. American farming and stock raising, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments. Agriculture. 1407 incubators, we may have chickens in December, as well as in June. When hatched in the winter, they will be more hardy, less liable to become diseased, and may be taken care of with less trouble, when there is a warm place provided for them; but if warm quarters are not provided, it will not prove worth the while to attempt it. When chickens are hatched in warm weather, the sun burns them, unless there is an abundance of shade provided, while the excessive heat
. American farming and stock raising, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments. Agriculture. 1407 incubators, we may have chickens in December, as well as in June. When hatched in the winter, they will be more hardy, less liable to become diseased, and may be taken care of with less trouble, when there is a warm place provided for them; but if warm quarters are not provided, it will not prove worth the while to attempt it. When chickens are hatched in warm weather, the sun burns them, unless there is an abundance of shade provided, while the excessive heat checks their growth, but not their appetites; hence, it will cost more to raise them, although they will not be ready for market or for exhibition in the fall when they should be fully feathered and nearly grown, to be best suited to either place. Fattening Poultry. — If fowls are constantly kept in good flesh, it will not take long to fatten them. Most of the chickens found in the market are taken directly from the yards without extra feeding, but it will be found more economical generally to fatten them for from fifteen to twenty days before marketing. For this purpose they should be confined in a darkened coop, or pen, and fed three or four times a day all they will eat. The place of confinement should he kept as clean as possible, free from draught, and dry. It is better to pen them in small numbers, say from eight to a dozen in a pen, putting such together as have been accustomed to run together, otherwise they wUl be liable to quarrel, which will prevent their gaining weight. A coop with a barred floor, so designed that the droppings will all fall through, is very good for the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Flint, Charles L. (Charles Louis), 1824-1889. New York, Casselberr
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