JOSH BILLINGS ON HENS.
The best time tew sett a hen iz when the lion v/. ready. I kant tell you what the best breed iz. hut the Shanghai iz the meanest. It. kost.s'more tew board one thiin it duz a stage-boss, and you might az well undertake few fat- a fanning - mill, ruimiii oats thru it. There iiint no profit iii keeping a hen for his eggs, if he lazes less than oncji day. Hens "are long lived, if they don't koiitract a throat disease; there iz a
grate menny goze to pot every year by this mcllonkolly disease. I kaut tell eggzaetly lunv to pi'-lc out a. good hen, but :\y. a general thing the long-eared ones I kno iiro the least apt to s.-mtch up the garden. Eggs packed in equal parts of salt and lime Avafcr, with the other end down, will keep from o0 to 10 years if they arc not disturbed. Fresh beefsteak \v. good for hens ; I suppose 1 or •"> pomitls si day would be nwl a- hen would need, at first along. I shall be happeo to advize you any time on the hen question and take pay for my advize in eggs.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3634, 6 March 1883, Page 4
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201JOSH BILLINGS ON HENS. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3634, 6 March 1883, Page 4
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