The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-12-16
AGRICULTURAL.
Useful Information In Regard
to Barn Building.
some PRACTICAL POINTERS.
Experienes in Carefully Breeding
and Selecting to Secure FAN
and Winter Layers.

wish to give - briefly q possible
what have learned byexperience in
carefully breeding and selecting TO secure
fall and winter layers, - our eng market
here in Central New York il the best -
to price during these months, Gays . cor
think that pullets Matched in June we're
Just ~ good for winter layers - those
hatched in April, but the last four or 1--WE
years I have by careful selection and
comparison found that the early hatched
pullets are more profitable, taking tho
wear through, than iate-hatched ones.
have found that the June pullets gener-
orally did not commence to lay before
the last Of January or the first Of Feb
ruary, even when the conditions were
favorable, while the April-hatched ones
would commence to lay by the last OF
September or first Of October and con-
tinue to lay until next March or April
without showing any disposition to set,
giving me . very profitable return for
feed and care bestowed upon them. II
lie ell to have . few pullets Matched out
late FIR the next summer egg-laying II
one has . variety OF fowls which after
laying all fall and winter do not lay -
we'll the next summer. My pullets which
were Matched out year ago last April
have laid well this summer. OF course,
l have had to break them up from set
ting two or three times, but that is easily
done; Just shut them up few days in .
small coop, and they will get over it and
go to laying again in . few days. Az You
ask about the varieties keep, would
say in reply that first tried the White
Leghorns. and found that April-hatched
pulIets of that breed would commence to
lay about October and continue to lay
until the next April or the very last Of
March before wanting to set, thus hav-
| ing q nice profit during fall and winter.
The last two wears I have USED . cross,
comhining the following varieties: 1Iou-
dans. hon. mick and White Leeho,n ne.
They did finely. laying a large number
II eggs had few pu,lets which were
Matched out sbout April 10. which COM
menced 10 lay about the middle oil Sep
ltemher the same season. This year
have 4 cross between the Houdans,
White Leghorns and Plymouth Rocks.
and they promise to prove equal to tho
Others.
BUILDING DAIRY BARN.
. The Practical Farmer SAYS: Within q
few DAYS the writer has received several
lleiters seeking light in rrgard TO iarn
buii.ling. with special reference to the
keeping of dairy and a possibility of
winter milL. When one takes expense
and CONVEX ience into account, with the
; Influence that harm has in the keeping
OF stock we'll. which means . light, dry,
{ lciean and well-ventilated stable, we m
y rhine TO the idea that the barn should be
; the ration barrack, and the cows should
lie stabbed in an l. to that barn. ex-
J, tending to the south, 80 as to get sum
, light abundsntiy on three sides Of it /;
4; that it should be of lumber, double
r buaried, so as to have dead-air space
Y in the walls. a good-sized window for
leach three COWS. The stable should not
he less than thirtv-four feet wide for
>. two rows Of COWS and nine feet clear on
!. tie inside, and each COW should have II
a least three feet four inches Of space IA
stand in, and . half partition between
"a each COW if possible, and one between
l. every other COW in any event, and thes<
;: cows tied either with halters or sus-
4 pended stanchions. Such . stable, with
): loft for hay or straw, ready for the COWS
can be built for not far from SIG per COW
q. and is in every way better for dairy o
COWS than it is possible TO construct ,
,e basement stable; and when once mad,
er it can be kept dry and free from chilli
ness, which is the "damper" on profit
c: able milk-making in the winter. In on
q opinion tne great casIie-nke . nAln uAs -
q place IN u lne :; nos , =; "e 49,. !.
' noss;h,e stable and the harms that Al
rs.5v ax;st NAV ha cheaniv made 10 hol,
=. ard nrotart the iced for the stock in tn
NOR concentrated form Of silape clover
nd hay and the grains that are now consid
b; cred essential in making up the balance,
ration.
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u better grow in'o Jail! ing 'han =" in'
u II
y A rough hide is sign that somethin
o; :,
"a saie rue 20 Io..ow ~ 70 euluss'e
Is, neWE plAn'eu iru.' .Ies 'he s~lie ~e
Is, ciopo vi oo'n VI P''~'
q ab.ont e.tiny dirt but they ali Object 4
- naS;ny for II Al nr;cas of buttar-
-. -:
~ asiS. ~ ~, JILL so." " Az ~. :.
d, on the animals. They cause trouble.
la M NO. breea from Grade s;res II Il 6.
"a no avoided They .lwsys give the pro,
env a ,r,sster chance 10 inherit " scr,,h
is Qualities.