JOSH BILLINGS ON HENS.
The best time tew sett'a hen iz wen the heri-iz raly, I kant tell you what, the best breed ia, but the ;Shanghai iz the meanest. It kosts mora to board one than it duz a atagc-hoss, and you wight as well undertake tow fat a fanning mill, runivm' oats thru it. There ain't no profit in keeping a hen for his eggs, if ho lues less than one a day. Hens are long lived, if they don't kon tract a throat disease; There iz a grate menny goze to pot every year by this mellonkolly disease. I kant tell eggzactly how to pick out a good hen, but az a general thing the long-eared ones I kno are the least-apt to scratch up the garden. JCggs packed in equal parte of wilt and lime water, with the otlu-r end dow:i, will keep for 30 or 40 years ii they are not disturbed, Fresh lict'.i'steak iz good for hens; I suppose 4 or 5 pounds a day would be all a hen would need, at first along. I shall be Iwppce to advize you any timo on the hen question and take pay for my advize in k&.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1330, 17 March 1883, Page 4
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202JOSH BILLINGS ON HENS. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1330, 17 March 1883, Page 4
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