SEPT.  23 
OSCE’S  RURAL  MEW-YORKER 
AN  EXPERIMENTAL  DAIRY  STATION 
AND  ITS  NEEDS. 
Fon  HOIIIC  yr  avs  paHt,  tho  cslaliliHhniout  of  ftti 
expoi’inionf iii  Juiiy  I'nnu  hus  boon  agitatod  at 
our  dairy  (HinvoidbuH,  and  wo  have  alluded  to 
tho  Bubjeot  from  iiino  to  timo  in  thcHC  colunniB. 
It  is  a  fiiiostion  of  deep  iutcrost  to  thoBO  who  aro 
lookin';  to  tbo  progroBS  of  (bo  dairy.  In  what 
manner  it  rthonld  bo  ostablisliod,  whelboi  in  coii- 
noction  with  soiuo  coUego  or  niiivorsity,  oi 
whether  separate  I'roiu  Huob  institulioiis,  there 
Reeina  to  bo  a  dilTorouce  of  opinion  among  dairy- 
men.  Those  who  favor  the  nniversity  couveii-  , 
tion  urge,  that  as  such  inatitutiouB  liavo  rogn- 
larly-ai)pointod  profoBBOrs,  whoso  salaries  aro 
paid  by  their  respoctivo  corporations,  all  atialy-  jy 
BOB  or  work  reipiiring  tlio  skill  of  trained  scion- 
tiBtB  could  bo  performed  at  Uttle  or  no  oxponso 
chargeal.lo  to  the  experimental  dairy  station.  On 
tho  other  hand,  if  trained  Kciontists  are  to  bo  om- 
ployed  to  do  the  analytical  and  profc-ssional  work  ^ 
of  Hitch  a  station,  in  addition,  of  conr.io,  to  the 
Buporintondcut  who  is  to  conduct  tlio  necesHary 
experiments,  tho  cost  of  maintaining  such  Bta-  ,j 
tion  would  bo  very  greatly  enhanced  and  with  no  ^ 
jiarticnlar  gain,  so  far  as  invoatigatiouB  and  rc- 
BultH  are  concornoil.  boi 
Wo  aro  toltl  that  Oornoll  University  has  offered 
to  take  charge  of  tho  analytical  department  of  t^^r 
any  such  daiiy  station  that  may  be  inaugurated,  gQj 
and  perform  all  tho  necossary  work  rorpiiring  tho  p^; 
Bkill  of  special  sciontists.  All,  then,  that  would  j 
bo  rceinirod  is  tho  farm,  tho  buildinga,  tliOHtock,  biv 
and  tho  iiecosHary  tools  and  appliances  for  con- 
ducting  tho  fai-iu  oxperimonts,  with  an  intelU-  lai 
gent  and  caimble  snperiutoniient  to  tako  charge  -wr, 
of  and  record  sneh  experiments  as  aro  to  bo  made, 
Wo  presiimo  tlicrc  aro  other  cotlegosin  tlic  State 
of  New  York  that  would  be  willing  to  Uike  upon  'pj 
thomschfts  tho  cbeinioal  and  other  sciontitio  work 
connected  with  buoIi  a  farm  on  tho  same  to-rius  as 
those  olTerod  bj'  (Jornoll.  The  latter  institution,  m 
however,  may  bo  bettor  lltUid  for  anch  work,  in-  j„ 
astnuch  as  it  has  au  agrionltnral  doiiartmont 
with  Bpoeial  jirofesgorB,  which  docs  not  obtain  in  c> 
many  of  onr  colleges.  O 
Now  why  is  not  this  plan  as  feasible  as  any  ?  ic 
Tbo  main  dlflicnlty  in  organizing  an  exporimont-  ai 
al  dairy  station  is  tho  oxponso.  If  largo  appro-  ni 
priationa  from  tbo  Stato  or  from  privato  indi-  tl 
vidiials  could  lie  bad,  sullictont  to  maintain  a 
laboratory,  a  cheniist,  a  veterinary  Hiirgeon,  a  ,1 
microfioopist,  and  other  profoBsors  needed  and  oi 
couuoctod  directly  and  solely  witli  tho  first,  ,j 
doubtless  tliis,  in  Bomo  roapectH,  would  bo  host ;  ^ 
but  as  wo  aro  not  likely  V017  Boon  to  got  such  g, 
cudowmoiits,  tbo  iilan  proposed  socniB  to  bo  tho  ^ 
casior  to  bo  aocomplished.  I 
Uadtho  815,000  or  820,000— which  haa  boon  t 
raised  and  Bcpuindorod  in  tlio  oflort  to  mako  a  e 
daii-y  display  at  tho  Uentoniilal— boon  devoted  to  t 
tho  purchaRo  and  ennipmonl  of  an  oxporimcntal  t 
dau'y  farm,  wo  Bhonld  have  to-day  something  to  c 
bo  proud  of— a  snhstantial  beginning  of  tliat  0 
