The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-06-05
BILL NYEON POULTRY
How to Deal With a Hen in
Getting Her to Be Seated.
THE INDIAN GAME AGooD FOWL.
How Human Teeth Are Msde-A Bird
Driven Insane by the Cares
OF Maternity.
Copyright, 1897, by Edgar W. I'VE,


There has recently been placed in my
hands volume entitled twenty-five
Years in the Poultry Yard" / bought the
oook, thinking that it was full OF hair
breadth escapes and thrilling experiences.
was misled regarding the work. for was
led to believe that it was something like
"Fleld, Dungeon and Escape" or How
Put Down the Rebellion and Boarded
Myself
The book is extremely tame reading,
though written in a neat and grammatical
manner. twenty-five Years in Poultry
Yard" is no doubt a valuable work, but
those who purchase it thinking that it
resembles Twenty Years in Congress"
will shed many a bitter tear before they
get through with it. Last evening l read
aloud to my family and to titled noble
man from kinnie Kinnick, Wis, who is
visiting US this summer while waiting for
an opening in DIR. Fletcher's lanyard at
this place. chapter on Frosted Comb
and Wattles," also one entitled Induce
ments for Hen to Sit" This par. of the
volume is of interest only to those who
feel an interest in such things.
Mr.. Howeils would like the realism
which the author introduces into the de-
scription of how to deal with hen in try
ing to get her to sit and remain seated
long enough to become a parent. The au-
thor states that warm stove lid when
showed under the average hen will almost
Immediately induce her to sit down and
take her things off.
To ascertain whether the hen really
feels tendency to sit one should watch
her closely, and especially observe her
temperature. Induce the hen to take
about eight inches of a physicians glass
thermometer into her throat for two to
five minutes. Do not say anything funny
to her while thus arranged, for she might
laugh and thus break the thermometer
with her teeth.
Feel the pulse of the hen at the same
time. If the pulse-which you will find
just over the instep-is rapid or irregular,
coupled with a leaden eye, GOODNESS of the
bridge of the nose, moth patches. together
with acidity of the crop when rising in the
morning, fretfulness, peevishEess or sud
den flashes of heat and cold, there is a
tendency toward a sedentary life. Pur-
chase setting of most any expensive eggs.
The Indian Game / have found to be a
good general purpose fowl, furnishing an
afternoons amusement on a rainy day
and chicken pie for dinner at the same
price. The Indian Game at twelve weeks
of age weighs three or four pounds. which
is mostly breast and forearm. One gets
good results in short time. and unless
rearing fowls for boarding house the In
dian Game, aside from being fearless and
brave fowl, is excellent for all around en-
tertainment both before and after death.
Some like the Derbyshire Redcaps, some
the Black Minorcas, others like the Coch-
ins, the Marshal Mel and the Early Rose,
but the Indian Game. as l say. for gen.
eral purpose hen, seems to meet my de-
mands'' as quick grower, prompt and
careful layer. a good mother, and the nu-
cleus of as fine gravy as | ever laid lip