The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-05-14
HOUSEHOLD NOTES.
MRS S. 4. NErTLES.

CARE OF CH1cSESs.-Nearly all of
the diseases to which fowls are sub
ject may be traced to overfeeding. A
fowl that is constantly stuffed soon
becomes disordered and deficient in
digestion, thus wasting the excess of
food. Exercise is the best antidote
for overfed birds. Reduce the allow
ance and compel them to work. In
dustry means a production Of eggs,
and the fowls will also keep healthy
by having something to do. How Of
ten it happens that thirteen eggs are
placed under hen, she matches per-
haps ten, and raises FIVE. The num-
Der in brood raised to marketable
age seldom equals one-half Of all that
hatch. The hen can cover the chicks
when they are very small, but, as they
grow, few must take their chances
on the outside. The result is that on
some cold night they perish, or be-
come so thoroughly chilled as to grad
ually droop and die. A young chick
just out of the shell is almost entirely
unprotected, its down being of little
service, and the proper temperature
for it the first forty-eight hours is at
least ninety degrees, and even one
hundred degrees is not too warm. If
the hen is not kept in warm place
she cannot impart this warmth, as
there are cold currents along the
ground. If there are one or two
chicks stronger than the others they
will induce the hen to follow them,
the result being that the weaker ones
suffer because the mother will not
hover for them. No amount of food
can compensate for this lack of
warmth, and if the chicks do not per-
ish they become stunted. There is
no necessity for this loss of chicks in
a brood. In the first place, ten eggs
are enough for hen to cover in cold
weather, and in the next, eight chicks
make a sufficiently large brood for her
to manage. More chicks can be raised
from small brood than from a large
one, and to insure success in cold
weather the hen and brood must be
we'll protected, as well as confined to
small space until the chicks are
feathered, A death.trap to the chicks
is the water fountain. Dampness is
fatal to young chicks, and they should
never be allowed to more than get
their beaks in the water. Padding
through saucer, Or turning over a
cup OF water, thus wetting the run, is
dangerous. They should be fed ev-
cry two hours, after they have been a
day out of the shell, on bread crumbs
and milk, with granulated oatmeal
kept constantly before them. In a
short time they will eat screenings
and cracked corn, and then wheat As
soon as they begin to eat wheat the
greater difficulty will be over, as then
a mess of soft food twice day will
be sufficient. Even until chicks are
two months old they require being
kept warm.
In housefurnishing there are many
things to be avoided. Shams, unless
they are careful copies, are easily de-
tected. Better a simple ornament of
good quality than pretentious make
believe. Do not hang up cheap land
scapes in oil under the delusion that
they will decorate your walls. Better
frame good wood engraving if the
subject is well chosen. A good steel
engraving is always desirable. Select
those true to life and you will not
greatly err, even though not critical
Judge of art.
APPLE LAYER CAEE.-One cup of Sill
gar, one spoonful of butter, two eggs,
one-half cup sweet milk, one-half tea
spoonful soda, one teaspoonfal cream
tartar (or heaping teaspoonful Of
baking or yeast powder, if preferred),
one and one-balf cups Of -four; bake
in jelly cake tins.
F1L1NG.-One large tart apple, par
ed and grated; add the white of one
egg and two heaping spoonfuls of
powdered sugar, beat until thick,
favor with lemon, vanilla, or nutmeg,
and spread between the layers. This
is excellent.
YAsr-In the morning set three
yeast cakes, one quart lukewarm wa
ter, and six heaping iroo spoonfuls of
flour, mixed we'll together; let rise in
a warm place until noon. Then take
twelve large potatoes, boil, drain, and
mash, add one quart cold water, one
cup of sugar, one tablespoonful OF
salt, and one teaspoonful OF ginger.
When lukewarm add the yeast and let
rise overnight; in the morning it is
ready for use.
BREAD.-Set iii the morning one
quart of this yeast, one quart of luke
warm water, and flour to mix hard.
Let rise until tight. Mould into
loaves and let rise again; bake about
one hour. This amount of dough
makes six medium sized loaves of
bread.
The Levi Brothers, Of Sum-