The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-06-23
THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL TUESDAY JUNE %. ISL

after trying il. forward to me what il saves
this season, and thus satisfy their conscience.
CHICKEN ECONOMY New Book
of Poultry comes right down TO business in
the following valuable suggestions: 1t has
often been repeated in various books on
poultry, that pullet, in whstever circum-
stances. must begin to lay at given age; but
this we have found by special and stematic
experiments is by no means the case, differ
ence of months being caused by the time of
Matching. If the age of five months
finds a pullet belonging to one of the
more prolific breeds in the midst of warm
weather-say August-eggs may be ex-
pected about that lime; indeed great care Is
needed IL ii is desired to prevent laying at
such seasons But the birds haIched in May
will complete their sixth month in October,
and in very few cases may eggs be procured
before Christmas, If even then, unless the
feeding be unusually good. Still later
hatched-let us SUPP ose late in May or early
i'm June-it will be "a late as next spring De-
fore most of the pullets are producing eggs,
least nine months old. The effect of MIS-
management in the date of hatch
ing upon the profit and loss ac-
count is hence readily seen. Suppos-
ing that fair average time for puliet TO
commence laying is at the age of six months,
and that the cost of her food be las in the
larger breeds it isl about three-hslf-pence
per week, late May pullet must be three
months longer at an additional outlay of one
shilling and sixpence ebore she yields any
return. No fowl 1--WE speak now tf mere
ordinary or market stock, not of fancy
values) can be expected to recover such a
cost; and il is in this way that at ous half
the failures in poultry keeping are caused.
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oftener than in any other month, and
the bright warm days tempt the proprietor
to choose that time for Matching the
chickens. The latter do well indeed-Jbey
enjoy themselves, and thrive and grow, but
they will not pay-whereas chickens haiched
from the middle to the edd or March, or
early in April, will require more attention
certainly, and call for much selt-denial occa-
sionally in the shape of Drawing bad weather
to see they are duly cared for; but will
often, il In reach ofthe town market, repay
the whole of their cost, even before New
Year. Nearly all fowls, however misman-
aged, and If not too old, will, so loug as they
but eggs are then cheap, and it is the winter
that chiefly decides which side OF the balance
sheet shall preponderaIe. Eggs in winter
mean profit, the want of them as clearly
NEAR loss. Pullets patched early will
IN Iult early also, not only getting better and
quicker through the process, duu DdNlHg
warm weather for il, but getting ready to
commence laying in good time again. To
say as some do, that no hens OF any breed
will lay in winter is a mistake; we have Of
fAn had Brahma hens commence laying IN
November.
LEMONADE AS A CHEAP LUXURY.-This is
good suggestion: When people reel the
need of an acid, ii they would let vinegar
alone, and use lemons or apples, they wo-ld
feel as we'll satisfied, aud receive no injury.
A suggestion may not come amiss as TO a
good plan, when lemons are cheap in the
market, to make good lemon syrup. Press
your hand on the lemon, and roll it back
and forth briskly on the table to make il
squeeze more easily then press the juice into
a bowel or tumbler-never into a tin strain
out all the seeds, as they give bad taste.
Remove all the pulp from the peels, and
boil in water-a pint for dozen pulps-to
extract the acid. A few minutes boiling is
enough: then strain the water with the Juice
of the lemons; put a pound of white sugar
to pint of the Juice: boil 10 MIMI e. bott IL
il. and YOUR lemonade is reaGy. Put table
spoonful or two of this lemon strip in glass
of water, and have a cooling, healthiul
drink.
RAISE Your OWN SToCK.-A wise old
farmer says: Stock raisers who value their
steers and consider their heifers as of lit G
account, who will destroy their best beifer
calves by selling them for veal and raise Il g