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Show '"y Kuliltif for Tioflt. Tone li i mitry inlslng, "Hot I u lakes energy e fr i ithrut those nt- tn" t h i for i ui ecus In 'w rut (llv.mii- 'f"lB k or even illca, Wis thai i irt of our poul- lol rl for the e iuko '' If 111 P i oplc H polll- Srti k tl, ti nianj ques-!!ubjf ques-!!ubjf tl, , f ,,, ,,crs7 " tp m bio foul that N en th f rm ii tho tur-J' tur-J' th y n h m irkUpil no """J I th m Tor Hoveral MiMh I . ii cti rilWllK nl. 1 Inn oinlne,! "'"k h ii hut tint mien lLnY. '! Blew tlio "lB Th ttiii, the turkey ,m " Ini In I in iniiv away 1 i th"r i i i,i,, mcr 'Sill mi n or how fin hut .iSY-" u '" ,llc mn,- ' "' '""" ii'iniy r.l in ,x PnkK nf HB0 Si.'""' ' ",m ",y "' ,?'1l tlm mi nohl 'ihe w'k'' I u llKHO I Kit milk V V "" ",rk ,'rc"1 rV ' "" "i ml meal uh ' ! ' '' nl'' Ar,cr '1 111 c ,f ((111 ll n ' irn ami win at ill J, ' 'h irlndpil rool '." 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I don t lot tho oung ihlikens out until the grias Is ilrj, giving them their bieakf lat In their boxes or coops und I vcr neldom lone o chicken I am not much In favor of nelliiiR tho joiiiiR chickens thinugli the cummer iiulenn we have aomo pxtri eaily onea that we can get a fanc price fin as binllera. I keep initio till nhnut tho holldain. l'rlrcs aio usually better then and innposo of nil tho young cockerels at tint lime 1 mined cipona for nev-pral nev-pral seara nnd ill I very well but unless wit have aouip vvn) of aeparatlnB them from tho others (and there nro not many farmer", especlallj rente i a, that liavo auch convenience!) I think it best not tn I line them, for we have tn keep tin in an long when feed Is the hlBhe't. Tho jnuiiR cockerels I aold this jear nvcrngdl W centB nplccp by weight, tho first vvpek In Jnnunr Capons I usunl-1 usunl-1 aold about tho middle of Maich and they bniUKlit about Ml ccnla apiece Thun, I saved two months' hard work In the worst wpath. i and the feed, which la no hmall Item, when It Is ns llRh an It Is this jear I ilwajA keep my soung hena until I have all the jountf elilckcna hitched I Intenl r.ilnliiB, then I nilect out ns many iih I into tn keep thiniiKli tho ninimor for (Rgs. disposing of all the nthi is. I lnvo tried this way for several sev-eral jcars and feel I (an recommend It In all who lali-o poullrs. ellhei Tor ploiauip oi prolll Mra Hniry Crew, befoio Ohio funnels Institute. reps for Hntclilnc. I.arse lintdnH (I. IIrIH the poultry-min, poultry-min, and Reneinlly largo hatches nro nn Index of heilth and vigor, not only in tho patent stock, but In the young It Is the picvnllliiK opinion that nn TUB that Is fertile will batch Tiob-ably Tiob-ably nno-half the eggs that am fertllo hutch VirtHo eggs that for ona rnuno or another do not renrh the nn il sings of Incubitlim tpsult in rotten eggn. JIpikp, nas Then Whlltmnn In Amer-lean Amer-lean l'oulliy Advocate, mtten eggs aro pinnf lonltlvo that om i Ued with fertile eggs nnd hence kllilllty of liatchliiB them. IVHllo s that have been chilled when Incut... 1 will up-pinr up-pinr exuetlj llko innnt fertilized cgBS. Hence the (.rent Impnrlnme of u'lleU Inn crrb often duiliiB oil weulher and kiepliiR them In .1 pluo whein tlie ttmperatuio does not go I elow 40 Jo lio aiuo of the Ipinperaluie It la a Bond plan tn hnvo u tluemomt-ter with A 'lemperaturo of about ro degre-ps nieins tn bo nbnut the bent In which to kiep eRga for hatching Hut 20 ele Bioe inoio heal does them Ka hnn llian 10 degrees less, as a lempeiat re of any li m,th of llmo below to Is nine to be- hai nifu). W bite nhclled ekga me inoio neiikltlve Ihan dailt shelled. 