The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-21

rOuio Othof ufl mc4i 10 tnhko ~ eu1loT u
eat. All soft food for chicks should be &C
dry as to crumble when dropped. Feed
chicks when young four times day. and
M soon rs they can run around well q Iced
ing coop Of laths on three sides, the fourth
one being OF boards, should be placed on
each spot where there are several coops o.
chickens. The spaces between laths should
be large enough TO admit the chicks only.
Turn the boarded side 10 the south to keep
the sun of tho food, which should he
placed inside 80 that the chicks can get Il
when they please. This should be cracked
corn or wheat; the wheat Is much the bot.
ter, but only enough OF all should be
given, M they will eat up clean each time.
Rural Nes5 Yorker.
Many people shut up fowls in small
close yard M soon ms planting il done, and
some do 30 earlier. Before doing No IL IL
worth while 10 consider profit and loss in
this matter. Unless they have q good
large yard, fowls confined lay but little in
summer. The food consumed just keeps
the birds alive; but they pass monoto-
nous existence. There IL no doubt that
fowls will do some mischief in the garden,
and they likewise do some good in destroy
ing insects. At any rate II is best to see
whether the mischief is more than the
profit from the eggs which would be laid II
the bird had full liberty. II fowls are
confined II is best TO have them In yard
large enough 10 have the grass grow IN II.
When yards are trodden or scratched up
50 as not 10 allow the grass 10 grow. they
will not keep hens healthy and in laying
condition. .-Rurai New Yorker.
Vla .,al.,. ..( go. A. .,,,nsto IL uaarlu
50, 600, 900, as stated IN the customs re-
turns, or about q cents dozen. Happy Is
the customer who can buy them for IL
GEMS, while no who eats them at the
restaurant pays or 10 cents for each
specimen no takes upon his plate. II is a
curious fact, known 10 those who take
meals at our city restaurants, that the
price OF eggs Is unvarying. They cost ~
much there In January M in June. or
egg imports into the United States three
fourths are from Canada, mostly from
Quebec and Ontario. 0ne.fiith comes In
via Vermont and another fifth Mt Buffalo
and another nj Niagara and another at
Boston and Ogdensburg Nearly one-half
OF tho importation Is into New England,
and the remainder arrives ut New York
and ut Niagara and Buffalo. II Is a curl
GUS fact that China sends us 200, 900 dozen
eggs, worth $ll 466, and that San Fran
cisco reports an import Of eggs 10 that
amount exactly. John Cbnaman clings
TO his native land, and 10 such delicacies
as those eggs must be after travelling a
fourth Of the circuit Of the globe. Boston
Globe.
As soon rs practical breeder Is thor
oughly impressed with tho fact that the
sire Is more than half tho herd or flock,
his success Ia assured. In choosing sire
the experienced breeder selects an animal
Of the most perfect form attainablc, with
the qualities 10 be propagatod well devcl-
opcd, and from ancestors Of unquestioned
excellence. A marked improvement in
each succeeding generation Is the result.
II Nv frequently much more 90 the interest
OF the breeder 10 buy additional females or
10 inbred to u certain extent than 10 use
an inferior sire, and thus in a single sea-
son, lose the good results OF years of care
ful breeding Too much attention cannot
DO paid 10 the ancestry Of the sires used;
aud NO some Of the most successful breed
ems devote much time TO the study Of herd
books II Is well remarked that ''thc breeder
who Is always ready and anxious TO sell
the best he has 10 the iirst buyer who
comes along, can never for any great
length OF time hold his position nj the
front Of the business. II he permits his
flock or herd 20 be culled over by visiting
purchasers. keeping for himself only what
they sec IL 10 leave him, the fame Of his
stock will he short-livcd indeed. Tho mo.
ment his host brccdcu aro parted with
that moment docs he remove the inccntiv,
for the same buyer 10 come 10 him ngain
His prestige and leadership leave him Ia
company with the animals on whose supc-
riority his reputation is based. In view ol
this Il Is easily understood why breeders
Of experience and sagaciiy very often have
something on which no price IA set and for
which no bid will be entertained. II may be
an old or weli-proyedsre ordam, or Il may
be young thing whose value Is yet In a
measure priceless, and In giving Il up the
owner feels that, no matter what Il may
bring, 10 sell II would he sacrifice. This
idea may. Of course, DO carried too far
but II IN difficult 10 say just how far Il may
be legitimately carried. This ~ point,
for the proper decision Of which,
no fixed principle may be laid
down, and Il must be left wholcly
10 judgment and circumstances. We bo-
lieyc, however. that man u often war
rantcd In holding an animal at price no
one else could pay for II, and which he,
himself, could hardly pay for another Of
equal merit. There arc many nice points
ccniering Just here, which can be- morc
clearly appreciated by the thoughtful
breeder, than explained on the printed
pagc, and In them much OF the success OF
the breeding business lies. One thing IA
ccrtain-onc cannot afford 10 build up and
increase his stock on culls lie should always
reserve q sufficient number Of animals oi
questionable merit 20 insure the next sea.
sons produce 10 be fully up 10 his rcog-
nizcd standard. A high sale Is dear one,
indeed, II Il carry away with II the elc-
mcnls which establish local reputation and
character"
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