The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1868-01-17
farm aud household.


shelter FOR FOwIs-SaVlng Mn-
Q 0Niff inurc. t tr
Stwut,en ios the Amsrieoa stock journal
Shelter al night aud during vet aud
storsny weather. appropriate food good
water, plonty OF lime M,d ashes aud sand,
conteutmenl aid cleanliness, are all essen
tiai 10 the abundant production Of large
and good cgge, but with all thesc we will
still be disappointed If wo neglect to in.
fuse iuto our stock fresh blood from year
10 year,
Eggs, and hens. too, will he scarce, If
the pouliry house is Infested with vermlr.
Pour boiling water over the roofs and IN
dsod, into every crack of the building. it
you can, then wash cl, al with strong SOAP
suds, aud whom this is dry, whitcwdsh the
whole.
Catch the fowls AMI rub littlo grease
under the wing, on tho head. and touch
various places on the body with H. Tho
fowls will amply repay You for keeping
thoir houses scrupulously clean.
The valuo cf fowl dung as a manure is
too much overlooked by farmers. II is
seldom that proper shelter is provided for
fowls, much less any convenience Tor col
Letting aud saving the manure aui yet
farmers will spend their money 70, gunno,
which is no better, aud oftcntimes not ns
Hood, as the excremants Of their own fowls
The productive power Of the droppiugs OF
the hennory arc very great ~ compared
with ordinary barnyard manure, yet many
farmers with a score or two Of fowls, take
little or no pains to preserve and apply it
TO the purpose OF vegetable prodncliOn
II is an excellent dressing Tor gardens, and
viii repay, hundred fold tho caro- and
expense OF preserving aud applying it.
Twenty fowls will furnish manure
enough in a year for an acro of corn, pro.
ducing an effect equal to that Of the besl
fertilizers, aud homo made manure is the
cheapest, aud generally tho best, and
should be relied on as far as II can be,
in preference TO buying ferilizurs To
savo the manure. every farmer should
have a suitable henncry, il will soon pay
for itself in the increased comfort of the
fowls, production of eggs, and savius
mauute. -sta
A correspondent OF the Country Gentle !
man gives the following plan for poul !
try.house for six varieties Of fowls. II, |
says; MY location Is such that my poul |
try-h9use faces east and south the built |
ing is thirty eight feet long, ten root n |
width, rho hoighth Of the front is ten
feet, heighth Of tho rear seven fcct-d |
vidcd into six apartments -boardcd up
from the bottom three feet and then |
Slated TO tho roof Tho rorf pitches one |
way BOARDED with match boardsand well |
batiened. The front il boarded up from
the bottom, and each aparlmcnthas a large |
liling window with Stats on tho inside |
zach end has slidc win low, on the east
cnd aud entrance door--and 50 Trough |
zach division on tho inside. The Il )oring |
II gravel In the rear ut the building is
LIZ. 4. Il
ME yar'ls. RIosts on tho side of tho par
tition, three feet high Cost Of lumber
S25 per M--labor of carpenters So per
day. Total cost Of house, $l5O, and win
lie satisfactory ~ one of the Oldest breed.
era.
Ms easy AMI probably rs goo a way as
any for saving tho droppings of fowls is
10 have a tight floor beneath their roosts.
to fcccivc their manure; when it is in.
creased sufficiently, say n few inches IN
depth, 1t shoull havoa layer Of earth, IN
the proportion OF two parts of earth to
ono ol dung, until enough has accumulated
TO render its removal necessary for the
health and convenience OF the fowls, wbcu
II shoull be shoveled up into barrels for
keeping until Spring II spread upon
barn floor, aud thoroughly worked over
and allowed to dry, it will then be ready
for use, and may be handled without Civ.
ing otfense a-Aft
Fowl dung may DO applied to any crop
with beneficial results it is excellent forI
corn, to which crop it is mostly applied
a handful to tho hil. which answers
equally as well AS a half shovclrul of barn.
yard manure, tho quaint ty generally used
inthe bill for this crop, 1t s said 1t will
rrevent :he ravages Of the cut worms
Neither lime or wood ashes should over be
MIXED with it, as they weaken its strength
by iiberating tho ammonia. HlnG..
The action Of fowl dung and g,lno Is
identical, aud is chiefly due to tho large
amount of ammonia which thoy eouiail i
both are too powerful to DO usod alouc,
especially fowl dung, which should be
composted with somo material before
using II, which viii act as a divisor- GARTH
for instance, in tho proportion Of two parts
earth TO one of dung, to ditFuse aud at the
same time retain the strength of tho dunm.