. The Farm-poultry. comfortalile, andwell lighted by twenty-four windows on south change was satisfied that it was the unbalancedration. After the feed of mash was given,which was always nearly a full feed, aboutfour quarts of boiled potatoes fed whole weregiven I lie fowls. At night a light feed ofmixed grain was given in litter. The fowls were all in one flock until Feb. 1,when they were divided into six flocks forbl eeding purposes. U|) to Ihix time only halfof the 100 ft. house had been used. Afterdividing, 1 used the whole house. Along inthe latter part of January and in Februarythere was
. The Farm-poultry. comfortalile, andwell lighted by twenty-four windows on south change was satisfied that it was the unbalancedration. After the feed of mash was given,which was always nearly a full feed, aboutfour quarts of boiled potatoes fed whole weregiven I lie fowls. At night a light feed ofmixed grain was given in litter. The fowls were all in one flock until Feb. 1,when they were divided into six flocks forbl eeding purposes. U|) to Ihix time only halfof the 100 ft. house had been used. Afterdividing, 1 used the whole house. Along inthe latter part of January and in Februarythere was much egg eating by fowls, due tolack of shell material, though oyster shellswere present. [Overfat, more likely.—Ed.]The division into flocks seemed to increase theegg eating for a time, but after two weeksfeeding of the clover meal, the hard shells onthe eggs seemed to stop the habit. The fowls were confined to the house fromJan. 1 to April 1. I lost three in January,due to colds caused by raising a window about. TORO. ISred by Geo. H. Northup, Itaceville, N. Ihls cock says :—Tliis cock isllio most successful sire of hot!) sexes oC Black MlnorcasknowD. His pedigree liacos l);u-k (lii eclly to Clianipiou and Allien, and eiiiliraees manyprize winners of preat nolo. He sired the first prize cockerel in single class at Madison Square Garden show1887 and llie cockerel and pullet in first prize breeding pen at tlie same show. Also the first prize hen atMie Usl Boston show, and many other winners of important prizes, botli males and females. He is named highest eminence of Minorca Island, and is to the Minorca breed what his name suggests theluliesi type. side. The earth floor is six inches higher thanthe ground outside. Six inches of straw isuwd for scratching material. The roosts aremidway Ijctweeii front and back of building,»nd ill sections 4 ft. square, with droppingsIwards underneath. Fresh water was sup-plied twice
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