The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-06-20
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In Missouri the Legislature has passed law
making chicken stealing in the night as great a
sin as stealing $50 bill. This reminds me of q
coincidence where woman owning some pure
bred s. G. w. Leghorn chickens, once sent
large basket of eggs to her neighbOr to sell in
market Eggs at that time were only bringing
moderate price. The sum was in due time re-
turned to the lady in question, and she believing
the eggs had been sold in the market was con-
tent with the small amount received. But time,
the revealer of all things. soon proved beyond
doubt that she had made great mistake, as
after few weeks had elapsed this good religious
neighbor put out hen with twenty little ). q:
w. Leghorns, that only cost her the nominal
sum of the eating eggs. Now this may be a cheap
way of getting good thing, but the principle,
fear, if sold in the market of Honor" would
not bring even the diminutive price Of the eggs.
No matter how we come by the little fellows
we must always remember that we are raising
them for market or eggs and not as pets. So we
must force them to their limit to eat digest, as,
simulate and grow. Quick maturity is the end
desired. Your feed must be well balanced and
the chicks should always seem hungry for their
one-tenth meal to the mash, as it is a very rich
food and must be used with discretion or bad re-
suits will follow.
have turned dark red or whitish color give her
a large spice pill, composed of one part cloves,
one part allspice; one part ginger and and one part
This condition is caused by debilitated system
and generally occurs with the hens that have
done the most laying through the winter.
on the farm are of a variety of the Rock family.
The white Rocks are particularly beautiful, but
the bluffs are without doubt the finest all
around chickens on earth. The S. C. w. Leg
horns are a small-frame bird, but they can carry
off the palm for being the heaviest layers that
ever broke the shell, The buff Rocks command
a high price, selling from 81 to SO each for hens
and from SO to S. for the ROSTERS. Soft is plain
that good thing always commands good price.
Nov while the deghorna hens ony Se i0r oSe
money out of them on selling eggs than by rails
ing large fat chicks for Market, But wnen you
only want to keep one kind of all around family
fowls you could not do better than select the
beautiful golden Rocks.
The Wyandotts and Plymouth Rocks belong
to what is called the American class The Brah-
mas and Langshans are large, heavy and poor
layers. They belong to the As1atic class. The
Leghorns, Spanish and Andalusians are light
weight fowl, but can beat all the rest for laying
qualities. They belong to the Mediterranean
class. Of all these and many Others each one
has his choice, and today the farmers have just
twice the number of chickens they ever had
before
It is not we'll to increase the number of your
flock too quickly, as you are liable to make many
mistakes that sometimes prove to be very costly
1t is much wiser to first fill the Uranium with
hen wisdom, and secondly the hen house with
choice birds that you will know just how to care
for and will enable you to make nice pront on
your money invested. The mongrel hen is only
tit for the SOUP pot ana wo4a pc 1eaT 70 r yp a az
must also be well fed hen to do her best, and
if this part is not looked to the fault must lie
with the HAL Ut buc WHICH,.
Always keep large box of wood ashes in the
hen h0use as it Ia unite as necessary as the Dor
feathers clean. .
All hens are fond of raw cut onions. Give it
to them twice a week. There is nothing better
to keep them in fine condition. Should any OF
YOUR fowls get sick remove them Immediately
to another house until perfectly well. This pre-
caution will often save the entire flock.
The following is a subdivision of poultry ana
may interest the beginners who have not decided
which branch of the business they would most
like to engage III: Eggs for table use. eggs for
artificial incubation, exhibition purposes, breed
ers broilers, roasters and capons. This makes
large variety, certainly, and gives an abundant
opportunity to cater to every taste and TO mar,
monte with all phazes of individual choice ana
local conditions
think and feel that in all common justice the
palm of gallantry should be given to the high
cock-a-lorum of the barnyard. OF all the LORDS
of creation he is the most chivalrous TO tine
ladies of his household, always calling them nrst
to partake of every choice morsel he may chance
to find which they most greedily devour, while
he proudly struts about as though conscious OF
having done good thing. Although this feath-
cred lord is only here for a time there are many
of our more prominent friends who are NUMBER
ed among the masculine gender who could inn
prove their chivalrous ways towards the fair sex
BY only stopping to take notice of this humble
bird. IHE NEWTIME HEN