The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-08-04


and pour il over 4O-quart canful of
box of hot water over night, and in tho
morning it is hot whey and pot cheese
instead of skim milk. The hens eat it
greedily and seem to be thriving on it.
You ought to see them pick out the
chunks of hot cheese. At night give
them the whole grain, either corn or
wheat. / question the propriety OF
giving any whole grain, at all in win
ter. My hens are getting very plump
and fat, although they lay reasonably
well. / think shall try keeping some
of them entirely on the more bulky
food. ! can not always get the skim
milk in sufficient quantities In that
case use hot water to mix the feed.
My colony of small houses scattered
about over the farm and connected by
telegraph wire causes lots OF COM
ment from passers-by. My man over
heard the conversation of four men the
other day as they were driving by in
carriage. One of them seemed to be
spokesman, and was explaining to the
rest that the wire was for the purpose
of conveying the eggs down to the
house. His companion happening to
spy one of the white porcelain insula-
tors which break the circuit over each
building in order to send the current
down into the buildings, suddenly
grasped the others arm in great excite
ment: Great Scott" said he, IF there
don't come one now?"
| But the malt sprouts used are also
rich in nitrogen, for, while casein has
16 per cent of the element in it, the
sprouts have about per cent. and thus
this mixture is, or should be, excellent
for fowls producing eggs, and Mr..
Mapes-which is the poultryman's
name-fnds it so to be.
Mr.. Mapes is mechanical genius,
too; and it requires genius-that is, a
man who has his wits about him-to
succeed in this bushes. He has an au-
tomato nest, which has self-closing
and opening door, and when the hen
goes on the front of the box the door
opens, as If to say: ''Howdy Biddy,
walk in," and when Biddy walks in the
door closes and prevents any other fowl
from entering: then when the hen gets
off the nest, the door opens and lets
her out and closes again after her.
This kind of nest has entirely prevented
the loss of eggs by idle hens eating
. them.
Mr.. Mapes also tells how last July
when eggs were selling at thirteen
cents dozen, he packed away severa'
barrels of them in common salt, anc
sold them in October for twenty-five
cents dozen. The precaution wa.
, taken to put away the eggs the same
, day they were laid
) January 25 my first brood of chick
ems for the season left the nest will
1 the hen. There were fifteen eggs un
der her, and fifteen little fuzzy chick
: filed the nest. They were put into
t glazed coop in sunny place, and to
day, two weeks after, they are all SAT-
: and lively, taking their three meals
y day of corn and wheat ground to
gether and wetted into thick past
q with warm water. They have sweet
warm milk to drink. 1t is very rarel
!. that I have lost chick after it has be
= come two weeks old. am feeding pea
y vine clover to my cows and horses, an
: as there is good deal VI seed in tn
q flowers, which were full blossome
q when the hay was cut, the dust froE
J the floor of the NOW makes an exec
. lent litter for the poultry house. TIL
y seed is eagerly picked out by tn
q chicks, and they have warm, dry be
!. to nestle in, and lots of exercise
q scratch for the seeds. = Rural Ne