Show THINGS ABOUT GUINEA FOWL birds make excellent substitute for game and many big hotels serve them as pheasants by sins A JOSEPH the demand for guinea fowls grows stronger every year and la increasing as people become acquainted with the good qualities of their flesh those who have learned to appreciate the flavor of the flesh of a plump guinea are not slow to express surprise at the tact that the excellent qualities of this bird have not been more widely recognized it Is true that the cook book falls to refer to them at all and yet there Is not the least question but that they are superior eating to either the duck or the goose the young fowl are best broiled while the older birds may be cooked by any recipe devised for the cooking of chickens and in any case the result Is far more palatable the flesh of the guinea is rather dark but is finely grained possessing a gamey flavor for this reason the fowl makes an excellent substitute for game and many hotels in the larger cities serve it tor pheasant the eggs are also much relished on account of their rich flavor every family in the country should keep a few guineas it for no other purpose than tor a watch for the easy to raise guinea fowl are always in demand and are considered the most delectable of the domestic breeds poultry flock in fact in some places th this state they are called the watch dogs of the poultry yard the high shrill notes which aney possess will quickly put to flight any hawk or crow mischief bent while after night no prow ling animal or person can approach a house where guineas roost without arousing their discordant cries of alarm their senses 0 smell and hearing seem to be very keen the time required for hatching guinea eggs Is twenty eight days the gulped is naturally a wild bird pos ceasing a strong instinct to zander for this reason it Is better to raise the young birds under hens as they are more careful of their young than the guinea hens and a great deal ot trouble to get them to behave ahle domestic fowls will be avoided and it a few chicks can be placed with the brood when first taken off BO much the better the guineas will then be inclined to stay along with the other birds and will not be nearly so wild as it kept alone OATS WILL PRESERVE EGGS when carefully packed in barrel and placed in some try will keep sweet by D every sear I 1 pack a great many eggs and they keep from two to three months and even longer in perfect condition I 1 have tried water glass and other things but find that oats will keep eggs longer than anything else I 1 pack them in half barrels and use plenty of oats I 1 first place a layer of oats about three inches on the hot torn and then a layer of eggs never allowing one to touch the other or the sides of the barrel and then tol low with another layer of oats until within about six inches fram the top when I 1 fill up the barrel with oats it the barrel containing the eggs Is placed in a cool corner or the cellar or in the attic or any other dry place they will keep perfectly sweet but it allowed to become damp they will cdoil I 1 have packed eggs in october in this way leaving them in the barn un til nearly christmas and then bringing them to the house I 1 have used these agga egga as late as the following april and havar sold them always stating exactly what they were and never had a complaint buy a good incubator it may cost a few dollars more to buy a good incubator to start with but the saving in eggs which are apt to be spoiled in a poor machine will more thin make up the difference in the cost during the first season s run not to mention the time and work wasted eggs for hatching egge from old hens should not be need for hatching purposes select agga egga from young barda of good type color form and breed special attention moat he paven to BO lection if hf r ii proved |