WHAT FOWLS SHALL I KEEP? 
Is a question often asked by people in the 
country as well as town and suburbs. That 
depends entirely upon the facilities, and 
whether they arc wanted for their flesh, eggs 
or merely for beauty. How often have 1 
heard of people being annoyed by their 
neighbor’s fowls; and those neighbors live 
far enough apart, had they kept the right 
kinds of fowls (instead of the “rag-tag” 
mongrels), would have saved their neighbors 
thTTcoutcmplation ol fowl (foul) murders and 
themselves gloomy forebodings on the 
longevity of an innocent pet dog. 
Some fowls will endure confinement, with 
good feeding, in a very small space. Brah¬ 
mas, Cochins, Leghorns, Spanish, Houdans 
and Bantams are among the number; es¬ 
pecially is that the case with Cochins and 
Brahmas. They being large heavy fowls, 
and when well fed, show but little inclina¬ 
tion to roam far away; they are of easy, 
quiet temperament and withstand our severe 
cold winters remarkably well; prove good 
winter layers; sit and rear their young well, 
and prove most excellent mothers. I once 
saw a lot of White Cochins, kept in an attic 
in New York, that were quite healthy; they 
were well fed, with a variety of food, kept 
clean and laid remarkably well. 
The Leghorns are more sprightly, well ac¬ 
climated and very good layers. Their eggs 
are larger than most fowls of their weight; 
they require higher fences than the Cochins 
or Brahmas to keep them in a yard. This 
remark also applies to the Spanish, except 
that they are lender in winter and do not 
suit farmers in our Northern climate; when 
pure bred, are non-sitters, consequently 
other fowls must hatch their eggs. Hou¬ 
dans are said to be. hardy. I have never test¬ 
ed them on a farm, hut have often seen them j 
looking well in yards; they are a fine fla¬ 
vored fowl of good weight. 
Fowls that, require a wide range to keep 
in health, are Polands, Ilamhurgs, Dorkings, 
Game Creve Occurs and La Fleehe; the four 
former are restive under confinement; when 
they hitve room enough will travel a good i 
way, industriously looking all the time for a 
dainty morsel; ou a farm, will in summer, 
find much of choice food. The Dorking 
and Game hatch their broods, lhe former 
being very careful mothers, mostly mother¬ 
ing all thecltioks that will come under them, 
and being large, can shelter any little out¬ 
cast rambler. The Creve Coeurs and La 
Fleehe are scarcely acclimated yet, one 
would think, to see so few multiplied in this 
country. 
For flesh the Dorking is one of the best, 
having a long,lieuvy breast, and delicate fla¬ 
vored meat. For eggs the Hamburgs are 
unrivaled in quantity, but rather small, and 
are also non-sitters. For beauty the Ban¬ 
tams afford a great variety. The new varie¬ 
ties of Game bantams are very beautiful, ns 
well na the Gold and Silver Seabrighte. For 
beauty nnd eggs the Hamburgs stand pre¬ 
eminent. H. TIaIiES. 
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THE SORE HEAD IN POULTRY. 
A correspondent in one of our exchanges 
gives the following remedy for the above, 
which he states lias never failed him :•—“ In 
the absence of a belter cognomen, I have 
called the disease the ‘ swell head.’ The 
first symptoms are a watery and frothy col¬ 
lection of matter in the eye, often accom¬ 
panied by Avails or sores on the head. If 
not attended to, the formation of a white 
tough matter begins inside of the eyelid, and 
always below the eye, accompanied by con¬ 
siderable inflammation. The swelling in¬ 
creases vapidly, frequently extending to the 
inside of the throat, which becomes ulcer¬ 
ated. The fowl becomes blind in one or 
both eyes—as the disease sometimes attacks 
only one eye at a time—and death ensues. 
