Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-03-29
Farm Notes.
MIR. a. IL. HUNTER
Tells of his Success dui Experience in Pout-
try Raising.

! Tells of his Succes sful Experience In Pout
| try Raising.
Mr.. Hunter, as has ever been his
practice in writing for the public
confined himself strictly to poultry
keeping as branch of farm industry
quoting largely from his own farm
experience and polished writing to
show how farmers with moderate
outlay and careful management car
make a handsome income from 3
good flock of hens without greatly in
terfering with the other departments
of the farm He made no wild Oh
foolish estimates of the poultry in
terests but showed how an income oi
from 81 80 to So 80 per hen might be
realized under judicious management
With fifty or one hundred hens
this would yield a sum that would be
acceptable to almost any farmer OF
some member of his family. Most ol
his figures and advice have appeared
in these columns, but some of them
are worth repeating especially for
the benefit of new readers He
bought small farm and made poul-
try keeping IA leading feature, keep
ing from 10 to 40 hens the first
year, which gave him an average ol
159 eggs per hen which sold at an
average through the year of 26l
cents per dozen. The best prices are
obtained in winter and if well cared
for the greatest profit is then rea
lized. He has three rules for egg
production in winter. Hatch early
keep up a vigorous growth and give
good food and cace. Medium sized
breeds are preferred and these should
be hatched in April and lay by Octo
ber Then if well fed and cared fol
they will lav through the winter and
be ready to sit in early spring
Some fail by over-crowding. A flock
of Is should have a room 12x12 with
a much larger yard attached for sum
mer range.
His yards are large1enough to af
ford an abundant supply of greer
pasture grass through the season
He always sets two hens at time
and after Matching generally gives
all the chicks to one mother. HI
never feeds till the chicks are q
hours old, then gives a hard boiled
egg chopped and with the shell on
Bread crumbs and milk are used fol
small chickens and fed once in two
hours the first week or more. He
never forgets to feed upon sand sc
they will have grit for grinding the
food. If kept on grass or clear
floor they can find no gravel and viii
suffer indigestion in consequence
Separate the males and fatten fol
market before they come to matur
ity. Feed the pullets lightly on corr
as it is too fattening for health and
production. Let them have fresh
clean water at all times and pounded
oyster shells. Give vegetables freely
boiled and mixed with morning meal
Oatmeal is expensive but it pays il
chicken health and growth He uses
bone cutter and gives cut bone
often, also animal meal The stock
is mostly changed at II months O
age or before the moulting season
In winter cut clover is boiled and fec
with the grain and vegetable masf
occasionally. This takes the place
of green grass SO freely eaten in sum
mer by all hens that can get it
Whole grain is fed mingled with cut
straw, hay or leaves to force scratch
ing and healthful exercise. In colo
weather he stints the morning feeG
of warm mash and gives a little
grain to make them exercise early il
the day instead of sitting round idle
A variety of grain is given to keel
the appetite sharp but no corn is fec
in summer. A hen can easily lay
175 eggs by the time she is Il
months old. New England Farmer
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