POULTRY SCRATCHINGS

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 285, 28 July 1888, Page 4

PO ULTRY SCRATCHINGS

Which is tiii Blst i>ki ij> ' -Tiuo is a question iiequenlly abkul ol puitlLi \ papui and bieedeis, and we Simula like 10 know the man that can anv.\<i it, -alislactouly. There aie so man} biew'b now possessing useful qualities, that their i» httie or nothing Lo choose between thun a> icgaidb profitableness. Discussing iiu> quo-Lion a poultiy fancier says : — T\cw aspiumtb for public favoui' may bo boldly termed the only good fowls on earth, or old ailnmeimay say the & tine ot long tiied vaueoios, but most ot those now in the market aie eminently use tui and beautiful, and this it Lhe moral I am aiming at in these times. iStick to whatovei breed you have taken up, and improve it to die utmost ot your ability. I was led to make the^c icnidiki by numerous inquuies tor the " bu.-,L bieed, ' and from hints ol many giving up good stock ol tued meiit. Tlie man who wishes to make his mark, cannot be toroxer changing. He i=> £>oing back alt the tinits, unlearning his leptont, bo to sneak. lMi'jio\ im; v I'uLLTiiv JbYouk. — 'Vlnle we do not advibc an amateur to atait in on too high priced iowlb, we do act vise iaimeuwho keep poultry, toinqjiove their stook by the addition ot pure bted male birds. Light Brahmafe on ordinal y barnyard &bock, A\ilif>i\e a good table towl. ISlext seabon keep only the choicest pullets from this cross, and use Light Brahma male birds again, and the next bea&on you will have pullets ht to cross with Black- brea&ted Red L)a,me, or the Dor Icing breed. In this way you can inexpensively improve your ilock, having them glow bettei and bettor each year. buccbsSFUL Fa.noiliis. — It io not in numbers, not in pietentious buildinjis (though many think bo), and not cspec.ally in being able to carry oil i .ome pa/e.s at our nearest biiow, that we look for evidence of a man'b right to the title ot bleeder and fancier. Many a man A\ith only space enough for properly keeping a do/en hens and raising lifty chickens annually, does more as a biceder ol really line specimens than many another with several dozens of breeding stock. Thus, often, men arc disappointed w hen they vibib some noted biceder. They suppose, judging iiom Che number of extra fine chicks wuion he ib known to sell, that he miibt keep an immense stock of breeders. They have yet to learn that welldoing is better e\cn in fowl-iaising than gicat doing Moistuki. jx LLaiciuno Et.iis. — As those who run incubatoia will soon be setting the machines going tor another reason, it is as well to lcmind the inexpciienced that the egg.s mitbt have moisture, and if thib is not supplied by the machine in some way you must spi inkle with warm water, or adopt some obhei mcansa ot supplying the needful moi&tuie. The reason bo many fully matuied chickb die in the bhell, is foi want of sufficient moi&tiuc, thcmembianc intervening between the cluck and the bhell will become bo tough thac the iibtle oiphan cannot break through it, and so dies. In put ting the eggs in the drawer, put the large end up. Lay the thermometer on the eggs, the bulb lying between and touch tmj the egg.i. Have the other end of the thermometei a little the highest.