progress  in  dau-y  husbandry  which  every  true  1 
friend  of  tbo  daii^  has  for  a  long  timo  ardently  i 
wished.  Hut,  under  tlio  “  Ring  ”  managomont,  1 
it  iR  fcaroil  tbo  Oentennial  dairy  display  will  have  1 
accomplLshod  notliing.  It  will  bo  a  warning,  i 
however,  for  dairymen  in  tho  contemplated  in-  1 
angnration  of  an  experimental  dairy  station,  to  1 
BO  guard  the  prolimimirloH  of  tiro  work  that  it  |  1 
shall  not  fall  into  a  few  selfish  and  partisan  hands 
Avho  will  be  intent  on  running  anchau  entorpriao 
for  privato  ends.  Tho  men  to  carry  forward  any 
great  undertaking  of  this  hind  must  bo  above  any 
aeltish  motivo  or  partisan  spirit.  They  mnat 
liavo  tho  public  good  at  heart,  and  bo  willing  to 
mako  Biicrifiee  of  self  that  tho  groat  dairy  inter¬ 
est  of  tho  country  may  bo  pcnnanontly  beuofited. 
Under  the  gnidaiico  of  aiich  men,  wo  may  hope 
to  mako  an  experimental  dairy  Btation  an  honor 
to  tho  State  and  a  means  of  advancing  dairy 
Boience  and  practice,  and  thus  to  luihiovo  diatin- 
gnished  HUCCess  for  American  daiiying. 
Portinont  to  this  puoation,  wo  lind  some  very 
senaiblo  remarks  from  Mr.  O.  H.  Ih.isH.  tho  well- 
known  Hccretary  of  the  Vermont  Dairymens’ 
Association,  lie  ia  urging  an  oxporimcntal  farm 
Btation  for  Vermont,  and  says ;  ‘’Every  farm  or 
garden  whoso  accurate  experiments  are  conducted 
and  recorded  in  detail  is,  to  all  inteutfl  and  jnir- 
poses,  an  oxiroriinent  station.  I  mnch  doulit, 
liowover,  the  propriety  of  designating  a  cbenu- 
cal  laboratory  dovotod  to  the  analyBm  of  furtil- 
izors  an  oxixirimonl  Btaliou.  An  analyHis  is  not, 
in  aiiY  mOiibo,  an  exporimont.  Dut  wo  need  not 
quarrel  over  tonus,  if  we  aro  able  to  oomproliend 
their  intoiil.  It  matters  but  little  where  an  ox- 
lieriment  is  conducted,  jirovided  it  i»  intelligently 
and  honestly  condiietod.  Tho  great  dilllculty 
with  the  great  niaiia  of  oxiwriment«  is,  tUat  they 
are  not  well  fornmlatod  to  hogiu  with,  and  tliat 
important  elements  are  overlooked,  either  in  tiro 
experiment  itself  or  in  the  recording  it  for  oth- 
j  ■'  ers’  use.  On  this  account  not  one  in  a  thousand 
of  tho  experiments  reported  in  tho  newspapers  nn 
and  elsewhere,  is  worth  the  paper  on  which  it  i.s  we 
printed  or  written.  In  discusHing  tho  need  of  a  tin 
Vermont  experiment.  Btation  and  tho  manner  of  ns 
supplying  that  nce<l.  we  are  prone  to  overlook  m* 
tho  fact  that  wo  have.  at.  this  timo,  Ihoheiiefit  of  O' 
tho  very  largo  experionce  nf  others,  and  we  arc  in 
nut  compelled  to  grope  eiir  way  wholly  in  the  ' 
dark.  We  Bhonld  start  where  they  are  leaving  ot 
off.  We  have  in  the  University  of  Vermont  and 
Htate  Agricultural  Collego  an  institution  qiiali-  !»' 
rtod.  competent  and  willing  to  do  all  the  needful  ‘‘o 
Bcioutilic  work  of  an  experiment  station.  I ’or-  ■ 
haps  the  same  is  true  of  tlic  otlier  colleges :  I  do 
not.  knew.  Wo  have  a  Hoard  of  AgricuUnre, 
which  should  be  competent  and  willing  to  formn-  'n 
late  and  direct  any  practical  experiment.  Wo  k 
need  tlien  a  good,  well-stocked  farm  in  tlio  cliargo  ^ 
of  an  Intelligent,  painstaking  farmer— nothing  K' 
more — -to  work  out  in  the  soil,  in  tlio  stalls  01  " 
olBowhero  tho  experiinonts." 
