St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-01-28
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Ifthere Is any better breakfast than
'hae, and eggs" to brace man up 70,
heavy outdoor work ii these cold DAYS,
We don't know what L ;s,-ol,co y.
provided, that the ham vaygood oriSi,
nally, that it has not been saltod, smok.
cd, q cooked to death, and that the
eggs are net done 10 crisp, hut are
simply hardened in the fat 30 as not to
run. Ham, if barely cooked eaoagh
not to taste nv. and then wen m.asti-
Gated, or out very fine if the teeth are
too tender, Is both digestible and nour-
ishiug. Lean j meat tupaishes lean
meat-that Is, The nlpsol IF che body
With which We york. The fatty por-
ton supplies carbon - keep up the in-
ternal tire Of the system mcst needed
when it Is cold without. The nitrogen
GUS albumea and the oil of the eggs,
,nsVor the same purposes. SO much;
foras lotsekeSper ind cook: Nowsto
get the eggs-~and the housewife must
-lesk after. this, too, ii The ';nen folks:
don't, orwo1t.
Hens willlay about as'weh in Win
ter IS in Summer, if circumstances"
permit. To produce eggs well, fowls
must be comfortable, aud must have
animal tood1o;When the ground is,
open, and worms aud insects abound, J
they get their own material" Ehey.
must have gravel TO- keep; their 'gs,rist-
mills in good working order, aud limo
to make the shells. l. Sometim a hen
drops shell-less egg, but she is ssh~m-'
ed Of the skinny, unprotected thing,
aud seldom, dees it twice. 7. Sometimes
she will. drop IN egg where its life is
sure to be frozen out, but her Instincts
teaehe her better, and she stops doing
80, if possible. Here is the whole Sc
cret ofhaviug plenty Of eggs all Win
ter,-we have tried it long, and so have
others, with good success always and
As eggs will sell well this year, owing
70 the high price Of meats, We advise
attention to the matter:- ~ - ! -.
/. Give the fowls some warm, thor.
oughly sheltered place Of retreat, and
keep It clean. Take out all the drop
pings At least once week they are
excellent guano, worth half the cost Of
the food. eve have a nice, 'piss.ered,,
warm room in the sunny southeast cor !:
ner Of Che second story of the barn,
provided with roosts and laying-boxes
having the entrances turned so as to be
out of:sight Of the rest of the, poultry.
Hens are modest animals, always seek
ing hidden Plaees for nests. : A narrow
enclosed stairs leading up from the
barn-yard, is freely used ----.-~....-
2. Let them have untrozen water al ]
ways accessible. = Seni-Aaea eggs can
not be made out Of dry grain. i :
3. Hens arc not gluttoas. Let them
have grain in abundance, land they will
eat only what they heed.
=, A. Provide a wide box OF gravel,
earth, sand, ashes, and old plaster or
finely-broken oyster shells, for them to
roll in, and to pick out such materials
as they require.
S. Give them two or three times a
week, if not daily, a moderate supply
Of fresk nieat, Cnever any salt.) Moth
ing comes amiss-bits Of cartilage, in
testines, any vast scraps. They will
pick bones, very clean. We depend
upon q cake of scraps from the bone or
glue boilers. TIE hard scrap:cakcs, of
so to 100. lbs: each, which are sold at
I to II cents a pound, arc just the thing
This material does not decay, and the
hens amuse and feed themselves BY pick
ing off little bits from time to time.
The waste vegetables, clippings from
cabbages, potato skins, cold potatoes
left over Cif not cooked in salt water,)
are relished by the poultry, and turned
to account. .-lEAII:[ on
The above simple directions, if right
y. followed, seldom # ever fail to Sc
cure fun and profitable supply IF eggs
all Winter.-Americun Agriculturist.