The disease is highly contagious, and fre¬ 
quently sweeps the poultry-yard if not ar¬ 
rested. 1 have never failed to cure a case 
even when the fowl’s eves were completely 
them, the scab should be removed by tbe droop their wings, a pill of Barbadoes aloes, 
finger nail, or by a pocket knife, previous to tbe size of a pea, or a pellet of rue and but- 
the Avashing. I do not remember ever losing ter; if tbe ailment be taken in time this 
but one case under this treatment, though I will bring them out all right, 
have often lind tf) feed them by liand furtwr. . T „n.p.r,.- 
or three days, on account of blindness from tioll of & c . 
swelling; and this case was so far gone ] eani f m m a late number of the 
when I took it in hand, that ulcers had p ot ,p ry Bulletin that Wm. Simpson, Jr., 
formed in the windpipe. In addition to the p avmS) n. y., recently shipped a lot 
above treatment, the nostrils must be kept 0 f eggR f or hatching, to California, by rail, a 
free of matter by pressing with a rag out- 
Avard along the beak.” 
POULTRY NOTES *AND QUERIES. 
Duck-Wins: Game Fowls. 
In ansAver to tbe inquiry of our Coshoc¬ 
ton, Ohio, correspondent, Ave would say 
distance of 3,330 miles. His mode of pack¬ 
ing and results we copy for the benefit of 
our readers, that ihey may profit thereby: 
“ Eggs packed, large ends down, 12 Ilani- 
burgs (8 hatched), 15 Dark Brahmas (? 
hatched)—total hatched, 15. Eggs packed 
small ends down, 12 Houdans (6 hatched); 
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j \, PAIR OP 1 DUCK -WIN Gr G A.ISIIC FOWLS. 
there is such a breed of game fowls as Duck 
Wing, and for bis benefit give an engraving 
and “points of excellence” of tbe same. 
These fowls are exhibited at nearly all poul¬ 
try shows in large numbers, and are consid¬ 
ered by many a valuable variety of games. 
They are bred to perfection by J. Y. Bick- 
nell and R. Huntington of New York; 
8. J. Bebtou and P. W. Hudson of Con¬ 
necticut; M. H. CwYKRof Ohio,and others. 
There are some three or four varieties of the 
Duck-Wing game fowls, such us Silver, Yel¬ 
low and Birchen. The standard of excel¬ 
lence of the Silver Duck-Wing, of Avhich 
our correspondent inquires, as given in the 
“American Standard of Excellence,’ is as 
follows: 
Color of Cock. — Head— silvery white; 
comb, face and jaws—bright, red ; neck 
liackle—clear white, without- any mixture 
of black or other color; breast, underpart 
of body and thighs— black ; back and shoul¬ 
der coverts—silvery while; saddle— clear 
while; Aviug butts—black; do. bow— sil¬ 
very AVhite; do. coverts—steel blue, forming 
6 Creve-Coeurs (1 Latched); (5 Partridge 
Cochins (1 hatched); 1 Buff Cochin (1 
hatched); 4 Light Brahmas (3 hatched); 
1 Japanese Bantam, (1 hatched); 13 good 
healthy chicks, in all 28. Of the eggs re¬ 
maining, 11 were spoiled, and half-formed 
chicks were found in 18.” 
J. Clarence SrDELD of Englewood, N. 
J., informs us that lie lately imported from 
lairn ©nsbantorg. 
LARGE CHEESES. 
A correspondent inquires:—“ Whether 
large cheeses, Aveighing from four hundred 
to six hundred pounds, could not be sold in 
the English markets for mvre money per 
pound than our ordinary-sized Cheddars, 
and whether it. would not. pay a few factories 
to enter upon their manufacture V” 
Large cheeses are not in demand either at 
home or abroad. H is true,a very few such 
cheeses are ordered for the Christmas stiles 
in England as “show cheeses,” and a higher 
price is usually paid for them at such limes 
than for the ordinary-sized cheese. But 
there is no regular demand for such large 
cheeses, and avc cannot recommend their 
manufacture except in cases where they arc 
specially ordered. Some of the Herkimer 
county factories have orders to make u few 
large cheeses in the fall, to meet the wants 
of parties for the special purpose named, 
but the demand for such a style of cheese is 
so limited that we should not consider it 
advisable for any factory to enter upon their 
manufacture without knowing to a certainty 
where they arc to he placed, and the price 
which they arc to bring. The manufacture 
of large cheeses is attended with some risk, 
as they are unwieldy, and liable to he marred 
or broken by handling in the curing room 
and during their transit to market. An ac¬ 
cident befalling ft cheese weighing from four 
to six hundred pounds, makes quite a serious 
loss, and unless a very high price be guaran¬ 
teed on sales, the extra risks and trouble in 
manufacturing will be likely to render the 
profits on such cheeses no more, and per¬ 
haps less, than for small sizes. 
