Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-08-08
THE POULTRY YARD,

The best remedy for egg eating hens
Is said to be to eat the hens
The Pekin ducks have no superior.
They are large. excellent layers, quick
growers, and very profitable for market
The Indian game fowl 4 now having
boom" among poultry nen, IL being
considered superior to all Shers for the
table.
Iicewill destroy the young chicks dur
Ing the warm weather unless their quar-.
ters arc kept very clean The large lice
that prey on the heads and necks are the
most destructive.
The following methods of preserving
eggs are given on good authority: A
ample packing in dry salt or immersion
In lime victor proves more successful
than compound mixture. Lime water
and salt have been used for 80 years
without failure. A coffeecupful Of
quick lime, dissolved in hot water, to
which when cold handful of salt is
added. b used for 80 dozen or less, with
water to covsG Simple storage in holes
In boards, ittas end down, Is used by
many.
Henry H. Cammann, of Bristol county,
Massachusetts,, writes: 1t is difficult to
answer how many eggs per day to ex-
pect from 900 hsns, we'll fed and pro-
vided with warm quarters and plentiful
range. So much depends on the breed,
weather, feeding, ETC., that no certain
estimate can be made. The keeping of
300 hens requires experience. An aver
age OF ten dozen eggs per year for each
hen Is q large one, and the great portion
VIII be laid in summer. From August
TO November hons are usually moulting
and do not lay at all. From November
to April are cold months, and hens do
not lay regularly. The number of eggs
from 300 hens will be proportionately
less than from small flock
Some farmers ignore profits in keeping
hens. They want simply enough to sup
ply their table with eggs and broilers.
Others aim for profit as well Market
poultry Is the foundation of the poultry
business, as pork is the foundation Of
fancy breeds of hogs. Like any other
business, it requires knowledge and ex-
perience. One who is without expert.
ence should try small number, learn to
care for them, and study the wants and
characteristics of each fowl. He will
then be able to increase his flock. Pleas.
ure is secondary aim If the aim is to
make business of poultry keeping.
Every farmer should keep few fowls;
they can be cared for with little atten.
lion. when large flock always means
work to the owner.
A number of New York hotels use
from 5000 to 5000 chickens per month,
and in the same time consume from 49,.
600 to 10000 eggs. If a farmer who de.
votes his attention to poultry can cater
to such custom he can make handsome
profits, for the demand is always beyond
the supply. To properly handle this
class of custom, it is best to do all the
Matching by artificial means. Matching
at the rate of from 1900 to 5000 chicks
every month, sorting them out as Shey
increase in size, putting them in the
market at IL weeks old, keeping them
growing and moving, are essential 10
pront Ducks are also very profitable,
costing no more to raise than chicks.
When chickens sell for rs cents a pair
ducks are worth $1.20 They are well
worth keeping. Spring is the time to
stock up. A few runs below the barn,
with comfortable well lighted house,
Will be necessary. All branches of in
dustry require good management to sue
coed, and poultry raising is not an ex-
ceptlon. Do not make mistake by GO
ing into it largely at first