The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-10-03
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Eggs are the chespcs, aud mos, ssiistsc
tory food The farmer or boarding. hous,
keeper can pat upon bis table.
All The small potatoes should be boiled
from time 10 time AID mixed .iih guam
i,y Of ''mush. or mois,ened Indian meal,
and given 10 The chicks.
Young turkeys should be fed on curl
aud chopped greens the firsi Two OF three
weeks They, like geese, require range
and sill net thrive IN confinement Both
turkeys ADD ducks should be kept ont Of
the rain ADD dampncss until they are sev .
eral weeks old
A characteristics Of our domestic turkey
~ that when young. and until II "shoots
the red, II is the most delicate bird We
have; bnt when grown 1, is able TO bear the
Tigers Of our ~ioters extremely well.
The frat day that you have the time,
gather up all the old bones lying around
The premises aud either break or grind
,hem for the poultry. In many places they
.re simply allowed TO 20 TO waste and DO
come IN eye sore TO al. when with . little
work they can be converted into one Of the
best OF poultry foods.
Give your chickens meat scraps three
times week in their soft food and keep
plenty Of fresh. clean water for them TO
drink. Milk in all shapes is excellent for
them.
Keep chicks free from lice il you want
them to keep healthy and grow rapidly.
The pure bred varieties are. as q general
thing, more healthy than mongrels and a |
much larger per cent OF the chicks reach
maturity.
Marketing undrann poultry should be
abandoned as the food in the crop aud 10.
testines is the first matter to decompo
and the gases therefrom permeaie the GU
tire CARCASS. says veteran poultry writer.
The heads and feet should be removed,
the intestines drawn ont and the interior
OF the carcass sailed The purchaser pays
for no offAl. and the quality Of the CARCASS
is shown by it's condition. general appesr.
ance. and inside arrangement.
The man who makes specially Of any
particular breed always tells you and he {
believes It too, no doubt-that his will lay
more eggs in year than any other breed I
On earth, in any place. or at any timel But
hose who have tried one after the other.
sntil they have kept score or more, tell
IS that il is a difficult matter TO say which
loes lay the greatest weight OF eggs, or
which could be made to lay the most I'M. :.
Ter favorable circumstances. For our own !,
BART, we say. as We have many times said /,
'efore, we don't know. There are several :.
reeds between which we cannot decide.
)ne year one breed will lead in number OF '
ggs, the next year another may excel as y
OF the precious ovals. and 20 a
BY far the most sensble way OF selling '
ggs is by weight 1t would be fairer to p
be purchasers, to the grocer, and to the
DOR old hen. We hope to live TO see this
hange. 1t would be sensible. 1
The great trouble with poultry, the u
'ord over, is vermin. Wherever they are, :,
continuous warfare must be carried on or
hey will eat up all the profits. There is
othipg equal to crude kerosene oil for eY
lice. feas. and chinches, il
used When setting hen
he inside Of nests boxes should be paint
l with it, and it will surely kill all the
srmin with which il comes 10 contact =,
ntil it is evaporsted, no other vermiu will :,
ne near the nest, and the hen will have :.
Ienty Of time to hatch her eggs. When ~
,e crude oil cannot be obtained grease
some kind Of heavy oil should be mixed VI
ith com mon kerosene to prevent It's eyap.
ating too quickly.