Tim I.iu ttewl Cheese ever IUnde. 
SALT AND CREAM. 
Losing Cream from the Cheese hv 
s nbii, t . 
I HAVE been in the habit of making a fJ 
cheese during the Rummer for fnmiiv *1 
(we milk from ten to twelve Cows , and h J 
read Avilli intercut Amur m-imn. . . 1 
read will, interest your articles, and have''? 
rived much benefit Imm them. TliprV ■ 
point that l need information on and V ' ^ 
lure to apply to you, ns there are no nn'l 
cal digests makers in this cowmiv iv,l 
whom I could obtain it When I work 
salt into the curd I invariably work out i ! 
cream, injuring thereby the quality () f : ,L 
cheese, 1 suppose. ] have never been j, fl 
cheese dairy; till I know lias been lermjS 
from yours and similar articles in amid 
uiral papers, The loss of the cienm <1 
be right; I don’t know ; if not, please u J 
me a remedy. Il is strange ours is null 
dairy coimlry ; we raise fine cattle nil 
our lands are admirably adapted to g ril J 
Would a dairy of twenty cows pay a j 
what should be Ihe Avages of a man coiiiil 
tent to lake entire charge of them y p v 1 
forming me on these points, you will 
a great, favor.— Mrs. B. F. Cheatham form 
Co., Torn. ' ’ M U 
The curds at the time the salt is ad del 
are probably not properly matured, or J 
dairymen express it, “ not sufficient* 
cooked.” To determine when the cnokiil 
process has been carried far enough, \\c tall 
up a handful of curd, pressing it together ll 
Closing the hand, and on opening the linil) 
if the curd readily fulls in pieces it, is sull 
cienlly matured. It, should then be id 
oughly drained of tlie Avliey, ami this v j| 
ho readily effected by removing the ni J 
from the tub or vat l.o the sink, where sprcll 
out upon a doth resting on slats, tbe will- 
rapidly passes off. If the salt is Avorkl 
into the curd Avlien it is soft, or bus not J 
quired a firm consistency, the butter will 1 
pressed out in the working, since tbe incol 
poration of the salt requires a rougher lmnl. 
ling of the curds than would he necesgal 
. .when they arc in the vat, before the wlicv 
Tl„. Lni'ice.1 Cl...... dram In (lie modern syslcm „r ,.| J 
A lew years » s o, the Ingersoll Faetorj-of ,„ akl ,,„ „ cc „ al „ lk , vdo| , mt ,„ „ r „ ci(1 J 
min ri under the maniuremcut of James _ _, . . ,., , - 
Canada, under the management of James Jiecesstl ry to .nature or harden tbe eunLui 
Harris & Co., undertook to beat tl.o fll Jt fol . lhe incorporation of the salt Til 
world ” in the production of a large cheese, ppecjge of {ldtl to !m (levd (1 J 
ami in this they were quite successful, as the |)(() we] , be tlcscrj|)C( , word btll J 
largest cheese, concerning which we have lem , ied b oxperienco !llul t( , r h[( , 1 
any record, was made at that establishment. colulllion of lh( , cur(1s froni (1fiy t0 (1 ,1 
And although this c icese a\ as piopd } rec py- f j 8 oucoflbo mostdiflicuH parts of tl 
nessed and cured and exhibited a different cJjees(? mftkc ,, s art As a rijk ,, ci; J 
airs without aCc.denl, and then shipped m willl those not familiar v | 
f< r *i cheese making the Avltey .sh all 
^ ^ I ^ I 
.... ■ . " f '~~"~‘~ 1 ~ cur.l to ft hot Iron. If, on nl 
drawing lh.curd from drip 
safely to England, the experiment proved a .. jt spj 1)8 ”_that is, if Iho curd draws out ii« 
pecuniary loss to the factory—that is to say, p U]C Lbrc . !U ] 8j \i j 9 u s jg n that it is proplrl, 
the money received Irom all bouiccs, aftei matured, and is ready for tbe salt, 
paying expenses, was less lhan would have “Would a dairy of twenty cows pir! 
