The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-05-09
THE POULTRY YARD.

| the proper way to prepare it is to cut it in
| the afternoon. At night scald it in a tub
| or bucket, by pouring boiling water over
| it, throw cover fold carpet or anything
over the tub, allow it to stand All night,
and in the morning will be still warm.
and possess savOry OdOr that will almost
tempt you to eat 1t yourself. To every
!! bucketful of dry cut hay add one quart Of
the following mixture 4: Ground corn.
ground oats. and bran ten pounds !; linseed
we'll. Feed in trough, and give the hens
all they will eat, twice a day. Each hen
will walk away when she has eaten all
she wishes. The bucket OF dry food
(scalded at night, as mentioned) will feed
about thirty hens, and perhaps more, AMI
food will be Necessary. A gill Of wheat
may be scattered in the litter, so as to
induce the hens to hunt and scratch.
Then comes the cutting of the clover.
Those who keep stock and have the regular
fodder cutters, will find it difficult to use
should be cut in half-inch lengths. If too
long, AS stated, the result may be crop
bound. Fortunately, the discovery that
chopped hay was the best food for Laying
hens has led to the invention Of one Of the
neatest, hardest little hay cutters that
can be Imagined. 1t is SO small that it
can be almost carried in an OvercOat
pocket, can he attached to table or bench
in two minutes, (Only two screws used)
and it feeds itself. BY simply giving it
the hay the cutter draws it in, chops it,
and pOurS it into bucket or other recepta-
Gle. 1t is not only convenient for farmers.
(as one can not cut the hay longer than
half an inch) but just the thing for poultry
men and those who live on the suburbs,
who do not keep other stock. The cost of
the little machine is almost nothing COM
pared with its usefulness, as it will save
in spo cbo =
labor also. 1t is easier to chop the clover
than to mix grain, and the machine is SO
strong and simple that it is almost impOs-
sible to get it out of order. 1t is self
sharpening, and cuts all kinds of hay.
Green grass being watery, is not cut so
green grass can be cut in the machine if
the accumulaitOns are swept off. AS a
labor saving, cheap, handy. useful little
machine the hay cutter is valuable
discovery. Everyone who keeps fowls
should have one, and after you have it you
without it.
There is no substitute for chopped hay
1t is not only rich in nitrogen, lime,
sulphur, phosphoric acid, magnesia, and
soda, but also abounds in potash and
carbon balanced with small quantity
OF grain. the heat and warmth of the body
is secured and the elements of egg produc-
ton provided. Being bulky, it is easily
disgested and assimilated, and thus by
dsIuts'ag the concentrated ground grain,
renders the grain itself more digestible
and OF greater value, furnishes all the
fatting, Gas from grain alone) the great
sc0urge OF the poultry man, as excessively
rat hens Will not lay, and soon become
worthless.
Lime for the she'll can not be secured
from ground oyster shells, chalk, marble,
art fac nf \ ,,ol
minerals are insoluble, and only serve as
grit. The lime in clover hay has already
been prepared, ready for assimilation by
the hen, through its combination with
vegetable acids, and every 100 pounds of
clover that is digested provides three
prepared by nature herself for immediate
use. No material will serve as food that
can not be dissolved and passed into tho
blood, and through the blood to the egg.
Buy cutter. 1t means cheaper food,
more eggs-eggs that will hatch, strong
LABOR, smaller loss, and larger profits. The
cutter Is now an essential portion OF your
Proht: 1t will sage its cost with a large
flock in less than month.
land the best as we'll as the cheapest
thing of the kind on the market is the
Webster Glover Gutter, manufactured by
Webster & Hannum, Gazenovia, N. Y.
With this cutter the cost of keeping poultry
is reduced one-half. Cuts clover, &C.,
rapidly and easily, eight cuts to the revo-
luton. The cutter is self-feeder and
self-sharpener, and weighs only eight
pounds, making express charges slight;
convenient to handle and takes up no
space to speak of. Eondorsed by leading
poultry men, judges, agricultural papers,
etc. Price only $3.OO.-EDIToR GOLD
LEAF.I