The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-04-18

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tie chicks are placedin charge Of another
turkey, and the mother Is supplied with a
new lotof eggs and continues her mission"
Turkeys are the very best i%ncubators, not
only for theirown young, but for the com.
mon fowls. They have larger, stronger
bodies, and have Q greater attachment for
the nest than the common hen. They i'm.
part greater strength to the vitality OF the
egg by the steady, equalized degree Of
warmth. Aturkey never keeps her eggs
so warm as the common hen, neither
does she allow them TO receive the OPP.
posite extreme Of chilliness that they OF.
ten get from the absence OF the barnyard
hen. Her body Is not only larger and
warmer, but Is generally cleaner, with a
larger freedom from vermin. Asa mother,
she Is ~unexcelled, with the single draw.
back OF her disposition to ramble at a dis
tance.-Frem The Country Gentleman.
OBESITY IL FowIs.-It is a mistake, often
made with serious results, to feed hens re-
served for laying purposes, on grain that
produces an excess Of fat. This practice
causes disease. AS soon as the hen has
attained her full growth and plnmage, she
should soon commence secreting eggs.
II o~ver.fatness occur before this, the owl.
duct is crowded and injured, consequently
there is not sufficient room for the full
formed egg. 1tis crowded in its passage,
remains too long in the egg-sack, which is
weakened by the heat caused from the
presence OF so much fat, and cannot dis
charge its duty, consequently the egg re-
mains In the sack, and is followed By an.
other, and another, until the hen Is
weighed down with a load from which she
can obtain no relief. At length disease
and in~tlammationset in, andif not relieved
death follows. All this Is brought about
by injudicious feeding. Pullets are sci.
dom affected by il, but yearling and two
years old birds suffer most, and require
the greater care on this score. Some birds
take on fat more than others. State corn
produces more fat than the same quantity
OF western, and the latter is 10 be preferred
for the production OF eggs, particularly
with the larger breeds. The Asiatics have
a p%roneness for producing flesh, and after
that is obtained, Of making q soft oily fat,
like that made by water fowls. Hence
their deficient egg production. l do not
say that the Asiatics are any more liable
to disease than others when handled
Alright, It will not do to treat all breeds
alike. With the Spanish there is seldom
danger OF over-fatness, and corn is a stand
ard grain for their consumption, while the
case is the reverse with the LeShorns.
The former manufacture the surplus mat.
ter into eggs, and give perhaps the largest
egg Of any breed Of domestic fowls.
here refer to the red-iaced black Spanish,
or Minorcas. The white-faced may per-
haps be q handsomer bird to look at, but
not so closely connected with utility, as
her progenitor.- Country Gentleman.
EXPENSE OF FARMING IN ESGLAND.-For
at least 20 years, the London Lire Stock
Journal says, the farmers there have seen
nothing like the hard times that are now
upon them. Within a year, while high
class cheese has held its own, inferior kinds
have sunk at least IS per cwt.; butter is
from l9 cents TO 10 cents per pound lower:
fat pigs are scarcely saleable; wool is about
half the price it was five years ago; and
wheat from "a cents to IS cents less than
this time last year. Then look at the bur.
dens which English farmers have to bear,
and from most OF which ours are free. AT
a recent agricultural meeting in Essex,
one OF the farmers, who rented 2lO acres,
OF which los acres only were productive,
gave the following abstract ofEis expendi.
ture during the year, outside OF his rent,
all farm and family expenses and govern.
ment taxes: 1.-THE paid to lay proprietor of
the local church Giving" ssh; ditto TO
vicar, $l4S; poor rate, Sol; sanitary rate,
So7 90; surveyors rate, s35 %; school
rate, $50; voluntary church rate, $40 25,
or a total OF $9S5.
COOPERATION IN TIE PURCHASE OF FARM
1MPLENENrs.-In many places farmers are
saving money by cooperating in the pur-
chase OF farm implements. This is worth
attention. Every e~nterprising manutac.
turer OF farm machines sends out his
agents into various parts OF the country.
They are good takers, and often prevail on
men 10 buy machines. Men with small
farms can not afford to buy costly md.
chimes for their " use alone. 1t would
be much cheaper to hire the work done in
the old way; that is, to cut the wheat with
q cradle and thrashi 1t with a fail. A COM
bined reaper and mower costs about Sl50,
and, on the average, lasts about eight
years. The interest on the capital; at s per
cent, is Sl2, and the wear and tear at least
amount to $50 q year, making in all $50 a
year for the use Of the machine. Suppose
the owner OF a small farm can hire his
wheat OF hay cut at 70 cents per acre. The
outlay for u machine as above estimated
will cut 42 acres per year. This is not all.
Besides the cost OF the machine, II pur.
chased at $50 per year, the farmer
employs q team and hand to do the
work. This often makes the reaping and
moving very expensive. Similar figuring
may be made with grain drills and some
other machines. These are often used TO
SOW not over so acres per year, and are
idle for the rest Of the line. But few
farmers are competent to manage reapers
and mowers and other complicated tools,
For this purpose 1t needs mechanical tact.
In every nelghborhood there are men who
have no farms or only small farms, and
who are apt at driving teams and keeping
implements In order. II They are pre.en.
gagged, they can be employed to drill
wheat, cut grass or grain at reasonable
prices. This will need some foresight
some planning. The man can begin on
the earliest grass and quit on The latest,
perhaps on bottom land. He can can do
the same with wheat and other grain. At
a good price he will try hard to accommo-
date. The writer knows OF several neigh
borhoods where this plan is already In
successful operation. The figures are
given to set farmers TO thinking, before
the season arrives for moving, reaplng and
dHllIng.-Rural NeT Yorker.
FooD Can Be SAurED on the outside, but
the flavor is perverted. 1t is the permea.
!. ton Of the meat, fish or vegetable with the
condiments which is excellence, and that
can only be obtained by a certain amount
Of knowledge, which, at a very commence.
. mentof a culinary operation, decides on
, the quantity. The use Of salt alone Is an
r art In toiling, as its presenoein the water
Q tends to raise somewhat the point OF ebul,