The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-09-10
How FoMIs hre Made 10 Par.

| HOW fowls SIRE Made 10 Pay.
Il One Of onr cotemporaries lately
recommended farmers to be more
economical oIbuy no more broad
cloth for themselves, no more silks
for their wives. no more ribbons for
their daughters. We join in recon-
mending economy;;r but by economy
we mean good management
making the most of what we have
not parsimony, the denying our
selves the comforts or elegancies of
life. The department in which, we
venture to say with all due submits
sion, more economy might be exer-
cised, or, in o.her words, better man.
agement might be displayed, in the
breeding and rearing of fowls: and
with this object in view, we subioin
some advice from a book published
III London q short time ago. 1T is
entltled: ..How the French Make
Fowls Pay" and is an answer to the
question how France, the land of
omlettes and fricasses, could export
to England every year six hundred
millions Of eggs, and thousands of
tons of. poultry. ~ kfE}6
EThe secret Of the success 3 of the.
French lies in early Matching, good
feeding, and early killing, and a good
choice Of stock Fr~r
For table purposes the Brahmas,
or the Brahmas crossed with Dork-
ings, are recommended : for egg-lay-
ing none can in quantity or quality
surpass the Hamburg. The French
HOudaas possess the desirable merit.
Of fattening quickly; the Spanish
are good summer layers the Cochins
and Brahmas good winter layers.
For general purposes the three.
breeds to be commended are Brah-
mas, Houdaas and Hamburgs.
We think that less depends on the
breeds chosen to stock the fowl
house than on the treatment the
fowls receive, One great object to
be kept in view is to have eggs in
winter, when the price is high To
promote withdrawing a morning and
evening meal of grain should be
given. Buckwheat is very good it
contains q deal of spirit, and is
therefore stimulating the midday
meal should be Of cooked vegetable
and animal food One Of the b. most
successful egg-raisers we ever knew
used to stir up all his fowls and give
them hot meal the last thing before
he went to bed. To insure winter
laying the hens must not only be
kept well fed, they must be kept
warm. Liberal feeding will be lost
labor unless the fowls are we'll
housed extra warmth both inward
ly and outwardly is required in win
ter to make up for the carbon which
then goes to supply the frame with
heat; therefore, while in spring and
summer the hens can be allowed to
run round and forage for themselves
in winter, warmth and stimulating
food must be supplied.
Always keep the stock young, and
hatch early. Pullets Matched in
March or early in April, if well fed.
will begin to lay in six months. and
lay on all through the winter If we'll
housed. A puIIet from beginning
to lay should give 100 eggs in the
next twelve months; before moult-
ing time she ought to be fattened for
a fortnight, and will weigh in market
A pounds. Never keep old fowls:
they eat as much as young ones, do
not lay as well, and are a great deal
tougher. The earlier chickens are
Matched the better they will thrive
they get over their moult in warm
weather, and have the summer to
mature them. The male fowls
should be killed at four months;
they do not improve in winter, and
at nine months old will not pay for
their keep.-L4tel, Ocean.