The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-03-15
Agricultural |.
I:cg-rrodueing and Profitable Fowls

E---ErOGuCiDS ana .'i"i!'~"'S
have kent fowls for about thirty years /,
Game fowls were my FIRST start. stuck
to them for many years mite DofHiuss
next. the Grey DrrilIn@s; the bun Cochins-
Black CochiTs. and " iilte CochIus; theh
White crested Black Polands- and last,
silver perciled Hambur4hs. About nine
wears ago BEGAN cros--h.eeding; and the
Irost profitable fowls ever had was q
cross between the Silver penciled Ham
bursh cock and White Dorking hen
Thcv follow the Dorking III appearance-
most of them FIVE claws, white and blue
Iegs. white and piles in color, with some
times one side OF % feather III III" tan or
wing of a gravish-H'ack. They have
ready sale In tie market with the feathers
on: or dressed they are nice sized piuin''
fowl for n ceut'enIau's table, and GiesS
beautiful! and white. They lay Il tidy SIZED
egg. half IS large again IS that al the
Uarburah ard the same SIZE al both euftS.
They never attempt 10 st: and never
heard but one clucll, and that for about =
week. but she went on laying the same,
ONLY stopped a little lonrer on the nest
when Iay:ng-and they viii lay from nine
to ten months without lHt"FmI>Sioh'
throuah the weather he bad. il they are
bateL,d in the last week in Apiil they
will begin to lay In October and keep oil
till June. and some Of them tI!i July: and
tie,, when done mounting. they VIII pes!n
to Law again in December or before, and lay
as lon. IL they did the liEzt year and As
well: so tliat by managing to have them
OF two OF three different ages there Is no
need 70 be without c..s ever? DAY III the
wear. They are very glaie caterers 10y
themselves. They leave nothing uituFne''
tina; the, are likely to find the smallest
mite in Consequently they do not require
and do not eat nearly 30 much as many
others Of The sorts have mentioned SO
taking them in every way. they are the
most profitable fowls ! ever had or ever
saw amongst any Or NV neigh5ors who
have kent many more different sorts than
have: but have always c-gs when tIey
have none | have u,, doub; they would
do we'll thiId season, bar keep them
but two. - II | WIS aging TO begin
keer,inr poultry should 1T once get some
coed maiden White L, rl,iug puiieis and
good square Silver peHci!e5 Hamburger
cock aad breed a stcg!, from them, Keep
all the voun- cocks cleared on before 'heF
BERN To- iuicIl erc with the hens, 50 Is not
to have them eros Ci any further tEan
one cross.
hare crossed many other sorts, and
s-iyen them all a two wears trial, and have
one sort now undergoing Il t'Iiid years
IRELAND that i 4 crCcs between the
: pa-s.il.d iIlmburEh cock and h'te-
,re~~a,i II tx Poland len. Now Tor laying
there i NOTHING t. equal them, let alone
surg -. either IN couIiaem 1T or ut large.
and sl.e e.. j. great improvement "a
the UaraIt.rli!S: 30 | advise = " h.te
created B.ac,. galaui hen OF two to breed
from a, LAYER. tur;eI down Win tie above
ra..i-,I And if laying Wa the only
qqsl.rv wanted. should make that
bred the main stock. and have mor'
Pafasd- and les dogkiu-S. HIS CT $
le-ng uou-sTt5ois on either SIDE. lay tulI
tn months ana have tie good quality o;
uoitt;u.- all - i were 10y magic. They
fall oil in laviug the last fortnight: ano
when they have laii their last egg III :
day o. two Won VIII sre two or three
fe -titars tur,,.,i wT1n. side UP, and mex
day prSiIaps hardly any feathers on them
the tails ,i.opin- :..l 1T once In one nigh
| have seen il and ali the feathers COM.
on ali together. They are soon IN tHi
pIa.at.e and all right, and begin 10 Il.
again directly.
Then there must be Silver penHile'
Hamburger hcl to breed some cocks to-
to bc reared mp With tle pu-let-, as "a
cross-bred COOKS as above stated, must b
done away: neither must the cross l':e'
hens be bred from. and no other sort @
cock introduced. BY that means thor
viii alvavs be the true Silver penclie
Hanlburrh Lreedf and the other crosses
true. t. what thcy are iufcu led to be; an
with n good walk and proper feeding. the
beat everything in tho poultry way thu
has come under M not-ce.-'' o&c&sTtI
al CotiG5s GG-ieacr.