Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-04-05
AGRICUTURA
From The Slutbern Planter
ON THE BREEDING AND REARING OF
CHICKENS

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The first thing TO be attended 10 in the breelinr of
chickens is to have healthy vounr stock to breed from
The cocks should Re killed off every winter AND nelv
ones turned out not less than for everv seven hpu
] Kill my old ones at Christmas Ii they are al owed n
live longer they kill the young ones The hens should
hc killed the third winter nt their lies unless vYti
chnSe q keep them longer because Of uncommouy d
character.
1t yon wish for eggs through The winter you should
feed your hens every day with corn. give mine ahu,
Two quarts, and feed during the winter al least sixty
Young and old. lfgiven regularly this quantity wT
Keen them in good laying order. When thrre /, SHINY
~ II Is very cold, give them rather more The hem
house should be swept week in winter and every
day. or every other day summer. Have two ~ctS t
ooss. and begin early in spring change them putting
one set out Of doors where the rain can wash AMI cleanse
them, when the other set is put up Change them un
IN winter once month, whenever you find tn. Yer
MN getting ahead To keep down these demons is the
most difficult part Of henwiftrv.
A. soon at my hens hatch. | wash them i'll s-aur
de'octr'n Of tao peelinIS and tie them in ha sun 10
nEy. At the same time wash the vounr chickens IN
r1cculns indicus, and dry them in basket before h.,
lre. An ounce Of the berries is cracked ana put i1
quart bottle filed with whi5key it is fit u NE
thres days, and the bottle be filled second time
! pour II IN basin and wash with an oh toothbrush
pouring hack into the bottle whatever le As ii Is vtrv
H>1AuuS and must he kept carefully from tile cIu ron
whom one Of the berries would Kill The whi,kev
die hut they will all recover if You keep them very
warm whilst drying let the hen and chickens oJt
every day as the grass dry but keep them up
It It rains. feed them twice day with dough mixed
with sour MILK If there is any spare. and put the bal
anre OF waste milk in ;roughs for them drink through
ne day. Old and young fowls very fond of it, IN
L keeps them very fat.
never cop my eating chickens for they are much
sweeer without it. and Is much less trouble to cach
ih'm when you iced 10 the morning than to attend to
keeping the cunps clean.
la9 gaping feathers taken from he Una III INV
hens wing. send prepared a. thew must ~ ha
tore ynu use thea, and two ul,t a. they are pra
"H' o the wing That you may what Srt NJ feathers
ynH mEs use The smaller j. fin TILE fist attack
M IaneS, the latter or the second when thp chickens
tavc grown larger. They generally require tuo ere- I
H"Hs; though II the season very GOOD one. they
ni need mo'e Than one, and wll moi have the disease
MP N ihey are nearly a large paurJres. 1.-The fatu-
's must pc put n NE Wiutppa akc VI pu- t
~ tie guIIet the wlndpNe is hole III the tongue INV
the back ot the tongue) You vii Kill gool many
n hS'. but do not be discouraged the rarts ull. aI
them i you don't ana you Will learn In umr. Pat tn-
leather down as tar as It VIII w. and Hen tus VI a
round Sometimes 1t briggs up the worms. tut lllst
frequently osenS them that the patient saeez-s them
cut 1.-The appears TO be struggling after Tire operation.
shake him well, and il will bring MIN To- ,tliun pur
the leather IN more than twice at one operat on III
VIII seeze and cape for several DAYS after 54in oper3t
on nut you must not mind that 1t hev chrp clear after
IT, they are SAT-. and will require 10 be ,p-reL oh
again IT weeks; may be. not at ali. | have bN vith
''Fef near me when 90 u feed IN the morning. aud
an mat cape IN eating catch and nut in the by ,ot
rating on them at once. The whole family Is generally
i1ken together and The sooner the cause Of the disease is
removed after It appears. the better They are HI re m
SiTangle N getting up the worms ii they are allowed
get rad before an attempt Is made 10 renave Them
Early in the spring. before You st Your hens. bnrn
all the nests and put IN clear And never fail to burn
the nest as the hen matches. Ii vou s.l NJ he
nest after you take the straw iw BE uf rrea ser
vice.
And now think have faithfully recorded the exPe-
Penence Of seventeen years nope following my di7ec
IcciionS may 1--WE YIN much amusement aad f th W.
have gained from them, and THAT your efors VI sppv
Your table with the most delicious Of viands may b.
crowned with like success.
The feathers not the largest, and ate stripped
q within an inch. rather es< II the eud Ant ni,s-
tened "nd twisted IN The mouth oeurs their appca tion
TO the wladPIPe.