Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1897-01-01

The methods, for instance, which will Sc
cure the best results with the Spanish breeds,
would not answer as well for the Asiatics.
The first named are naturally sprightly, en-
ergetic, and ambitious foragers; the Asiatic
breeds are naturally of an indoent nature,
and one must know how to manage them to
secure good results.
Without doubt the best breed for the
farmer, and one that is more extensively
bred than any other to-day, is the Plymouth
Rocks. The general purpose qualities of the
Plymouth Rocks make them the ideal breed
for the farm. When well bred the hens are
excellent layers, reliable sitters, and very de-
sirable mothers. II the chicks are properly
fed and cared for, they are soon in good
condition, and need no extra preparation to
get them ready for the market. The chicks
rarely ever show the lanky condition of
some other breeds.
II have not explained my meaning on
any one point clearly, | shall be glad to
answer any practical questions,
Questions.
In reply to questions the speaker said
that eggs packed in salt would keep ali.
solutely fresh six months, the eggs oe.
ing packed with the big end down Ho
advised the removal of tho male birds
as soon as the breeding season ends; he
said that prepared bone and meat would
hot take the place of green bone The
mixture should be fed green-that dry
bone and tallow was not good substi-
tute as there WAS nothing like green
bone. His experience showed that
scaldinS the food was highly beneficial
and from II test of six weeks with 81
different breeds he found that with
scaidinH tue food the yield OF eggs was
~ per cent greater. Cooked toou is al
ways the best aud all poultrymen use
cooked corn meal. For the gaps he
recommended alr-slacked lime on The Old
ground aud when chicks first get it he
recommends little asafoetida to each
chick. He assented to the suggestion that
carbOlic acid was also very good, but II
was hard on the fowls. He replied in
the affirmative to the question els not
the disease worse where the TODD Is un-
cooked 7" and in this connection stated
that the food should be fed warm but
not hot and that in bitter weather the
food should he warmed over. For the
cholera he declared there was no specific
remedy; cholera was acute indigestion.
He recommended good food aud cleani.
hess aud declared that no pUultryman,
WIN Is careful. is ever troubled with
cholera. As TO Roup ne SAID the best
'Cuy was u hotShCt dc tho wac
contagious In Is first stage coal oil
given the fowl by means of small can
was etiicaciUus. lie STATED that farmers
were not as successful with u large lot
OF chickens as a small lot because he
didn't take same care and increase The
acc ON niudations as the flock increased,
He recommended the lucubator-lt
didn't cost Us much 10 run an incubator
as W iced the hens. lbs preference ~
to make oi IucubaLors was fhe Prairie
stale The great draw. back with arm-
erS they were loo anxious 10 get The eggs
in the incubai0 OF. lie advised several
days III adjusting the Incubator before
the eggs were put III. Returning 10 Tile
proper food for chickens he assenled TO
the suggestion that corn parched Oh the
cob was "a most excellent thing Tor all
poultry. The fowls would not eat Loo
much of it. The charcoal thus furnish
ed WAS exactly what the fowls required.
AS TO the number of chickens III an
apar tmenl lie said there should hot be
more than 70 in n house 14xlo feet.
Poultry books are theoretical, aud lie
could not recommend one that was
practical. As TO poultry journals he
suggested the following; American
Fancer, Johnstown, ILL.,; Poultry Keep
9T EaIk6IbDuTk,I l. ou"J "o"S''J
Albany, NY. Poultry journal, Chicago,
III. In concluding his replies he said
that on tue iarm he had found that the
WORK OF properly man aging the poultry
department was best PERFORMED by the
Iadi-s. as they cared better for The fowls
than the men did.
FARMERS ToUBLEs.
Prof. millions JnsHr was Inc
Condition IL ON Fausy aHa hethulN
nj telrt de said tsqa .u HN sections
of Ihe country there s. tne ane com
nIaint abrnt the cordii tl. surrounding
agriculture. Msu diTcccl - TO cue
causes pJlltiea, winch trough about Tue
present uahappy 81 ate Of affairs. Some
said it was the currency, others the Gar
i'll, and all united i'll cusslug Congress
and the legislatures. To his mlnd TINS
was not a profitable way to CONSIDER lhIs
great interest and how IL could be Dehe-
fitted. lie proposed to follow the line
of showing the farmer how lie cOulu
help himself. He believed thai II was
Necessary to practice ecoiiomv-noI lhat
kind Of economy which meant wearing
old clothes and a genei al untid mess put
economy as to labor and time. me
farmer must get move on, must auopt
methods which save Time and labor. ne
said to start with he would take up The
method generally employed Of caring
for cattle. The plan OF pasturing on
fields was expensive and wasteiul. 1t
required an immense outlay i'll FENCES
and did not produce the paying results
the farmer was after TO make this
branch of his work profitable. Besides
his own experience he took the authOri-
ties as to the figures he submitted IN
the following comparison OF caring ior
cattle by pasturing and by the sniling
system. starting with farm OF lSO
acres. and herd OF Is cattle-6 cows
and 9young cattle.
COST By PAsTURING.
u acres to each head)
6 COWS At $40 $50. x24O w
o Young cattle At $50 ......... ...... :. 1870 %