New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-06-11

"A ;h+ corn harley and especially buckwheat'
Purity must be secured either by space, or, III ue-
fault of that by care; dry earth is the
g. Brahmas as family fowls crossed upon DorKlnsS
When few eggs a day are the object choose four q.
five speckled Hamburgs. 4. Every Autumn nan az
least of the old fowls must be regularly reacou ~
younq. 5. Confined fowls must have fresh vegc'a-
bic food daily in Winter, supply minced 'uinp3
potatoes, and cabbage leaves and throw ireSn sous
into the run unite often g. The ground Is peSU loi
nests Z. Cocbins Brahmas, and Game neiiS arc "
chosen for mothers s. From 10 to 10 eggs are ehous"
for n brood according to the bigness Vi 'ho Hol'
@ When chicks first break the she'll 40 "O"'nS'
them and the old hen TO the Suggestions VI n","I'
then give her water and barley anu Vno Noo"e 10
bo;Iad voll of eggs and stale bread-cIulps w. SO
tb oone where the young chicks VIII nave gr"sS "
nm, ON and move the coop frequently H. Inc pesV
Good Cor chickens is oatmeal mush. Il Eat ehickeis
from the yard. without specla Idt'cnins 'i''
are about four months ora.
o . and a. arc taken up with minute directions Tor
making show fowls for Fairs nice discussion OF the
GOOD and bad points of the different breeds, and
brief sketch of such fancy stock peafoWl pleas
ants and waterfowl. Then follows section on
artificial Matching and another, worth specia aIteh-
ton. on large poultry yards. MIR. Wright THINKS
there is nqRE HINT Is tGss R8RBsf 81 i98B That
NAV be kept with profit His experience ana 'ne
snccoss IN some we'll managed French yards, OF
whichhe gives full account, has convinced MN 'ii'
II 80 practicable TO keep in one establishment us
o,, os IN 600 fowls For the formation OF chicken
farm tbus largely stocked he makes the 1ohoWl"e
sngoestions: "Of the 10000 fowls we Would RECKON
io0 as the breeding stock. 5000 rs laying OF odlnaly
stoc divided into so ocks OF 100 each These HOOKS
sbond have an acre of run; 10 acres more woulu Oe
reouircd for the nursery, for the breeding yaIus
and the remainder for Matching runs buildings, &c
in all 100 acres" He thinks the gross profit OF such
a chicken farm might be calculated at SlOOOO a year
This scheme corresponds in one point at least WIN
treovnerence of the most successful clicken-grower
in America. Warren Leland says, allow at least an
acre TO each 100 fowls. He also agrees with ME-
Wright that 900 pounds of poultry meat are more
cheaply raised than the same weight OF beef OF NUT
tom This is reasonable for from Nay to September
poultry can convert into the best of flesh grasshol-
pers bugs beetles worms and flies, which no other
useful animals eat and which are enemies OF the
farmer. Poultry raising on II large scale should
arrest the attention of progressive farmers and good
practical thinkers among us. One old man at Warren
Ielapds q miles north of this city has sole
charge of a poultry-run which nets from $1,000
10 5000 annually. His range is 20 or more
acres of rough land. His houses are Inexpensive
Plaster. whitewash and hot water at times, Danish
all vermn and remove offensive smells If this old
man owned the patch Of rocky and bushy land and
the rude structures upon it, his income from poultry
would soon make him independent There are 10000
widows and fatherless girls working themselves into
consumption andtyphod fever in garrets and cellars
| when the time they spend in making SHIRT for
which they yet o cents would produce two Spring
chickens worth IS cents each. study of Wrights
book will convince any farmers wife that all she
needs is to give half hour each day Of intelligent
and sagacious attention TO her poultry in order to
obtain from them not tape and knitting needles
and buttons, and nutmegs merely, but the family
supplies of sugar, shoes, and cloth