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een nn nk eee 
‘October and October ; one of them only sitti within | to oung chick: Th ough 
and dry € Seen muriatic acid, although | that Boer ; ari AE a S va staan mares oun y 
more, will prove a more beneficial solvent „ The on-house’ ‘should be secured from rain; it should | cranny at the bottom, ‘with the single _exception of a 
for bones than sulphuric acid. ‘This vi a [be which, | rig tim which m may, or should oe 0 some comm 
ed by ex experimen nt. When sulphuric c acid is use great , ought to rise ina Septy ard of short Grass; and ‘this trap ne to be 
but not otherwise, 1 wt. of nipi salt may be ađvan- | ing npe ction pact the! front toward re back wall, leay- Sloi every night a and indeed À during i the greater part 
: usly pee before mixing with the ; acid, to each ing Space ‘Sufficient: to per: mit the fid from each of the day, excepi tk 
eed “f the bones. vhich ought is curious and in ting 
ds, collec méy in tanks or Otherwise, will answer ‘mudi covered with free-sand_ blended “with some powdered 2 o watch their i yA y alas ortis, which'as the state 
Eie a either in bstance which appears ‘td possess affinity | of the weather ay Ain ~ te frequently takes place, as 
water. Solphoric , acid also affords the, ont [s sufficient to attract the ammonia that is speedily te. it were, by signal, a oment. 
diest, the most e d in warm we: Nothing can re more S Tava curable to the health of 
ihe ammonia in tanks of liquid manure -collected from This vering, mijidi by the droppings, should b | poultry than a ‘free a about twice a day, over short 
-yar ‘The many wi var jeiki experiments made | removed wael and de eposited in some shed, where it | Grass, whe! a Page “ag s off. ifn no oni raige be at 
“a ect waneg i in using ay would spee yard 
phure acid as a vent ifor bonesi is ‘twofold ; the firs to the g M 
ing in iiia saving in ‘the quantity prep ost of th d o meen. 
— the second i in a the gain nin n the quantity of pro- li let fowls have vb: heaps of 
duce ; botl these telling a into the pocket of the bee Broo bake been huddled together, without si ie ter er or pone ‘wherein to ‘roll and cleanse ‘the 
“user. There are, noc. ager whiting the hen-house, the destruction that ich 
great importance ai the eer among whic hare fa has te frightful. Chloride of lime isht be used as | the igi and feathers soon contract. Tf, however, iste 
quickness of gro th of the pen during aK earlier oy emedial wash in such cases. A hen-house should be be mmon with a sandy os near at'hand, there 
3 sa the 
is common | oan it may b e fairly presumed 
hours 
pl t 
ar in? 
stages— Turnips, manured -in t way, ‘coming to ry, he nied airy, and cle eanly. Sect maak from vermin will b need of artificial con neces; the fow ls will 
od 8 or 10 days earlier than 'b $r f ought al l, for weasels, stoats, and | find ample supply of green food, 
The next important advantage ig, that Pur, |rats woda lea: e the ir plumage at their ow coal 
aie om found to have a continued anil As to Food~provided thcsd be free e egress to Our P pie aE n consisted of agood g gravelled 
_ growth ind tendency to form bulbs. nis t nothing, perha: n be more Er nitable yard, witht an outlet to ‘a 
See thie may be made available in pec ways ; by | t than a liberal supply of really jee Barley ; if fowls | common. The birds genera iy ‘took'a ramble soon after 
will afi 
mode of ; cultivation to Turn; ps sown; on 
will not pay for good Keep, at all overta they will be- sunrise ; ‘they terwards rep ceed rer Rew poaske 
