The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-09-09
Hints TO Husbandnlcn.

to state at once that while it
is true that all married men are
husbapdmen. these hints are not in
tended exclusively for male heads Of
families. or husbands.
There are, of course, very few hus-
bands TO whom advice and valuable
suggestions Of one kind or another
could not be given, but it is not at
present the intention of the writer to
give aid and comfort to that kind Of
husbandmen as such. 1t would there
fore, be time wasted for married
men to read this article, and others
under the same heading. with the
expectation Of obtaining Information
as TO how to escape debts Of milliners
and order makers; as to how to make
a salary Of SIS cover the cost Of q
$50 family; as to how to get suffi-
cient sleep and yet not neglect the
baby. which has the whooping cough,
lens of the majority of husbands call
for application Of a deeper philosophy
and Of higher mathematics than hui
man ingenuity has yet provided.
These preliminary remarks would
Rave been unnecessary if the head
ing had been "Hints to Farmers" or
Hints TO Plowmen," or Hints to
Cul'ivators of the Soil" or Hints to
flayseeds," but somehow the word
"husbandmen" seemed the word best
fitted to describe the good people for
whom the hints are intended and,
even at the expense Of this lengthy
preface, 1t was decided best to select
1t in preference to other words or
phrases with similar meaning. While
there are numerous hints which the
writer proposes to give to husband
men, 1t may be best to limit them, the
hints. to one or two in each article so
that their usefulness may be more
fully appreciated and their adoption
more likely.
A few suggestions will now be
presented in regard to the interesting
subject Of raising poultry for profit
and the hen-pecked married man is
not the only citizen who is expected
to be interested. In other words he
Is not the only husbandman in the
country who is concerned In this
matter. and his disapproval Of poultry
raising In general, and of hens In
particular can be and will be dis
credited at the start. Next to the
prevention of sore-head and cholera
among the chickens, the most import
ant matter to demand the consider
alton of the raiser Is that OF pro-
viding food for the chickens at a cost
that will keep them from committing
suicide by eating their heads of.
Oats are good for chickens, while it
may cost quite a lot to SOW wild oats, it
undoubtedly pays to raise them on
Wild oats, because chickens thus
raised are apt to come home to roost
and almost anyone who can raise cane
can SOW wild oats.
The kind Of chicken that is raised
Is quite important. Of course. if we
raise chickens only for home con-
sumption, the common breeds. or
Darn yards, are preferable, because
they are hardy. or the various
barn yard varieties II is unquestion-
able that the frizzled chicken is
preferable to the others. il the hus-
oandman Is hen-pecked and is re.
CURED to pick the chickens every
few days for dinner. The advantage
Is due to the fewness Of the feathers
on the frizzly and to the further
fact that such feathers seem TO the
husbandman to be more valuable on
account OF his being able to pick the
chickens on time and to have his
wife express her appreciation OF the
Feat by telling him that it Is quite a
feather in his cap.
Next to the frzzly chicken comes
the Dominica or speckled chicken.
Its value over the other varieties OF
narn yards lies in the fact TINT II
resembles the Plymouth Rock and
can occasionally be sold as such.
"hiie al the same time 1t can be
eaten now and then by the home
people without producing upon them
cHects similar TO those that might
'e expected from swallowing equal
quantities of dry and pure gold dust.
Inc eating Of fancy chicken meat AL
most Always produces this unpleas-
ant sensation, unless the eater IS
dining out. The Leghorn or oh,oL