The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-12-24
chickens of High Desre e.

A reporter Of this paper recently visited
the poultry establishment Of DR.. shattuck
at the Rest Cure sanitarium, Bloomsbury
and was well paid Tor his trouble. Com
municating with the Doctors stable, which,
by the by, is one Of the best in Eastern
Penna., is frame building 10 < rs run
ming vest eight and half feet on the
north side and six feet high on the south,
with a shingle roof pitching south. This
building is divided into pens eight by
twelve feet; each having large glass win
dow on the south to admit sun. On each
side OF the building are out door runs or
yards, on the outh for winter and on the
north for summer. Each department con-
tains thirteen bloodcd fowls, twelve hens
and cock. Through the whole length OF
the poultry house proper from the stable to
the hatchery is three foot walk which Is
| elevated two feet so as to give the chick
ems the full width Of. the building on the
ground. Through trap doors in the floor
of this walk the food and water IS convey
cd to cribs and tronghs A trap door also
opens from the side Of the walk into the
nest boxes of each pen so that 1t IS not
necessary to enter the pens for anything
except for cleaning purposes. The roosts
/. are about three feet from the ground
platform being constructed six .inches be-
| low each set Of roosts. The private walk
| terminates in a large room ia the west end
| twelve by twenty-one feet which is the arti-
| fetal Matching and brooding room, This
| room at present contains three Perfect
Hatchers, incubators, one with a capacity
OF 20l8 eggs and the others OF 820 eggs
each. The two small machines being the
right size for farmers, were sent here to
exhibit and are for sale. On one side Of
the room a small stove furnishes heat to
the artificial brooders by means Of coils Of
hot water pipes. This room also contains
the heating apparatus for the hen houses.
This consists OF a large stove incased with
sheet iron which collects the heat and by
means OF cold air box the heat is forced
through pipes into the poultry houses. The
building is lined throughout with tarred
felt which keeps it free from vermin. The
stock now on exhibition consists Of Wyan-
dotte, Plymouth Rock and Dark Brahma
and they are thorough bred, handsome and
expensive birds, very proud Of their CON-
Portable quarters and would not il they
could associate with the numerous chick
ems Of low degree under death sentence
and left in cheaper pens on the north side
of the building. We must not forget to
mention the lookup which has been pro.
vided, for it must not be supposed that
even these arstocratic fowls are immacu-
late or that they are not subjected to thor
oughdiscipline. Whenever hen becomes
broouy she is at once arrested and place d
in the lookup where che like other two
legged criminals may have opportunity TO
repent Of her folly, which she generally
does within three days. The whole estab-
lishment is certainly very ingeniously ar
ranged and would pay our readers interest
ed in poultry to inspect it. Its very sys.
tematic management reflects great credit
upon Mr.. G. G. Cross from Cardiff, Wales
who is in charge. The Doctor is quite a
chicken fancier and has engaged in this
business as bit of diversion and to supply
his house with fresh eggs and poultry and
will no doubt be able to furnish eggs to
those who wish to improve their stock.