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PROFITS OF POULTRY KEEPING. 
Report Made to Farmers’ Club or New Brunswick, 
N. J., by Frank G. Hart. 
POULTRY ACCOUNT FOR 1*00, 1870 AND 1871. 
In 1869 we first commenced keeping an 
account with our poultry. 'Ve had about 
sixty fowls —forty hens and twenty cooks; 
some of the latter being small, were sold 
soon, leaving about fifty for breeding. 
Every egg laid and every pound of poultry 
sold or used were credited to them at mar¬ 
ket prices; every egg set and all the feed 
consumed were charged at ruling prices. 
At the end of the year they stood as follows: 
To 60 fowls, at 50c.$30 00 
“ feed, and egcs set. 84 tH 
Ch. 
Bv 115 fowls, at 50c.$57 £0 
" eg«s laid, 2,784, (about 70 each) ( ,.q 
and poultry S 
$114 &• 
$183 90 
We are not bothered much with the gapes. 
We have lost but one chicken with them, 
and his head was cut off to help him along, 
so he did not die of gapes. We try to pre¬ 
vent, but not to cure. Large quant ities of 
block and red pepper are mixed with their 
food two or throe times a week. 
During 1870 we were troubled with 
cholera in our fowls, losing some twenty; 
considerate correspondents who have them 
and are willing to advertise them —at our 
expense! 
Blue Brunswick Pigeons.— We give 
herewith a copy of portraits of a pair of 
so-called Blue Brunswick Pigeons, by Har¬ 
rison Weir. These pigeons belong to a 
class known as “ German Toys.” This class 
Balance.$69 35 
Average per fowl, $1.38. 
The fowls occupied a plum orchard of 
about three-quarters of an acre — room 
enough for one hundred fowls or more—and 
a small building for laying, roosting, &0. 
In 1870 we tried again, starting on a larger 
scale, 115 head in all — 85 liens and 30 cocks. 
Killed off some cocks, leaving about 100 for 
breeding. Kept them in the same condition 
ns last year. At the end of the year their 
debit and credit was as follows: 
To 115 head, at 50c...$57 50 
“ feed, and eggs set. 126 27 
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By 215 houd, at 50c..$107 50 
“ eggs laid, 7.458, (about 88 each) ( - 7 
and poultry sold ) ’ " 
Balance.$167 30 
Average proilt per fowl, $1.67. 
In 1871 we tried it. on a still larger scale, 
having three yards to confine our poultry 
in. Started with 215 old fowls—190 hens 
and 25 cocks. We ran mostly on chickens, 
not trying to get eggs; consequently the 
average number of eggs to the hen is 
smaller. We sat in all 3,200 eggs, mostly 
Dunghills, some pure stocks, and a few 
ducks and turkeys. Wo hatched about 
2,000 chicks and will probably raise about 
1,000 head in all; at one time 59 hens were 
sitting on 767 egg', and 25 or 30 hens were 
hovering several hundred chickens. The 
season was very poor for raising poultry— 
so many heavy storms; in one storm we lost 
over 70 birds. Wo also find that t rows are 
very fond of chickens, over 300 being charg¬ 
ed to them; a rail man is the only “scare¬ 
crow.” Our stock generally consists of 
Dunghills, but we are running into pure 
blood some — Brahmas, Leghorns, White 
Coohins and Houdana. Our account runs 
as follows for 9 months: 
Dr. 
215 liens and cocks, at 50 cts.$107 50 
Feed.201 59 
2,920 set (common). 48 83 
250 duck eggs. 6 00 
Guelder W. Cochin and Uoudun eggs. 15 00 
Pepper and alum. 5 00 
-$383 92 
Ch. 
9,573 egg* (about 50 each) at 19Kc.$187 01 
Old fmdg sold. 22 10 
Young rowls sold 1 137).;., 80 74 
194 chleks at 8c. ... 15 52 
35 ducks. 22 04 
Ducks’ feuthers. 1 50 
STOCK UN KANO. 
146 chickens, fattening, at 60c.$87 00 
100 Pure Brahmas.150 00 
Two pairs llnudun* at $10. 20 00 
Two pair* Cochins at $10. 20 00 
400 chickens (Dunghills). .200 00 
150 old fnwls at 50c. 75 00 
35 ducks at 50c. 17 50 
15 turkeys. .. 10 00 
-$909 01 
Balance.$525 09 
Average per fowl,about $2.50 
We set our heus iu boxes that have cov¬ 
ers, so one hen cannot bother another. 
They are placed along the house in rows of 
fifteen or thereabout—some on the lloor, 
others about three feet from the floor. 
