The Portland daily press., 1884-04-29
AGRICULTURAL
written for the Press.)
Poultry Suggestions.


POULTRY ON THE FARM.
The question is, what fowl is most profita-
Bile on farm? ] answer, the Light Brazil
mas, having had most all breeds of fowls,
do not hesitate to advise those who wish
to keep fowls on farm, or in village or
city, to keep nothing but light Brahmas, get
the best and purest you can find, and keep
them,n dol not mix them up, they are both
winter and summer layers, are large, quiet,
will not fly over fence two feet high, and
are the best fowls for the table ever saw
they furnish an abundance of eggs and are
splendid market fowl. Do not keep brah-
mas for eggs when they are over years old.
give them good houses and take good care
of them, and it pays me to do SO; l feed
middlings and meal mixed in the morning,
and corn and oats in afternoon l would not
change my breed fol any other that know.
/ keep large flock of Light Brahmas.
Brahmas should be started in March or first
of April, to secure a hardy, heavy and
handsome fowl to give you nice brown eggs
next winter. 1t will cost you more to grow
them but when they mature and are ready to
give eggs. they do not require any more to
eat than the smaller fowl which sre worth
little when you are ready to sell them. The
reason is obvious. They exercise little,
require very little corn, and the effort should
be to prevent the excess of fat which
soon develops into disease. No breed
of fowls with whichs am acquainted
will yield us eggs in the winter months
where the birds are exposed in poor houses,
in wet damp situation, and in which they
are negligently or badly fed. In those
months, this may be set down as sure
thing every time, but if the stock be prop
eriy provided through fall and winter with
good food ana plenty of egg forming materi-
ais and your pullets be Matched early in the
season previously, the light Brahmas and
partridge cochins will begin to give you eggs
very early in the season, but no breed can
lay eggs in winter until the proper condi-
tions are observed to fit them for their duty
These conditions if the fowl be housed, are
supplies of green food, sound grain, plenty
Of shells, lime and gravel, an allowance of
fish, ground bones, cooked food daily, prime
ventilation in the hennery, all the sun
warmth you can give them in the house
they occupy and occasionally bits of meat
or scraps for variety. If your puIlets are
got out in March or April they should lay in
December, or by January at the latest.
Continue to keep them dry, warm and well
fed, and you will have plenty of eggs in the
winter months, from light Brahmas.
Farmers who do not care 10 breed pure
blooded fowls, may, with advantage, pro
cure eggs to hatch, or breeding cocks from
parties who have good Light Brahmas, and
thus infuse the blood Ct this breed into that
of their common stock / can hardly say
too much in praise of onions for fowls; they
are a preventive and remedy for many
Of the diseases to which domestic fowls are
liable, for Fordice, onions are the best
thing that eau be fed. 1 would recommend
giving fowls as many as they will eat, as of
ten as once week; they should he chopped
up fine. 1t costs no more to keep good fowls
than poor ones.
received from "a breeders, Light Brah-
mas, in March an erage of 16 eggs per day.
Two-thirds of them was late Matched pullets
of 1888. They are No. for profit
Fl. F. MoULToN.