
! " " VIZ" ateu' "e' '!sn'eu' perfectly clc'h
;tt''''n! ",''ro"S' care IN 'en''ia-
'o''. u''I! sMeePI'S' ana frequent "nlle-Was'l,
my 'i'efh'iiy' y constant supply OF TODD and
water must De g,veh' rms mode Is also apt to
.'uee tl'e le"s 10 eat tne iFesh eggs, as well as
o' S,'a. .'eIn res pToiiiic'
o. onnci'''g mems 10 run at large releases the
owner from all care IN feeding them They
nIN "p reuse iha''er from tne Kitchen and else
"herc' uc'oCr 'hSects, ana devonr the seeds OF
various weeds growing IN waste grounds and I'M
nc 'chleu zee Du' tleFe areseVeral OBJ ecuohs
~ liiis '''"ue OF mana gemeht, or rather, absence
~ management beihg competed 10 PICK w
o,e' o"' 'N,ng' tncv olteh PICK IN the wrong
P'aCe' ana piiered gram and uprooted garden
eIoua are '''e result. ihey otten choose wrong
Piccs ior roostn = as lhe packs OF carriage seats
osci saiules, ana on larln ',e's, % the se'io''
"'i.e ~ Wv oMnu' o'ne' ''''cS' 100
hei1r ioc,tod f. so,,o r,,,i, -, "
E,ch Of thoso ,hrao ~ ha "'us ~,
and dsadva il bocomos rncosssr,, ions,
| between them. This choice mnst bo nodo oc
cordinn TO circumstances Thoso vhn wish :,
raise poul,rv and e~gs in larro oman,i,;os e.,
market. and those wbo do not rororJ ,ho cost ~
house and ward and who can nrocrra ,lent,. n
feed. should chonso tho frs, modo ria soran,
NAV be adontod in VILLAGES or ,,horo ii,,la Ior,
can be afforded and whern at tho same ,;n,o ,hor,
is some nprson in tho f,rI,, ~ ,,i,.,
slant attention to the;r wants 70 coo ,lor o -,
well supplied with food and wo,or ,ba, :,ric
cleanliness is unfnrmIy nroserrcJ .'d ,,a, ~,