The Republican journal., 1873-11-27
Farm, Garden and Household,
Poultry Raising as Business


n@gs -ell for at certain seasons, seem to
Narrant an effort in this direction
One young lady writes that She has al
ready bought a trio Of Partridge Cochins,
another trio Of Butts. aud few specimens
rf some other kinds, aud wishes to know
at what price we will procure trio of
tVo or three different kind, that She i anx-
ious 10 add to her collection
We tear that the replies these people
get to their letters afford but small en-
enlargement IN 90 very largely INTO the
hen EnSincs, We do moi know of any
branch ol farming that gives greater
promise OF success or which people begin
Nith more enthusiasm, nor one that they
'eave with greater disgust, than raising
hickens and eggs Corn at seventy-fiye
cents 4 bushel one and half bushels
Years supply for 4 fowl POO eggs at forty
a. sixty cents per dozen, and one or two
broods Of chickens, at from three TO thirty
dollars per trio, must be very profitable
farming The city people who pay sixty
To sevcnty-tlyc cents per pound for spring
chickens in May, wonder that farmers
don't raise more ponltry,--it must be so
profitable
And SO WHEN city family 60 out into
Nae country to live on farm, the first
move Is to secure stock Of poultry I'M
aginatj0u secs 4 plate Of ham and eggs
lor breakfast every morning and pair of
hickcns every sunday at least, besides
Nav quantity for market The books and
papers are read und reread TO decide
which and how many kinds it is best to
keep There must be kinds that will lay
Ii summer and kinds that will lay in win
| but wilt law an yl,..
through They must have sitters, and
lon-sittcrs, LAYERS and mothers; and, for
ariety, few OF the fancy sorts.
Then comes the loads Of posts and rails
and laths fol fences, ior the several kinds
must be kept apart. especially if fancy
uriee7 are expected from the sale Of eggs
p chickens So up 80 fences, two laths
Algh-we nave seen fences ten or twelve
net high and in 90 specimens as they
..rliye from the dealers in pure poultry.
Aud nnw ior corn, and meal and shorts,
md oats, and wheat screenings, and scraps
and shells. and lime, and gravel, and cab
hage-al sorts OF greens and vegetables
and the ashes, and sulphur and tobacco,
,nd a little Of the new patent hen feed,
Iad the peppercorns, and the spices, and
Ven some cider and ale-tor fowls need a
'7rtotY Of food, and when they are sick
rhev must be doctored And ali the poul-
t.v shows must be attended. to see if
there sre any new. or better breeds lately
5rr,.o4i1ra1 and tn c0mpare notes. and
f,-,, ali ,b, host ,rodns Of nonapinp
.l,,i,r,. :, l,avo i nov What crowds of
oa(rer listeners we have seen gathered
FL sc,,,a sl,o.,,.,oa,' fo bao,, b;s wondor-
M ~ tha ,,',a4;s ~ ,,onlt,T I,rend.
.-Iv 1s,loo;.,il,' ;r ,hov o,o thc s,c,, sorts
...-i Ia N. ,,o,, y, a,bihit;on and ot,
',.Iilh u, i, .,o,a tor, nad I'm ,al-a
dar, e.. oo-cr. r.. sott;nr ara Car tr;os sf
en- ~ -. t,,,,,
,1,,,. ~ ,,,.aI,'o Saiiors nor do1en fo crros
~ So, ~ ,h;rty. 1ollars Nor trio for cb5li69L.
IA ,..1,ot ,,,,,1,lo,.s af d;eanno;ntod
sr,o+on,. Ma haro i.not,,, who TIA haen
49,, ,,....,,,, ,f 49, oios, IT ,,o,ltyT brood
I'LL
yo,,,,, ,,oo,,la who ,,.a ms, bno.innino
t,,s;,ae. ,,., 9,,t 10 MA to0
niah ex,,anta4ions of 1ha nrotits r. como
'1I ,oo ,o,,- Nv, ,st;,paro dr tho nernloyi'
ir. dro,rbocL. and losses that generally
.,tond II Cold weather varmin and filth
~. tha tbrac rroar ,irayvhaclIs n success
IN L.oa,,;nn po7,ltrr whether in larUe or
small run,btr. Thousands Of chickens
II. ba,cbn5 ~ rahrro11 and March ovn,.v
,,,.a,. tb,t oniI. ariya - fhci,. ornors a ,aw
I'LL. ~ o,cat naro and thcn Al, We
1aya hod Tundrn5s thar Ala NOT srem to
hs,.., on,. ,l..rt,c,,Iar 3;Soast, n,'IJ rbe Want
n sfranrth fo ]frt The would bo bright
tp3 healthy for a couple Of weeks. till
th,.ir feathers began to grow, and till they
.ya,.. laroo enough to run about and not
t4.p tnder The hen all the time, when
,bat would beqjn to GROW dumpish, their
lor, woxld ret weak. and in a few days
,bev would lie dead. Then the number of
chickens DESTROYED every year by rats,
~kpnke hawk, ana lic,. is incaIculable
", have had nearly half a hundred drawn
IRON, under the hens into a cellar wall in a
4irrle uirhi by the wharf rats. The num-
her annually DESTROYED BY lice is probably
as rrea. rs hy all other ycrmin; and the
number Killed hy the various applications
s.r DESTROYING lice is by no means small.
Ruu Of all the drawbacks to the profits
pleasures of poultry keeping, fNh
-tsnds At the head Fowl, nj large are the
most filthy nuisanccs one can have about
bl~ wards or buildings; and if they are
...nfned il il little better. unless the wards
In. large. and much pains are taken TO
k.ep Them cleanlv. Ii is lust these diff
.eliies in the way of success, that makes
prices rule high for poultry and eggs,
lmparcd wiki price. Of other food
10 persons seeking oar advice, we say
hcl-jn in 4 small way. and 90 carefully.
Ibrrr i profit in il. ii YOU will only learn
aow 70 get il out. Poultry and eggs are
si-h romnornd with the prices of corn and
a,h,r food that may be fed to hens and
.,bjekens. Don't keep many kinds. One
varietv i generally better than more, un-
!. $ YOU are going to breed for the fancy
,rtls. and We can't recommend that at all
H. have seen 80 much disappointment
..mong those who have bought from deal
~ Mo keen MANY kinds that we are
s..rrful not to encourage trade with them.
v. don't mean to say that dealers are not
honest. but that poultry stock is difficult
.-ork ~ breed nure where MANY varieties
III Kent on the same place. For instance,
Me- know Of one large dealer who received
s handsome income from the nest of a
r.ir of French fowls: during the season
The eggs sold at twelve dollars per