Mr.  Buss  further  makes  tho  offer  that  il  tho  ‘ 
Stato  or  any  Stato  society  will  invest  81fi,<Hl()in  a  ” 
farm,  fixturcR  and  stook,  well  and  pi’opcrly  lo- 
cated,  ho  will  nndortake  to  work  out  ovory  needed 
experiment  for  ton  years,  and,  at  tho  end  ol  that 
timo,  return  tho  farm,  etc.,  etc.,  in  better  condi- 
tion  than  ho  took  it,  and  wUlmnt  a  dollar  of 
fnithor  oxpeiiRO. 
This,  it  would  Room,  is  a  very  liberal  offer,  and 
it  sbows  how  mnch  may  he  done  wiUi  a  fund  of  ^ 
810,000.  We  have  no  doubt  that  competent  por- 
sons  may  bo  found  in  New  Y'ork  Stato  alsu  who  “ 
would  ho  willing  to  engage  In  tho  work  on  similar 
terms.  Under  anch  an  arrangement,  it  will  ho 
soon  tho  Gxpcrimoutal  farm  hocomos  sclf-Bup-  \ 
porting.  ,  ^ 
Again  Mr.  Boirh  says:  “I  Hincenly  helioyo  * 
Bueh  an  exporimont  station,  located  anywhere  in  l 
Vermont,  would  pay  for  itself  to  tbo  State  at  I 
large  tho  soennd  year  and  every  year  tUorcaflor.  I 
Wo  need,  more  than  all  else,  accurate  oxperi-  ( 
ments  in  the  common  details  of  fanning,  dairy-  i 
ing,  Btook-growing,  orcharding,  drainage,  cto.  1 
Tho  commoroial  fertilizer  business  is  now,  and 
over  will  bo,  of  secondary  importance  in  Vermont. 
We  need  far  more  to  know  liow  to  employ  com-  ' 
meroial  food  for  our  stock,  bow  to  convert  that 
into  farmyard  and  stable  fertilizers,  and  how  to 
'  aii)ily  thorn  lo  advantage.  A  largo  part  of  tho 
'  exporimonts  needed  should  pay  as  tlioy  go. 
Original  investigations  of  merely  theoretical  top- 
'  ics,  wliich  are  iimro  expensive  and  loss  import- 
nut,  may  bo  relegated  to  tbo  National  Depart- 
■  ment  of  Agrieiilturo,  or  most  anywhere  else,  for 
-  tho  proRoiit,  at  loafit." 
i  Wo  should  bo  glad  to  seo  an  experimental 
i  dairy  stutlon  establlsbod  in  Now  York.  It  is 
1  OHpoeially  needed,  at  this  timo,  to  settle  many 
.  (piostioiiB  in  dairy  prodneo  which  now  liavo 
;  a  divided  opinion  among  dairymen.  We  hopo  to 
^  BOO  groat  progrcHB  made  in  dauy  hnshandry,  and 
especially  In  tho  ocotHinueH  of  the  hnsiaess.  It 
is  tho  waste  in  many  departments  of  this  indus- 
n  try  tliat  pressos  most  lieavily  on  l.ho  nott  iiioomo 
a  of  dairy  fai-mors,  and  it  is  from  tho  avoidance  of 
0  this  waste  that  sonio  dairy  laroiovs  often  see 
d  their  way  out  of  difiionltios  that  so  often  prove 
u  disastioiiH  to  others.  Tho  mass  of  farniors  need  1 
it  a  knowledge  of  tho  best  way  of  managing  dairy 
10  farms,  of  feeding  Btook  for  the  production  of 
ly  milk,  of  tho  maniiinlating  of  milk  for  the  nuum- 
t,  factnre  of  tho  finest  goods,  of  preserving  these 
ro  products  pcrfeotly  until  they  roach  the  oonanmer, 
g,  and  of  many  other  points  cciimecled  with  tlie 
il-  bnsineflB.  Tlio.so  can.  perhaps,  bo  best  obtained 
to  from  an  experimental  dairy  Btation,  where  tbo 
it  I  oxporiments  aro  ho  carefully  and  perfectly  cou- 
ils  ducted  as  to  carry  tho  weight  of  authority  in 
so  their  proofs.  liOt  ns,  by  all  moans,  liavo  au  ox- 
ly  poruneiital  dairy  station  ;  but,  in  emleavoring  to 
iiy  iniuigurato  snob  a  project,  lot  tho  projior  pro- 
ist  cautions  be  taken  that  tho  measure  bo  not  killed 
to  by  a  “  Ring.” 
