The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-08-28

omehded farmers to be more econom
cal; to buy no more broadcloth 70
themselves, no more silk for thei
wives, no more ribbons for their d..ugh
ters. We join the recommending econ
omy; but by economy we mean goot
management-the making the most o
what we have; not parsimony. thu
denying ourselves the comforts oil
elegancies ofIifs The department In
which, we venture to say with all due
submission, more economy might be
| exercised, or, in other words, bette
management might be displayed, Is
the breeding and rearing Of fowls; and,
with this object In view, we subjoin
some advice from book published Ia
London short time ago. It Is enti-
tied How the French Make Fowls
Pay" aud is an answer to the ques-
ton how France, the land of omeletts
and fricassees, could export to Eng
land every year sir hundred million
Of eggs and thousands Of tons Of poul-
try.
The secret Of the success Of the
french lies ia early Matching. good
feeding, and early killing, aud u good
choice Of stock.
For table purposes the Brahmas. or
Brahmas crosssd with Dorkings, are
recommended; for egg-'aying none can
in quantity or quality surpass the
Hamburg. The French Houdans pos
sess the desirable merit of fattening
quickly; the Spanish are good sum-
aer layers the Cochins and Brahmas
COOL winter layers. For geaerai pur-
poses the three breeds TO be CON-
neudei are Brahmas, Houdsns and
HsmburgS,
We think hist less depends on the
breed or breeds chosen 10 stock the
fowl house than Of the treatment the
fowls received. One great object TO
oe KEEP. in view Is TO have eggs In
winter, when the price Is nigh. To
promote uinter-laying morning aud
evening meal Of grain should be given.
Bucs wheat Is very good !. caa,ainsa
deal Of spirit, aOi Is therefore stiinu'a
ing: the midday meal should be OF
COOKED vegetable and animal lood. i
One OF the most suecessfl. egs-.aissFs
We ever knew used 10 stir up sli his I
fowls aud give them hot meal the
last thing before he went 10 bed To 4
insure winter laying, the heus must
not only lie kept well fed, they must
he kept warm. Lioega! feeding will
be the lost labor unless the fowls are
wei! housed extra warmta both in
~ardiy and oGIsariIy is required 10
winter to make up for The carbon
which then goes u s2aply the frame
With BEST tbsTs40rs, while in spring
md Summer TIE hens can be SLOWED
% RIA round and farsse for The mselves
\ Water warmth aud stimulating
Taad must re supplied.
Always Keep The stock young. aud
safch early Patles hslchei in March
y early U Aprlf ii well fed will begin
% lsr ia SIX months, and lay on
AroGsh the winter If we'll housed. \ I
tasiel from beginning TO lay should I
i've 80 eggs in the next twelve
aoDtas: before moulting tune she |
.aght 10 be fattened for fortnight, |
nd weigh in the market Al pounds. |
lever keep old fowls; they eat rs
luch as young ones, do not lay "a
1eil, and are great deal tougher. |
he earlier chickens are Matched the |
atter they thrive; they get over their
loult in warm weather, I'D have the
ammer ~ mature them. The male |
owls should bs killed at four months I;
hey do not improve IN winter. and at
line months old will not pay for their
Keep. 1t is advisable to hatch more
'oosters than pullets. The way to
know the eggs which will produce
his sex is as old as our Roman friend
choose eggs with pointed
ends, having the air cavity at the
apex Of the blunt end and not toward
the side.