'Ihctn Is another iinann why ig ineiiiit foi lintrhlng purposes hIiouM be collected nftin Ihe fact th it aome hens will sluy on the nest for as i nB ns im hom thus llioioughly vviirmlnic up my eggs Hint perchance may be laid in the pent befo.e 'I Ida wnrmlng and aiibseqiient-'illur "uny l:.,l,e1',", oil soveiul times In a do) nnil to whet extent tho serin Is Injured cin be bcM ascei tallied when It conies In hitching ""I'ly Xrii'ans Rather tho eeRs ofteli lend from cu,w outs. Muty or moldy nesting material In full of minute apore or oiganlsms that lind their way through tr-p porous eggshell I'nder Incubation the contents of the egg turn black nnd mans vers main poullis men have bad hate In a for this reason alone A hole In th ground makra a better nest thin a box full of musty or molds neat tnateilils, likely ns not lice infested besides Trslng tn get ill nf the lice during the season of raising eggs for hatch Ing by thoMise of coal oil, liquid lice-killer, lice-killer, etc. nhould be done wllh great care These things lorcther with greise, Ptc , kill thp germs of nil prrs thpy touch, nnd even long continued exposuie tn the odor of thp first two Is sure to woik harm to thp sensitive germ ngga kept for nns length nf time In the cold dampness of a cellar are sine to be a disappointment nt hatching hatch-ing time. A inodernlels (lis. cool temperature tem-perature In tho Idcnl However a dinft over eggn quickly destiosfl the the life in them and I nlunss like to have the basket lined with cloth rirlhenwaie ei enamel dishes nro the worst possible things In which tu keep eggs lor hatching. A basket lined ns above Is tint very best rhiee weeks iisiulls Is the limit In which egs for hatching m ly be kept IIbks tin ee days old nro better, for no matter how kept after thnt period thes begin tn (Meliorate 1 liming eggs or shifting thrni from one Insket tn nn-other nn-other overs day oi two Is ndvlsablc. A frequent nilstuko In setting oi ralslnr crrb for hutching Is In aclect-Ing aclect-Ing onls tho largo ones It Is, on the other hnnd nifest to entlrels dlsenid all the extra large crrb. The bent plan la to act nil egga of one size, and that size a medium one A medium-sl?ed medium-sl?ed well-slnped and good-shelled egg should bo the Irle il to select by. rood for Chicks. The first food after tho chicks hnvo bet n out of the shell for twenty-four hours may be so iked bread crusts, or a eako made purposely for them aid moistened with milk or water, says Annie I Itogprs, In ltrmprs' Trlend The cake Is mado from mixed meal fed tho hens (com, oats and line feed). A little salt nnd snlerntus nro ndded, nnd It Is then wet up llko a mash nnd thoroughly baked The uncooked dough sn often fed Is not tit for small chicks, and In Its raw stale It Is far harder to digest. This enko should lie feel certainly cer-tainly twlco a day for nix weeks, but after a few dajs tho hill of faro mas' bo varied thus: Moistened cake In the morning nnd at noon, with tho addition addi-tion of mashed small potatoes at (linnet (lin-net time. Morning and afternoon lunch, oat-menl oat-menl moistened with milk or water. This Is tho leal nl title bought of the Rrocer nt 2'i oi 3 cents per pound It sounds veiy expensive and In a way It Is, but It Is also economical beinus.t It Is the most eompleto single