Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-11-29
Irasburgh Farmers Club.
POULTRY.

II. II. J1mesOn-l consider D t
this question embraces all domestic
fowls-our experience with them and
their management. | believe with
eggs and fowls farmer can raise 800
pounds of meat cheaper than in any
other way. Those who keep hens in
the ordinary way are apt to underrate
the income. Last year | kept an &C
count of the income of about twelve
common hens; they laid over one
thousand eggs, and | sold over SIG
worth of chickens; they yielded the
greatest profit in the warm months,
when they gathered their own food
| have a good opinion Of the Brahma
hens and believe there has never been
any other breed so quickly and gener-
ally introduced There are probably
thousands of pounds more meat in the
country than there would have been
if smaller fowls had been kept, and
OF much better quality; but On &C
count of their disposition to set often,
and their liability to freeze their feet
in winter, | keep the Polands, as they
are much more lively and hardier.-
Geese | have kept two years, but have
had poor success with them. They
can be very cheaply kept as they Craze
like sheep and can be kept in pas
ture.
alexander Jameson-I have never
kept an account of the income of hens
| appreciate them best when cooked
for the table; have tried ducks and
geese, but find them Improbable; have
tried hen manure and ashes as manure
in hill for corn. The corn didn't come
up.
Nm. l.. Locke, jr-Two years ago
built hen house and most of my
fowls roasted there, the droppings
amounted to nearly wagon load. |
used 1t upon corn and turnips; the
corn was earlier and had better ears
than where it was not applied, and
showed a decided gain. The manure
was applied in the hills and covered
with dirt before dropping the corn
This summer my hens have been ra-
Their Improbable, as they made their
nests where they pleased. | have said
/, | would keep only half dozen anoth-
er year, and would shut them up. |
: keep the black Polands. The Brah
mas lay in winter or early spring bet.
ter than some other kinds, but are al.
most perpetual settlers in SUMNER
i One nest | covered up and the hen SET
: on the bare boards. | was successful
+ in breaking up one hen by holding hel
4 under water-a very sure way if hello
> under long enough; it made that one
very quiet.
q. b. Breaoter--I think it profita
9 bic to keep fowls enough for our owl
. use, but raising chickens for marke
! does not usually pay as the dealers il
poultry have to buy low enough to co
o yer probable loss when sending Il
market, as a change of weather whel
fowls are killed make a sale necessary
{ If farmer has a surplus of poultr,
: he should wait till freezing weather
4 then dress them nicely and send t,
J. market. But the greatest gain is il
l. the use of eggs and chickens at HON
IL and thus enable US to sell our porl
% and beef. Eggs and chickens contri
70 butte much to our living and in sick
u ness are almost necessary. | like tn
IL Brahmas much better than the SINAI
T. blue legged common fowls. | thin
y turkeys the safest poultry to deal in
II they grow to good size and seem t
~ pay for their feed. paid one woma
II this fall over $50 for turkeys whic
. were probably raised very cheaply a
~ beech were plenty near by. | hay
% now about 500 turkeys and am ms
d. king some experiments in feedin
u them. | boil in a large kettle thre
- bushels Of potatoes anu when cooke
y mix in Is pounds, worth two cents
u pound; it costs from $3.50 to $50
per day to feed them, and Judging b
&c one turkey that / have weighed sever
d, al times they gain one quarter of
st pound per day, WHICH would be 10
is pounds gain on 400 turkeys. l hay
been offered twenty cents per pound
g Two weeks with plenty of food wi
is fatten turkeys, and when fattened the
ne seem to bring some profit.
e. Nm. L. Jameson-T wintered 81,
~ ~ teen hens; they began to lay earl
m but kept no account of the incom,
Is think that in eggs and chickens W
be can raise meat cheaper than in an
he other way. l have arrangement
Nc " to shut up ny hens when | please, an
In do not allow them to damage IN
p. crops. lwant all my crops undistu
ed bed till cut them. | have had fow
as with what was called Rrahma hloo