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Show 7 Kaltln7 for Pioflt. fw n limn raising, h'r lr u r tike? eneigy r ( I'liout these nt- "in I h fai mkcoss In We mu 1 i, Kit dlaiour ' ' ' or noil dloi', ketrn ( n i, four poul-1 poul-1 ""1 fur tlm muso r " ' oplc H polll- It k i h ro mau quca-ubjr quca-ubjr tl i, f lrm p,prrs7 'enio tpr iluiiic foul tlint n in i i-m it tho tur-' tur-' W n ii inarkolnl ho leni i mi , )nr khmtiiI lie the i , mrrssriHIiiR UcVcin I ,io inland ,'rl I li i Hit tin. onoa i 1?" " " Hiow tho i aiilni h . i. hunt them " ,Th i nil the luiko J'Mnrlin i , ,ir)y llwiiy frith r I I lluf, ,,,,,'r ,i.h'mr" "' hiiwoia, hut lC'1' ,v ' he morn-1 morn-1 m,k i il n nioi i hudy. "'bill Xtt.okHOfHRO ,,?"', ' dl (old The kill," ' ' '" """'" l Bct nkVf "" HTkHlneaa f'""i l "Id A nor . " ' ''111 0,1 of OIU II W'-ii irn and w he-it l 'ii prim . il fool n,iT '" loulliy until 'cir'l" ' "" riOt tlMlt. it 'nMr Hioiloxt , , h" I" k n I , ,,iiin ' '"i (iirininR Houlln't W .'" ,hn ""t l'ln'e. 'nenknfn "' "' n ln" ,llm Mil ? 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I am not much In fnvor of selllns tho joiing chlikena through the summer unless wo hive some extra cub ones tint wo c in got a fancy price for ns biolleis I keep mine till nbout the liollil.ijn 1'ilicB nio usually better then and dlsposo of nil tho oung cockorcla at lint time I raised capons for several sev-eral jeais nnd ill I vor vell but unless wo have tome w ly of separating them fipiu the others (and there nro not ninny rurmeia, espiel ill renters tint hive such convenience) I think It best not to nilse them, fm we havp Io keep theni so long when feed Is the highest Tho joiingi cockerels I sold this )oir nvemrcil Till conls nploco by weight, tlio fit Bt week In Jnnmi' Capons I usunl-l usunl-l sold nbout tho middle of JI irch and they biought about SO ccnla nplcco Thus, I saved two months' bird work In (ho worst weather and tho feed whleh la no small Hem, when it la as 1 Igh nn It la thla you I nlwna keip my oung hens until I hive nil the jouug chickens Inli hod I Intend rilslng, then I select nut as many as I run to keep through Iho sumtnoi for eggs, dl-poslng of all tho olh.iH I hive tried Ihla way for sever sev-er il M-nrnnnd fool 1 can recommend It to all who nilso poultry, cither for ploisuie oi piollt Mia Homy Crew, befoio Ohio fnrmora' Institute. KBfjs foi Ilntcliliif. Large halche illRht tho poultry-iii poultry-iii in, nnd generally largo hatches nio an Index of health and vigor, not only In tho paiont stoilc, but In tho young It Is tho ptevnllliiB opinion that an tgg that Is fertile will hitch. I'loh-ahly I'loh-ahly (ino.half tho rrR Hint nio feilllo hntch Tn tile c-RRJ tint for one cause or another do not rench the llnnl Rtng of lncul.itlon result In intten crrb J lone e, sns Ihfo liltltnmi In Amci. It nn I'nultiy Advoculo, lotion egga me pi not positive that you started with fvitllo eggs nnd hence u possibility of hatching them rcitllo sga that have boon chilled when Incubitod will np-l np-l ir exactly lllio most foitlllzcd eggs Hence, the runt linpoilitme of collecting collect-ing eggs often dining i oil woutlier and k?e, lug them Inn P1 '" e leiiipeiuliiio does not g' clow 40 Jo ho aiiio of the tcinpctulme It Is i gooi plnn to Invo n thioniomotor "ith "a Umporatuio of It M iloi, res seems ti be nbout i J J1 In keep egga foi Ii iti.dng Wit . e-Bieea e-Bieea mom heat does Ih n loss iiarn than 10 degieea loss, as u 'enu 