New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-17

churne at 80 to 40 degrees. After the ea..,g
put in the stable and given dry leu no.tnre
II necessary 10 raise the cnufiiinS 'c"P
10 degrees ~, . or.,u,
Most of our customers Use the swtei ;.i
butter. For them the cream Il TAXI liz ooo.s
from tn" cooler and chnrned, ny Sro ,,is The cows
the butter in the milk that comes from NV oom md
in the morning is ready for the table al noon, any
we have had butter on table III the evening III III
Newly ork-nlnety miles aWay-ndue i T n"a
given by orr COWS on I'll" same DAY rot SUI
Of our customers a prefer butter maze pN tie
old process take the cream from the roor ,r
and handl" il in the usual way. i'm a % nuce
of salt TO one pound Of butter, ana some one anu
a quarter ounces of salt 20 one pound OF pu'.cr
We make just what onr customers uein,, n,,or,
1hi, manufacture of batter from sweet cream
has caused good deal of controversial writin!
in the dairy papers as might be rNpectou, anu ~
the tllcrsle people have been called upon TO
defend and explain their methods. They are
ready to do 80 at all times. The main trouble
Mr.. Robson says that people hay" IN chhrhh9
churn, like they would do with ripe cream; ana
do not pay any more attention TO II; second, one
needs 10 have Thermometer for guide -,
The poultry department. or rather the Droiler
factory for that is really what it il, remains
to be- noticed This consists of a group OF buid-
Jugs from which sent 10 market eaci week
about 800 ariilically incubatel chickens, tlat
is between 10000 and 1900 year. Zen lii-
cubators, Prairie State and lncland are kept IN
constant use and all the desirable eggs that can
he bought in the neighborhood are consigned 10
the developing care Of these inventions: About
half the eags pnt in hatch ont alive About 30
per cent are found clear and therefore unisrtlle
on candlng four days after starting. Three
fourtls OF the chicks go safely through the
hrooders and sold as broilcrS at eight to
fourteen weeks from Matching. weighing when
ready for market abont one aud a half pounds:
The brOOding Arrangement l. very SIM
pie IL consists merely of a prn I'VE by nj
teen feet, across which, near one end, run four
-and-a,half hot;water pipes covered r wi nb,c
curtain. FOrty-eight Of these pens are arranged
in an I~shapcd building 16s feet long one way
and l0S feet the other; and, as each pen ac-
commodities 100 voracious little chic lis-which
pass from pen to pen as they grow, the height
Of the top board of the broodcr varying from
four and a half inches for the babies up TO a
foot for the graduating claS>-thc animation or
the scene may be imagined. IL is intended to
breed poultry largely, az well az to hatch il,
keeping white breeds exclusively. Ii is thought
white Mnorca hens, whose eggs are particularly
large. white and attractive, select trade in
fancy eggs MAJ readily be acquired.
Mr.. Sccly. the Head OF this department, il u
man of decided views and these are not always
| in accord with those of other ponltrymen For
| example he takes Issue squarely with Mr.. tsayor
who is in charge of the poultry at Judg" llitons
Woodlawn Farm, and Who oppressed in The Irib-
unc recently in favor Of Indian Games IA the
best fowl for farmers: Il do not agree with
Mr. Gayor on this point" remarked Mr. Seely
" | do not believe that the Indian is the best all
around fowl. | admit that they possess good
qualities but they are not the best FIR the general
FARMER. l prefer the W mite hliOT'a u IfguOfn
on account of the larger size of fowl ana the
much finer egg. | prefer one or two breeds kept
for practical results to large number of breeds
manv of them merely SHOW birds Ny two br,e s.
hol. 10 De the best al-lround fowls for practical
Use in the country.
We have. continued Mr.. Secly. ten incubators
Of 300 eggs each live of Pineland and five Prairie
State. | prefer the Pincland. | think it will
hatch ont stronger chickens. We need ZOO eggs a
month t. keep the inrubatcrs runnin'. These EGGS
are purchased from farmers arolnl he;e. We have
brooder capacity for 1000 chicks at one time
which we propose to turn over every ten weeks
or thereabouts. At present we have about 1000
chicks and we are killing them as fast as they
reach market size. For hens we have Few
White Mnorcas the balance are scrubs crossed
with White Plymouth Rock roosters We have
We have a few very fine Pckn ducks and these
with fantail pigeons and peacocks complete our
stock.
We propose in future to raise our own eggs,
as eggs which we have been able 10 get do not
hatch well. besides taking much longer 10 ma
turc. Ii takes twelve weeks to get them up TO
market size The breeds that we propose TO use
being Of better quality. We intend to use the
White Minorca for eggs on account OF its size
and color and the size and color OF the eggs For
incubators we will cross them with Whits Plvm-
ou:h Rock ROSTERS. Our reason for crossing il
that the Mnorca is a non-sittcr, hut good layer,
and when crossed with White Plymouth Rock
they do not feather as fast, giving more strength
and makes better broiler. These two breeds
whether crossed or pure are hard 10 beat ds an
all-purpOse fowl.
"As fast as we can raise the Minorca hens we
propose to work into fancy egg trade. gentle
man who was here few days ago offered to take