mate,  would  yield  .SOO  lbs.  of  milk  sugar  per  day  1 
worth  8B0,  or  82, 100  per  mouth.  Milk  sugar,  at  i 
tho  proscut  time,  brings  a  high  price.  It  is  1 
used  by  hemienyiatliists  as  tbo  vehicle  I  or  their 
modicuics,  and,  in  otlicr  practice,  as  an  aidicleof 
food  for  infants  in  teething,  being  loss  apt  to 
I'rodnco  iieidiiy  than  cane  sugar.  It  has  alio 
been  recommended  as  a  nnii-nitrogiMions  avtiulo 
of  diet  in  piilnionary  disoases.  Thodcniand,  be¬ 
ing  limited,  regulates  its  production,  wo  snppo.so 
and  from  its  coiniiaralivo  scarcity,  tbo  price  ol 
course  is  high,  being  sold  at  tho  sboyis  not  nn- 
freqiienUy  at  a  dollar  per  pound. 
The  milk  sngoi’  of  eommerco  comes  from  Hwit- 
zerlnnd.  It  is  made,  wo  bavo  boon  Informed,  by 
allowing  tho  whey  from  ebeoso-making  to  IrioUle 
down  tbo  BidoH  of  tbo  mountains  in  wooden 
Ironghsor  gutters.  Threads  aro  placed  in  tlio 
gutters,  niKin  which  tbo  sugar  adheres  as  the 
watery  yioriions  pass  off  in  evaporation. 
On  tbo  antliority  of  tho  American  Encyclopo- 
dia:  “  It  IS  prepared  from  whey  obtained  from 
milk  congulaiod,  with  a  little  dilute  snlphnric 
acid,  and  loft  Bovcral  weeks  In  a  cool  place  to 
orystalizo,  1’hn  crystals  of  sugar  of  milk  aro 
oollcctod  and  decolorised  by  animal  charcoal  and 
ropoab'd  crystallization.  Ry  tho  hounvopathists, 
sugar  of  milk  is  regarded  as  tho  most  Inert  sub- 
stanco  upon  tho  system,  and  for  this  roaHon,  as 
well  as  on  account  of  its  groat  hardnoRS,  which 
causes  it  lo  reduco  to  oxlromo  fineness  tho  sub¬ 
stances  with  which  it  is  ground,  tlioy  estoom  it 
as  tho  best  modiinu  for  their  medieinos,  and  aro, 
by  far,  tlio  largest  consuinors  of  it.” 
We  have  no  doubt  there  aro  various  ways  in 
wliich  milk  sugar  could  bo  used  for  food,  and  if 
tiioso  wore  shown,  it  miglit  jirovo  au  important 
sourco  of  profit  to  tlio  dairy.  Among  tbo  now 
uses  to  which  substances  aro  being  put,  from 
lime  to  timo,  It  Is  a  matter  of  no  littlo  siujii'iBo 
Unit  milk  sugar  should  n6t  be  on  tbo  list.  l'’rom 
tlio  largo  quaiilitlos  of  wboy  at  tbo  factories,  tho 
material  would  not  bo  wanting  for  tho  produc¬ 
tion  of  this  sugar  to  meet  almost  any  demand. 
Will  not  some  of  onr  choiinsts  toll  ns  how  this 
product  can  bo  utilized  and  tlion  tbo  best  motlKal 
of  manufacturing  it.  If  as  mnch,  or  more,  can 
,  bo  mado  from  tho  sugar  of  milk  as  can  bo  ob- 
1  tained  for  tho  biiltor,  tho  pro.Bpects  of  dairying 
I  will  bo  cbooriiig. 
bad  reimto  with  many  people  who  would  othor- 
wi.so  have  been  ardent  admirers  of  such  beauti¬ 
ful  spccimons  of  creation.  Il-  lI.M.i’s. 
