Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-03-16

TRY.
Since Eggs and Poultry command their
usual high price, and enter so largely into
our commercial history, they should no
longer be regarded as burden, to be en-
dured through necessity, but as family
convenience and source Of profit to the
owner. rH 59a f
There is growing interest in this sub
ject, throughout the entire country, with
a desire to keep and rear a sufficient num-
Der of fowls to supply the family demand
for eggs and poultry at least, and if possi.
Bile some for the market, and the particu-
lar breed and the best mode Of managing
them are not we'll understood. l..i
A help to the better understanding Of
these subjects is the design of this article.
The writer kept, through the winter Of
1867, thirty fowls, and after deducting
their cost and that Of their feed for one
year, found a net profit of $50 on the
business
: A supply Of fresh "corn-fed" eggs and
fine fat sweet poultry Of ones own rearing,
when well cooked and served at the table,
gives to the palate and the mind far great
er satisfaction than when procured in any
other way. H
1t is very desirable to have "fresh eggs
every week in the year." land this consul
nation is easily attained, provided we un-
derstand the science of breeding and man
aging to the best possible advantage, de-
mcstic poultry. In order to succeed in
any undertaking, natural taste for this
employment is indispensable, this adapta-
ton is as much called for in rearing and
management of chickens as in that of hor-
ses and cattle. We are not fitted for any
occupation without this natural quality !;
and as females, generally, have a taste
for poultry raising in superior degree
they are more successful than those whose
minds arc. naturally occupied with larger
animals.
But it will not do to leave this business
alone to females, as poultry yards and
houses are leading part of the pursuit.
These must be prepared on an ample
scale, and in a suitable form.
An enclosure of proper dimensions must
be had, allowing at least, half an acre Of
ground to every hundred fowls. More
than this number will not do well together
and less is better. This yard should be
in grass, with running water if possible,
and good supply Of shade trees. An Or
chard is the very best place for a poultry
yard and if one or two hundred fine fowls
were in common sized orchard the fruit
would be enough better to pay for their
keeping, in consequence of the destruc-
ton of worms and insects which are such
great enemy to the success Of fruit cul-
ture.
A poultry house should be sufficiently
spacious to shelter the number Of fowls
kept, not merely at night but in winter
and stormy weather during the day time,
and the warmer the better, though with
good ventilation. This should be kept
clean and well white washed to prevent
the accumulation Of yermin, gypsum,
charcoal, dried muck Or dried clay should
be sprinkled on the floor under the roosts,
which will absorb the carbonate Of ammo
MIA, and prevent its injurious effects on
the fowls above. BY the frequent appli-
cation of some Of the above named sub
stances large amount Of fertilizer may
be made in year which is equal to any
guano. .5tai @f
The form of a poultry house is a matter
Of taste, but the higher and more airy it
is, the less liability there is todisease.
One Of the greatest causes Of disease a.
mong poultry is filthy and badly ventilat-
ed poultry houses. The perchcs should
be from three to four inches wide, and
placed on level, at given distance from
the floor which receives the excrements from
the fowls, because, if the perches are plac-
ed one higher than the others, the fowls
will all crowd 10 the highest. a
A laying room should be made in such
a form that the other fowls will not occu-
by it. In this room a suitable number of
boxes twelve inches square inside and ten
inches high, should be placed, with a good
sod in each and straw on top to CORES
pond with the number Of fowls kept.
These boxes are to be loose, and set in a
partition between the laying room and
setting room, and when hen wants to set
push the box through the partition into the
setting room. .''2'
This room should be made so as to close
up, and thus prevent any fowls entering
only those which are setting. Grain, wa
tor, and ashes aud sand should be placcd
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