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Show f Mltry Talk. I Not only farmera' wlvea, bul farown alto, would ha pleated If the hen would ley during the winter monthi, at many I a "bill" that could be ued profitably In Improving the farm la broken to buy 1 grocerlee, wrltea Mra. H. c. Parker In Journal of Agriculture. The majority do not reallte the care It require to have ihe bene produce egga during the winter. There wae a time when we wondered why our hna did not lay through the winter, aa they bad warm ' quarter!, nil the cold water they could i drink, and plenty of corn. W found i that thU waa not nil they required; a change of diet waa neceeeary. and having hav-ing tried a relied ration ot all that le naually raited on a farm, tome of the . hene would lay. but not all by any meani. We tried giving them grit. I meat, and bone regularly with goad reiulte. If thrre are other! whoee near-eet near-eet marketing place It imnll, and green bone cannot alwaya be gotten we will for their benellt tell how we manage. After butchering we cook all ternpt; to 1 bo more explicit, tho lung, kldneya, anout, hoofa. etc , until perfectly ten- 1 der: after making checee of tho hoga' headi. we rave all of the bone, all the ipare rlbe, back bonea, and to on; theee are fed every other day. We rook rabblta for them md after bolting bolt-ing theee tcrape, rabblti, and to on, there will l a greaty broth; by atlrrlng bran Into thla one will have another meal of egg-producing food. Ilent will refute corn any time for green bone or grit At thle time the aahea hare to he removed from the itovei to often, we alfl theee occaalonally, about twice a week, and give the hena the charcoal. A cloee obaervcr will find that there are aeveral hena In every flock that i i lll not produce eggi during the win- I I ler under any condition!. Thete had better be dlepoied of by marketing or prepared for food, na they aro unprotlt- i able and oreupy room that la needed for hena that will produce egg. It li ! well not to crowd heni, oi n number I comfortably houeeil will produco mote I egga Our hennery la Ineipenalre, but la comfortable. When our Drat anow-atorm anow-atorm began, we did not wait until nlxht for our hene lo come to the rooit, hut got I hem all In ai toon aa It began tn anow. and at the pretent writing, the thermometer Indicating 1 dcgreei above aero at noon, we do not allow them outtlde ot the hennery, but optu the door In ihe laying room, and replace re-place It with a acreen door to that they have air, and aunihlne. The care of poultry le not hard work, bul their want! mul be attended lo regularly the creaker the eiperlcnco the more knowledge you gain In regard to them. I think where one bat the time to devote de-vote to the rearing and marketing ot poultry and egge, that thero la an In-denendenre In-denendenre In It Our hem. being large, ault ua In regard lo ahapo. all! and plumage, bul e find that being a nearly pure breed that they do not lay eo often, or to young It requlrea trore time for them to mature; but na cent are what we aro working for, we will croit wllh tho Urown Leghorn! Ihe coming iprlng. CwH.llllen, Firmer! will net cr Fiare rcoaon to fear competition from the producer ot poultry In large towm or near cilice, when the latter make It their entire butlneaa. The cott ot producing both I eggi and fleeh mutt alwaya be greater under lueli condition! than they will bo ' on the farm. On the farm there are large nre.it that ran bo roamed over by the flocLi. which will plek up enough lo tunko feeding at the pen an tinnccee-ury tinnccee-ury thing during a largo part ot tho year. Thui, one man telle the I'arm-ra' I'arm-ra' Ilevlew, that bli wife kcept 200 I I ahorn hem and eeldom fcrdt thorn. Her huaband run. a threahlng machine nml much grain la hauled to bla placo fr throttling. Tho waite grain provet final to almott the entire, aupport of t be flock of hem. On moil farm! will be found some condition nkln to thli. The expentet aro to reduced that n cood profit can bo obtained even when egga are low. On the other baud, the ipcclallit usually hai Lot a tmall area ot land and find! It mora profitable to buy thin to ralio hli grain. He mutt ilwayi gel a good price for hit product! It bo It to make a profit. Ilarley at a 8tock Food. To determine deter-mine the value ot barley at n ttock food In a practical way, teita wcro recently made by feeding It In camparlion with corn and with wheat In Ibo feeding tetti with plgi, ground barley did one half better than unground, and ground corn did one-ufth better tbaa unground. Wliolo barley gave better reeulti than wliolo corn, around corn required one-hill one-hill moro food to make a pound ot growth than ground barle. Ground barley mado one pound ot growth for every 3H pound! ot grain l fed, at e, coat of but a ahado over two i centi per pound, which waa better tbaa any other feed did. In iteer feeding teati both corn and wheat turpatied the barley. In lamb feeding toata Itiore wua ainrcely any perceptlbto difference In reeultt from corn, wheat and barley. bar-ley. Corn and barley mixed gave better bet-ter roaulla than either alone. In every feeding tntt bald barley gave better ro-ulte ro-ulte thou common barley. Fanner and Stockbreeder (London). Illcyilea tnd Cream. The bicycle which hai hurt the hono li no enemy of the cow. The harder cycleri wheel, the more Ice cream they eat On a hoi day (lreuler New York alone contumei 18,004 qtwrti. How many million! ot luarta the people of (Ireatcr America Jltpoee ot la not let down by the ita-tlatlelana. ita-tlatlelana. Wheelmen are patroni ot eountlcM roadelde dalrlet. Hence, though the bicycle doeen't eat hay, It Indirectly blpi the dairy farmer. Bxehange. A wealthy Kngllthwnman, lady Murray, Mur-ray, la .itablithlng a home for poor author! at Anilbea, France. Tbote tent there who are not Insurable, but who are likely to benefit by the change, will pay S pr week. |