The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-10
POULTRY YARD
A LADY's OPINION OF POULTRY
RAISING.

Though many women are awakening
to the fact that poultry raising pays,
there are thousands of others who, if
they knew how well it paid, would
surely engage in it. There is nothing,
perhaps, which pays better, according
to the amount invested, than poultry
raising Let every woman, who de-
sires to engage in something that is in
teresting, that will not take her away
from home, and which pays in dollars
and cents, try raising chickens. For
years have been experimenting with
chickens, adding more to my flock
each year. Not by buying the chick
ems, but by raising them.
A few years since I tried purchasing
eggs from pure bred Buff COchins.
They hatched we'll, and my hens were
large beauties, and generally good
mothers; but they are not extra good
layers, and, as eggs are the great fea-
ture in this business, determined to
try the rose combed brown Leghorns.
I found them to be just what I wanted.
I had 'lots and lots" of eggs from my
Buff Cochins, white Loghorns and ''de-
scendants' of Plymouth Rocks. My
hens were large, and neighbor and
I exchanged eggs-''six of one and
half dozen of the other"
Hers were almost full blooded, rose
combed brown Leghorns. The eggs
Matched we'll, and now the majority OF
my hens are brown Leghorns. A friend
told me that they were hard to get to
sit, but I do not find them so. On the
contrary, mine have to be broken of
sitting, just like other hens, and they
make excellent mothers; they sre 80
''gritty" that fancy hawk would
have a difficult time getting chicken
from brown Leghorn hen. She would
fight for chick where Buff Cochin
would simply ruffle her feathers and
''equawk."
Perhaps one reason why my Leg
horns are not wild is because am with
them daily, from the time they are
hatched until they are old enough to
''eDgage in business; and I really be
lieve they look upon me as their ''bene-
factor" when, in reality, they are
mine.
Ityou want to raise chickens which
are egg producers, raise the rose
combed brown Leghorns; if you want
to raise chickens to sell, or that will
mature quickly and make early broil.
ers, raise Plymouth rocks. As prices
are now and have been for the past
three or more years, there is more
money made by selling eggs than chick
ems. There is no reason why you
should not do both; it pays to keep
two breeds of chickens. If you cannot
keep but one, l would advise you to
idvest in brown Leghorns.
The best feed that can give my
hens in the morning is hot mash, If
the weather is cold, and when the
weather is cold is when eggs are high.
Use table scraps and any scraps OF
meat that have accumulated. If you
had a boiled dinner yesterday, end
found more liquid in the dinner pot
than you cared to use, do not throw it
out, but heat it up, adding the table
scraps. bits of meat, cooked potato
parings until tender, and Qne dozen red
peppers crumbled fine. Into this stir
one part wheat bran and two parts
corn meal until stiff-not a sloppy
mixture is obtained. use patent
chicken food and obtain the best re.
suits. Some of my neighbors have
been amazed at the amount of eggs I
have sold during the cold winter
months when eggs were high. I at
tribute it to the patent food and good
care. OF course I cannot name the
article, as it would favor of ''free ad.
yertising, but don't be afraid of patent
foodsl
In this age when everything has to
be proven and tested, it is only the best
that will stand, and you can, by in
quiry, soon find the best patent chicken