Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1885-12-04
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season.
The fallen leaves in the near road
ways or in the fields and woods around
us mag now best be gathered and
housdd or barreled up for use upon the
fowl house floor thus winter. Care
should b. taken {, secure these leaves
waen they are. dry. aud before the
snow flles. Tney will go farther In
that condition, and being free from
dampness, they are more wholesome
and vii! keep better Ia the mass.
TIE Dorking ossed with the Brah.
mas give good sized chicken the first
year, and this makes an excellent Tar.
mer's fowl Blu. the crossing of the
various Leghous with the Brahmas
and Cochins is one of the very best
certainly for general use, where Iancy'
breeding is not attempted For this
latter purp sc it's hardly n cessary TO
add that only pure bioods should ever
be bred together, OF the one chosen
variety.
Hens like variety of food, besides
all kinds of gram. raw or boiled, better
boiled, and mashed bolled potatoes.
They are fond of chopped cabbage
and onions, cnce or twice week,
and when they cannot get grass, they
will eat quite freely of finely cut hay.
They are not fond of burnt bones. be-
cause the fat and marrow are burned
out, and raw bones chopped into fine
pieces, they will devour greedily. AMI
NAL matter, either manufactured OF
home made, is also very essential TO
their health in winter. and profit.
The turkey is native of North
America, from Mexico to the forests OF
Lower Canada, and of the Antilles,
but has never been found wild west of
ting Rock Mountains. The wild bird
still exists in the unsettled regions of
the south and west, and as homestead
ed, Is found throughout the larger
part of the world The turkey was In
troduced b. the S2aniards from Mexi-
CO into Spain, and the first one eaten
in France was served at the banquet
given at the wedding of Charles the
Ninth, in 1870. The average weight
Of the wild cock turkey is from IS to
IS lbs, and for the hen 9 to 10 lbs !;
but Mr.. Audubon saw cock which
weighed 36lbs., and still larger weights
have been occasionally reported. The
domesucated bird grows much lare-
er.
Commencing now, give your poultry
plenty of fresh water and all they eat
for two or three weeks, and at the end
of that time they viii be better FIT for
!, he butcher than they ever will be alter
this period. The manner of feeding,
and the kind eff food best adapted to
fattening fowls, is very simple affair,
and We have found it efficacious, as
as we'll as feasible. Cooked feed, and
all they will devour morning and night
with cracked corn and wheat at noon,
will fatten healthy poultry in less time
than any other iced We have ever ex-
perimented with. The mash should
be composed of good corn meal two
parts, and boiled potatoes one part.
: Into pai!ful OF this meal and vegeta-
bic fee6, well mixed while hot, drop a
pound of lard, tallow, or pork scraps.
and mix this fat substance throughly IL
the mass. Feed this while warm, and
give only what the fowls will eat UP
clean. Be sure that whatever ANNA
food you feed is perfectly sweet.
The saying often applied to young
. ducks, that they eat more than they
n are WORTH may be very unjust one
d Several years ago we were speaking
e with woman who raised yearly larg,
d numbers of ducks and chickens, regar
d ding the comparative amount of fooc
{ consumed to bring them to their full
y growth. She stated that ducks ca
d less IN proportion to their growth thai
Il chickens" Our readers may be sur
n prised at this, but upon giving tht
e matter little thought they will under
1t stand the reason. 1t is because tn,
Is ducklings reach maturity sooner thai
Is the CHECKER 5, and of course the longe
N it takes to bring creature to maturit
I'd the greater the expense. not only G
lie food, but of time and rouble. Elk
Ill pertinent has demonstrated the fac
er that, with the same quantity of foot
lie and care. the ducklings, in ninety day
lie hom the shell, may be made to weig
s. nine or ten pounds per pair, or ovel
n while chickens, in the same length c
i'd time, come TO wei h only six or seve
~ pounds pair Hence the remar
I'd quoted at the commencement of thi
he paragraph does no; apply when duck
llngs are properly and intelligent
managed
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