food known for chickens As a "well-balanced ' ration by Itself, It piomotes Rinwth In lleah. blood and bone After a week wheat ahojld bo fed at night, and In nnothcr week tho diet mny be Mill further vnrled hy changing tho 9 30 feed to crocked corn, and after nix weeka I substitute a special poultry feed for clear oatmeal. If fresh cut bone can be obtained give this ns soon bb the chirks can bear It, It not, mix a llttlo animal meal with tho Boft feed. They Tny. Chickens nre a trouble nnd nuisance, wp all admit thnt, It la a bother tn look after a penful of pigs, to mini the Ileitis after ynunjr turkess, to try to keep calves within bounds, nnd It Is onls when we do away wllh the turn ble and nulsancp and liotbct for a i-en-aon that vvn reillre to tho full v'ilr vnbtp wiltps a coriespondent In the l.pltonilat Two in thre hunlicd thickens undeifoot are apt to trs ones patience, but those nnmo 20(1 oi Joo chickens Mown I irRC nnd plump, adding add-ing tn tli famlls. the umtlcet output Ihe erg proc'tnlns foice of the fnrm hens, meet what would otheiwlfce bo many vixlng Items of expense Ihe turkeys bring theli lewurd from Thanksgiving tn t hrlslmaa, and, besides be-sides bountiful feasts tel.l the fanners fann-ers wife reidy moncs. which she llnds vets convenient and which caui.es hoi lo foi get wcurlximo Jouiness to seardi foi Melon iienls and to check loving propensities And no wllh the pips and calves and many other things which mas seem a nuisance and bother Thes aio vital pans of the mini lex necessities necessi-ties of farm life part of the cheerful, changing work vvhldi Is ro luvltltiK to overs eneigetlc person who loves the countrs A farm without chickens oi pigs or turkejs or calves m colts would be a vers poor excuse for a farm. In-eleed, In-eleed, and not leas so tn the soung people peo-ple than to the fai m liKome Sale of Hens in Fall. Vc have never urged our farmers and poultry raisers to dlsposo of all their hens In tho fall and rely on tho pullets, but wo have asked them to ntart a new colony of pullets and mark tho result, loilleis aio not sure lasers (lencrally spcakliiK thes will lay well tho first winter, but their second winter win-ter Is best, and Homctlmca they do nicely u third wlntei, but not longer. Ileus are not prolltable If kept more than three winters, exLcpt they aio fine setters nnd mothers. Sometimes It pays to keep a few old hens to ciro for Iho chlrka or dn th netting, hut they ale not piolltnulo for obbb. Thus far tho reports that coino In from tho pullet llncks of laat winter aro Bood and In our n Inlon every farmer ahnutd have thieo colonies of birds and n fattening fat-tening pen, nnd tint ono flock should go to tho fattening pea every fall and Its place taken by a flock of pullets Itocky Mountain llubtundman. raultry Statistics. Tho census bureau has gathered statistics sta-tistics upon almost eveiy Innglnnblo subject. One of the Into bulletins gives the result on poultrs' It shows th it of th ST39f.5t farms In tho United States, iOiSitil reported poultrs. The total number nf fowls 3 months old nnd over lepoited were bb follows. Chickens. Including guinea fowls, 21J -55S0S5, turkeys b 599,367. geese. 