Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-12-08
EGGS IN WINTER.
Profitable Feeding and Mana segment Of
Poultry in Cold Weather.


corner of barn, shed or any outbuild-
ing. 1t should be cheerfully lighted and
face the south or west if convenient.
Tarred felt paper makes good lining
and is obnoxious to vermin. The house
should be divided into pens, large enough
to hold twenty fowls and no more.
Fowls do better in small colonies. The
laying stock must not be crowded, or
they will not be layers long. The tenn
pcrature in the coolest weather should
be high enough to keep the water from
freezing--at any rate, warm enough to
prevent the combs of the layers from
freezing. A wooden floor is better than
any other kind. In the cold weather tina
best earthen floors will yet damp and
keep so, and damp is disease and death
to poultry.
The best ro0st is Q by 4-inch scant-
ling, put broAdside over two 12-inch
boards, forming platform to catch the
droppngs, which as manure is worth
seventy-fve cents to one dollar per bar
rel. Heavy fowls should not have to
jump more than eighteen inches. Each
pen should contain dust bath, SO that
the fowls can roll in the dry dust and
keep down lice a small box to hold
broken oyster shells, old mortar, gravel,
crochery broken into small pieces, etc.
Some of these substances are absolutely
necessary to furnish grit to grind up the
| food. They are the hens teeth. A GER
| tain amount goes to furnish lime for the
egg shell, but much Of the lime for this
purpose can be given in tue shape of
| proper food.
The hens should be kept in constant
activity. A lazy hen is never LAYING
one. Cut straw, hay, chat or dry leaves
should be scattered literally on the floor
of each compartment, and in this all
grain fed should be thrown. 50 that the
hens will be kept scratching for it. a
cabbage suspended from the roof or cell
| Ing high enough to make the hens Jump
at it is IL capital way OF keeping them
busy. Occasionally substitute u piece
Of cows liver. lights or any tong.l sort
OF meat for the cabbage. II very cola
weather the chill should he taken OFF the
water for drink
Laying fowls require plenty of fresh
water, hence the Importance of having
the house warm enough to prevent water
freezing. Take away all the male birds
from the LAYING hens. The cock bird is
nuisance i'll the pen Of layers He not
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