been obtained bud tbe curds been made into r pj ia i must depend altogether upuii its !l j ai 
a number of small cheeses. I his cheese ag^jjjcnt and the price to he obtained li>l 
weighed ?,000 pounds. It Avas six feet ten products innnufictured. With good cj" 
inches in diameter, tlirce feet in bight and „ ooc i f ce( | ftlu | n O0( \ manngenient. tog'lli 
a vride bar across the Aving; Aviug prim a- named varieties, hut only one egg out o: 
Yorkshire, England, 29 Spangled Silver pressed and cured and exhibited at different 
Hamburg eggs, of which 22 hatched out fairs without accident, and then shipped in 
strong and healthy chicks. w r g. 
We learn also that Col. M. C. Weld of .fljiiterTiiA MK'tfyfuTTurFSF h^ 
New York lias imported a lot of game fowl’s fN |V| ^ 1 n ■ 
eggs from England, for the purpose of incu- IIHIHlfHI I I 
Imtion. We are in hopes to publish there- III Hi 19 j |^P| 
suits of his experiments at the proper time. HI j l| jqhm REYNOLDS m IH 
Our experience in hatching eggs trans- ||j j ||j j 1 roB^. PRICE. 
ported by rail is, that we ordered ol J. Y. IS 1 111! I ll HLTH0MPS0N. 
BrCKNELi, (! Dark Brahma, G White Leg- Jllfil'llfell I iti.minimir.r-.- --.Tg- 
horn,and 12 Silver Gray Dorking eggs. Of 
the Dark Brahma eggs 5 hatched; White 
Leghorn, 5; Silver Gray Dorking, 3—thus 
showing a good percentage of the two first 
lies—white on the outside web, dark on the 
inside web; do. secondaries—clear white on 
the outside web, black on the inside Aveb 
and on the ends of the feathers; tail— 
black; sickle feathers and tail coverts— 
metallic green black, the lesser tail coverts 
slightly edged with white; legs—willow, 
yellow, olive, bronze, blue. 
Color of Hen. —Head—silvery gray; comb, 
face,(leaf-ear nnd wattles—bright red; neck 
—silver, striped with black; breast—sal¬ 
mon ; back and shoulder coverts—silvery or 
ashy gray, shall of feather white; wing 
bow—ashy gray, shaft of feather Avliite, red 
or brown on tile wing, very objectionable; 
wing bow, flight and thighs—ashy gray; 
legs—to match those of »he cock. 
DieciiKeit J)ueU». 
Noav, Mr. Editor, will some one come to 
the assistance of my ducks ? If they Averc 
dogs, I could paddle my own canoe. First, 
my Aylestmrys grew finely until a month or 
six Aveeks old, and 1 think they are out ol 
all danger, looking lively, &c.; then they 
commence vomiting and die immediately. 
I have hml six die in Iavo minutes. L 
opened several, suspecting they had eaten 
something poisonous; found nothing lint, 
froth in the throat and a few grains of sand 
in the gizzard. Others begin to droop; legs 
and bills get pale ; eyes seem to get smaller 
and are closed most of the time. They eat 
hut little, nml do not grow. The Cavugas 
grow hut little; gel too weak to turn from 
their backs, and thus die. My Rouens die 
—some before leaving the nest; others get 
jgjM MAN MOTH CI-EESE 
1 |j|l i'I jOHN REYNOLDS il 
li liiil il HLTHOMPSON. H 
il 
every three of the latter hatched. They 
were placed 12 each under two common or 
native breeds of hens, and each received 
the same treatment. 
orsnmuT. 
