The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-03-25
Agriculture.
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II usLty bso3,ss hsa' WiIi lay from
80 10 rs eggs 10 syesf al ~ oar srsf-
tss price ter TIE vo4f IL sboBi Is csst
daE.n b.s 10 Ss~ Easlsbi, ear lsps
slould produce ifaa S. u 10 s. 81 ~orlb
otegea alone Sell her &C. usrtal before
.ka mealu spd yos sIi 20 cents N re la
Tie sfo,, iascme, making { 6! 20 81 5T
ter saeh hen. pr5uct 81 - for csa ot
iBoa. ssl ~ hsvs 2 comfortable profit
.otS.sD 10 "a f5f csrh ten. Keep BE-
ui4A that IL is tie slater eRgt tbN paw
lbe rraat. aud that 10 is the puIlots that
80 mutt laok 10 fer esss 10 sluter. H.
order to get pallets 90 lay IN The i'll 'at
have them produce g1osly supply o.
esss all winter they II ust be early hslehc1
s6l rightly hsp8ltd, The ists mstlrius
All late laying ruiltts Of this year meaps
Isle breeding tifis ueyt fptiag. and COT
sequeutly mere late Eatohed chickens to
mature Into next autumn aLd lot begin g.
lay uutl lste another winter, one season
lspplug over aud cfowlins spolher. thess
lsie maturing birds producing the bulk
Of their eggs 81 time when everybody
bens are laying ana eggs can hardly be
sold =, price at which they pay any
profit.
The converse Of this il equally tfue,
Early hstchsd pullets, got to laying, be-
tore cold weather aud kept laying, will be
abundsutly broody 10 March. which en-.
sbles smother supply Of early hstched
chickens the pulets Of which will be lay
log before cold weather comes on. and lay
freely al through the winter, aud giving
us another generation Of early broo1ers,
and more early hstohed chickens, The
whole story Of profitable poultry raising
can be summed up 10 three short roles
keep them growing so the puIlsts shsll
come TO laying maturity before cold
westher. Thitd, keep them laying by
gool care and good food,
When say hatch the chickens early !
do not mean too early, The first OF Aprll
is the best time TO hatch chickens for fall |
and winter layers
10 New Englsnd We get the best results
by combiping eggs and poultry.
A most important factor in steady |
growth is sweet, wholesome food. Feed !
often, and feed but little at time. is
tue rne with young chicks Every two
hours between daylight and dark Is none
too often, and see tbst no food is lei |
standing in the sun to sour. Remove sll
Of the food that remains uuea.en ~ or Is !
minutes after feeding Nothing cause
more bowel loose less and dyseutery it
little chicks than sour food,
The chief foods for The fret six weeks
are coarse oatmeal, slightly moisened
with sweet milk if we have 1t, and waste
bread from hotels and restaurants which
is thoroughly die and ground TO cOsr E
crumbs 10 bone mill. Fresh water and
zrit must be provided, When six weeks
old tue chickens are s,prstad from their
mo hers and put out 90 the grass fields;
We usually feed them but four times day
giving them instead Of bread crumbs 10
The morning mixed meal which is equal
parts Of corumeal, ground oats, shorts,
fancy miidlings Or red dog as 1t is called
ia some localities To this we add about
10 per cent n one sooopiul 10 lO) OF
u eat meal, or beef scrap, This mixture
Is molsteLed with sweet milk OF water,
,sre being taken thgt it is only so much
L oistened that it will be crumbly not q
oit mush The second feed, lst aites
he middle Of be f3reuooU, is the coarse
s'mesl 90 mentioned above; early In tue
lftTu0ou hight feed Of cracked wheat Is
,iven them, and towards night feed Of
Whole wheat or cracked corn, one on one
iay and the 0 her the mex. Twice
eek we have fresh meat l1utchers trim
niugs) cooked and chopped foe, which If
mixed Wit the orse oatmeal for the
econd feeding. We have slso bone
,utt,r, and on tSo days in the week the
,bicks have good time wrestling and
less to get TIE fresh cut bone, the cnt