Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1876-06-27
Poultry.

Hens are profitable if there are brought
into the business 4 good understanding
and patient, answering perseverance
during three hundred and sixty,fye days
in the year. have had the care and
kept the accounts of hens in hockS rang.
ING from thirty up to one hundred aud
sixty, during the last niue years. have
found cross of light Brahma and Leg
horn the best varieties, all things cOnsid-
cred. No doubt many other varieties are
good and profitable, but | object TO dark
hens. because when they come into the
poultry state, if the smallest pin feathers
remain after dressing the fowls, It leaves
a homey freckle on the meat. Through
the winter. hens need variety Of food
they do. in fact, all the year. Shorts
wet with milk is an excellent meal for
them. Meat scraps, barley and broken
oyster shells are good. But IT Is my
opinion there are very few men with pa
thence enough to like the care Of chicken
raising. and all the small attentions which
hens require in order to have paying
returns from them Beware OF expert
menting. There is going the rounds OF
the agricultural papers Il recipe for kill
iug lice on chickens 1t is this sulphur
and lard mixed and rubbed upon the heads
Of chickens and under their wings Is sure
to kill lice" If young chickens are thus
treated and then happen to get damp, 1t
Lever fails 10 exterminate vermin by kill
inr the chickens. 50 before this widely
circulated recipe is placed upon the poul-
try statutes it should be subject to amend
ments
But all that is written upon this matter
Is not 80 good to rely upon "a few years
experience. 1t is of great Importance IN
the line of success 10 have tame hens,
those that will permit themselves to be
moved about without squalling and Hut
tering and exhibiting those vicious traits
Of hen temper that result in broken eggs
and crushed chickens. In my present
flock OF one hundred hens. there are only
TWO or three but what like TO be talked
to and petted. The poultry business Is
evidently gaining in Importance and hints
and suggestions from all those engaged IN
it are interesting.-Mrs. c., in Lewiston
Journal.
The following hints from the Poultry
Review, may be of interest 10 amateurs
1t Is necessary to have plenty Of nests
for the hens, so that one will not drive of
or annoy another. If hens are not suited
in this particular, they will seek nests for
themselves in some out-of-the.way place.
The fact that a hen will, when choosing n
nest, take to some secret or quiet place,
should serve as hint TO the proper meth
Cd of building nests.
Carbolic powder is better for setting
hens than SUI phur The hen should be
thoroughly busted with it few days be-
fore the chickens come out Of the shells.
If the eggs are sprinkled with warm water
at the same time il will help the Matching
To feed sparingly aud irregularly Is to
lose all you give 10 fowls; hut to study
their wants and anticipate hem, is to
render them very profitable.
Give your hens and chicks little char
coal frequently, powdered, in their mush ;
say twice a week, 1t has an excellent
effect On their appetites and digestion
Do not forget it
Feeding-troughs should be used for
hens in all cases. as it is q more economi-
cal and cleanly way than the Did fashion
of throwing the food upon the ground
A good arrangement is one We saw in Mr..
Andrews's hennery at Lynn6ed, Mass
Place long shallow trough just outside
the Stats and let it always have some kind
of grain in it, so that the hens can 90 and
feed when they are hungry. In this way
they all get enough and none are gorged.