The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-06-09
From the Toronto Telegraph
POULTRY.

A GAME BREEDERS IDEAS OF THE Settlers
INFLUENCE.
A fancier of game fowls, and one who
has fought many mains, informs us that
he considers it all important in breeding
for the pit to set hen on her own eggs,
or that they should be Matched under
hens of the same breed. The argument
used is that, inasmuch as the egg is po-
rous, and the chick could not be Matched
if the pores were closed with grease or
other material, it necessarily absorbs
with the heat of the hen some portion of
her moisture, or nature as he terms it
and that he has frequently had game
cocks Matched under hens of other breeds,
and though they were plucky and fought
well game or two, yet they invariably
in the long run, showed the white feath-
er and bolted, which he rarely knew a
thorough bred bird to do If your in
formant's notions are correct it behooves
those who wish to breed frst-class birds
of any breed TO attend to this suggestion
as it is equally probable that the form or
feather may be affected if the natural
habits of the bird are changed.
GOOD CONDITION.
There is no better preservative against
the attack of many Diseases, both in ami
mails and plants, than such a mode of
| feeding and care as produces what is
generally understood by the phrase ''good
condition" Somewhere lately we met
with statement to the effect that the
writer was inclined to depend more
upon having his sheep in good condition,
as mode of escaping the destructive
effects of grub in the head than upon any
specific remedy or preventive application,
and is it not likely that poor poultry will
| be more annoyed with yermin than those
which are well cared for?
| CHILLED EGGs-PRoTRACTED PERIOD OF
HATCHING.
! A correspondent writes Il have this
season had one or two rather remarkable
instances of eggs Matching after having
| been left some hours cold, and beg to
send you the particulars in case you think
| them worth a corner in your columns
Some breeders affirm that it is most i'm
portant to have the eggs closely set for
the first few days. Others think that
the critical time is a few days before
Matching. Which theory is correct
Or is there anything in either of them
On NIafcn ZlSL sci game men on nj
teen Brown Red eggs, on March Both she
was aecidently shut off the eggs from
eight until one o'clock, and ON April Goth
| set eight Brown Red eggs under a game
Bantam hen, and she was shut off the
eggs from seven o'clock on tine night of
the 23rd until eight o'clock the following
morning. / have to-day MAY 2nd)
broken one of the eggs and found live
chicken about two-thirds formed. This
is the most extraordinary instance of the
kind ever knew, especially as the night
of the 23rd April was frosty and the nest
| in a tub out of doors.
| On April eth forenoon l sat hen on
fifteen eggs, and a few days afterwards
found she was infected with parasites. l
fumigated the box in which she was sit
ting, and busted the hen well with quick
lime, which made thorough efectual
cure, but the eggs did not begin to hatch
out until April 30th, and the last chick
was Matched at noon on May End Is it
not very unusual for eggs to hatch four
days after time and could it have been
caused by the hen not sitting closely the
first few days in consequence of the para
sites?