The Asiatics; Brahmas, Cochins and Langshans, all varieties, their origin; . day with a rich mash food composed of groundmeal, ground oats, wheat bran and beef scrap. A self-sup-plying feed box full of bran is aways at hand where theycan help themselves. One hundred young Chicks will eatup one-half bushel of bran from a feed hopper in about twoweeks. If the feed hopper is kept perfectly sheltered fromrain and a little catch box kept under the feed hopper therewill be very little of it wasted. That which falls into thecatch box can be either put back into the hopper or madeuse of in the mash fe
The Asiatics; Brahmas, Cochins and Langshans, all varieties, their origin; . day with a rich mash food composed of groundmeal, ground oats, wheat bran and beef scrap. A self-sup-plying feed box full of bran is aways at hand where theycan help themselves. One hundred young Chicks will eatup one-half bushel of bran from a feed hopper in about twoweeks. If the feed hopper is kept perfectly sheltered fromrain and a little catch box kept under the feed hopper therewill be very little of it wasted. That which falls into thecatch box can be either put back into the hopper or madeuse of in the mash feed. Statements above as to the feed-ing of the old fowls may be considered. To make it moreplain, the absolute rule for feeding Cochins with me is tofeed them strongly on egg forming foods throughout theentire year, except when in molt, when they are fed morefattening foods to assist in renewing their coat of must watch the Cochins continually or they will get toofat to be useful. POINTS ON MATING COCHINS. In mating your Cochins perfect Cochin type must have. A Group of Colony Houses and Yards, occupied by J. D. Nevius White Cochins. cold, frosty weather is at hand, my growing stock is leftout in the orchard in open or slatted colony houses. Whenthe cold weather necessitates removing them indoors, theyare housed in colony houses, made as plain as they can pos-sibly be, that stand in the center of large sized enclosures,great attention being paid to have them perfectly dry, freefrom damp or drafts and constructed so that they may haveproper ventilation, with plenty of floor space and roosts, thelatter being hung very close to the floor. These may be easilyremoved for cleaning and quite accessible to the heavyCochin, leaving the floor space free for the poultry and thenests. I prefer cheese boxes for my Cochin hens to lay these colony houses are four feet wire fences, whichseem to be all that is needed for the confinement of Coch-ins, either young or old. T
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