'Mturo of liny lcimth of time below ' la sure to bo ha.inf.il W hlto shelled oskh aio inoio Honsltlva than dirk shelled Iheio la nnnlher loason why orgs liieant foi halchlliK purposes should Io collontnl often 'Iho foot that some hops will stay on the nest fin ue i InnR as an hour, thus thoroughly wnrniliig up any ogus Hint pelclianro in iy lie laid In (he neat before '1 Ida w arming iiuil subsequent moling may I; ''U cd soverul tlnua ln n iliy nml u. what oxtrnt the genii U Injuied eui i he best iimei tallied when It cointa to hatching such o,rBS i . Xly nil means gather tho egga often I and from ciw cs. Munty or moldy nesting nnterlnl Is full of minute spore or organisms that llnd their way through the porous eggshell t'nder Incubation the omenta of the ot,g turn lilick and many crj man pnulln-men pnulln-men have bad hotrhos for lhls reason alone A hole ln tho giound makes a hotter nest thin n box full of musty or moldy net nntorliU, likely na not llco Infested besides Trjing to Rot rid of the llco during the soisnn of rnllng rgga for hatching hatch-ing by the use nf coil nil liquid llee-klllei, llee-klllei, etc , should be elone with great care Those things, together with greise etc , kill the germs of nil eggs they touih and oven long inntlniiel exposinc to the odor of the llrst two Is sine to work hum to the sensitive germ Ilrgs kept fur nn length nf time In the cold dampness of a eellnr are sure to be n disappointment nt hitching hitch-ing time. A mndointelj drv cool tern-pcrntuio tern-pcrntuio la the Ideal. However, a. draft over eRga qulckl) destiojR tho the life In them nnd I alas like to hive tho basket llnid with eloth I'arthenwnie oi enamel dlshcR ore the worst osslble things In vihlih In keep eggs foi hatching A h iskot lined ns above Is the very best Thieo weka ueually la tho limit In hlcli egt,8 for hatching may bo kept. Kgga thieo daa old are bettor, foi no nialter how kept ufter Hint period thos begin tn doteiloiatc Tuinlng curb or shifting them from one basket to an-other an-other everj day or two Is advisable. A frequent mistake In setting nr raising ogrs for hitihlng is In select Ing onlj tho largo ones It Is, on th, other hantl safest to enthelv discard all tho extra laige ogga. The lest plan la to set all eggs of ono size, and that size a medium one. A medium-slzeel medium-slzeel well shaped and good-shelled egg Bhould be the Ideal to select by. Food for Chicks. The flrat food after tho chicks have hei n out of tho shell for twenty-foui hours may bo soaked bread crusts, or a cako made purposely for them ard moistened with milk or water, siya Annlo Iv llogoia, In rnnnois' Trlond. Tho cake la made from mixed meal fed the hens (corn, oata nnd fine feed) A little salt and salcratus arc added, and It Is then wet up like a mash nnd thoroughl) baked Tho uncooked douuh so often fed la not lit for small chicks, and In Its rnw atato It la far harder to digest This cake should be fed certain!) cer-tain!) twice ti day foi six weeks, but nftei a few dajs tho bill of faro ma) be varied thus: Moistened enko in the morning and nt noon, with the addition addi-tion of mashed small potatoes at dinner din-ner time. Morning nnd afternoon lunch, oat-meal oat-meal moistened with milk or wnter, Ihla Is tho leal aitlclo bought of tho grocer nt 2H r 2 cents per pound. It sounds ver expensive and In n way it is, but It Is alo economical because It la the moat complete rlnglo foid known for chickens As a ' well-lnl-nncod' ration