Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1884-09-19
THE FARMERS CORNER.
Fanny Field on Poultry Raising,
MAKING FARMERS OF THE BOYS AND
GIRLs-DEADLY HOUSEHOLD PETS
CORN FODDER FOR HOGS
CARING FOR HAY-CoSSIp.

CARING FOR HAf-COSSiP.
The celebrated Fanny Field writes
While riding through neighborng
village the other day my attention was
attracted by flock of white fowls and
l stopped to. obtain closer view.
They were of medium size, shaped
very much like the Plymouth Rocks.
pure white plumage, clean yellow. legs
and small single combs. ] am not at
all bashful where chickens are concern
ed, so hunted up the owner and be-
gan to ask questions.
"What breed are those chickens !"
mo breed in particular"
"But they are as much alike as two
peas! Where did you get them 2"
RAISED 'em."
81 mean where did you get the orig
inal stocka
"All the original stock 1 had was
one white hen very much like these.
only she was not quite SO large. l
found her IN coop of market poultry,
took fancy TO her and bought her.
That year we had a white rooster
something like the White Leghorns
that you have now days, and good
many of the chickens Matched were
pure white. Wife and ] always liked
white fowls; so We kept all the white
pullets, and that winter while we were
visiting wlie's folks out in New York
State, / found rooster that looked
like the white hen found the year be-
fore. The next year our chickens were
pretty much all white, and the third
year we did not hatch single colored
chicken. Some of them had white
legs, and the combs were all shapes
and sizes, but we kept at work killing
off the white legged ones and those
whose combs did not suit, until now
they breed pretty true-quite as true
as any OF your standard breeds"
How long has 1t taken7"
about fifteen years"
And have you been breeding those
fowls in and in all this time2"
"Yes, l 'spose that's what you cal
it; at any rate since l brought thai
white rooster from York State, we've
always kept some of the best of the
BOOSTERS that we raised, and have level
bought either fowls or eggs"
"Are your fowls and chickens Away!
healthy, lay well, etc. 2"
1--WE don't often lose a chicken ex
cept by hawk, and when see a sicl
hen kill her and have done with it
but that don't happen more than once
or twice year. Lay we'll! Last yea
my hens averaged I57 eggs apiece
and most of the hens raised a brooe
of chickens apiece. Wife kept &C
counts, so there is no questions abou
it. Look at these eggs"-and he ex
hibited basket of large fine, white
eggs. A dozen taken just as they
came weighed twenty-six ounces.
Don't this mans experience rub
pretty hard against the theories of the
fellows who tell US that the poultry
raiser must change breeding cocks
every year, in order to keep his fowl:
from deteriorating? 1t looks that way
to US.
CARING For HAY.-It is very de
sirable thing to be able to cart all tht
hay into the barn the same day it L
cut. The worrlment and anxiety con
sequent upon the liability of storm
before morning are thus avoided, anc
experience has taught that hay having
no more than three or four hours SUI
will come out in the spring perfect,
sweet and in good condition for TIT
cattle. In adopting this plan it is wei
to keep the hay constantly stirred witt
tedGer. There has long been fea
of putting hay into the barn that con
tains noticeable amount of water
but If it is properly packed by beinl
evenly distributed over the NOW ant
each forkful trodden upon, and tn
barn Kept closed as much as possible
the result will probably be very graft
flying.
THE BOYS AND GrRLs.-It has beel
aptly suggested that boys and girls b
given plots of ground to cultivate ant
animals to keep as their own. No,
listen to this from ga Man of the Prai
RE-" 81 want to ask the boys ant
girls of the farm what they have bee
planning to do for themselves TIL
season. Something, l hope, in tn
way of gardening or poultry raising
bee-keeping, raising a pet calf or
lamb or two. 1t dontmatter so mucI
what it is that you acquire a propneta
y interest in. The main thing is t
have something that you own and ar
responsible to and for. There is moth
ing like it to make boy feel manly O
girl womanly. Claim, then, til
right to own something and the RICH
and time to care for it properly"
DEADLY PETs.-Some time az
three children of "a family at Amster
dam, New York, were stricken wit
diphtheria, intervals of several month
occurring between the cases. The eli
cumstances were peculiar and attract
ed considerable attention. A CON
mittee appointed to investigate foun
that few days before the first chill
was attacked it had fondled cat whic
was suffering from a swollen throa
and a discharge from the nose an