The Republican journal., 1898-01-20
The Blazing Hen-CoOp.

4 49,. 10 the January number of Har-
4 vtrazine an amusing and very sensi-
,rut of the ventures and adventures
/ rlr poultry keeping. We make
wing extracts:
Il .-E NATURE AND MOTHER HENS.
also borne in upon US. during
NAT the sellers have kind OF cold
>g,tem about eggs that mars their
We seldom had an order for
"a under months time, during
r appointed hens tried to outwit
wing families of their very own,
ire us no end of veXation. We
-eel. either, that eggs collected for
r.l. and jolted over hundreds of
..t railway and six miles OF corduroy
me- fit to offer a conscientious hen.
--lbo1ate this view OF the imported
NAV cite the fact that the eggs laid
1n fowls never fail to give pro-
Led II at least ten out of setting
hatched, and several times the life
- .au as high as thirteen out of thir-
- should say that the fresher the
-ae better the chance for the chicken.
.rrsneously with our discoveries in
--.-I IL the practice of egg vendors we
some gloomy discoveries about the
.-. clumsiness of the mother hen.
1.-.ly family of little chicks sees the
.a- mat one OF two or three will not be
ed. or smothered. OF crowded out
.fs.a TEST to freeze, or in some way done
.4rh.
M, pitiless experience brushed away
usions about Nature. One is al
NJ. Tearing how wise Nature is, how
MS. and how she is "cruel only to
...a" But let any believer in Nature S
lead go into the poultry business
brief spring, and he will see that
agles ike the rest of us. The hen
erally makes a mess Of it trying to
er brood. She doesn' even have
enough to push ont the added
here seems 10 be no sense of smell
Mil And she cannot be sure of
l children. but promptly mothers
,rIe founding secretly introduced
sl home the tirst night attel hatch
She can't count. of course, and
are 81 sixteen children instead of
lo1t a murmm.
-. VIRTUES AND VICES OF HENS.
.... are As We soon perceived yir-
,f ci,4s H., hens as well As for the
.ra+ arrooantlv claims p soul for IL
ra ~ h. SIRE there i an arri-
.45a M 1,or,lirv = scheme of th4
,. .i,awn In, +I.tir own proper hen
.,ainL makes for instance cardi-
.... II eating feathers, which in itself
.,,,,,. ,,,,,ral oualitv than chewing
Laira merely an unuleasant habif.
.f idl4n4.S and over FEEDING. and
..tLAr rn he uIaced Ia the account
,.,,,ltrv. Le4ne1, than af the hens
-bsre are also hen rirfnes thar are
--..n,latinns of human vi,turs There
-,.I and bad mothers among hens.
are o4nerons ana considerate
...t.r. amonr cocks there are the
10y md tIIa rn2ya,dlv tbe rash and the
--..1s rnftianlv royers and husbands
---,5, habits Who oootf sedatelv every
-r-n@ ~ their own range with their
NJ. ives and families Most hens how
-..r Kindly a+fecrioned towards their own
-+ra Lrnnd win sbamefull0 misuse anv
,.,. rbickan that comes near them often
.l.i,,[r ;+s brains o,t With +bair hills. If
rat awav with ifs ewes in IT'S head and
. Laad ,nhrnxen If may thank its own
,,Iirv nava, their forhearanca Rnt T
1g4 saen hens to which ornban chickens
vsriablv attached themselves, hens that
rrht safalv he termed benevolent. And
- hons USUALLY were the promntest
d. hat+Ia with tie s+rono in defence of
.air charges as thav we're the most for
a,rinu to fine weak Like hnman beinos
So IS the resemblance in moral and
.enraI qua1Iies between tue lnenoers oI
-s race. he -aslalics nave giits anu
5"9 qaaii'les OF one sort, lhe flymouth
IS OF ahothef lhere are some Farle-
u.s. IKE the Lahgsiahs' "hlch nave d
-iAed nature ihese mems are commonly
J'u motners' put tney are greedy ana
alluy' nose We mao We're quafreisolile,
ld Jane ana l oolh thlhk them great
sNlps' u IS ofutdl idnclet point OF
e" 10 rank among 'helr virtues mat
icy are very 9oou 10 eae' 10 Nc soou 70
II Is NOT Flflue' IL Is ilefeiy oePlor-
ne SlIe- however the Ldhgsndhs ~efe
ny tootnsome. FefhapS IN thls respect
icy eAeeI the worthy bfannas ana Fly
'd'h hockS- whose moral character is
49,
heh there are the Games spiehdld ana
.acetul Oh aspect, brave TO degree, the
81 of mothers, ana temperate Ior lows,
't too iona OF picking Il quarrel, and
yer giving up ieud' And, hnaliy,
ieIe are the wicked races, such as the
aIays, cruel ouIlleS among the defence
IS hens ana chickens, but the most cow
'dly OF lo"ls.
Ne JOY IN AMATEUR POULTRY RAISING.
Tia SECRETARY and treasurer Turned oar
ntar-Nand snant enongh in tools ~ b;re
sm,r no,,Ifrr. bonSe h,,iIt T DO ~ nat
rudge it. feel that | owe much to