hy Itaelf, It piomntca growth In flesh, blood nnd bono After a week wheat should lm fed at night, and In another week the diet may be still, further varied by changing the 9 30 feed to ernckod corn, nnd after six weeks I subatltuto a special poultry feed for clear oatmeal. If fresh cut bone can bo obtained, give this ns soon aa tho chlcka can bear It, if not, mix u llttlo animal meal with tho soft feed. They Tny. Chickens are n trouble an 1 nulsnnco, we nil admit that. It la a bother to look after a ponful of plga, to loim the fields nfter young turkes, to trj to Keep calves within bounds, and It Is only when we do awo Willi tho tiou ble and nuisance nnd bother for a sea-son sea-son that we icillze tn Iho full tholr vnlue, wiltes a coiiepo"dont ln the npltomlst. Two or thrse bundled ihlekcns undctfoot nie npt to It) one a intlenee, but those simp 200 nr 300 chickens, giown largo nnd plump adding add-ing tn the tainllv, the innikct output the erg proe'urlng fouo of the fnrm hens meet what would othciwlso bo man) vexing Items of expense The turkes bring theti lewurd fioni Thanksgiving to i In ls".mns, and besides be-sides bountiful feists, jleld the funnel funn-el s wife tcadi mono), which she finds very convenient nnd which eaitses hei to foi get wcirlsome Journc)s to sen oh for stolon nests nnd to cheek roving piopcnsltloa And so with the pigs unci cilves nnd m iny other things whleh may seem a nuisance and bother They are vital pirla of tho complex necessities necessi-ties of farm life part of thu eheciful, changing work which la so Inviting to over) energetic person who loves the countr). A fnrm without chickens oi plga or turke)B or calves or colts would bo n vcrv poor excuse for u, faun, Indeed, In-deed, and not lcra bo to thcSoung people peo-ple thun to th fanu income. Sale of Hens in Tail. We hnvi never urc-od our farmera and poultr) raisers to ellsposo of all their hens ln the fait nnd rely on tho pullets, but wo have asked thein to start n now colony of pullets and mark the tesult. rullets tire not sure layers Oencrilly speaking they will lay well tho t)rst winter, but their second winter win-ter is beat, anil sometimes they do nlcel) a thlrel wintci, hut not longer. Hcua aro not profitable If kept more than three winters, except they aru line setters and mothcia Hometlmra It paya to keep it few olel hens to eaie for tho ihleks or do the setting, but they aio not profitable for eggs. Thus far the leports that tome In from tho pullet flocks nf list winter are good and ln our opinion ever) farmer should have threa colonies eif blidi ltd n fattening fat-tening pen nnd that one flock should go to the fattening pen every fall and ltn placo taken by i flock of pullets llocky Mountain Hush indrpan. Toultry Statistics. The census bureau has gathered statistics sta-tistics upon nlmost every Imaginable subject. One of the 1 ito bulletins gives the lesult on poultr). It shows that of th 5 730 f '7 farms In the United State. D0J0,2J leportcd poultry. Tho total number of fowls 3 months olel and over reported were ns follow a. Chickens, Including guinea fowls, 231-5DS08j, 231-5DS08j, turkeys 6 599,3i!7, geese C67(i,-Sb3, C67(i,-Sb3, ducks, i 80",3's The numbers of nearly all theso classes of poultry arc smaller ns repotted In 1900 than 111 1S90, owing to the fact that In 1S10 they ie. poited nil foivla of vvhntevci a(,e. while in 1900 onl) those 3 months old and over were reported , The egga produced ln 1R19 