When a hen wants to set, we put 13 eggs in 
one of these boxes, sprinkle a handful of 
wood ashes over them—sometimes wo put 
in a stalk or two of tanzy—put her in, shut 
down the cover, and bid her good-by for 
two days. Then we raise the oover and 
take her out (she would stay on longer if 
permitted). See that she has plenty of feed 
and drink, put another handful of ashes ou 
the eggs, put the hen on again, and cover 
her up. In this way we succeed iu keeping 
a hen sitting for two or three months. Our 
nests are placed in dark places, which, wo 
think, makes it easier to accomplish the 
above. 
The tanzy and ashes placed in the ne6t 
tend to keep off lice, but are not warranted. 
Eight days before the hen is to come off, we 
sprinkle the eggs with cold water when she 
is off the nest feeding; this prevents the 
eggs getting too hot and the chicken dying 
in the shell. 
BLUE BRUNSWICK I J IG-RIO NTH. 
this year we have lost none. Our preven¬ 
tive is alum, two or three times a week, iu 
their drink. Our chickens sometimes get 
crop bound; we succeeded in curing one 
very valuable one, by cutting open bis crop, 
taking out the hard muss, sewing t he wound, 
and feeding on soft food for two or three 
days. 
One word about ducks, as everybody de¬ 
clares that they eat their heads off. Wo 
commenced on a small scale, not having 
any old ones. Result; 
Dr. 
To 250 eftgs. $6 (H) 
•• Feed... 20 25 $26 25 
Cr. 
By 35 ducks sold.$22 (14 
“ Feathers. 1 50 
“ 35 ducks on hand. 17 50 $41 04 
Total profit. $14 79 
We have had what we consider bad luck; 
we bought 250 eggs, nearly three-quart ers of 
which were bad and did not hatch. 
The feed for our INK) chickens, and the 
eggs for hatching the chicks have cost 8157— 
includes a very large number of pigeons of 
different varieties, characterized almost en¬ 
tirely by mere variations iu the color and 
disposition of the feathers. They generally 
closely resemble the wild blue dove in form 
and arrangement of plumage, though some 
are characterized by feathered feet, others 
by turned crowns and lulls over the upper 
mandible, and some combine all those pecu¬ 
liarities. The variety Blue Bruns wicks 
have flight feathers, wing bars and heads 
white, the rest of the plumage being blue. 
Our illustration sufficiently indicates their 
form. 
To Prevent Hens Breaking Eggs be¬ 
fore Laying,— Feed boiled wheat and pul¬ 
verized egg shells, and keep cotd ashes 
where the hens run.—j. l. c. 
c(Thc Oranleit. 
GARDENERS’ NOTES. 
To Destroy Weeds in Garden Walks. 
—W. F. R. asks the best mode of destroy- 
severe attack or distemper. 
about I7,lic. each. Wo generally calculate 
that their manure will pay for all the labor 
iu hatching and rearing. We have also 
tried an experiment iu fattening fowls. 
We put 69 chickens in our corn-crib and fed 
8 days on corn. Result: 
Weight when taken out. 250 lbs. 
'• •’ put iu. 227 “ 
Gain on the 00 fowls, at cost of 7c. per lb.. 23 “ 
New Brunswick, N. J. 
POULTRY NOTES AND QUERIES. 
Cholera in Poultry.—A New York city 
reader asks for a remedy for cholera among 
poultry. The following are said to be rem¬ 
edies:—When the fowls begin to droop and 
look sleepy, give three or four tablespoon- 
fuls of strong alum water, and repeat the 
same the next day. Mix their feed with 
EIGHT-TAILED BANDAGE. 
ing weeds in garden walks. We have used 
salt with satisfaction, finding that, a liberal 
use of it makes the walk harder and pleas¬ 
anter lo walk upon. Another method we 
have seen recommended is, to procure the 
darkest, cheapest sulphuric acid, and mix 
in a glazed pan with about twenty times its 
bulk of water. Have a copper can pierced 
at the bottom, or a copper water can and 
rose [one of glazed earthenware would ha 
still better if it could be obtained!, with 
which apply the liquid till the ground is just 
wetted all oVer, and no more. Don’t go 
within six inches of the edgings, nor make 
any spray fly, as it kills whatever it t ouches, 
and so makes nasty spots on leaves of plants. 
It kills every seed in the walk; and weeds 
mostly come from the store of seeds. First 
APPLYING AN EIGHT-TAILED BANDAGE. 
strong alum water, feeding twice a day for 
two or three days—afterwards once a week. 
Another is, to feed cooked Indian meal, red 
pepper, gunpowder and turpentine, mixed 
together; fora dozen fowls put, in a day’s 
feed, a tablespoouful each of these ingredi¬ 
ents, well mixed with the meal. Give this 
food every other day for a week. 
