89S Agncultm^al Gazette of jS\S.7F, \_Nov. 2, TJUS. 



Hatching. 



'I'liL' liiitcli i iip' is (lone on tliis farm mostly l)y i iicuI)atoi"s. Tlic owiior 

 sav's lie cannot afford the lien's time to hatch and rear chickens, as it 

 pavs him host to kccj) them hiving'. 



When an\ liecome liioody. a few days is sutticiciit to cure them, and 

 the\' usiialh commence to hi\" aeain in ten or twelve da\s. There is the 

 further fact that those who use hens have ot;ciisional ones which leave 

 the nest hefofe the hatch cniiies off. the whole Setting:- and I Hue of the 

 lien lieine- thus lost. The i ncuhator-hutched chickens have the advanta^v 

 of coiuiuenciiii:- life with a coiu]ilete freedom from vei'iuin. which is the 

 S?ri'at iiane of chickeidioo(L Tlie fost ei'-iuot hers an' all home luade. siiui)le, 

 aiul effective. 



A breeding; pen cf White Legtiorns. 



Feeding and Rearing. 



"When the chickens are hatched 1 do not ti'ouhle with any of the fancy 

 luixtures," said tlii' ]iro|irietor. "(h\ a fariu where one has to luake a 

 living' from fowls there is no time for tliese sjiecial foods. Chicken 

 mi.xtures are, no doubt, all idejit, hut when 1 can rear !).") pi-r cent, of 

 those liatclied on hran ami pollard luade into a cruiui)ly state, what ni-ed 

 i.s there to chantje for foods luore expensive? I commence the newly- 

 hatched chickens on l)ran and pollard, luade into a cruiuhly state, with 

 hot water. This 1 altei'nate with cracked wheat. With this plain, siiuple 

 feedin;^' they thrive well, and when the cockerels get as luuch as they 

 will eat, they are in fit condition for the imirket at four or five months, 

 while the ptillets, through not iK'ing forced, are well constituted for a 

 twelve months' laying." 



Feeding the Layers. 



"The layers are also simply U'A. hut mi fixed rule, weathei- conditions 

 governing the meals, while at other times a certain food ma\ run out, 

 and they have just to take whatever is available. Pollard and hran, with 

 cut green sttiff. ami meat three times a weels is the usual nioi'uing feed: 