NOTES FOR HORSEMEN, been obtained hud the curds been made into 
a number of small cheeses. This cheese 
An Acred Indian l’ony. weighed ?,000 pounds. It Avas six feet ten 
The Prairie Du Chien (\Yis.) Lmoii says inc j le3 in dja&eter, three feet in bight and good feed and good management, t<>£<« 
that a Mr. Dousman 1ms in his possession a abouUwenly . one feet, in circumference. To ° ilh a 1Uil . pi .f cc for dairy products! 
Canadian pony that is upAA auks o 111 3; m nmkQ j ti thirty-five tons of milk were re- s i, olI id say that the. dairy compares well j 
years old He has been the pn^my of sev- qnire d, or one milking of 7,000 coavs. It Ug p(ofil “ wilh miy D f tl.o other 4 
eral famous Indian chiefs at diffeiuil U ) . Wftg bandaged with wire cloth, and its shape branches ,,f agriculture. But no one J 
At one time he was sold tor sever, y-five wftR - n evcry respec , perfect. expect to get rich suddenly from the (j 
cents, and at anolhei time hu ft gal on of To transport this immense cheese to the duce of twenty coavs. Under the rwM 
whisky. He lms been sold and t rai m >y raill . oa d 3 m ,d from place to place, a very wra n 0 mu nugementm amnml yield of li 
the Indians times without number and1 ina - heftvy wagon was specially manufactured pounds of cheese would be all that cmifl 
ly took up his abode on one of Mr. Dous- foi , . fc Then the hoop in Avhich it Avas expected. This, at t welve cents per pi 
man’s farms, Avhcre he has received proper pregge j W8 pi acet ] upon the mammoth, and 1IlR price now ot - g00 d factories in 3 
care and attent ion. * ^ the ends inclosed Avilli heavy plank above York, would be $1,200, and if half be J 
The Donkey in Enatniut. and beloAV, hedd in place by rods of iron ttWfty t j lC care of stock, the mminhJ 
In Smiths Jaunt Abroad avc find .—“One Hrmly secured with nuts. It is not very aud marketing of the cheese, « 
liint to he obtained here (the Loudon Zoo- probable that an attempt will very soon, it would remain hut $600 to the propn* '1 
logical Gardens) may be useful in America cart, be made “ in the cheese line,” to “ out- bis capital invested in land and stock. I 
the donkey is employed to drug the roller til j s Canadian mammoth, nud as a mat- q 00 ,i f arm bunds in the dairy distriql 
branches of agriculture. But no one itoj 
expect to get rich suddenly from the H 
duce of twenty cows. Under the weH 
■wrable viunugement an annual yield ot dfl 
pounds of cheese avoiiUI be ail *hat cm* 
expected. This, at twelve cents.pet I'H 
the price now of good fuctorii-> 
York, would be $1,200, and if half be* 
away for the care of stock, the niiumta* 
shut llotil the swelling. The frothy matter cramps in their legs, cannot balance* them- 
first, collects in the front or ouLer corner of selves, and soon die. I set eggs of the tliree 
over the gravel avoIIcs; lie is too light to ter 0 p history connected with large cheeses, New York command from $25 to ¥ W 
the roller* wlll^fld^nite. ' This useful little we give an illustration of the monster as it m0 nth, and board, and wc suppose I'>1 
animal is employed in Europe in various appeared at the New York State Fair at hitter sum a person competent to take lh 
wavs to great advantage; bis introduction Saratoga, and in the streets of London and 0 | tbe twenty cows could be obtained-■ 
into the general field of labor is one of the ot |, er c j l j es 0 p England, on its way to the For.large sized dairies—say from ll >>H 
Pl-ofexl.ft.ltlo,, llfty co,v.-tl,e rale i„ K “" 
dog; 3 his labor even as a burden carrier 1» making very large cheeses, unless due the farm and cows to a tenant gw J 
wm dd well repay his importation ; he pulls caution betaken, there will be ditticnlly in fifths of the produce for the cum * j 
Avell in n small cart, and in t his is most use- expelling the whey, and if the Avliey is not manufacture, Ac., of the milk into butte! 