Japanese Bantams.—We still have in¬ 
inquiries for these fowls. We have also 
OPENING THE ABSCESS IN DISTEMPER. 
let the walk be roughly hoed up, and the 
hulk of the weeds picked or raked away, 
and the liquid will kill all the rest complete¬ 
ly. In a day or two roll the walk, and it 
will be as bright and nice as if it were fresh¬ 
ly gravelled. The acid, if applied in the 
| spring, will last all the summer well. 
STRANGLES OR DISTEMPER. 
[see illustrations.] 
We have several inquiries as to the best 
mode of treating horse distemper. To re¬ 
sponse, we copy the following from Prof. 
Magner’s work ou “Educating Horses.” 
He says; — This is another form of sore 
throat familiar to every ono. Its design 
seems to be to throw some poisonous mat¬ 
ter from the system, and the object should 
be to keep the strength of the animal up 
and hasten suppuration. 
The horse is out of sorts; the neck be¬ 
comes sore and stiff’; an enlargement ap¬ 
pears, which is first, hard and tender; there 
is some discharge from t he nose. The case 
usually grows worse, if very severe, often 
threatening to cause suffocation; horse un¬ 
able to eat or drink hut little, and strength 
is lost rapidly. 
Use freely a poultice made of wheat bran 
and warm vinegar, changing as often as the 
poultice becomes dry, using tho eight-tailed 
bandage, until the enlargement becomes 
soft and can be opened, when relief will be 
prompt. Or the following treatment may 
be adopted, which is similar, and if the al¬ 
teration is not good, is preferable:—Take 
spirits of turpentine, two parts; spirits of 
camphor, one part; laudanum, one part. 
Put this on the nock with a brush, if conven¬ 
ient, or any way to apply it without exciting 
pain, three or four times a day, until sore¬ 
ness is caused. After each application, have 
ready three or four pieces of flannel, which 
should he a thick article; put these over the 
parts and bind on with the eight-tailed 
bandage. When the tumor points, open it, 
and be sure that tho matter has a thorough 
outlet. Sometimes the inflammation is so 
deep as to cause serious soreness and swell¬ 
ing of the throat. Iu tills case the horse 
must be nursed carefully, by feeding with 
warm gruel; the drink should be warm; 
grass, or anything that will tempt the appe¬ 
tite, should be given. Simpler treatment 
would be rubbing on the enlargement an 
ordinary fiy-blister, to bring the enlarge¬ 
ment to a head. Physio must not be given. 
NOTES FOR HORSEMEN. 
A Sick Marc.—I wish to inquire through 
the columns of your paper for a remedy for 
a side mare, which the doctor 1 employed 
pronounced farcy. The mare is with foal; 
she commenced making bag until it got 
quite hard; then it Commenced swelling in 
front of the bag and extended to the. chest 
I —a hard swelling; when the finger is press¬ 
ed on it the dent remains some time. The 
doctor bled and roweled her and gave her 
a dose of aloes; but she does not seem to get 
any better. If some, of your Rural read¬ 
ers would give a remedy and the name of 
the disease they would confer a favor.— 
John McMullin, Oswego Co., ,V. Y. 
If your mare ha* the farcy, as we judge 
she may have, from your description, she 
i.s as near worthless as she can bo and bo 
good for anything. We never saw an ani¬ 
mal so diseased made sound or valuable by 
any remedies, nor have we ever heard of 
one being so cured. 
After a Mare Aborts. — Can you, or 
some of the readers of your paper, tell me 
how a mare should be treated after abort¬ 
ing, or slinking her foal, as it is commonly 
called. I have noticed, and heard it re¬ 
marked by others, that a mare does not 
thrive well for several months after slinking 
her foal, especially if she is half way along 
or more. She seems to have irregular and 
prolonged heats, looks bad, iR weak, and 
oftentimes will not get with foal tho suc¬ 
ceeding year. If you would give the mode 
of treating such cases in your valuable 
paper, it might be of much benefit to horse 
raisera, as such cases will happen, even 
among tho most careful.—J. A., Cuss Co., 
Missouri. 
We have had no experience iu such a 
case, and must ask some of our readers who 
have, to respond. 
Condition Powder for Ilorsca.—The 
Turf, Field and Farm says those keeping 
horses should twice a week throw in it hand¬ 
ful of salt and ashes. Mix them by putting 
in three parts of salt to one of ashes. 
Horses relish this and it will keep their 
hair soft, and fine. Jt will prevent hots, 
colic, etc. A little ground sulphur mixed 
with salt and ashes, and given once in two 
or three weeks is also beneficial. All do¬ 
mestic animats will be thus benefited. 
Dead Pulling Horses. — The Country 
Gentleman says it is a characteristic of the 
breed of horses known as Suffolk Punches 
to continue pulling at a dead pull, longer 
than any other horse. 
