The Penn's Grove record., 1889-09-07
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CHICKEN ScRATcHfEas.-S all
the bones from the table. PVT them In
an old sheet-iron pan kept fdr the pur-
lose, and brown them slightly. Then
pound them on q rock with / hand. Ak,
or if you can afford it, buy . bone
crusher.
Bone dust should not be mixed with
the chicken feed. 1t is too stimulating
and is liable to cause enlargement OF
the liver IN hem that are not laying.
Put 1t where the hens can get ~, ana
those that want it, and need IL, can
then eat just what they care Tor ana no
more.
Have q scratching place, and do not
throw the chicken grain down on the
cleanest, hardest piece OF ground you
can find, bnt among leaves, or In straw,
and make the hens scratch. Prepare
the scratching ground In a place that Is
9 Filtered from the wind, and let it be a
permanent affair.
There is no profit in keeping mong-
rels in your p~oultry-yard where pure
bloods can be had at comparatively SO
| small an expense. Uniform chickens
/! are not only prettier and thus o
satisfactory to care for, but they may
be fed to a better advantage than can
q flock which is made up Of large n
small.
Don't cheat yourself with the belief
that once a month is often enough to
| clean out a cb~icken-house. 1t should
be cleaned every day, or at the farthest,
every three days. You might as well
leave the droppings under the roosts as
to throw them just outside the door.
Take them to the field, OF under a
shed, and mix with an equal quantity
of dry soil.
Don't feed corn to a laying hen in
summer; you might about as well give
her poison. She will not only get too
fat to lay but too greasy to eat. AT this
time Of the year, a hen that can get an
occasional bug, Will lay well without a
single bite OF solid grain, provided she
be well supplied with bran and shorts
mixed up with milk, twice a day, and
all the bones she cares to eat.
INN-BREEDING AND INTER.BREED-
Ne.-These terms have often been
used by writers on breeding domestic
animals, as synonymous; but they are
really Of quite a different Specification.
In-breeding means the mating Of ami
mails which are more Or less closely re-
lated: while inter breeding is the mat
ing Of cross-bred animals, that have no
relationship with each other. For ex-
ample, suppose a Shorthorn and Here
ford are bred together, the offspring
| possesses half the blood of each. Next,
suppose tbs same of a Sussex and q
Devon, then the offspring Of these two
crosses bred together. This would be
inter-breedmg, their parents having no
| consanguinity Of blood between them.
It Is q safe course to pursue; and for
| the attainment of special ends may at
times prove quite an advantage to the
cattle breeder. In-breeding, or breed
ing in-snd-in, as it Is more generally
termed, 10 dangerous unless toa person OF
great experience, and who Is a perfect
Judge OF the perfection and imperfec-
lions of animals; then it may be advan-
tageous. 1t is frequently followed by
the unskillful with a loss of size, thrift,
and constitution; and, finally, by bar
rennesS. Fatal diseases are also to be
dreaded; for suppose one parent is
touched with q disease: in consequence
then Of its consanguinity to the other,
this viii be likely to be intensified in
the offspring; and if both parents have
the same disease, 1t will probably he
doubled or quadrupled in v~irulence.
A DAIRYNa DoT.-It Is on record
that the dairy interests Of the United
Of 5 5000, 000, 900, while the entire
banking capital Of the country 10 only
about 1911, 000, 900. The number of
milch cows is 81, 000,0 600, giving an
average Of $50 gallons each, annually,
1850, 600, 900 gallons in a year. The
value of the dairy products last year
was about $500, 600, 900, being $40, 000,-
600 more than the value of the whole
wheat crop Of the country.
Commenting upon the foregoing
large figures a progressive and hopeful
| contemporary observes that If by care
| full breeding and feeding the product of
! the COWS could be doubled, without
materially increasing the cost Of pro.
| duction, the increase in profits would
be simply enormous, with present prices
maintained. Yet such an increase Is
| more than possible, Judging from
what some dairymen have accom-
| plished.
TRUTH FOR RURALIsTs. Here Is q
bit of gospel truth which Is worthy the
| consideration of farmers who are tempt
ed to extravaganza, either by pride OF
| the display of their neighbors. A far
mer can live happier in his old house,
| out Of debt, than he a in a new, fine
one with q mortgage on IT. A family
can worship more devoutly going to
church in a farm wagon, when they are
net afraid Of any creditor meeting them
than to 20 In a fine carriage with a
chattel mortgage on the horses, subject
to be foreclosed at any time.
COMPLETE protection OF choice
plants exposed to the attacks Of cut
worms may be secured. according to
Mr.. A. w. Cheever, Of the NeU Eng
land Farmer, by surrounding the stems
with strips Of folded newspaper. Last
year, he says, while away from home, 9
dozen tomato plants set In the usual
way In his garden were nearly all deS-
troyed in two or three days. This year,
Of more than two dozen, set with q
fence Of folded newspapers around
each, not one has been touched, al
though cut-worms are abundant in the
garden.
FARMERS who object to paying large
sums for choice ANIMALS should esti-
mate the increased value due to i'm
provement, for a single season, Of the
young stock. Such a calculation will
show that, If the flock or herd is large,
the gain of the stock will be greater
than the cost of a male or any Of the
thoroughbred breeds. 1t Is conse-
quently economical to improve, and the
farmer who does not do 50 is really ex'
travagant, as he deprives himself Of
the advantages of better stock, higher
prices, and larger PROFITS, without any
increase in the expenses Of food and
labor.
THE Emerald Gem cantaloup Is one
Of the most delicious varieties that has
| ham 0rown this aaason IL Ia IF mad.