ful in cities to carry marketing. He would p ro p er iy expelled under the press, or other- cheese. Iu smaller dairies than thirt} | 
tenunce would be a very trifle. To the poor flavor. Several very large cheeses have the product; but in bulli msiai'cu J 
man he would prove in America an ad- been spoiled by not attending to this par- all expense in the working o* l,lC * ■ 
mirahlu help, not dainty as to the quality ticular. The method adopted at the luger- management of the herd, &c. I 
aud quantity of his food.” sol , factory, and one which proved to he We have given, perhaps, sufficient| 
T • . successful was to divide the curds into small above for our correspondent tu t' 1111 I 
l have a two-year-old colt, both of whose parcels-say from fifty to seventy ponmls- estimate it. regard to the profit « f ^ J w 
fore legs bow out. It was foaled in that way. and pressing thoroughly m hoops. Then Dairy goods may possibly be y ■ 
Can 1 straighten them by shoeing or by apply- after the whey has been expelled, the cheeses money in Tennessee than m - e c]ee J 
ing some liniment to the cords?—F. M. s. WfM - e broken up and passed through a curd wc doubt whether the yieia J-' ])alli a 
We do not think it practicable ; it should mill, and after being thoroughly mingled to- cow should he put so high ns witll l 0 
have been attempted earlier. If experienced gather, were placed in the large hoop, where us (five hundred pouiuts;, mu s ofto r 
horsemen among our readers can give ad- the curd assumed its proper shape under a cows and good managemeu 
vice, let them do so. powerful pressure. tamed in New York. 
the eye, then to some extent impairing the ^ the g 
vision, which will he perceived by the fowl milk wi|h tlieir bread), ami an occasional things we 
striving often to wipe it away on its feathers. mea | n f raw meat by AVay of a relish. They L ‘ ns,| y S: .'' 
“Poultry thus affected should at once he run in my grove; have water in an iron . = hl ? 
placed in a coop by themselves. Make a trough always fresh to drink, lnit only al- ''‘’'j ' 
9 „ ; ,, ? „™,o i„ Old cup. or so,oe oU,c- ^ 
suitable vessel,:and wash the head at least forty I now have left of one hundred take the ’ 
twice a day, using a soft rag. Suffer the and twenty-three, but Avill have more hatch- garden ns 
brine to go into the eye, as it seems to arrest ed in time for any experiment.— James II. tenunce v 
the formation of the hard, tough matter al- Young, Columbus, Mm. nfinihlu 1 
hided to. It sometimes occurs that this We trust any of our readers who have nu( j qimn 
formation has already taken place befor * the had experience with the disease spoken of 
disease is discovered. In such cases T by our correspondent Avill make the fact 
sharpen a piece of chip, and hv carefully in- known to us. that we may he able to print I haa’R „ 
smiug It between .lie eye and the lid «- it. We think a good strenstlienm- for young 
niOA^e it entirely. If not. removed by an fowls, and preventive of disease, is a decoc- j^o- S ome liniment to Hie cords?—E. M. s. 
operation, though the eye become cured, tion of citrate of iron mixed with Avater in We do not think it practicable ; it should 
there will always be an unsightly protuber- the proportion to give it a very perceptible ] mv e been at tempted earlier. If experienced 
taste of iron. Mrs. Watts recommends to horsemen among our readers can give ad- 
“ If the head and gills have AA'arts on give little chicks or ducks that pine and | vice, let them do so. 
tenunce Avould lie a very trine, l <> the poor 
man he would prove in America an ad¬ 
mirable help, not. dainty as to the quality 
nud quantity of Ids food.” 
A Bon-Leimnil Coif. 
I haats a two-year-old colt, both of whose 
tained in New York. 
