The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-02-25
COMMON SENSE POULTRY MAN.
EG: MINT.


What breeds pay beet2 is a question
ofCcn asked f The faucIer eud answered
generally by recou ueud,ug The brec ds
ne ha-oies. In m experience the
fiT85 cross bct7eeu Jha Lagdoln and q
large hret & makes tie III are st to ana}k
purpose fOwI Of any or [ ever used.
II. fist CroPs Was t5om Wni1e LaghoTn
;ockore!s ana P,3 mrueh Rock hens tt
pr2@uced beauuIui whlle fowls, the
maj rity having the form Cf the
Pty n"tl h + cl14, weiabsug anywhere
from 80 Z pounds. They groo Qpick.
~ nn5, feasnciisg K early, were suitable
n q aetAs u months old, weighing
Il TO 2 pounos and bringing fancy
sr,cea as broIlers. The heus from this
cross lay nearjy aa well as the Leg.
horns q few crosses make u little
mOrgreI fowl that il en- ey eaore and
700 small to be Pr fEabIe. My next
cross WIS Light Bgahma males and
White l. gnorn hens. These were gen.
orally pure Write, larger than the first
cross, good layei as hens, and early
brcllare, bUt do lot feather as early as
the first named.
One Csn kefp twO breods without
continirg them if the large breed is
hatched early and the small one later.
| did this fox scme years by letting the
fpck run out with the BrAbma males.
set only the dark eggs until l had all
the hers sitting that wished. About
the middle of May l sold my Brahma
mics and brought home my Leghorn
cockerels, which l lent to lady who
had pen Of L"gnOrns. After two or
three weeks began setting the pure
white eggs, which hatched from July
to August 1. The pullets from these
made early epriDg layers, continuing
almost wlthCug intermissiun until mott
ing time, not stopping then if well
cared for. These late hatches come
when there is an abundance Of smell
aced and grain On the farm, besides in.
! aects, and If their qIarters are kept
| free from vermin they require Gut little
care after the first few weeks They
have warm, comfortable quarters TO
! themselves through the winter have
brood Of Brown LaShOrns hatched in
June. Cne at least began to lay in
| January. Of course il one intends to
keep pure chickens o. any klud for
sa e, one breed is all that can be kept
unless yarded, and so securely that
| there Is nc chance for mixture. But
for farm poultry this plan can be fol-
loved with good results, and first
crosses obtairC by setting the Leghorn
eggs while mated with the large males.
The large breeds lay yellow or brown
eggs, the small breeds white ones, 60
they are easily distinguished.
If you are breeding pure chickens of
t t|o or more varieties, the males should
oe separated from them by the first Of
F-b;uary at least. l like to let mg
hens run at large as long as poss IDLE so
! / shut the males up until ready to yard
them for breeding purposes. Then I
put each breed IN It's pen and turn the
extra males Ou5 with my stock poultry.
[ like to have two good males Of each
k nj, and then if nything happens or
| the one yarded does lot prove satiefac-
tory, have a vigorous male to replace
| him without further trou BILE or loss Of
tine. A few weeks liberty will some
tim recuperate fowl until he is as
good as ever. When yarded, chickens
must have good care to do we'll. Change
Of diet, green fool, or ecalded clover in
winter sprinkled thi.kly with bron,
apoles and potatoes, raw some times, a
war m mess in cold mornings, with a
good sprirk g Of pepper and salt, meat
scraps, broken dishes pounded fine
enough to be swallowed, coarse sand
and gravel, and plenty of coal ashes
thrown about the yaId5-are inexpen.
siVe helps to KEEP poultry healthy.
Then one can purch Ase the oyster shelI,
ground bone and many Qtt er things
rec }mmeudcd fer chickens 8. n,
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