The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-03-12
FARM TOPICS.


I have been raising thoroughbred
poultry for several years, and think i
is a very appropriate business Tor any
woman IL delicate health, like myself.
The business Is both pleasuraoie ana
profitable. | have the Light brahmas
and Partridge Cochins, and also the
pure White Bantams. My Brahmas
and Cochins are very nice and large
I got my Partridge Cochins from
breeder in New Jersey, and the Light
Brahmas, a part from Ohio and part
from this State (Indiana). OF course
they cost considerable, but we can not
oct pure fowl stock for mere song.
have two pens of Light Brahmas and
one OF Partridge Cochins, 80 as TO have
the eggs pure for setting, and also 10
sell. Last spring sold eggs at one
dollar per setting Of thirteen, and the
other day sold thoroughbred rooster
for one doller. At these rates think
the business pays quite well. The way
do is TO save my eggs very CAREFULLY
and each kind separately, and Keep
then, where they will not get chilled IN
the cold nights Of spring. For nests use
soap-boxes. or boxes about that size.
nut them in convenient, cool places, 2
little up from the ground, though
not too high. sprinkle Stacked lime
in the bottom Of each nest, and, after
the weather Is warm enough, ! place
ground in the bottom also. Then Tor the
nest-place put well-mashed straw q
hay in the box, sprinkling sulphur over
the same. find that nest attended
10 in this way will not be bothered viii
.. lice. Biddy will not be- inclined TO leave
such nest before her brood Is hatched
AZ a often the case when such precau
tions are neglected. When the brood \
J Matched thoroughly cleanse the box 3,
; burning the old straw in IL; and then
renew with lime and fresh nest material
r The box is now ready for the next time
} | never sit hen until she remains o.
! the nest after her mates have gone Y
I roost: and then know she Is in earn
4 est and means business. And II Il quit
n an item to know this when one has val
i liable eggs to sit that cost dollar Q
J. two. When have hen sitting ] a
L ways close up the box so that there WI
y be no trouble with other hens laying !
4 the nest. I also generally mark tn
Il eggs which put under the sitting her
SO III ucn sHvuu h1Bpoh y, 49,
}. open and deposit stray egg, ! will NJ
Il tice il and take it out. ! always sele.
4, the time when the chickens outsid
" have gone to roost 70 feed my slttln
N hens. And those that will not come
" by themselves lift off carefully.
er then see II the eggs are all right and U
i. nests in right condition. When tai
"a n hen off with brood Of young chic
he ems, take little lard and mix Il vii
III a little sulphur and coal oil, and greaa
er the old mother hen on the head, und
id the wings, and wherever the lice a
" likely to be found. grease the lit
a chicks, with pure lard only, the fiji
=, time; on the head and under the win
ne using IL sparingly, and then give the
rst coop in a dry, sunny place. And
d. fed right and kept dry they will do we
at Never feed with sloppy, mushy stu
ay unless you want them TO sckcn and q
81 thoroughly scald the meal and mix
No moderately thick and dry. ! usua
'as feed the meal warm. A great deal