, 1858-12-31

track, ana perhaps even lnouIge PreJuolce
against all written instructions which lead
them to change their course. A person
about to commence poultry keeping, may be
compared to one just landed in strange
country-ignorant Of everything. He asks
for guide. We will recommend cheap
and infallible one-it is nature. Choose
then your stock well formed, healthy and
young; but as in most well assorted unions,
tie male should be older and larger than his
partners, the hens.
Seeing there is no law in hendom against
Polygamy, we will mention the number of
wives, which should be eight. Following
our guide. we say lei them take their own
course; let your hens enj"y q the honors
Of maternity; let them be blest with those
"sweet cares all other joys so far above"
that attend mothers life. As you cannot
g eat your pudding and have it too" so you
cannot compel hen to do more than she is
particularly fitted to accomplish and she
must rest. Strange to say, the periods Of her
progeny are the rest Of the hen, and cause
no sleepIess nights. But il in defiance Of
this sound provision, you prevrns her from
setting, while it is true you will cause er to
lay again, you will only be temporary
gamer, as the strain On the system will wear
it out rcmaturely. She should have full
filed her duties out punctuaIly, and to the
last have been useful in her vocation; but
being TO- ced to unhealthy exertion whe..
young, her old age W Il be sterile and pre-
mature.
The cure for the gout is said to be to live
on half crown per day, and to earn it.
Exercise produces or sharPens appetite, and
lmparts relish to the panest f,od. Their
food, then, should be simpleand regular,
and keeping our guide nature in view, it
should be so given rs to approach as near as
possible to state Of nature. Lat it be
scattered about, so that they shall be unable
tU Gil their crops in a few moments. A
meal to be healthy, should be moderate in
quantity, and eaten slowly. Under this
regimen they will never get crop sick.
Follow this out with your fowls, and do not
by any unnatural temptations and indnlgen.
ces, max" them "dear, fat, lazy things"
One rule may be safely given-a useful
one, moreover, in many matters beside those
Of which We are now speaking-and that is,
never keep poultry without thinking it
worth your while to give it fair share Of
your attention, or without satisfying your
SELF, if your time should be otherwise en-
ployed, that it has the attention Of the per.
sou to whom they are entrusted. Never
keep persons for that purpose who do not
show by activity and foreth,'ught, that they
are fond Of their employment, and who
think Of It at other times beyond the periods
in which they are actually employed about it,
Stacking and Feeding out Straw.
Straw should be stacked in tight pen,
for il you suffer your cattle to eat out of an
open pen, the master cattle will guard the
stock continually, and the hers will have to
stay away. This is not all; your cattle
will have Chaff ia their eyes half Of the time.
The best way is to keep your cattle away
from the straw until you feed them, thrn
give all q chance alike. If you make u pen
high en- ugh. and tight, they can not reach.
Then cOver the stack with some kind Of
roof IL possible. One of our old fashioned
barracks is worth the time and trouble Of
building, and | am sorry TO see them going
gu: Of Etshion. Build one or two, reader,
on the portable plan, and see If your money
is not well invested. Put in your straw as
soon as threshed. When il is time to begin
to fodder, drive your wagon or sled along.
side and load up, then drive out as far as
jou please and begin to throw off let the
team keep travelling, and you will scatter
the straw sufficiently to let every one have
an equal chance.
find from experience and observation,
that hunks or racks are poor things to feed
straw IN; for cattle want to pick out the
best, or Gull over, and II the straw is in
bunk they will throw it all out under loot,
and then tread it down. II it is scattered
as have directed, and not put in racks, there
is no danger Of Chaff in the eyes.
When you feed straw, feed nothing more !;
for II you feed hay once day and straw
the rest Of the time, you will miss calcula-
tions certain, il your straw is not as good
or superior to your hay. II one kind of
fodder is the best, they know it full as well
as you, and will wait for the best and tread