Show agricultural epro prom n the germantown telegraph liens hens and hea hen coops MR bir FREAS no domestic fowls arb are diore profitable profitable than the hen all that is requisite to render them then a source of great income ia atter attention atlon and careful study of les tie ies I 1 s and habitudes habit udes with which nature has en dowed do ived them for the last twenty years I 1 have kept constantly a large choti though li varying number of these fowls and my ray note lok tok book contains some singular 7 dr and not a few amusing incidents I 1 illustrative illustrate e of the character and capacities which they exhibit when thoroughly domesticated and permitted to follow the direction of their own propensities and ani impulses uncontrolled As a general thing I 1 have found the native breed as profitable as any when properly managed the them fowls are hardy rarely attacked by ende ender mical diseases of any kind and may be fattened and put in marketable condition at a less cost coat than fowls of a larger larger size bize the cochin chainao chinas for instance or ake the shang bhai when kept principally for laying they should be confined not in a close house or Il henery 21 as it ia is commonly termed but in a yard opening into apartments prepared with lle ile lie the abw re requisite site fixtures fixture sin iri lri chih h they should be fed and allowed to pass p ass the night as well as to incubate their eggs nourishing food is more important to the hen than to any other domestic fowl the best article that can call be supplied is a mixture of oat meal indian meal and boiled potatoes onet onel hird third of weight thoroughly mashed and fed warm this ibis is highly salutary in its effects upon the animal system and is a powerful promoter ter of af fecundity fresh meat is also a most important in t 0 article and a full supply of it should oe e allowed at all times an in my hen house or in the yards protected by shed roofs I 1 have boxes in which not only chopped meats meat is constantly kept but a liberal supply of bone dust gravel sand wood ashes pounded brick lime bucl buci buckwheat wheat oats and chopped roots is constantly kept and to which or any of which the fowls can have free access whenever they feel an inclination for either water iq lq is 19 supplied by a pipe from a n neighboring ei I 1 bb or spring ar abw the location of the yard being rather eliv eile elevated at edwith with no lofty structures tures turea in the vicinity the inmates are at all times blessig with pure air which is no less essential to their Ie health alth aith tb than an 1 it t 1 ia a to ra man an in whites history of selkirk there are numerous anecdotes of the hen but remarkable us as are some of these a chapter from my note book would present matter equally surprising int ing if not more so and for the authenticity and strict accuracy of which I 1 can most freely vouch it is surprising 11 how mere instinct can so nearly resemble jeason teason reason As I 1 have studied the habits and watched the he actions of the hen I 1 have sometimes been inclined to regard the two principles as ili in essence though modified in degree that m mysterious emanation of the mundane soul which ich philosophers dignify by the name of instinct often produces results which might be attributed to reason but I 1 have not time at present to discuss this thi s interesting subject though opportunity may hereafter enable me to do so at len ien length gili and to present instances strongly corroborative of the theory inculcated by certain who hold tenets not 0 generally on regarded as correct A GOOD int ift nes HEK i COOP when hens hena have chickens chick and especially when several broods ure uro are ire crl cri trusted entrusted to one fel fei female nale it is often feces eary to separate them from the other occupants eave ants of the henery or yard in which they have been confined when thia ia is the case a most moet convenient coop or moveable moveably move able house may be supplied b by y forming a box of rough boards three feet long jong by t two W 0 anda and a hair half wide wida and eighteen inclines inches high lae the bottom should be left open as should also one of the sides across which at the top there should be a piece of plank aa as well as a similar one at the bottom to these which may be regarded aa as the sill and plate of the front baths laths or narrow ovir ovit strips of boards be attached the distance between each being juat just sufficient clent to admit the free ingress and egress of the chicken chickens 3 without allowan allowing the escape of the lien hen A high hi roof with a ridge pole and low projecting ejecting eves eyes should be a abed d deo dea and made water tight ly by shingling in order to protect the in inmates from the wet and secure a dry place on which they may feed and be hovered by the hen before being used a liberal coat of whitewash should be applied to the inside and andallo aiso also to the exer exterior lor thia this will act as a purifier and tend power powerfully funy runy to protect the inmates from the attacks of disease and vermin coops of this kind admit of being moved as circumstances may require and without the trouble cf of securing t or taki taking n out the inmates A brood of chicke chickens n s confined con coneeney finey finel in a garden will wi it atla atia oid bid efficient protection to the tire plants by dev devouring aring the worms and ani insectivorous depre daters of ol an character which prey upon them at certain and with such fatal voracity opacity ora city A acin acid tle or r adall opening should be lef left I 1 in the roof root to admit of the introduction of food f 0 od water nater ac aud and provided with secure fastenings to protect the inmates from molestation d diring iring th tha night theae coops will be found very handy and may be constructed by any one who can command the iise ilse use of the requisite tools I 1 the cost is but a few shillings shill ino irp aud arid when properly made a coop will last foj nany years NOT A hax iia FANCIES |