Show DAIRY AND POULTKY INTGriESTINO CHAPTKIIS rOil OUR RURAL RBADenS I lien 5neeoulut 1 tneee htpeeatS Thl I tehialtniul iih the hIoseaimshhhlan 15 to II to Dr hIe Ohelk sid Ioullrj I A 2tu lock tooilesiiso At tho Wlaconsln Houndup Initltuto held at Monroe last week C K Chap mnn of reriivllle New York made an address on poultry raising Ho Is I n young man and tins been In the bust Ova but a few years but he exhlbll Iho true Instincts of n buln Mllko I i poullryman I Only about six yesra ago I I ho began to keep poultry 1111 first I movo In Iho business was to redut I I everything I to figure lo know Juit how many ho had how much they cost how much feed they consumed how many egg they laid sOul how great fowl Iho proOti on all hi fowl and on each I It may be nn encoiiragemenl to our poultryloving reader lo know his record for ono year Wo will lake Iho I year 18DO which ha began with GOO bens partly 1 brown tOut partly white I oghorn Ho han sottlid down lo Iho Leghorn fowls believing them lobe the bent layer The record will boot greet I Inlrrtllt 10 Ihoe Ihal luLm In I tho laying rapacity of earh j breed Horn hntn put tho Ixghorn 05 low na ISO egg per year whllo moil book that gIve tho mpacllle of the breeds set Ilio standard at 700 CMC This lat ter figure lIfts long bcvn regrded no very Inaccurate though doubllcM a flock coiihl bn bred up to that point by careful irleetlon Kor the riitlro ear the COO hen lay on an averngn id elK loch Theo egg brought on an average ZlVte per Intro the total receipt for the year for egg being filtt0 110 mum have bred n large number of bird and havo had numcrou rockereli to nell ra hla receipt for atock aold wuC 1170 Tho manure from Ihcio flock bad a vaIn of 170 Tide would bo 4S rent per fowl for each of tho COO but It probably represent the dropping ala l of all tho new Mock produced Tho total recelpta were IZ2IO The expens M wereCost of feed ICCO laVor WO Intereal on money Inreated In fowl and building 1M Thli glret I i the total ftxpeno u 11070 Tho net profit of lIe flock for that year wa 1170 Tho net profit per bird wa 1193 Thli of course wa not dono by letting ton fowl hullo for them selves AA they aro compellnl to do on many farm Tho bird have been well houied and well fed Tho houses are well toil warmly built each ono holding nbout 100 fowl I One of tho house an Illuilrnted on A I chart had Iho following Proportion LengthThirty feet I Width Twelve feet Lower stcrrHlx l and onehalf feet wall or hunts I Upper atory Four feel to plate Window 2i2H feet on one end on Ida 4x2 abovo and below Ono Idea brought prominently to Iho tront In the diagram of Mr Chapman iv that too much light nhould I not bo given oipeclally on the aoutli aide I Tor Ibl rcaaon tho window arc mMI and low In number Tho rcnium Ra advanced bY Mr Chapman I thai Iho poultry louio ahould < l not undergo rapid hange of temperature In Ibo winter When there aro largo expanse of glai on tho louth lido tho winter sun pour through them heating this room to almoat n lumnicr tomperaturo Tho owl also placo thcmielvr In tho direct di-rect ray of tho aim and 110 bank In a luly warmth Hut when tho um goes down the temperature fnlt with great I rapidity falling frequently far below cro Thl dally nnd nightly change II I of great Injury la tho fowl I After being heated up In tho daytlmo they ore unablo to ao well endiiro thin arctic arc-tic cold of tIle night Fowl had bct trr bo kept at a low tompcrntura than 10 bo forced to endure It halt of the lime Thl will bo n now Idea to omo noultrymen but appear rvaiionable However tho advocate of home with glana expoiurr on tho louth will say nnd Juitly that It II poultry homo bo couitrucled with doubla wall ami itorm stilt In addition to tho Ant stab the rooma will retain through tho nlghl much of Ibo heat they have nrqulroil during tho day rim house of Mr Chapman hOve ventilator but wo learn ho lbs dlicardcd tho uio of them boarding them up Wo give tho tnblo of hi feeding ration ra-tion which hi I oa follow 1 Morning by 1 weight nil they will pat onehalt bran onefourth corn onefourth oat Mix with milk or boiling water Ono pint of salt two quart of charcoal Ono buihcl clover hay cut fine If no milk add sixteen poiimla of moat I Noon whole graIn by meaiuro two part oat one quart buckwheat ono part wheat Kt < d ono part to every fitly hem In chaff 3 Night vholo grain by ineavuro Hams IUf No S all they will Mil 4 Drink milk or puro water E Ono bushel beet or other green feed per dRY lor chicks his ration II I nl follow A caki > Sour milk Nit ami cola itlr In lifted feed till ill la very thick and bake U U is I nil right It will crum bin when broken 3 Cracked wheat 3 Milk or water llMlde lheo aria oyatcr clam sell jhclli or bouo pounded 1 or ground loud 1 duit or sold Is I given In delrablo quantities It ihould be rememt > ered that tho ra < lion for fowl Is I for COO hen Wo would not Ilka to hove any of our render feed n pint of salt lo n mall Dock |