loss if their th rtha a second 
much loss i eatmen 
for instance, as in ‘that intended for aut | nuri But, besides Pen I have proved that t y A time about f fi g ng 
‘Wheat, a good early crop is secured ; whil ile, | delight i e Su ning hn! culti- | đay d fter the af Ll; and 
cong of the te of sowing being delayed w untae: | vated the tora uf Falah for the BoA: ji 
pweath ood late -* op is secu Į but it t being : found that half of the ead | ous. Everyone, staae has maias ommand, 
With respect:to tl | N froni ‘a gar and hapat fe 
the large scale, there are different opi: nions. It i Tithe” grew Indian Corn—that variety of Zea re Ae ae flight is‘a Tight tel of pointed laths 
riainly in many cases att Sones with difficulties, tout Mayes which Cobbett claimed as his own ; it prospered | placed above a stall o r wooden 
pse may be fo out to be not unsurmountable. As | exceedingly, and we had the green spikes or cobs for "Po er ee on the borer seale, as as they well maybe 
ts require their pag to a a state of solution, any the table in abundance, as well as ample store of ty in _ large ʻe: blishmen ts, prosper exceedingly in ‘some 
a trouble from an application will most likely | ones for the yard. At first the fowls were startled } a park, hedged md fenced off to the 
repaid by the ext benefit to the crop. It is pro- | the gloss and size of the grain, but after venturing on ‘a | extent of an acre or two, the EE ing interspersedly 
ble that mechanical arrangements may be made 80.28 taste Bier devoured it tiu voracity, Pear ay it by planted with ‘tall Fir and ot trees Herein every 
to apply the mixture ito the soil with other kind of f Ba. vegetab species may be ‘k ept with cme: urkeys, geese, pinta- 
. Crosski Beverley, has und to lt g fne pihe its | does 5, Grits; and barn-door fowls Such ‘a place ‘aa- 
| 
ter ow with, an apparatus to Saran dissolved | b f the ae is m a am ied regretted ; it mits of a bailiff's or manager's s dwelling, w with requisite 
ills. All th Ps tk 
} t for electro- | offices attached; 
ss of the plants is greater. aon ithe liquid has | ese [Buckwheat is xed fo fea tee eh ry.) | be mixed with meal an poRtard ; ‘breedin, ng-houses. and 
n used. The. farmer need n alarmed a In Rais ing Broods of Chicken. eggs fo 
mes of the to be more pps aà andthe newer ‘in Tence, I haved seen in one such establis! 
superintend ~ details of ae nT In sa | the better 5 from 10 to 15, according to the of the n vast numbers, — other ‘domestic fowls, with 
omore istry i d in the matter than is re. 
wean a 
powders, ora ch may be lf othe wih a circle ‘of ink, in exter to detect ws Vidic egg zz, in reality, . apart a Sr separate. “The e great space 
h P be laid to the = A anar A and „admi irable e system of manage- 
al man, who will be a evise witys and | choo: osing + their m le ir But in n'con- 
of effecting his purpos that = aaa accord- | ciently aii conta, and fh should be o aor i ge 
ich y ‘pos A the floo: of-a shed note roosting. house) i 
very valuable ‘article on the application of ‘sulphuric fine and sof straw in ie ‘of long st raw or hay. ‘The = OMETA, pea ahea the sma ea species of ireas 
uriatic aci “a bones, will be never will Beg e subje — oan endless system of cruel ot 
ber. (Vol. V. Part II pE% of the “Journal s: the e Royal cleanness and freedom from vermin requir a new | cution.—T7. 
os ‘Society of England. — aistor, bed sho uld be given to every I hen that sits. Ja period = 
‘Geese 1 days, and some hens sit Home ene. 
