The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1892-01-15


a locomotive without steam, as for a hen to
lay eggs in the winter without some such
material with which TO form the shell.
Keep the hers that are to produce the lay
ing stock for neZt scar warn and comfort
able no@, that tAey may brood and LatcA
easily, thus giving you puiirts that a. six
months Of age @iti bring you m9re ib eeas
by t"O months service, imam they eau
in six il hatehed two months later. Tie
cows that are liaif starved and i'll housed
IN wiuter VIII produce Ijtla or no milk.
The starred bTeoG-so& viii produce stauted
weak pigs, SO the hens that ate nos ALLOW
ed 10 rU0st iu dead tfeetOps, and on ~rie!tety
~baruyard gates, viii be 50 many Hastgholts
where the shiftIess o. ner will drop some
feed each day, bat not enough to make
them profitable stock. Uuder such con
ditions they viii net only refuse 70 a
their way, but will be worth less next
spring than they now are, because net in
as good condition Of flesh.
\ word or two ia reference to hateliing
aud rearing young chicks, aud | resign the
floor. Fer setting purposes select good
sized, uniform eggs that are the product
of healthy well fed hens. The food d ben
consumes has a great deal to do With the
fertile properties of the eggs she lays.
You may have one cock with forty hens.
or forty cocks With one hen, but
unless the hen has proper f0od-eafe the
percentage Of fertile eggs will be low
Never set a hen until she is known to be
thoroughly in earnest and adapted in size.
breed and disposition fer the arc uous task
assigned her. When set, III faithful re-
ward such failhfnlness by giving her daily
care. Never set your hens SO the period
will expire en- Sunday. or on the day a visit
is planned or company expected. II the hen
and her charge pan out as we would have
them she has lots of business on hand and
may need your assistance. Sprinkle the eggs
frequently aHd literally with ~miik-warm
water fer forty-eight hours previous to
Matching, and there will be less chicks
that die from failure to break through the
hardest shelled eggs. Leave the young
sters with their mother 10 the iaatching-
nest for fall t%6enty-four hours after they
first see the light Of day. They will be
gaining strength and do not ieguire food
until the substance last taken from the egg
TO the stomach is exhausted. The first
food given should be similar in quality to
the last consumed from the parent egg. and
hard boiled eggs fed III frequent and liberal
quantities, is food enough for the first three
days, after which mix v it'll the eggs bread
crumbs, mashed potatoes and any other soft
but dry food that Judgment may suggest.
Mouldy eurd and getcracked corn Is lust as
disastrous TO the lives Of young chicks. as
opium and bad whisky are to the lives OF
men. Give the len and her brood a roonlY
clean coop, placed upon a clean board bot
tom that should extend twenty inches in
front Of coop on which extension the Young
chicks may be fed their eggs and bread
crumbs while the mother is amused and
kept quiet by giving her a few grains Of
corn inside Of the coop. Have q slide In
front through which The chicks may Ii
drawn when very young 10 fhei. delicat,
meals. By thus handling they will soor
become acquainted with the one sho care.
FOR them, and acquire those habits 0 flame
, ness always desirable in all kinds Of tarn
stock, for i Is more pleasurabie and nor
profitable to care for tame stock of an.
kind than that Which Is naturally wild
Change the location Of yonr coops fror
: year TO year. Il yoa live on the old homl
stead don't think you must raise you
|, chickens where your grandfather sought t
raise his, bat give them new grounds, thu
avoiding disease that continuous location
sure to generate. Try 10 prevent diseas
rather than cure it, and remember tina
although it does not require as much stud,
TO become a successful poultry raiser as i
does to become q theologian, it does reqnirt
some exercise OF brains and a great deal 0
energy and faithful perseverance,. Al
eternal watchfulness is the keynote O.
success in almost any business or under.
taking, please remember that the eccupa
ton OF growing poultry for profit is not a
conspicuous exception to this rule. Guard
against the encroaehments Of hawks, cats
rats and the many similar chicken enemies
that will be free to visit you, blasting
your hopes, destroying your profits, and
adding their mites toward making you
prove TO contradict the statement, we, in
closing, again make, that poultry raising
can be made profitable.