were 1,293 - S19 1S dozens ng Unst SI9 72,' 9li, dnrena In IS'9 An Ineuase In the number of eggs produced, lather I Inn In Increase In the niimbei (,f dlfferint kinds of fowls marks the proRresn of thla branch of tho lnluti. The value nf poultr) on Inn June 1 lsoo, was $,-Tiliii, $,-Tiliii, the value of pniilliy raised In ixii was J13i 1J1S77 and the valiiu of eggs pro lured In lsij was 1H2f1xlVi The lotal lnionio derived b) the firm-e'rs firm-e'rs from Iheli poultr) Industr) In 1R91, renrcheutiiu: the total value nf the egga Piodiiced as will as the poultr) ruls.il waa JIM ITS 01, Thla total makes tlm poultr) Industr) one of Iho Inireat eou-neited eou-neited with nml, iilturo 'Ihe fnti-iro-Ing llgiiiin d not 'nrluilo any aatlstlia of poult! y and cms raised outsldo of the fauns and rnng s. Inivn k ids tho Unites In the niimbei nfehlekiiis lm lulling gulnia fowla, having 1S907 C73 Illinois Is senuid with li C00 7J1 T mb 1 arts In the number uf ttirkevs with M8.(,7l. lllssouil is second sec-ond with 4i, hi,, 'entile! ) leads In the numboi nf geese having rll,S! Missouri la neon 1 with -lis ,07. Iowa mires tho lirgcst number of dinks, io-poitlng io-poitlng 487 7tJ Illinois second with ISJ S"7 lima letoitB tho bngest value of poult!) on hand lune 1. 19(in W i -4hl Illinois Is sernnd with JO 115031 Illinois lcpoits tho Insist value of poultry rnlaod In 1W1 Jll n07,'99, Iown seiond, with J l"l M i Imva loporlod the Rroilest number of cge,s piodiiced, 9JCJ10.0 dozens Illinois leports the second largest nunibei, 'o IOJ,r,7o doz ns Clinrconl for Poultry, l'urc charcoal, nr the charred wood from tho stove, when fresh Is an excellent ex-cellent nld In arresting bowel com-plaints, com-plaints, and Is both siniplo nnd hirm-losa, hirm-losa, hi) a the Counti) World. vVhero the he ns havo not had a vmloty, lurched lurch-ed grain pirtly burnt nffonlH an argec-able argec-able change and sorvea nenlly tho snno purpose as chai coil Oats corn, wheat or oven bi.in will be rondll) e Hon by hens when the) havo boon regularly fid on u aamenesa of diet, and such food will greitly aid In nrrcatlng diarrhoea diar-rhoea or other boivol dlsordoia In ex-pertinents ex-pertinents nude to eletorinlno tho beno-IIIh beno-IIIh of eharcenl In feeding. If any, four turkeys were tontine I in n, pen and fed on meal, boiled potatoes unci oata and four others of tins aatne brood were at the same time confined In nnother pen und fed dully on tho sanio articles, but with one) pint of lluely pulverized chiuconl mixed with their food. These Inel also a plentiful supply of broken thnrco.iI In tholi pen The eight vvero killed, and thero was a dlffeiencc of ono and one-hnlf i ounds in favor of those supplied with charcoal Thoy were tho fattest, and tho meat was superior In, point of tenderness nnd flavor. Tlio Dees of the Nation. Tho census bureau has Issued a com-pleto com-pleto report showing Hint for tho country, ns a whole, on luno 1, 19o, thero vvero 7((7 2C1 farms keei lug bees Thcao farms reported 4 1(i rjrt swarms, or colonics, valued val-ued nt SlOlAc'13 During Iho )ear 1899 thero were produced pro-duced el 1O100 pounds of honey sad 1 7H5 -31, pounds of wax, of nix nggrcgatu vuluo of J, u 1 SiM Of the mate reporting hone) "loins Is first California second an t Now inrk Ihlrd reporting 3 1..' 137 pounds Tho counties showing the heaviest production nro I'resmi Han Diego nnd Tulnro In Cull-fornla Cull-fornla and Inmrklna, lauga and bone. ca In .New ork |