®!)  c  'I'o  ultiT  I  aril. 
KEEPING  POULTRY.-No,  6. 
MILK  SUGAR. 
Wichopo  tho  timo  is  not  distant  wl  ion  thochom- 
ists  may  find  a  nso  for  milk  sugar  that  will  ero- 
ato  a  largo  domaud  for  it,  so  that  it  will  outer 
into  eommerco  on  an  equality  with  other  articles 
of  gouoral  consumption.  Should  this  occur,  wo 
should  liavo  another  oluinont  of  tho  dairy  wliich 
would  add  cousiderably  to  tho  profits.  In  the 
malting  of  cliecso  tho  milk  sugar,  as  is  well  luiown, 
mostly  poiii’d  off  in  tho  whoy.  Of  tlio  solid  con¬ 
stituents  of  whey,  tho  milk  sugar  is  in  tho 
largest  proiiortion,  ranging  from  1.  to  5  per  cent.  ] 
In  an  average  samide  of  milk  we  have,  in  round 
ninuborB,  water,  about  87  parts ;  butter,  .5)  .j 
parts;  casoin,  parts;  and  milk  and  sugar  5 
parts,  tbo  balance  of  tho  100  parts  being  mineral 
matter. 
It  will  bo  soon  that  tho  milk  sugai'  contained 
ill  milk  is  larger  than  the  jiroportiou  of  Imttcr, 
and  is  as  5  to  8  when  compared  with  tlio  butter 
and  cascino  coinhinod.  An  estimate  lias  hocu 
mado  of  tho  annual  yield  of  sugar  from  tlic  wlioy 
of  80  factories,  averaging  400  cows  each,  and  it 
araonnts  to  the  enormous  quantity  of  2,000,000 
lbs.  or  10,000  bblB.  At  tlio  price  of  only  10c.  V 
lb.,  a  factory  of  1,000  cows,  on  tho  above  osti- 
Ai-rKu  building  tho  honso,  completing  interior 
an-angoments,  and  wo  aro  about  putting  in  tho 
fowls,  tlio  iiiicHtion  is  (if  not  tlionghl  of  before) 
bow  many  fowks  will  tlio  building  accommodate  '' 
witiiont  crowding,  and  give  them  room  enough  ^ 
to  keep  boalthy?  This  is  another  rook  that 
many  an  ainatour  founders  upon.  First,  Im  soos  J 
one  lot  of  fowls  that  ho  likoB  and  prociiros  tlioni ;  ' 
then  by  ohanco  ho  hajipons  to  find  somo  hotter  ^ 
ones,  lind  thinks  ho  must  have  them  also ;  or  ho 
HOf'H  another  kinil  that  ho  would  like  to  Uco]) ;  ho  > 
is  likely  to  begin  ovororowding.  Ry  far  tbo  host  1 
way  is  to  begin  with  ton  fow  rather  than  too  * 
many,  keeping  to  ono  variety  and  tlioroiiglily  ^ 
nndoi’standliig  it  by  osiierioiico  before  branobiug 
into  many  kinds.  ' 
Ono  can  more  enjoy  wliat  lio  lias,  wliou  con¬ 
tented  witli  a  rcasonablo  number.  A  houso 
four  or  live  foot  sqnai  o  should  not  contain  more 
than  a  cock  and  tliroo  lions ;  a  honso  8  by  10 
foot,  twenty  birds  ;  12  liy  1«.  fifty  ;  or  an  aver¬ 
age  of  four  B'liiaro  foot  of  ground  mom  for 
each  inmato  of  ordinary  sizo.  Rantams  roqniro 
a  tliird  loss  room.  Tlioso  UmitH,  1  boliovo,  mnat 
not  be  enOteaobod  upon  under  any  cirenmstan- 
cos.  If  on  a  farm  and  the  fowls  bavo  unlimited 
raiigo  i  aro  of  a  hardy  constitution,  and  all  tlio 
sanitary  rules  laid  down  am  rightly  atlonded  to, 
then  tlioy  maybe  incroasod  a  quarter  to  a  half 
more  in  number.  If  you  koei>  pure  bred  fowls 
with  tho  idea  of  raising  show  birds,  and  wish  to 
