Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1882 — The Hens at Kirby Homestead. [ARTICLE]

The Hens at Kirby Homestead.

:j The nurae girl, needisg outdpOt exei-ciaft. wap fpveu the entire charge of the hens, and the men folks relived of this duty, A programme was arranged, which was carefully carried out, with au astonishing increase in number of eggs. Tbe .new system' of .gement is the nearest perfMtfctf, judging,by result*, of any have ever practiced. Herts iWneeriy risen. Early in the moming tbeytare fed buckwheat—two quarts for 80 hens.. About IQ o’clock they are given four quarts Of apples or carrote, or both, cm. Up fine fn the chopping btrwl witlrthe tjrrtdl* cakes, potato slafce, etc., left over :in the kitchen, and water also is,placed before them -it would be hette* if ,w#rspejL, In tht middle of the aoe again fed corn, ly charred. I ''iti ‘tt***’ Wlfi &reak up easily, f s kept sis tfte'he'n-tiomiS codstantiy, an* also, another box wlsteftesb sbelladn. it pounded up as line as possible.- Another bgjr is filled with coarjje sand from wMcfplheiifcro * dan be replenished wjtb c? yeL,, SlacKed 1 nee is also accessible. We ” , fto keep feed >S#oi«' l the all the tihie'.bnt Chfty got too f it and werr poor layers, 'i hey mast be fedefjgv in the morning*—requiring but alible—and they must be fed with regularity. j i a yariety of feed, and ihUst have some vegetable food to be kept healthy artd dbwvft. They are fond of apples and also of careofa axoqllent for a •changer -buckwheat is one of the best kinds br grtrtlt ffeeding entirely of corn is not so good There should wiwys be a mixture or variety .of grain, o kvbep ftWice a day hens .will not gorge t lemselvee and thus produce disease' in the crop fad digestive organa as they "fcre r >*t to do when only fed once a day. Jt better to divide the ft For-u quarter of> yve have almost Thia man always has egmtenwU. - Farmers’ poultry, are fioo closely mbrad, which makes them weakly aaa impotent f and they ars careless about the old) hens. Young hens a 1 every other year, introducing new blood In no case should - a male be allowed to breed with his own offspring. Vary few farmers consider these' things, and hence poor £4-turna—[N.-Y«, Xribuna