The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-11-12
Fresh Eggs In Winter.

Bad eggs are 4 nusiance-yet how many
are used. There IS an error here, and the
error can, to great extent. be corrected -
Almost any BODY can do tall farmers and
located mechanics, the siagle as well as the
married. 4 little trouble Is necessary, then
the thing IS secured; and there Is often as
much pleasure attending as trouble The
point Is, toget the egg producing instrument
the fowl-and trust not to your grocery
man. 1t yen d. not, all is uncertain yous
stand good chance to get bad eggs-this Is
the common experience, get the hens and
yon are safe Do not say you haven't the
CONVENIENCE You need but five hens and
a rooster-if your family is small, yourself
and wife, three hens VIII furnish ali the eggs
you will need during the winter in summer
you want mare.
Get the Brahma if possible, or a cross
that has the Brahma. This is eminentlya
winter laying kind There are others that
Will lay IN winter, but the Brahma will lay
the year round, and is good Tor its fesh-is
hardy. The Black Spanish has many mer-
its; there are other good breads that are
commonly known-but get the Brahma
Pootra if you can.
You need bat a small place to keep your
ems Your barn Is good, or d corner of 1t;
a shantY built with rough boards expressly
a. " III bdtAE YOU D4lJ "a udF VIII illll6 "a
0ense. Have a vessel of water, and place
for them to wallow in-ashes are best; have
grave or ground where your fowls can get
It, and burnt bones are an addition. Hens
will do well with vegetables, onions, cab
bage DC. d !I5tlo pepper with their food
TWO or three times Il week, Is a help.
on viii say ali this Is trouble. Well
then dispense with it. Put your few hens
IN your barn Or shanty and feed them the
refuse Of the table, which consists OF ani
nal, vegetable and farinace0us food. This
Is just what they want. This will support
them-ior you do not want hens fat to lay
we'll; and if it does not, then give them some
kind of grain in addition, it matters not
much what Buckwbeat Is excellent, oats
are good, SO Is wheat; corn fats we'll and Is
therefore not so good for eggs. But feed
what you have, and have crushed bone and
gravel where your hens can get it, and wa
ter. You do not want to disturb them more
than you can help, and make them places to
Jay.
By doing this-and it is certainly not
much trouble, much less expense-you will
have the desirable thing OF fresh eggs the
whole winter through-iresh aud sweet from
the hen-not fresh when week old, or even
TWO or three days in the summer which vii
affect them-bu5 such eggs as you yourself
perhaps scarce know what they are, so rare
is it TO get an absolutely FRESH egg. An
egg, like an oyster or q fish, Is good only
when it IS fresh.
Four or five hens will cost but little, If
there is anything of a chance in the matter.
1t you have to get them at a great distance
and u high ptice, it will only pay in case
you intend to continue to keep them. With
a mixed breed, with an infusion Of the Brah-
ma, you will be very apt to do well; or with
some other good blood mixed with the com
mon. fyou get the common pure, you
will only be disappointed; they require
more care to make them lay than they are
worth. You must make winter lin elfect)
summer for them or they will not lay.
What we have said, we have said from
experience and observation. Get the right
breed and there Will be no difficulty; get
less good breed, and moro care will have tt
be takeD.-W RuraI World