MAN Cae a Electro-culture.—A | ing a 
Bayes ates AGEMENT OF POULTRY, water within Hee reach, The Laivot each fowl ‘ought | ment of your mode of aaa i the prem fuid to 
se Omar damest economy, is an affair of some con- | some hens set Ë so princes, thti ’ feed to lift | which I, after much and ye ears of thought directed to 
ronha pag ia Nie bre a nd th polma the subject, adopted, and which has been since promul- 
imp sg 2s a proper and} At the time of a ral, but | gated some 
which Teper mode of treat ment, ithe oa equences of | too apt to interfere, to tho Torent ‘injury ‘of the oa of the naar why it is not as yet with ou atten 
Mery basa pSedily felt. The Dorking breed of fowls is pply y beneficial effects. Both the ‘north and the south 
zet iful, and itis the favourite of Surrey. The within itself, idee sufficient to secure | its triti Tithe rigor and collecting the electric 
ighly spoken of for the richness of the | 4 hat emerges | fluid at to "be with the 
t olific. For. the barn-door. the |f th fı 
Sray-spotted fowl is poem the most de- | the mot pay ~ gd agen to remove it prenatal is in} is i iterexptol or hl so, for I ‘find hat ‘the corners 
unpa e kept ail the | fact pi induee teny and fature disease 
D, 
d ieties, and have ate ep with all, bha ill, ost instances, determine the Pergi of the | thus, alth though the south end of the suspended wire 
exeile a faery, abundant s supply of mage pein od 5 and then | the Minis remaining may be shaken, borka the south pole of the needle, and the north end 
rods of chickens w ith a} and few | one b e, for if there be any sensible „fluctuation that | of the wire the north pole of the ‘compass-needle even 
but of all the sorts I „ever possessed op at some distance, the south-eastern and north-eastern 
ose obtained from a cock and hen deseended| The brood being completed, | the hen must | be placed corners Of the buried wire both attract the north end 
genuine America 1 31e fth al ; hila 41: 1 4 7 h 3 4 
a py Waltebire, and I was assured | from rain, but open n to the air. The cruel a utterly attract the south pole of the enya “oy as a result 
e floor © cock was so tall it $ less practices of picking of the little polie h the wires buried ani 
u from a table oO Could with ease tak ee ae oe cs ae eak, and forcing a |as in you ee so also the result cannot be 
inary height. My bird) P a 1 its tl roat should be abandoned, and inl to at which it is inmy arrangement. 
nd in,” Sample pi de fect pet fe ets of seb pidin ne doul to id ut small or the alecttic vlc of the air has, until the last few 
compare noah still ie oble dimensions, he could split grits; after a time bruised Barley o or fine tail days, been so low, that any very perceptible beneficial 
pair » However, ‘this Ame- | Wheat can safely be substituted. Water must T 
oe met September brood of peuar be withheld, but i it ought to be planed in a proper ably 1 cae tse any more than that a windmill 
= tea weeks rhe a barn 5 and thus chicken-pan ‘made of ringed channels, by wh when there exists little or no wind. 
but 
ens fine if 
y Xp iad t acres 
faet imine re ing red, proved ae Py areas may be electro-cultured, 
fw mr th another, a that as semi ee eee are raised and car Ithough t first advised by me the n We 
n eggs fro, winters). pai ult, and cease to | hen; payr, spote sea} than w ‘the natural mothers should be imt north and south than they are wi 
‘to ta Michaelmas mores the ways and the obvi A du ck is san aquatic | from east to west in the Proportion — of cone” to two or 
health tain a winter sn 
Y brood of 
chickens r'to Novèmber, | brood to Iyi water ; wd a a hen gh pee RA Abunai eyond rah 30, ety = at pe ee one roe 
ust: possess water. But her rather uel task u n her suspended co collecting w observes, that 
Obtain ‘ag S of fowls bef d ct of the e eleetricity Extends ia the sn sur- 
= to the tubjee LETS natural to turn one’ s| and by the time of batahin, thre Tea is not a | rounded by the buried w My observations lead AN 
ag : and protection, first | feather left upon her breast. In Ty cas 
pnd six pe wh ning small home omesteads one really. good any de epth should be kept from access till the ducklings | eastward, the fine of corn iiol A on that side h 
limited 
3 and, adi ming ta, a ee quire streng gih. Ei ai las ren elias or rec eding from the Sait te fet G 
‘Ou; mana ‘ituation of t e Poultry-yard.—in ide 5 
T ene coe diferent periods paa mon straw- 4 is the place of ordinar watt for: all or tending beyond the wire to th ro poea firem si 
be well bout 100 eggs a year, a| kinds of poultry ; iti miváté e establishments, a good | The e sgn aor given = ed wi amy 
p Y Obser, ts on oa Pplied throughout. ‘The Po- | expansive yard, the foundation of chalk, covered or | ha ad n same irifiuen nee When suppli electri- 
he ‘that they 4 head, are noted layers ; me | mixed up with sandy gravel, is to be preferred. There s 
w {ey are'ealled over ee apm least inclined to si ; | should be a idan wsap gop e, with good drainage, to why 
lasti thatch | | included» the latter. “Toei also nets oan flor 
he-tells us. th, that mt he ee get. From fi ie eh Nigro no dripping oie ek 7a of the ‘buried wires 
