Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-10-27
A Henarv

A MT. DaSora, posSessor of an old dlaD:da- ted estate near Paris having discovered tb, se- cret ot making hens lay every day in the year by 1eedlng them with horse flesh raw and minc- ed, o9thought him of going into the fresh ey5 business on large scale. The estate was inst what he wanted in the way of grounds. and its proximity to Paris assured him of a ready mar ket.
 ne began hls experiment with three hun dred hens, and found that they averaged the llrSt year some twenty-five dozen eqys each - Last season he had 100000 hens at work with lar proportion of rnaie birds, and the propor- tionate result was the same.
 The sheds, otfi;es, and other buldinas are around a quadrangle, enclosing abont twenty acres, the general feeding ground. This is sub. divided by fences of open paling. so that only limited number of fowls are allowed to herd together, and these are ranged in different apart. Inents, according to their age; no bird b,inr al- lowed to exceed four years. At the end of the fourth year, they are placed in the fattening coopS for about three weeks, fel entirely on crushed grain, and sent to Paris alive.
 ne breeding rooms are warmed by steam and the heat Is kept up with remarkable mi. formIty to that evolved by the fem,le foyl during the process of incubation. which is lzpown |" mark higher on the thermometer tban ,t anv other period A series of shelves one above the other, from the nests, while bl,nkets ara | spread over the eggs to exclude any accidental | ilSnt The hatched chickens are removed to the nursery each morning, and fresh eqgs laid Tn to supply the place of empty shells. A con stant succession of chickens Is thus insured. and moreover the feathers are always free from var min.
 hen is never allowed to set The males and females miaglr freely at all seasons All the Shanghai Crchin, China, and other fancy fowls have been got rid of, as the oll fashioned barn yard breet is fonnl to be more cheaplv and easily raised and to give better eggs and hesh
 To supply the great consumption of meat the numerous disabled and worn out horses in and around Paris are depend d on. They are neatly ana scientifically slaughtered at Mr. De Sora's own abattoir. The blood is sold for art purposes: The tanners buy the skins The glue makers, and manuf uf,cturers of prussan glue get the heads, hoofs. shanks. etc Ths button makers buy the larger bones. The aq- rcutural merchants take the rem,inda ar ne tLo bones for bone dust. or ivory black maL,;nr The marrow is made into fashionable ointmants lip salves, etc. Even the entrails are mt "a use The HeSh is cut into certain proportions passed through a series of revolving knives and comes out IF the shape of mourtain of minca meat, which is slightly seasonea with salt and ground pepper--the hens are epicures. it an- | pears-then pur into barrels, headed mn and sent per railroad to the henerv. There if is kept IT storerooms the temperature of which is just below the freezing point all the year round and thus the mince meat is never sour or offan. slve The fowls eat it with avidtv, are always Tn good condition and the hens lay each an egr almost every day, in all weathers and seasons They have besides plenty of pure water with gravel and sand.
 | The average consumption of horses ner dav is twenty-two, and so well arranged is the svs. tenn, that the proceeds of the sale of the hides bones, etc, make profit on the original cost of the horses. Another item of profit is the manure from the fowl yards, which is eaqo,Iv sought for by the gardeners in the neigbbor. hood
 About one hundred persons, mostly females are employed in the various departments of the henery. The expenses of the establish. ment. Including repairs, interest etc. amount to about S75OOO per annum. Fhe sales of eggs last winter were 10000 dozen week at francs for six dozen, or S5,OOO Der week which is $25O,O0O per annum. So that Mr DeSora can both chuck aud crow over his bens that bring him in clear reyenue of naorlv S175, 900 a year
 What would old Noah say to this could he be shown one hundred thousand hens all to. gether, laying one hundred thousand asgs aI, at once! His pair in the ark would he noah. where, and he fan to confess himself noah nothing-Picoyune.