The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-03-29
laboris required except to pull up the large
weeds that appear between the r0ws.
Feeding PouItry-Raising Chicks.


Feeding PouItry-Raising Chicks.
lAmerican Agriculturist
One Of the secrets of successful poultry
raising is the art of feeding PROF erly. not
merely at regular intervals. bat Oh the most
suitable food, and keeping the chicks grow
ing as rapidly as possible from the very start.
It Is very poor economy tn stint the pOGltry,
young and growing stock,
for when once stunted, il takes
a long time to recover. If IL
does occur at all. For the first twenty-four
hours after the chicks merge fr0m the she'll,
they should remain under the hen unmo-
hardness. They 30 not reqOire any food,
as the store nature provides Will last over
this time. As the chicks hatch sometimes
irregular:y, the older ones car be cared for
in the house until the others are ready 10 be
taken away, when the hen and her brood
can be removed to roozay coop. with
\ tight-bosTd bottom AID rain-proOf
root. rhes should be fed five times
daily. but only Just Ehat they will
of stale bread mOIstened IN water or in fresh
milk-the milk is decidedly preferable. Do
not wet the food. as very moist or sloppy
feed viii cause sickness and high rate 81
mortality among young, tender birds.
Keep the water TOR Griuking) away from
them until they are SIX or eight weeks old,
but if'Eailk can be seered, give theni Occa-
sional drinks Of il The too lavish use of
corn cal has caused more death among
young chicks thHR has cholera among
grOwR fowls. UDrii the chicks are halt
grown, corn mcal should be but
sparing'y fed, out after that time,
when jud ciOusly used. Is one of the very
bestand cheapest foods for fowls aud chicks.
Nine-tenths OF the young turkieS and gui0ea-
fowls, which die when in the ''downy" state,
get their death b wv from cora meal. as il is
a very common practice tbecause IL is so
handy" and suits lazy people 50 well) to
merely moisten, with cold water, some raw
Germ meal end then feed it in that way.
Young chicks relish occasional feeds OF
cracked wheat and wheat screenings. while
rice well -bOiied, is not only cTeedlly eaten
by the chicks but IL one OF the very best
things that can be given. Ii frequently
happens thai damaged lots of rice o. low
grades of il, can be bought, at low hsgie-,
in the cities As il increases 50 much in
bulk in cooking, it Is not an expensive
food for young chicks, even at the regu-
lar retail price, though il would not, or
dinerily. pay 10 feed il to full grown
fowls very literally or very frequently.
In the absence OF worms, bugs. etc, dur
ing early spring, cheap parts OF fresh
beef can be we'll boiled aud SHREDDED up for
the liitlephicks, but care must be taken not
to feed more frequently than once in two
days. aud only then in mOderatio ?. This
feeding on meat shreds is very beneficial 10
young turkey aud guinea chicks when they
are 'ShOoting' their first quill feathers rs
then they require extra ROUriShment to re-
pair the drain on immature bodies.
More Crsea Pease, ir You Please.
Ii there is any body who does not enjoy
never met him--Or her. We nave them
from May 70 August, fresh picked daily, of
uniform growth, for 3 single ripening pod
Injuries he flavOring OF the whole; and from
May to August he have the canned ''La
Fav0riia" variety, which as We get it,
is next door Ia the fresh garden
picked. 1t is little trouble nov TO grow
ones own peas e2rly, medium, end
late varieties. Given a fair soil, with some
we'll rotted manure, if il is needed and ouI
programme runs thus: Just as soon as the
snow is of and deep freezing not expected,
and the ground dry eROUgh 20 work at all, IN
90 the peas, even II the first heads starting
DO get a frost nip-peas will stand that. We
plant some Improved Daniel 0ROUrke, -
aud some Alpha" alse some Of the "AIaeri
can WOnder," and some Cham
pi0n OF England all on the
same day. The trst-named is CON
tribe OF sugar aided, it goes very well-fal
better than none. Tie '.Daniel 0'ROurke'
is early and prolific, but needs a little brush
as II grows three-feet stalks. By rue time
the 0'R0urks aud Alpha sre eaten, in eeme
the American Wonder and a wonder il is
Tor It's PrOllficness, dwarf stems, brush
needed, and its Superior eating quality-the
only very early dwarf wrinkled pea, aEC
'wrinkled" applied 10 peas Is almost syuony
nous with good quality (see page 1S3 last
month"; By the time these 60, al )ul
comes the king pea, champion of En-
gland There are others like it. claimed "a
be better; this is good enough for rs. anC
seed Is abundant and cheap almost every
where now. But after the first sowing and
for two weeks, new sOwings of the Wonder
and Champion should be made every -four
or five days 10 keep up a constant sue
ceSsion. After two weeks or 50, follow
with very frequent servings of the Cham
piOn, or if without brush. the Wonder
so as 10 have daily supply far into summer
As fast as the peas are OH, other crops as
0bage, turnips, etc, may occupy the
ground. Always save enough of the earlies
and best pods to ripen for next years seed
Sow such mediUz, growing kinds as DAME
O ROurke in rows two and half feet apart
the Wonder, rows twelve to fifteen inches
apart: Champion, three feet apart anC
provide plenty of brush or some trellis fol
it., four feet high. Cover peas TWO TO three
inches deep.
About sweet Peas.
What is more beautiful or more fragran