, 1860-11-09
AgtisVIiufs.
Tho Poultry Yard.

OF any Of our feathered domestic birds, and, in
the ordinary stake care-oEyourself" way,
scarce one IN fifty arrives at maturity. Yet,
1t is the easiest thing possible to bring up
an entire brood; and when they can be made
10 weigh from Eve to seven pounds each, they
Will well repay the care and troublerequired.
u is better TO start with the largest and finest
breeds, such as will give sizeable progeny
either Of the following named varieties will
answer, viz .-Aylesbury, Cayuga Black and
Rouen. would prefer them in the order in
which they are named, though either variety
viii be good enough. -se Al
SETrEG.-Iauaria6ly make use Of hen
70 bring out the young, and IL the weather
Is very hot. once in two or three days dip
he hens breast in water.
MANAoElENr on rHE EYouSd-Don't allow
them q vide range-have the yard roomy
and dry. In fact, they must not be allowed
any water TO dabble in; merely sufficient to
drink, and that placed in shallow vessel.
The suns rays must not be allowed TO injure
them. ldo not mean by this that they should
not have the sun during some portions of the
day. They must be kept in these quarters
till well feathered, after which they may be
turned at large.
FEEDEe.--Procure liver or some oifll at
the butchers, which cook with meal and po.
tatoes, chopping the whole fine-never give
them while young, any food that has not
been cooked. i7f 1i
The 0umEA FowL.-The Guinea Hen,
or Pentado, is nearly an everlasting layer.
They are said 70 unite the properties Of the
turkey and pheasant They are native of
Alfica, though said by some to belong
equally 10 this country, and are easily do
mesticaitd. Its flesh is more like that of
the pheasant than the common fowl, both in
color and taste, and is reckoned very good
subsiitnte for that bird. It assimilates per-
fecfly with the common fowl in its artificial
habits and kinds Of food. Its gait is as pc.
culiar as are its cries. They are fond Of
marshy plaees-always perch during the
night il high situations or on trees. It is
little singular that American farmers do not
turn their attention TO these fowls. A
knowing Jerseyman, named David Bonner,
from England hired patch Of Eve acres,
four ycafs ago, aud commenced raising eggs
for he New York market. Bonner has
never hired any help. and at this moment
owns q farm for which he paid e4,700, and
of which the buildings cost over $1,000.
His farm is al paid for; he owes not cent
IN iho world, and be owns a flock which
varies from 500 TO 200 Guinea Hens.
Frrura PoUt4nr.-An idea prevails
with many that any sort Of grain, even IL
aI'ltls damaged, viii do for poultry but
this b q great mistake. A friend Of the
writer once came very near losing his whole
1ock of valuable foWls from feeding them
with damaaed corn. which had been heated. !
II'oro VIA feed largely know better, and IN |
raIiah|y make Z rule 10 feed none but the |
bc1l ard II of corn, It Is all the better for |
o. BnzrDno. There IS just as much
necessity Of breeding from birds that are
good layers, as in selecting milch cows those
animals which are bred from good mixers,
though a. IN fowls Il does not necessarily
a|tsy. lolI"w that their progeny are equally |
profitable.
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