Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-01-27

| very large From an avprqrr of about
loo hens durins the wear he had l,2Sl1
dozen or l54II eggs lie rives thc nlan
of treatment ~ follows.
keen an exact account of all re.
ceipts and expenditures. ! have upon
an average through the year about one
| hundred hens. three -fourths Leghorns,
the remainder Dorkings | prefer the
| Leghorn to all other kinds for layers, as
each hen will lay about two hundred
eggs in a year and seldom want to sit
| The Dorkngs | keep for Matching and
rearing chickens, though they are good
| LAYERS and weigh dressed or alive nearly
twice as much as the Lcghorns.
My plan is to dispose of two-thirds of
my stock of old hens each wear and
rear others'to take their place, as Young
ones are better LAYERS than those two
years old, and | consider poultry year
and a half old worth rs much, pound
| for pound, as younger ones.
feed them upon oats in the morn
| ing; at noon | give them mash made
of corn and wheat screenings and
boiled potatoes about equal parts three
or four times a week | add a little fresh
meat. fee / but twice u day and care
lu'iy save "1' t'ie manure "iile,i mum .I
iil1,s PGoP'o w. nov ';ii "ii oI' o,'" su',
S"i"o o '"oi ie'i I1II ri'''No ,';,, n,
oe.el'.y "'' ''"'' ~ u ''o''''' . "'' w '''
year.
My hen house is forty feet long ana
twelve feet VIDE, fronting east ana west
wlth doors ana windows on elther slde'
tha ,,rnooa. II 10 d;v;dod INTO ten
rooms each .;v Lv nigbt foot connected
vii, 1arJ. ainht hv twelye faat Each
room is furnished with four movable
nnst hoxas ,I,ced about two feet from
the ground over that a shelf two and
q heIf foot wide and tbc roost about
ono foot ohovo tho shelf
Each room il furnished with n box
containing sand and ashes for the hens
10 sco,,,. ,Icmse,vas in a HOY of broken
oyster shells. and n trouqh for water.
which | am careful to provide fresh
every dav This | consider very impor
tant. The food Is placed in rack made
for the purpose. In the nests | keep
sawdust with little sprlnkllng OF AR
Stacked lime, the aust oi whIch pre-
vents the mems from disturbing their
nests.
I;ca vorv soldo,n mako their onnear.
oncn oa Lann thn housn clean we'll
ynnt;l.tod and snr;nlIad eyarv week
viii nsbos and lime if anv make their
annearoncn / nut four tablespoonsfull
of suInbur ia a nail of food and feed
With thia s;x doys in succession this
rem.dy never fails
L'ce o" Hc9%,-l ne tennessee h9'tc"'f"-
that he has an infallible remedy for
Kidding hogs of lce-simple and easy
of pplication-which is to take butter
milk and pour it along the hogs, back
and neck, and after two or three appli-
cations not a louse will be seen. He has
tried, and seen tried, in several cases,
with the same success in every instance.
Mr. Swami being a reliable man, we
recommend its trial to our farmer
friends whose hogs are troubled with
lice"
p.o,,o,.,,, TO. lgz,h,n Evorv o;rl and
,Cf'ug .Io Ia 1'i'It", h',," an,.a e. ao,,,o
tk;,S S 'bS LSloo;no tn thon, ~ oro,y or
,s'a,,, Vl,o, tboro :,
uui.i, ',It,' "'o f =, ,, 49,, m farn, houo
pthoI,TyJ p,ony ", ,o0i, h1na" n con, 90 hauo n
9i.o"''' ~" :; - i'C' nf ~ ,a,Ia ,,lt;,,ata
'IJ ~ aIIr,,S5ad Cd -, oS,,,as hoo
,; 40 oi.o''o no 'lon P'I,'o or hona or
INV. t.a,' ~ " W, ';aa San,nth;r nr noI,,a
that by care and proper cultivation in
creases and returns value for itself.
Children will acquire an interest, and
derive a happiness from this form of
industry that will repay the effort and
trial
,, ~, ,
Nc0 Use tof ffs" E2yS'- IL ne name
f"rn,er says Mi. W.T. 'ohl MorPhy, ="
gentleman Oh lhteliiserGe anu close Oh,
serva'lon recently mace 10 US some
interesting statements III regard 10 tno
value OF fesh eggs IN ahoron'S hoi'flsn-
ment 10 weak aiiiiini9, 'hat are worm
remembering by al farmers. lie re-
marked that ne mao known young
colt Which TO al appearance was nearly
dead, the preaih OF ne oelh? pareiy
perceptlble, 10 be qulte instantly
revived ny giving IL one OF TWO ireSn
eggs. Inc same results, IN several
cases to which he was knowing, nave
followed the administering OF eggs 10
weak calves, ana also to feeble ana
chilled lambs. remedy so simple, so
easy at hand and so e1fectual IN the
cases mentioned--whlch often occur
with calves and lambs-should be re-
membcred by all our readers"
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