The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-03-15

vow is the time to set hen for
il chickcns-and the early chicken
he only one that will lay eggs next
.,er when they are worth fifty
M =. dozen. The chicken that
sorn on or before the first day of
Il ,,.b is worth dozens born n May or
,.ne when all the hens want to set.
n. trouble is to find the hen who is
lined to incubation in the month Of
|. .,ruary. Generally speaking, she
Il be a March chicken herself;
,etorc to have March chickens, you
i, first have March chickens. 1t
IKE the great economic proposition:
h make money you must have money
make it with. However, it is not
.sary to inherit March pullcts:
|.tsy can be acquired at reasonable
-. and every practical hen keeper
side from those wholesale gentle
ii who can devote all their time and
E..sYtion to the monumental task Of
/ kim, ilcubato.s incubatc, and who
II. consequently independent of the
i ,,lral means Of incubation-will tell
4 that the carly-born pullct who is
E,ier sort Of natural compulsion to
! IT, early herself, is, even when of no
G,;sd at all, of more value than the
4 n bred fowl who declines to lay
l,y errs until the balmy springtimc
N. come and eggs can be bought for
h cents dozen.
+ The ecccntricitics Of the setting
Hsu are beyond all account. No power
h earth or heaven can prevent certain
Rsn. from setting half their lives.
Bsey will set on good eggs or bad
h.. on china eggs, on stones, on
E,k> on nothing at all. Turned out
II enc place, they will set in any
Htcr BY actual experiment a Ger
B:u Plymouth Rock (of whose breed
De of the many noble qualities is
Eeolines) persisted in setting for six
B;sk. running, though she was given
eggs at all and was treated with
Il .rcatcst contumcly, being moved
Bem pillar to post and afflicted with
Rrrcorncrcd cobblestones, and daily
3.en away with violence from her
Bh'tic attempt to convert these ig-
|8minious rocks into the noble ones
81 Plymouth, At the end Of the six
E8:A, she did give up further setting,
Bl >h" appeared to entertain no
|}sigc on account of her treatment,
In would on occasion come and eat
Ei Of the hands Of her late tormen-
|*s 1t was in the autumn when she
@ic this Quixotic attempt, and she
u already in this same year brought
E Two fine broods Of chickens-one
Hearly March and the other in June.
|dOher hens will never set at all.
He white Minorcas-those hens with
|#at combs, which look exactly like
#sters and are called Catalan" by
E Spanish-wiEl lay perhaps more
gs in year than any other sort Of
|p and it is unlikely that any one Of
#m was ever known to hatch a brood
Fchickcns. The Minorcas will, in
b. sometimes begin to set, but they
ESn to be under the impression that
fee days ought to be, in all con-
3ence, long enough time in which
9hatch out an egg, and at the expi-
lion Of about that time they will
4ndon the attempt with a great fnt-
Il and much dcnunciatory oratory.
|s33hey are fastened down on the nest
y board placed above their backs,
y will stand up as high as they can
Ter the board and let the cold air
|s3e their eggs. It is doubtful if
| any human being, male or female,
@ @3ied or pious, Christian or pagan,
" got through without profanity an
Muw to make a Minorca hen set.
|zf'e are other breeds Of settlers,
} Oh are not merely too numerous
'so contemplate to mention. The
mouth Rock will not lay so many
IA "a In year as the Minorca, but she
lay what she does lay when you
|| them, and she will perpetuate
| kind.
% range to say, another kind of hen
makes goodsmothcr is the game
|@ She seems to be engaged in an
||I3nrt to prove that certain amount
Anazonianism is not inconsistent
|K proper regard for the duties of
aerhood. A very peaceful gentle
d not uncOnnected with the work
ne Humane Society, moved into
country three OR four years ago.
Ing occasion to purchase two or
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