The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1889-01-31
FARM, GARDEN AND
HOUSEHOLD.
Profitable Poultry.

December, January and February ar
try ing months with poultry and TN
farmer who mikes his hens lay then ha
most unqualified success The hen
are confined to the house by the cold an,
snow exercise must be stimulated in TN
places of the exercises they had in Tin
Yards or while running at large out %
doors. lhey cannot now get grass ant
olhcr green 1ood as when ut llbertyi
substitute must be provided. ihey cal
not get Insects ahd WORMS, ditto, an'
something must be provided to take thcl
place
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sad Irv sand liam ar un. oray,1 ,hi,
can casil, hr dome hv buryins, mini ~
,vh,ot harley ar corn in thn ornunJ nm,
l.tt,u, The hons diy i, ami If nn.
cLopprd straw or hsv he added Ia Nh,
orni,ud door ,bat ,iIi lac fnuud nm odd,
f,nnau HON IN tho srr.t,Iiny Sn,n,
breeders advocate coIlrcting drv leavr.
il, mo autumu tn mako a li,,.r for tl,
hens In scratch In INT If an. has st,.,.
or ircSh (mcadowJ hay and cuts 1t III
ABOUT men lengths win hay cutter, put
tihg perhaps TWO bushels ut time III
each pen he VIII lInd the hens scratching
ana KICKING 1t about IN short order 1t
shouIu be carefully rakcd OH about once
a week added to The compost heap III
the barn cellar, aud new supply given
10 tiic mems
iSec0Hd greeh fo0d-Negetable boiled
and mixed into the mash (Which is the
morning feed is the great help in this d.
reclion. The refuse (unmarketahle) po-
tators are excellent Tor this, and any
vegetables will answer, turnips, carrots
bccts, onions, anything (eyen small ap
ple~j will be eaten grcedly and relishcd
Some uncooked green food must be given
and for this cabbagcs, beets, carrots and
turnps are the best. Hang small head
COR half II large one) OF cabbage in each
p'n, ap ',' 80 I'm VIC S'o"hu' ii'
-. Us "''' 70 ~ ai w 30 III an t'oui
va t"N' :, ILLS 'upi'y VI S,ech iooo
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7h0d, D,edt food must be provided to
take the place of insects and worms get
att able in summer Dried beef scraps
and fish scraps mixed with meal and
shorts of which with the boiled vegeta-
bleS) the morning marsh is made are a
great help. The trimmings from a butch
ers shop can usually be bought for five
cents pound and are excellent meat
food. 1t is the practice of the writer to
boil these because they are so much more
easily chopped and fed; the liQuor in
which the trimmings are boiled goes into
the morning mash, so all the goodness
goes TO the hens. Some breeders advo-
cate buying Sleeps pluck and hanging
in the pen for the fowls to peck ut, but
others deprecate the practice and say it is
filthy and noxious. My practice of boil
ing the meat and chopping it before feed
ing think preferable.
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