The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-21
Poultry Notes.
S. A. Cook.

"A Young Farmer" wants some informa-
zion as to the poultry business. Saws he
lives In three or four miles of the town of
E, which will afford him good mar
ket for all the eggs he can raise from the
small business he proposes to engage in.
Does not intend to raise single chicken the
trSt year if he eau help it. II am running"
says he, "a one-horse farm on rented land,
but have the refusal for five years. Have
few fowls, common hens and ROSTERS, and
am prepared to invest $50 in securing more
fowls and fixing UP a suitable house and
yards for their accommodation. What
breed OF fowls would it be advisable to get.
ana VIII you outline plan to go by?"
We would not advise young Farmer"
to invest much in any of the high priced
breeds for the practical purpose that he en-
tertains of raising only eggs. Let him pro-
vide himself with forty or fifty common
hens-last years chickens, as far as he can
and then purchase five or six brown Leghorn
cocks, and about five or six hens. He can
get these quite reasonably, no doubt Have
all the cocks of the same breed. The eggs
that come from the Leghorn hens let him
set by all means under some OF his common
hens, and thus raise all the brown Leghorn
chicks that he can from the five or six hens
that he purchases. This will give him a
good stock of layers the next year. It is
rather late in the year to begin now with
any hope of tue good results that might
have been obtained with an earlier start
But he can get his yard in nice shape for
next year, and have plenty Of eggs this
winter if he chooses.
Fifty common hens, we presume, will not
cost him more than sl1 or $12, and the FIVE
or six Leghorn cocks, and the same number
of hens ought not to cost much over 81 or IS.
Altogether not to cost more than $50 or SO.
All at $40 or $l2 of the remaining SIS or
$50 for purchasing a proper supply and
quality OF food for temporary use. The re-
mainder expend on getting his poultry
house'for roosting and laying purposes in
good order.
The essential features of successful egg
raising on the scale our young farmer pro-
poses to engage in is embraced in the fol-
lowing precepts:
/. The place that the fowls roost in and
lay in must be kept scr,ipulously clean and
free from vermin.
.. Pure water in clean iron vessels should
always be accessible to the fowls
3. Feed but little corn, but have the grain
food to consist of mixture of oats and
wheat, and never let the fowls at any time
gorge themselves, but arrange it so they
can get it more frequently in smaller guam
tlty.
4. Use whitewash and kerosine oil about
the poultry premises freely enough TO pre-
vent all foul odor or insects, and have
shallow box of dry ashes handy for the
fowls to dust themselves in, and occasionally
sprinkle the nests thoroughly with sulphur.
Have the poultry house airy but keep out
water.
5. IL the poultry house is kept clean and
warm by proper feeding his hens should
begin laying in December or earlier. Have
little bone meal in a convenient place for
the fowls to pick at at all times. and there
will be no lack of eggs if fed a proper ra-
ton OF oats and wheat.
6. Start patch of barley in September
to supply green food in the winter.
z. Have no disturbing element about the
poultry yard, but let the fowls be quiet and
gentle.