0,670 -S63, ducks, i 807.SM. The numbers nf nearly all these classes of poultrs aro smaller na leported In 1900 than In 1890, owing to the fact that ln 1R90 they repotted re-potted all fovvla of whatever ago while In 1000 onls those 3 months old and over were reported , The eggs pioduced In IW wero 1,293,- Siatst; dozens igilnst Mi i.'iaKi dozens In IS" An.lnciiow In the numher nf eggs products! rather than In Increase In the niimhpi of dlfrtront kinds of fowls marks the pntRins nt this branch nf the Imluatiy The vnlue of pnultrs on hand Juno 1, lHW, wan i -"il ani, ihe value of poulliy raised In 119 wan Jl"t,vjisi7 and the valup of egs produced In lsti nm jut ;r,r.s The total liKome derived bs the fnrm-(rs fnrm-(rs fiom their poultrs In.lmtrj In ISia, renrtseiitlns the total value of tho eggs Timlin ed ns will as the pouttrs raised wis JSll,S0t& This tniil in ikes tho poullrs InduMrs one of the laigest con-in con-in Pled wllh nuleiilture The foipRo-Ing foipRo-Ing llRinta do not 'noludo bus niitlstlcs of poultis and eggn ralstd out'ldo of the fatms and ranges Iowa leuls the bt lies 111 the number of,hl(k(iis Imludlnh gulne i fowls, having ld.JOT ;3. Illinois Is M(ond with KCW72S Texas Puis In the number of turkess wllh C48C71 Mlssouil Is second sec-ond with Kiini, Kcntiuks lends In Ihe numbei of ropbo having Dll 57C .Missouri Is so, on I with 42S 07. lo va rnlses the I irrent niinibpi of ducks, tp-portlng tp-portlng IS7 76.'. llllnnln si i nnd with 1S2.&57 low i lepiuls tho laigent vnlue of poultry on hnnd Juno 1, WOO r, r,", . 461 Illinois la neionl with J6 1H031 Illinois reports the tiigmt vnlue of poultry raised In lsn, $ll,"07Vrl, Inwa neroiid, wllh w I'll mi lima leported the greatest number nf eggs lundiieed, 99C2ia;o dozens Illinois icimita the second largest numbei, nl I0j,ij70 elez ps Charcoal for Poultry, l'ure chile. rail, or the charred wood from the stove, when fresh Is nn excellent ex-cellent nld in nrrcstlng- bowel complaints, com-plaints, and Is both simple and h trillions, trill-ions, a is a the C'ountiy World. Where tho hens havo not had a vnrlets', patched patch-ed grain partis burnt affords an itrgcc-ablo itrgcc-ablo change and serves nearly the Bamo purpose as chureoal. Oats, corn, vvhe.it or even brin will ho readily cntcn hy hens when they hnvo been regularly fed on a sameness of diet, nnd such food will giently aid In nrrcstlng diarrhoea diar-rhoea or other bowel disorders. In experiments ex-periments undo to determlno tho benefits bene-fits of charcoal In feedlnB, if ans', four turkeys wero ( online 1 tu a pen and fed on meal, hulled potatoes and oats, ami four others of tho namo blood wero at the namo time contlucd In another pen and fed daily on the sitae articles, but with ono pint of llnoty pulverized charconl mixed with tbolr food. Theso had also a plentiful aupply of hrokru charcoal In their pen Tho eight wero killed, and there 'vna a dlfTcrenie of ono and one-half pounds In fnvor of those supplied with charcoal. Thes' were tho fattest, and tho meat vvns superior In point of tenderness nnd flavor. The Bees of the Nntlon. Tho census bureau has Issued a complete, com-plete, report showing- thHt for tho touiitrs, as a whole, on Juno 1, 10 thero wero 707,261 fnrms keeping bees Theso farms reported 4 looo, swarms, or colonies, vul-ui.t vul-ui.t at 110 is. 31 During tlm sear 1WI thero wero produced pro-duced el HJ l) imunds nf honey out 1 ,'A -31'. t oiiu.ls of wax, of an aggrcgato auluo of t(l9"l Of tho Htate reporting hones Texas Is first. California second and Jew jnrk thlid. repining 3 1.M ITT pounds Tho counties showing the heavlent product! tn urn l'rcsnn Hill Diego and Tulare In Call-fornl Call-fornl i and T(.iil kins, Cayuga nnd Hane-ca Hane-ca In New inrk |