Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-06-03

munities, in Gold Hill or Virginia, have
yard-room for a cow. But many, most
all could raise some chickens; and if il
were generally understood and kept in
mind that there is a great advantage in
this little domestic rearing" there
would not be so few memories in our
town OF the adjoining city, AS now. A
family Of three or four persons can feed
a dozen hens abundantly from the ordin-
airy leayings of the table. And the re-
turns will be very many fold Of the. cost
Of the original purchase. There is moth
ing more wholesome than fresh eggs;
nothing more unhealthy than tainted
hen fruit. And some distinguished
chemists say that so soon as an egg has
reached the age of ten days, from de-
livery, it commences to ''d]etcroriate, "
though it may not be positively
tainted for many months. Probably
there is not one family, that is keeping
house, out Of ten in our communities,
that could not keep a dozen Of poultry.
We may add that there is every oppor-
tunity in this county for those who keep
poultry to gain whatever shape, size or
characteristic they fancy. If a large
family Of hearty eaters, desiring sub
s~tantisl joints TO appease the appetite,
raise their own chickens, they can have
Cochin Chinas, Brahma Pootras or
Speckled D~orkings, or any cross be-
tween these varieties, and by keep
ing most of the hens to be
two or three years old, the eggs
will be something real and solid too.
These fowls do not lay us many eggs as
some other sorts, because they will gen.
orally want to ''sit' the first year while
they are pullets, after laying twenty or
thirty eggs, aud if not allowed to hatch
chickens, they will wan to do so again
after laying from fifteen to twenty, and
so on during the season. The second
year the number Of eggs will be less be-
tween the fits of incubation, but consid-
erably larger, and the third year there
will be n still further diminution, and a
larger interval between the time OF sit
ting and commencing to lay again.
Where y small household exists, and the
inmates are rather delicate in their eat
ing, and are fond Of the choicest NOR
sells. it may be well for them to patron
ize the Game fowls, which by many are
considered 10 be the finest in the grain
and most delicious in flavor, though the
White Dorkings and another small breed
or two may be rs good. There is an
other class of people, who have no space
or convenience to raise any chickens,
and only a small yard, where about half
a dozen hens may run around. In such
4 case, the Black Spanish, the Bolton
Greys or the Polsnds, will he most suit
able, as they seldom want TO sit, and it
fed we'll, aud get scraps OF fresh meat,
etc, from the table, they will lay daily,
with very short intervals. We recently
read OF a barber named Wood, of More
ton, England, who had three Black
Spanish pullets and n rooster, and gave
them to his only child, II little girl OF
nine years of age. They had Il yard 70
by 10 feet, with q roost three By FIVE,
aud they laid SCI eggs in II year. She
gave them no artificial food Of any
kind whatever, unless some e~ggshell,
broken up very fine, and mixed with
meal occasionally, and some fresh gravel
strewr over the yard every now and
then, can be deemed such, for they
picked at the latter, as all fowls will do.
The Spanish are much finer fowls tina
the Bolton Greys, and lay larger eggs,
and the topknots are an objection TO the
Polauds, AS they cannot see a hawk,
and are easily destroyed by any rernin.
1t is true they could be cut of, or kept
cropped, but though ornamental, is 9TH
erwise a useless ~appeudage. The
Dominique is a good common fowl, and
a cross between that and the Brahma
Pootra is capital for Winter laying, and
10 hatch out and raise very early Spring
chickens, for if they are fed regularly,
and have Il cost which is comfortable,
aud is tolerably warm from a sheltered
position, or from being near to any cat
tie which are housed, and their breath
and their breath and the tempered air
from their shed gains access to the
thus checking the extreme cold
in January, this cross breed OF fowls
will lay on from the time they moult,
for the pullets will commence in Decem-
ber,) and sit by the middle or latter end
of the first mentioned month, and they
are such excellent nurses, that II they
have good crops, and have common at
tention, they will rear their broods IN
spite of any amount Of cold, bad wealth
err. Other crosses or pure breeds may
do the same, for it is not intended to
exalt one kind It the expense OF others,
only having witnessed the bringing up
of chickens through the variable wealth
er following the beginning Of February,
which were Of this cross, they can be
spoken Of with confidence.
Vocal AND INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT
On Wednesday evening next, a grand
vocal and instrumental concert will be
given at Armory Hall, Virginia city, I'M
der the conductorship of Prof. Kuh. 1t
is only necessary to mention some OF the
vocalists engaged, to ensure q large au-
ence. Mr.. and Mrs. c. j. Hillyer, Mrs.
s. Rosener, Mrs. T. Slower and Mr.. H..
Bruckman are on the list. The pro-
gramme is an elegant Q It is given
ia full in our advertising columns. Tick
cts can be had at Dsle's and at Lilies.
There should be SOM left on sale in
Gold Hill. A habit of attending in this
way to the convenience Of our people
should be fostered. Prof. Kuh has been
u music teacher in Virginia city for a
number of years; and a more competent
instructor has never been on this coast
AS all unsteady informed people agree.
Mrs. S. Rosener is quite a valuable ad-
dition TO the musical talent of our
county. Road the programme, and you
will be sure to purchase a ticket.
ARRlvrp.-Cspt. Downey has arrived
in Virginia city, with a man named
Chr;s blair vho il CHARGED as an ac-