The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1870-09-24

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wa. twenty years old. I really sup
posed that had raised more poul.
try thau any ous individual IN al
the section around obout here. tn,
very chickens came 10 know my ial-
eui, by and by. Tho youth cf both
sexes ceased to paw the earth ioI
worms. and old rooslcr that cams
To crow remained to pray, when
Ipas-cd hy.
have had 81, much experience
in the raising Of fowls that canuot
but think that few hints from me
might he useful 10 the Society.
The two methods | have already
touclicdupon aro very simple, and
are only used in the raising the com.
moncst class OF fowls; one is tor
Summer, the other for winter. In
the one case, you start out with Il
friend along about eleven O'Clock on
1t Sthnmer's night, (not later, be-
cause in some Statcs--espccially
in California and Oregon--chickcns
always rouse up just at midnight
and crow from ten to thirty minutes,
according to the ease or difficulty
they experience in getting the public
walked up and your friend carries
with him sack. Arrived at the
roost, (your neighbors not your OWN
you light match and hold il under
first one and then another. pullct's 3
nose until they are willing to 60 into
that bag without making any trouble
about Il.
You then return home, either
takiug the bag with you or leaving
il behind, according as circumstan-
ees shall dictate. N. B.--I haze
seen the time when it was eligible
aud appropriate to leave the sack
behind and walk with considerable
velocity, without ever leaving any
word where to sendit.
In the case of the other method
mentioned for raising poultry, you
friend takes along a covered vessel
with charcoal fire in it, and you
carry a long slender plank. This
is a frosty night, understand. Ar.
rived at the tree, or fence, or other
henroost Gour own, IL you are an
idiot,) you warm the end Of your
plank in your friends fire vessel and
then raise it aloug and ease il up
gently against slumbcring chick
ems foot. If the subject OF your at
tentions is true bird, he win inial-
libly return thanks with sleepy
cluck or two and step out and take
up quarters on the plank, thus be-
coming so conspiciously accessory
before the fact TO his own murder MS
to make it grave question in our
minds, as it once was in the mind of
Blackstone, whether he Is not really
and deliberately committing suicide
in the second degree. (But your
enter into contemplation Of these
legal rcfncmcnts subsequcntly--not
them.
When you wish TO raise y large
fine donkcy-voice Shanghai rooster,
you do it with u lasso, just as you
would bull. Tits bccausc lie must
be cloked. and chokcd effcctraly,
too.
1t IS the only good, certain way,
for whenever lie mentions a matter
which he Is cordially interested in,
the chances are ninety ninc in a
hundred that he secures somebody
cle,s immediate attention 70 it, too,
whether it be day or night.
The Black Spanish an exceeding
ly fine bird aud a costly one. Thir-
ty-fivc dollars is the usual figure,
and fifty a not uncommon price. for a
specimen. Even it, eggs are worth
from a dollar to a dollar and a half
apiece, and yet are so unholcsome
that the city physicians seldom or
never orders them for the work
house. Still | have once or twice
as high as a dozen at d
time for nothing, ia the dark Of the
moon. The best way to raise the
Black Spanish fowl, Is to 60 late in
the evening end raise coop and all.
The reason that | recommend this
method Is, that the birds being so|
absurdly valuable, the owners do
not permit them to roost around
promiscusly, but put them in coop
Is strong as o fre-proof safe, and