The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-03-10

I Having noticed by thu Price Current {
Lincoln (the capital OF Nebraska as well n
Z by those OF some points in other parts of th
/ West, remote from Railroad transportation
and, wheat sells at from % TO Is cents. an
eggA butter and honey each at from 8
TO 50 cents, 1 think there is food for refiec
ton. and text FROM which you can preael
telling sermon. / am neither "A farmer no
farmers son. vet l can see that II the tiller
OF the soil would read agricultural paper
and books more, and think more-countinj
the profit and loss on all crops or farm pro
ducts-they would work 10 much better ad
vantage. An equal divisions OF brain labo
and muscular will pay the farmer bette
than all physical labor.
To produce one hundred bushels Of whea
and get IL TO market, requires the skill OF th'
farmer and the aid of horses and farm hands
besides the outlay for seed. the interest O
money expended for putting in the crop
ETC., besides being a cropsensitiveto drouth
insects, wet wether. winds. etc. The accu.
mutation OF 100 dozen of eggs or 100 pounds
ofhoney requires very little labor-but sim
ply little attention to what the farmer
usually deems "women's and children's
work" and beneath his notice, because IL Il
SO easily done, and comes apparently so
slowly. some one calculates that an acre OF
buckwheat yields fourteen pounds of honey
daily. Oh course you must have bees 70 use
II, and they work without a master.
Last summer, while exploring the miner
al region of Perry county, stopped for din
ner at farmers house, some seven miles
west OF the county town. The mother and
daughter were pairing apples with a ma
chine) for drying. l asked her IL she found
ready market for her fruit Her reply
was: ~ on see the old man and those two
big boys with their teams, going to the
field! Well, they work all summer on corn
wheat and haydn the hot sun; and some
times in the cold aud wet-and at the end
OF the year. and this girl have made more
clear money OH the fruit and eggs we sell.
than those three men land sometime they
count nVe In the harvest time) do from all
their work, with the horses, harness and
wagons thrown Inland something is al
ways broke about the farm fixings-the
wagon, harness, machines or tools-some-
thing TO be mended every week"
Now here is real practical illustration of
the idea. The drying of fruit or the proper
care OF chickens and eggs, is entirely too i'm
significant business for a man. He must
make more buster and show over what he
does, whether it pays or not.
You probably have the figures at hand to
show the profits of raising chickens for mar
ket, aud how long they should be kept for
layers but, even without those, we can see
that while it takes hen which Is in the
business, less than two weeks to furnish n
dozen eggs, 1t takes a man, with all his skill
whole season TO bring out crop of wheat
or even one bushel.
There Is an apparent necessity for q great
er diversity of occupation among farmcrs.-
They are this very day burning corn for
iuel in some parts of the Southwest, because
lt is cheaper than any other fuel
Let more attention be given to bee cul-
ture and furnishing poultry and eggs for
market. They are always in demand good
prices and are easily shipped TO market
Let our women, and men TOO, In the coun-
Try, study butter making as an art-learn
now TO produce butter instead of grease
they Ia a.,A
bis non-resident patrons have hundreds of
thousands OF acres of splendid pastures and
grazing land, where any person, whether a
armer. squatter, or homesteader, IL he has
any snap nc all, can pasture any number OF
cows, aud there are several thousand clear,
cold springs, on the farms and In the fertile
valleys Of this State-a very great convent
necessity In butter max
ng.
Let the farmers think Of these things, and
zee II 1t won't pay them TO diversity, aud TO
-ead more; and by working for a purpose,
hey can work less and accomplish more
\. III. f.. in Rural World.
THE SITTING HEN.
After the hen has been sitting seven or
light days 1t is easy by careful examina-
ion ofthe eggs to see If they contain chick
sns. This Is best seen at night. Take a
lighted candle or other bright light to the
owl house, and basket with a little straw
% receive the eggs. Put the hand gently
lnder the hen and take out an egg or two.
SHADE the eye from the candle with Ine len
land, making a ring by bringing the thumb
md forefinger together. Hold each egg
against this ring, SO as to allow the light 70
hine through the centre of the egg. Those
,ggs that have chickens will appear perfect
y dark, except a clear space az the larger
nd. Those that are clear and that look AS
( they were filled with. metal wax throughd
which the light can shine, are useless and
Il ean~.
ire examined the good ones should be i'm
nediately replaced under the hen. Now
he advantage of setting two hens on the
anne day Is, that II many Of the eggs are
lear, the whole batch can be given 70 one
len ard fresh lot TO the other,
After the hens have been sitting twenty
lays some Of the chickens will begin to chip
he shell. On this day the hen should not
,e disturbed. On the twenty-hrst day, or
hree weeks after the eggs were put under
he hen, all the eggs will be Matched. Some |
axe away those first Matched and Dut them |
n basket with flannel by the fire. This is
very useless plan, as both hen and chick |
ms had better be left alone. II not disturb |
ID, the hen will not leave the nest till the |
wenty second day, and then all the chick |
ms will be found quite strong and able TO
un. On no account should the chickens be |
with food, until they are about
hirty hours old, since they do not require |
my other nourishment than the yelk OF the |
he egg from which they are hatched. This |
passes into the inside, and nourishes them |
Until they are sufficiently strong 70 run |
bout and seek their food.
FOOD FOR CHICKENS.
The most suitable food for young chickens
onsists of whole grits or oats coursely
,rOund, but their diet should be varied as
much as possible. Course oat meal mixed |
nto a crumbly mess with milk or water,
hoped hard eggs. or curd, are very useful
,ut the food on which young chickens make
he most rapid and healthy progress Is the
upply of grubs and insects, small worms,
nts eggs, and other animal substances that
he hen obtains by scratching.
Some say that the hen rOams too much
when not cOoped. and weary the chickens.
tut If the hen Is well fed there is no danger
'fher wandering SO far rs TO tire the chick
ms. This is the case with the Brahmas and
anger breeds especially.
RUN FOR FOWLS.
Fowls never do so well as when allowed to |
wander unconfined over a free range OF
,rass, or TO scratch for their food In straw
n manure heaps. Under these circumstan-
'es they obtain great amount of food, and,
cost much less to keep than
when wholly fed by hand. There Ia also
he great advantage that the variety OF food
obtained in this way cOnduces to their health
ind condition, so that their hardihood IL far
superior to chat Of fowls kept in a confined
1lace, and the number ofeggs proportionate-
y increased. Still fowls may be kept with
advantage in a confined space, provided the
most scrupulous cleanliness il secured, the
house cleaned out daily, and the run of
wept and gragelled.
The great mistake usually committed by
people who keep fowls in a small space. Is
hat they attempt 10 keep three or foar
lines the number that the place will accom-
nodate properly. A cock and three hens
houid have space Of at least six by eight
ards. Then In order to suppose the green
ood natural TO birds, all the waste garden
tuff, such as cabbage stumps, turnip tops. |
be, should be thrown In for them 70 scratch |
md pick at. A spadeful OF mould, full OF
worms and small stones, should often be |
brown in, while the birds may be fed with |