Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-11-19
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
VALUABLE IMPORTATION CON-
CERNINO POULTRY.
Somc Old Hens Are Very Profitable
Marke ting Honey-Hints About
Rennet-Farm Notes and Do.
mesti0 Dots.


and it is best to be so we'll acquainted
with your flock that you know the dis
position OF eacn hen; sometimes you
will find 1t best to keep certain hen
during her natural life and find hel
doing good service. l have such a
one now and consider her profitable,
even though she has laid very few
eggs in tho past two years. She
makes Il most excellent mother and
chicks grow faster under her care
than any other. and she very seldom
loses one. During her four years OF
life she has raised six broods of chicks
and three of turkeys. l count that
paying her way. Up early in the morn
ing and off in the fields coming in tor
breakfast as soon as she hears me. she
will gather her flock about my feet
and stand guard to keep the other
chickens away until her own are
satisfied. She is highly priced. l as
suro YOU and will never die from dis
located mock. Last summer, while
raising IA flock of turkeys, she was dis
turbed at night by rats and on the
next evening she came to the house and
spent the night under my bedroom
window. call that sagacious.
Other hens are worthless as moth
ers and should be disposed of as soon
as they fail to lay regularly. You will
find the intervals between their want
ing to sit will get shorter and they
will be more persistent in wanting to
sit. This time will probably come
during the third summer and then is
the time you will find them fat ard
tender if made into potpie or roasted.
Left to live longer. they become an
expense.
On the farm it is not always posi-
BILE to keep the young and old chick
ems separate, although they would be
better so as the young ones should
have moro feed. and finer, than the
old ones. But you can manage this
by getting up early in the morning,
as the young ones will be out one hour
before the old. and may be fed by
themselves, and perhaps the early
rising will benefit you, too. though as
n rule we farmers are inclined to
make the days too long always. Then
in the evening you will find the old
hens going to rOost by shutdown and
the young ones not until nearly dark,
which gives you chance to feed
again.
There are just lots OF things about
the care and habits OF chickens that
are interesting and best learned by ex-
perience. and yet We may often avoid
loss by taking heed to the advice OF
those who have already learned them.
/ am afraid some of our poultry
! fanciers are not as careful as they
should be about the quality of the
eggs they send out for Matching. l
recently purchased thirty Plymouth
Rock eggs at six and two-third cents
apiece and gave them the most careful
attention during incubation. There
were twenty chicks Matched. One
was crazy and only lived two days.
OF the others, one was Brown Leg
horn. one dark Bramah and one
mixed with Wyandotte. l was not at
all pleased with the result as do not
want those strays. Then how am to
know that any of them are pure?
Really. it is unnecessary to have such
mistakes occur, and as a rule we want
what we order and pay for. Upon
meeting the fancier of whom the eggs
were purchased and telling him the
result of the hatch. he simply re-
marked, that it was pretty good
hatch" What do you think about it,
Again it would help us If poultry
writer's would always tell whether the
advice they give has reference to
farmers fowls or to those kept in con-
finement as the treatment must be
very different should think. NV
experience is with those having
freedom all or most all of the time
and Of course need not bother with
green food. shells, etc. Ohio Farmer
Marketing Honey.
To raise good crop of honey cheap
ly. and to sell 1t to the best ad Vantage,
are two quite distinct processes requir-
ing greatly varying qualifications.
Seldom do we find all these qualifica-
tons in the highest degree combined
In one person. believe the majority
OF bee.keepers are better bee-keepers
than they are business men-perhaps
statesmen is the proper word to use.
Many OF them cannot get far enough
away from beehive to sell the honey
that has been stored in it. or think
they cannot Every energy is lent to
the securing Of a great crop; having
secured it. many bee-keeper is act
ually puzzled as to how to put it on
tho market in the best shape, or how
or where to sell. Mr.. Mcknight of
Canada says, 1.-The product of no other
industry is put upon the market in
such q cumbrous, uncouth and slovenly
FORM" This may seem little over
drawn. but it is worth thinking OF.
The improvements in the last few
years. however have been very great.
and | think the remark of Mr.. Nc
Knight could not be applied to the
honey put up at present by many OF
our bee-keepers.
Let us suppose that the honey Is all
ready for the market put up in the
most approved style. considering the
market TO which it is to go-how shall
it be sold and who shall sell ito Soma