The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-05-07
Agriculture.


Mf Charles " Cove Of Sesbfook eive'
bis srperieacs 10 poul,fy raising. /. fol
lows 10 the Mirrw and firmer;
Rcsdins tie scconn, Of Mr.. II. !, Lsset
Of Ess, Moumoaih Me makes me Inclined
3, 'tske up the pea snd srpte. my opin
I loo CD one or two ibirss
IL has always sremed 10 me very pcoi
plsn 10 1T The bees have free run Ia the
barn. The nuisance. 10 say pfthins oi The
damage, IL epongh iosxcluie them. They
dirty the hoor. tue bay and carte. OF what
ever they can lni 10 walk or rcos, on. aud
sheu the man goes to feed the cattle and
fnds his fork handle dirty. Il does not al
ways put him 10 the best OF temper They
dirty the bay. 20 the cattle have 10 be un'
der fed TO make them cal II clean, or else
what they leave on that account hss to be
pu, under them Tor bedding; aud surely
neither OF these things pays We can get
bedding enough without using our good
hay for thst purpose. Also, the time spent
in cleaning the pillow. wagon. etc. from the
effect OF having hens in the barn, Is labor
and time which might be much more Pre-
iilsbly spent
Next keep the hens away from the wood,
shed where are The wood aud chips you
wish to burn; and from, the door step. so
you won't track 10 the dirt and make youf
wife extra work cleaning it "a her floor
and spelling her rugs and carpets. Have .
ben house or pen for their home, and Keep
the barn doors shut. But when you e1.
clude them from the barn. don't also keep
from them the privilege OF having the chat
and seed from the hsy to scratch In aud
eat, but sweep it up aud put II where they
can have the full benefit Of it.
| have seventy hens and five growers
and they have averaged about two dozen
eggs per day since Nov. LIST, good many
of which / have retailed all the way from
80 to 40 cents per dezen. The most layed
in one day was forty six and the least niue.
They have been kept in my barn cellar,
where they could roum about where they
pleased, scratching the manure heaps and
getting plenty Of exercise which, is very
necessary. l have il boarded up with
matched boards in the winter, with doors
and windows so they have light aud air,
and only on nights when the murcury goes
some below zero, does it freeze at all, SO
the eggs never chill and are good for hatch
ing purposes. 10 the summer, they roam
on the whole farm except garden and lawn
or fields that are planted
feed warm feed 10 the morning. IN
winter. consistipgo 81 boiled potatoes mixed
with fine feed or meal. AT noon feed OF
barley thrown in chOff to make them
scratch; and in the middle Of the afternoon
feed OF corn on the cob, which gives
them exercise to get it, They have skim
milk, water aud clam shells; also gravel by
them all the time. aud every other day
some dried beef scraps soaked soft
| have Barred, Black end White Ply
m outh Rocks aud one or two White Leg
horns and WyaDdottes for trial, but find
the Plymouth Rocks the best for genera
purpose fowl. The Black PlymoutLs take
the lead, They have layed ateadily oil
winter, and ate a large nice mestsd fowl
for table use For naik when dressed,
the White ones have the yellowest skins
and sell best on that account. For sgene'
raj purpose fowl, give me either one OF the
Ply mouths My Wyardotles have not
layed . d,z Ii eggs GIL winter The Leg
horns have lsyfd rfsrly mr. well as The Ply
mouths, but sre too smsH Tor 'gbe use
% chicken rpisine have just word or
two Lat Srsr | hsiched from lS2 eggs
l55 chickens, Of which raised 100. This
year on Feb. 20, had 80 f,om III eggs
but owing to n week Of cold storm, with
no sun for them, | lost quite number.
Last week / bud 1876 chickens from l5G
eggs, and it beng q good week with plen
~ OF SUNSHINE, 20 they could 60 cut o.
doors one or tao hours a day, have mo-
lost any Of them. 1t has been invariably
my experience that lsniy Of sun and good
sir are necessary to ponltry raising, and
Daye also found poultry raising to be one
IF the most prciilsble things on the farm.