The weekly Butte record., 1858-12-25
T. bout TcUltry.

clip from the market report of city
contemporary. tits highly interesting:
The N. o. Pitdyune gives the follow
ing description of a henery; A Mr.; De,
Sora, posessor Of an old dalapidated
estate near Paris, having discovered the
secreat of making heus lay every day IN
the year, by feeding them with horse
flesh. raw and minced, bethought him
of going into the fresh egg business on
large scale. This estate was just what
he wanted in the way Of grounds, and its
proximity to Paris assured him of
ready market. He began his exper,
iment with three hundred hens, and
found that they averaged the first year
some twenty five dozen eggs each.
Last season he had 100000 hens at
work, with fair propoation Of male
birds, and the proportional result was
the same. The sheds, Offices and other
buildings, are around a quadrangle, en-
closeing about twenty acres, the gene
raj feeding ground. This is subdivided
by fences Of open paling so that only
limited number of fowls are allowed to
head together, and these are ranged in
different apartments, according to their
age; no bird being allowed to exceed
four years. At the end Of the fourth
year, they are placed in the fattening
coop for about three weeks, feed entirely
on crushed grain, and sent to Paris alive.
The breeding rooms are warmed by
steam, and the heat is keep up with re-
markable uniformity to that evolved by
the female fowl during the process Of
incubation, which is known to mark
higher on the thermometer than at any
other period. A series of shelves, one
above the other, form the nests, while
blankets are spread over the eggs to ex-
cludc any accidental light. The hatched
chicks are removed to the nursery each
morning, and fresh eggs laid in to sup
ply the place of empty shells. A con-
slant succession of chickens is thus in
sured, and moreover the feathers are
always free from vermin. A hen is
never allowed to set. The males and
females minglcs freely at all seasons.
All the Shanghae, Cochin China, and
other fancy fowls have been got rid of,
as the old fashioned barn yard breed is
found to be more cheaply and easily
raised, to give better eggs and flesh.
To supply the great consumption of
meat, the numerous disabled and worn
out horses in and aronnd Paris are de-
pended on. They are neatly and scien-
tifcally slaughtered at NJ DeSora' IS
own abattoir. The blood is sold for art
purposes. The tanners buy the skins.
The glue makers and manufacturers
of Prussian blue get the heads hoofs,
shanks, &c. The button makers buy
the larger bones. The agricultural
merchants take the remainder of the
bones for bone dust, or ivory-black
making. The marrow is made into
fashionable ointments, lip salve, &c.
Even the eutralis are put In use. The
flesh is cut into certain proportions,
passed through series of revolving
knives, and comes out in the shape of a
mountain of mince meat, which is
slightly seasoned with salt and ground
pepper-the hens are cpicures, it ap-
pears-then put into barrels, headed up
and sent per railroad to the henery.
There it is kept in storerooms, the tenn
perature of which is just below the
freezing point all the year round, and
thus the mince meat is never. sour or
offensive The fowls eat with avidity
are always in good condition, and the
hens lay each an egg almost every day,
in all weather and seasons. They
have besides plenty of pure water, with
gravel and sand. The average con-
sumption of horses per day is twenty
two, and so well managed is the system
that the proceeds of the sales of the
hides. bones, &C., make profit on the
original cost of the horses. Another
item of profit is the manure from the
fowl yards, which is eagerly sought for
by the gardeners in the neighborhood.
About one hundred persons, mostly fe-
males, are employed in the various de-
partments of the henery. The expenses
Of the establishment, including repairs,
interest, &c., amount to about 1900
per month, The sales of eggs last win
ter were 10000 dozsn week, at four
frances for six dozen, or $4,000 per
week, which is S250,000 per annum.
So that Mr.. DeSora can both cluck and
crow over his hens, that bring him in
clear revenue of yearly $175,OO0 a
year. What would old Noah say to
this, could hebe shown one hundred
thousand hens all together, laying one
hundred thousand eggs all at once.
His pair in the ark would be noah where
and he fain to confess himself noah