Middletown transcript., 1895-05-04

Here are the results: The Plymouth
Rocks have led, followed closely by
Brown Leghorns, Hamburgs. Houdan.
Minorcas and Langshans. Previous
to this year the Leghorns have made
the best production for three successive
years. The Plymouth Rocks, however
had the advantage of the run of the
place. 1t is impossible to maintain
purity of breeds without close confine-
ment. and yet such confinement is very
prejudicial to health and egg produc-
tion. The European breeds are all
great spring and summer layers and
small and non-sitters. 1t is pretty
we'll established that the Leghorns are
the best producers of all the breeds.
The Asiatics are generally good winter
and early spring layers and make ex.
cellent mothers and are good table
fowls. The Langshans stand at the
head of the list and are regarded as
one of the best general-purpose fowls.
The Plymouth Rocks are also good
winter and spring laye ers and make ex.
cellent mothers; they are hardy, Of
quick growth and good table fowls,
OF the breeds mentioned the Lang.
shan and Plymouth Rocks are con-
sidered the best general-purpose fowls,
the Leghorns or Hamburgs the best
egg-producers.
Market gardners and dairymen arc
particularly well suited for the hand
ling of poultry with profit, The former
have much spare time in winter; the
latter go among the best customers in
the town every day. Keep strict ac-
count of receipts and expenditures.
The droppings, at Is cents barrel, will
go Il long way toward paying for the
feed.-From the Western Plournan.
The farmer who intelligently mas
ters the art of making the pigs ready
for market at six months old, ard per-
sistently follows the business, will
most certainly prosper. They cannot
be pushed too fast. Five feeds a day
for the first month after weaving is
not too often. See that they have ex-
ercise.
The best pigs are the offsprings of
mature mothers and vigorous young
sires. The world can show no better
breed than the Poland China, but for
pork purposes cross with an Essex or
a Berkshire boar gives pig which
very early; but do not lose
your breed by raising stock from this
Pigs confined to lot, fed wisely on
a varied diet, are in almost no danger
from cholera. 1t is safe and cheaper to
make pork in this way. and the quality
Of the product is superior to that of
the hog fed on an exclusive corn diet.
The meat is marbled with lean, instead
If being wholly fat blubber.
The cheapest meat is always made
rom young animals. The man who
leeds pig nine months to at
ain weight possible in six loses the
ator of the extra three months, and |
he excess of feed. The risk of loss
s greatly reduced by the shortened |
ime, and by the fact that gaining
lnimals are liable to disease.
In these times of depression our
,reatest gain is in preventing waste.
Those who have given cut fodder a
rial unite in testifying to its value as
convenient and economical food, not
My for cattle. but for horses as well.
t is now so thoroughly shredded by
machines that 95 per cent. of it is
aten, whereas formerly by far the
reater part went to waste.
IN THIS CONNECTION.
At recent institute the writer, in
iscussing the best list of home grown
pods for cows, was pleased TO hear
be remarks of man who reported
rial of sowing mixed grain for cow
BED, oats and spring wheat, pecks
the latter to - of oats, and the result
ad been that he had secured practi-
ally two full crops at the one time, or
bout 65 or 10 bushels of oats and wheat,
, bushels of the latter to the acre,
nd great abundance of straw, that
as fairly well eaten by the stock in
EDITION. The double growing of
heat and rye together for stock food
as been heard of before, but oats and
,ring wheat are new to the writer. If !
lis mans reported success is a fact, /
I'd there seems no reason to doubt it, {
large feed of mixed grain pretty t
irly we'll balanced can be secured at
tile additional cost and labor, and
Try cheap feed gown.-Practical
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