Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1901-01-10
! FARM TOPICS /;
How to Fatten Chickens.

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How tn Fatten Chickens.
Young chickens, say, from two to
three months old, will not take on fat
when running at large, and are there
fore not in prime condition for the
table They will, Of course, be thrifty
and grow fast, but their flesh does not
have. that tender and juicy flavor that
a weeks special care in confinement
will give.
"A great many people do incalculable
injury to the fowls by shooting among
them, or by letting a dog chase the one
they want to kill.
This is all wrong, and may be avoid
ed by having a slat coop large enough
to comfortably hold half a dozen
chickens. Catch them at night after
they have gone to roost. and quietly
put them in the coop. Feed them all
they will eat Of table scraps, cooked
potatoes, rice, milk, etc. Vegetable
scraps and grass should also be given.
In a week or ten days time they will
be fat, and SO far superior to one taken
from the flock at large that you could
tell the difference even when blind.
folded.-National Provisioner.
Shredding or Threshing Corn.
I have handled the corn crop in the
dry state in nearly every way possible
Running it through the old threslling
machine has these objections: You can
do but a small amount at one time, as
there is no practical way Of getting the
fodder from the machine without
treading it more or less. and this will
start the whole bulk heating at once.
The cob is lost in the NOW, which we
now grind up with the cblsp A large
percentage of the grain is sra cked,
which in q moist time soon begins to
mold. sEs Ssa
With the small husker with a shred
der and wind stacker arrangement, the
pipe can be placed over any of the Big
| beams in the old style barns and made
to fill a bay half or two-thirds full,
without a man stepping in the bay,
| This is the secret Of keeping the fod-
der; we tried it in threshing corn and
found it all right, but we had to az
range high scaffolding SO as to shove
stalks off without treading. A NOV
ten or fifteen feet deep will hold per
| fectly safe if not trodden.-C H. Whit
/ comb, in American Agriculturist.
| Good Butter.
/ It seems hard for some farmers te
realize the fact that in the making OF
| first-class article of butter the be
ginning is in the stable. Accumula
tions of filth in the stables, moldiness
In the food or filth of any kind viii
make it impossible to make the bes
quality Of butter, no matter what tht
treatment of the milk and cream may
be afterward.
No particular plan of butter maxim,
will be found best for all. Difference
in conditions will often make con
siderable difference in the plan O.
management that it will be best t,
follow.
| Economy should always be consid
cred. If choice hutter can be pro
duced more easily Or at less cost il
one way than in another it is certain
i ~ good economy to try that method
Profit is the principal object sough
and the profit is the one to be followed
Using poor quality of salt viii
often cause trouble with the butter
and particularly so if it is coars
grained, that it cannot be we'll 0
rather thoroughly Incorporated wit,
the butter.--Northwest Pacific Farm
or.
Device For Pulling Up Posts.
A post-pulling device which I hav
found very satisfactory cons sts of
lever of two by four inches oak, seve
/ feet long, placed in an upright Of tw
by six inches and two and one-hal
!, feet long, as shown in the illustration
The lever is fastened one foot from th
end. A pointed piece Of steel ben
slightly in the form of hook is fas
ened to the end Of the lever. To use
4 put the upright in the ground, abor
one foot from the post, raise the ha1
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