. The business hen (a new brood). Poultry. TC llic Business llc:i. giving any but the most ordinary care to their hens, the foregoing may seem like all too much "fuss and feathers" to obtain eggs even in Winter; but the hen trust has its price and it is doubtful if eggs can be had in quantity for much less. After all if the work is done methodically it is not such an endless round as may at first appear. Thus, in beginning the morning chores, I first give the hens their bit of oats, a "scratch" we call it, after doing the other work the mash is given. The noon feed comes in
. The business hen (a new brood). Poultry. TC llic Business llc:i. giving any but the most ordinary care to their hens, the foregoing may seem like all too much "fuss and feathers" to obtain eggs even in Winter; but the hen trust has its price and it is doubtful if eggs can be had in quantity for much less. After all if the work is done methodically it is not such an endless round as may at first appear. Thus, in beginning the morning chores, I first give the hens their bit of oats, a "scratch" we call it, after doing the other work the mash is given. The noon feed comes in with the rest of the stock feeding. The evening chores are begun by giving the hens their grain; then after gathering the eggs the cabbage is dis- tributed. This leaves no extra running after the chickens, but to give them their "scratch" at 10 and two o'clock. This requires but a few minutes when I am about the barn, and when in the field pruning or absent from home my wife says it gives her exercise as well as the hens. Some one will be sure to ask what is to be done if the hens lack appetite. I must say I have had little trouble in this line. It is natural for hens to eat heartily if conditions are right. If they are fed lightly and often during the day, with a full feed at night, a proper ration of proper bulk; if pro- tected from drafts and floors are kept clean; if, when making a change of food, care is taken to feed sparingly at first there should be little trouble. I have never had anything so serious but what was easily corrected bj feeding scantily for a day or two. Perhaps the old saying: "Eternal vigi- lance is the price of success" does not apply better anywhere than to man- aging hens in Winter, but I think where the vigilance is exercised the success is sure. HOMEMADE GRAIN SCREEN.—Examine a sample of cracked corn and you will be surprised to see how much fine meal it contains. When this feed is thrown on the ground most of the meal is wast
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