The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-12-20

year was ], 100 tona. nlnking II 900 tons
with which 70 begin the new year. Dur
~ - ysar 1900 tOag we're consansd,
leaying 1000 tons . ndd 70 shh year,s
production. he manulsstare Of potato
starch this yser amoauts 70 1000 tons.
and with 1000 t6ns lelt over from lass
yenE. nakss 800 t0ns Ssr this year's
supply, vhieh Is 1000 tons sh0rt on last
year's cOusumption. stsrcA makers In
Maine are hindered BY the high prices
and scarcity Of potatoes, Of which it i
estimated busAel yields nine pounds Of
starch.
rHR GUINEA RowI.
The American P0ulErr Yard praises the
guinea fowl and says that on account Of
It's propensity to destroy insects it is q
desirable kind Of live stock for the far
mer to keep. In instantly it generally
manages t. feed issslf, and j. - very
hardy, but it requires rather good care
when young to get it along. Hard boil
ed eggs chopped fine, small worms or
other character of insects, bread crumbs,
chopped meat or suet, whatever, in short
is most nutritious. is the most appropri-
ate food for guinea chicks This need not
be offered to them in large quantities at
q time, but they should be fed often.
Feeding four or FIVE times day is not
nearly often enough they should be fed
every half hour during daylight. The
growth of the guinea chick is very rapid,
and requires incessant supplies; q check
once received can never be recovered.
They do not NOPE and pine for day or
two like young turkeys, but give no mo-
tice of their faintness from lack of food
until they are past all cure; in half an
hour after being in apparent health they
fall over, give kick or two, and die, VIC
Tins to starvation.
A dry, sunny corner in the garden will
be the best place to coop them with their
dunghill mother, for it is better to raise
them with common hen than with hen
of their own species. Bantam hens are
very often employed for the purpose, and
they are probably the best on account of
their smallness, which prevents their
trampling the young chicks to death.
Then the bantam may run in the garden
without doing serious damage. for she is
not much of a scratcher. When the young
guineas are large enough to trail about
they should be turned into the garden.
They viii do no harm, bat great good
by devouring all sorts of insects When
they are about the size Of quails, or per-
haps little larger. they may be allowed
to range with their mother hen in the or
chards and fields, and no longer permitted
to enter the garden They must, still,
however receive ! bountifnl supply of
food; they are not considered safe until
the horn on their heads is fairly grown.
Corn meal, as great treat, cooked pota-
toes, boiled rice, anything that is eatable,
may now be thrown to them. The tanner
they can be made the less troublesome
viii those birds be that you retain for
stock; the more kindly they are treated
and the more they ana petted and pamper-
ed, the fatter and beater conditioned will
the others become which you design for
your own table, and the better price YOU
will get, If you send them to market.
At certain period they will get be-
yond the management Of their bantam
mother, and cast OF her anthority. They
will form what has been appropriately
called @pack, " prOwIing about in body
for insects and seeds, ferceIv driving
away any intruder on their society. and
all giving tongue IN one chorus &C the ap-
proach Of any danger.
Birds thus reared on the spot where
they are meant to be kept are sure to
thrive better and give less trouble than
those procured from distance; these
sometimes Will not remain IN their new
home, but viii wander around in search Of
their old haunts until they either End them
or are themselves lost, destroyed or
stolen
It Is no use to shut up guinea fowls to
fattea them unless they have previously
been made particularly tame, as they
would suIk, pine and DIE before they be-