Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1867-03-13
CAN FOWLS BE PROFITAALY KEPT ON A
LARGE SCALE.

This question requires an eAPiana'Vf
answer from experience and close obseI
vation. / find that q large number Q
fowls can be probably kept by separa
ting their roasting apartment. For tn
accommodation of one hundred fowls, Sc
lect an acre Of grass land. Do not erect
large spacious hennery, but build fv'
small shelter coops, as remote from eacl
other as possible, and permit but twenty
fowls to occupy each tenement. They may
run together by day, and with little cart
at first, they can be induced to return
each flock to its own coop. With good
breed properly managed, l believe fowls
will pay larger profit than any Other
farm stock. Ny opinion is unchanged in
regard to the merits of the Brahma fowl ;
considering all points requisite to per-
feet domestic fowl their equal has not
been produced. During the past twelve
years many breeds have had their fash
ionable time and been discarded; first
the Bolton Gray. then the English Dork-
ing Black Spanish, White Spanish, &c.
At the present time the French breeds
are admitted into the ring. These breeds
have all been found tender, and without
extra care are Improbable winter fowls;
upon the other hand, the Brahmas have
been gaining favor, pntil now it is almost
universally admitted by careful observers
that for market and as layers no breed
of fowls is their equal At the great
Fair held at Worcester last autumn. up
wards of five hundred Brahma fowls were
cxhibited--one half the hall boiug devot.
ed entirely to Brahmas, the other to fowls
of every breed 1t was noticeable that the
attention Of visitors wac directed to the
Brahma side, and much more interest
taken in this breed than, all others. There
are two distinct varieties Of Brshma fowls
quite unlike each. other. Many have Sc
lected for breeders the largest from their
flock. long-'egged, coarse fowls. and have
therefore produced large uugainly fowl
closely resembling the old Shanghai.
For the past twelve years have selected
medium-sized, shor:. leeged, compact form
cd fowls, until now l have fowl that
natures early with high feeding they
are ready for market at 10 OF IL weeks
Of age, and commence laying when four
months old. Another great advantage
Is the hardness of the young chickens
when hatched they require little atten-
ton for few days, after which, with food
and shelter they are soon beyond danger.
| have known one hundred chickens rails
ed in one season from three breeding hens.
My fowls are enclosed by common stone
wall, and do uot attempt to fly over it
four-foot fence will confne them in any
enclosure. They arc constau! layers and
not inclined to set until one year old. |
never winter a fowl but once, that is, my
fowls are never allowed to mouh; they
are killed before moulting and the young
pullets take their place. AS the setting
season is near at hand, perhaps a few
hints may not come amiss to many of
your interested readers. First, see that
the eggs intended for sitting are fresh, !
and have not been chilled by frost Sc
lect well-proportioned, thick shellel eggs I
after the hen has been setting one or two in
days, and is accustomed to the place &C. IL IL
lected for her, (which should be dry, m
warm and free from draft" place the eggs
under her. When the chicks are first a. a.
heard to chirp, which is generally in 20 Fl
days. confne the hen and darken the nest
if possible, for twenty four hours never .
disturb or modest her at this time. The +
chickens are then carefully removed from 10
The nest, and for a few days she is allow
I'd the liberty of a small coop. Chickens
should not be fed until 49 hours old. and n
Tor ten days their chief food should be
bran, POTATOES, or very light food at sa
'hrce weeks old they are out of danger, n,
and with plenty of food and proper sh, tier g
1t night they are able care for themselves j
repeat that wellselccted stock of i
owls. properly managed. can be made as q q
'emnneratlve to the interest of the farmer
Is any of his stock. If the horse is 10, c
properly fed and cared for, be cannot per =
orm his duties, and becomes an expense
o his keeper ,alf the COW is neglected
he will return just SO far as she is indebt.
or her food and care. If the hog is not
roperly fed he will also become an cx
'ense by not returning in flesh an equiva.
emf for the out)ay-theielore With f1vis,
{ they are not cared for, and flock of II
owls are Obliged to follow their keeper W
bout begging for food. as we often notice
t manyof our farm houses, the sooner to
he owner parts with them, OF feeds and RI
ares for them, the better Fowls will
ay when properly managed. and when
eglected become an expense and nui.
apce about the promises So