Profits in poultry : useful and ornamental breeds and their profitable management . ly are the cheapest and most easily ob-tained green food for poultry during winter. Two orthree heads hung so that the fowls can easily reachthem, around the sides of their coop, and renewed whennecessary, will well repay the trouble. If one is goingextensively into the raising of young chickens for anearly market, it will pay to sow lettuce-seed in a box,and place it in a warm, sunny window. The young andtender leaves are easily grown, and will add greatly tothe health and growth of the chickens. Onions should
Profits in poultry : useful and ornamental breeds and their profitable management . ly are the cheapest and most easily ob-tained green food for poultry during winter. Two orthree heads hung so that the fowls can easily reachthem, around the sides of their coop, and renewed whennecessary, will well repay the trouble. If one is goingextensively into the raising of young chickens for anearly market, it will pay to sow lettuce-seed in a box,and place it in a warm, sunny window. The young andtender leaves are easily grown, and will add greatly tothe health and growth of the chickens. Onions shouldalso be grown and kept for feeding. They are by manyconsidered as a remedy for the chicken-choleia. Ifchopped moderately fine, they will be eagerly consumedby fowls. Tobacco should also be grown by every poul-tryman who wishes to keep his stock free from parasiticpests. Pull the plants before frost, and hang them inthe barn or shed to dry. A handful of the leaves in thenests of sitting hens, particularly, will add a great dealto their comfort, and more to that of their young. It. (Ill) HINTS ABOUT MANAGEMENT. 113 makes no difference whether the tobacco is ripe or notbefore pulling. Hemp-seed will be found useful foryoung and valuable chickens, but the sunflower is ago d substitute, and much more cheaply raised. Pep-pers are a most useful condiment during the wintermonths, helping greatly in the pioduction of eggsthrough the cold weither. A sma 1 number of plantsof the long led \aiitty wiil produce a plentiful supply,much cheaper and purer than the ordinary groundcayenne of the stores. Use them in connection and meal. Set the potatoes on the aftersupper, and boil them until soft. Set them on againwhen the fire is staited in the morning, and bring to aboil; pour off the water, add in one or two choppedpepper-pods, and then add meal, meal and bran, or cornand oats ground togethi r. Mash all together, and makea firm, almost crumbly, mass. This is suitable for amo
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