Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1891 — THE PULTRY YARD. [ARTICLE]

THE PULTRY YARD.

How to Pack Eggs. It always pays to pack eggs in egg cases. They are self-counting; being uniform in size, and will carry She fragile fruit much safer than any other way. An exchange says that market reports quote eggs with such a large range in prices, because of the unjudicious management and unskilled handling. It is best to make two grades, those absolutely clean and fresh and those not up to the standard in color, cleanliness or freshness. The Color of Eggs. It has always been our opinion, says an exchange, that food given to poultry has much to d© with the color of the yolk of their eggs, and we still hold to that opinion, and Say that the more fish, meat, cabbage, and stimulants you give your poultry, the lighter color the yolks on the

oggs will be. If you want yellow yolk eggs feed the best yellow corn you can get. You will find this to bo true and you have only to try it to prove the aSs,, sertion. A Hardy Fowl. The Plymouth Rocks have proved their great adaptability to variable climates, atmospheric changes and unfavorable conditions. They have the ability to stand the summer’s heat and winter’s frost; neglect bad usage, uncomfortable quarters and poor food, without showing signs of deterioration. They make good foragers when at liberty, on tho farm they become self-reliant and will provide for themselves a good share of their living for eight months in tho year. They will bear confinement well as they are neither wild nor of a roving disposition. They have a pleasing appearance, one that would strike the ordinary observer with the idea of usefulness, nor is this idea illusory, as they embrace more practical merits than any breed that we know of. Tho farmer will find them his fowl in every respect.