Impmvo  tbo  sloek  on  hand,  give  tlioni  all  tlio 
study  and  altonlloii  tlioy  require. ;  obsorvo  tbo 
pociiliaritios  of  uiicli  indrcidnol  hird,  and  if  you 
I  do  not  koeii  a  written  register  of  your  stock,  do 
HO  juenUUv,  tliat  yon  may  obsorvo  tlio  rosntts 
!  produced  from  each  lien  and  lier  mate.  Ry  so  | 
,  doing  yon  will  onsily  find  out  liov)  to  improve 
•  yom-  stock,  or  kooii  up  tlieir  high  Htandard  if 
>  alroatiy  attained.  No  lu'codor  of  fine  jioiiltry 
.  should  breed  with  bo  many  birds  that  he  cannot 
1  tako  in’opor  cogniziuieo  of  each  individual.  IIo 
will  then  dorlvo  such  jileasiiro  and  interc.'il  from 
5  his  pets  as  only  a  trno  fancier  can  enjoy,  i’oiil- 
,1  try  keeping,  if  commoncod  in  this  w’ay,  is  mncli 
more  likely  to  bo  a  permanent  iileasnro,  and 
[1  some  profit  is  sure  to  be  derived  from  it.  Keop- 
•,  ing  tho  economical  point  in  view',  as  liero  rccoiu- 
;r  mended,  does  not  incur  a  gi-oat  outlay  and  does 
u  not  bi  ing  many  regrets  at  useless  expeiiditurcH. 
y  Very  few  indeed  ever  kept  pure  bred  fowls 
it  without  going  through  most,  if  not  all,  tho  cx- 
10  pericncoB  hero  cautioned  against,  and  it  has 
V  I  been  a  great  biudrance  to  tbo  genera]  dcvelop- 
i-  ment  of  the  “fancy,”  and  has  brouglit  it  into 
QUESTIONS  ABOUT  POULTRY.  I 
T.  a.  L.,  LeSour  Co.,  Minn.,  TT.  \V.  M.,  Wase¬ 
ca  Co.,  jMinii.,  and  J.  R.  D-,  Htury  Co.,  iowa, 
ask  tlio  following  ipiestions,  roqnosliiig  aiiBwiu's 
in  the  IluriAn  N a w- Yi nuu: u : 
1.  ITow  many  fowls  enn  ho  kept  in  ono  onclos- 
nre  without  loss  in  bi'ultli  or  egg  iimductiuni' 
2.  liow  many  fowls  would  it  do  for  a  inan  to  keeii, 
giving  his  whole  attention  to  llieiii  ?  8.  What 
is  Ibn  proper  size  of  a  bouse  to  aecommodato 
100  fowls?  1.  Wliat  is  tho  best  floor  for  a  ben 
honso?  5.  Why  do  yon  pn.ifer  tbo  Jjigbl  Mrali- 
mas  ?  fi.  Cannot  the  small  breeds,  such  as  Leg- 
hovns,  bo  raised  mnch  cheajier  than  Unibnias? 
7.  What  will  cm'ochiolkCiM’bohM’a  ?  8.  Can  bens 
bn  cured  of  tbo  bivbit  of  eating  eggs?  0.  <’:ui 
they  bo  cured  of  fcatlior  eating  ?  10.  .'Vro  ducks, 
tnrtmys  and  geese  as  |irofitablo  as  otlinr  fowls.’’ 
1.  My  experienco  in  the  last  nine  years  would 
bo  in  favor  of  koeping  thirty  in  a  pen,  having 
boon  most  succossfnl  witli  tliat  number.  I  have, 
however,  wintered  as  many  as  RIO  in  a  pen  with 
no  liad  effect.  Mr.  R.  F.  Hquiukh  of  i-ong 
Island  lias  kept  as  liigb  as  850  in  a  lum  with  sat 
isfttctory  results-  It  is  risky  to  keep  more  than 
,50  ill  a  singlo  oiiclosuve. 
2.  It  woiilil  bo  imiiriident  for  a  man  to  keep 
mol’d  than  COO  fowls,  and  very  impi-ndent  to  keep 
even  that  luimbnv  uulosH  bo  wau  very  skillful 
and  careful. 
8,  A  houso  twenty  foot  square  will  give  400 
Hipiai’o  foot  of  lloor,  or  four  square  feet  to  each 
fowl,  which  is  about  tbo  right  proportion. 
4.  Any  lloor  that  is  hard  and  dry  is  good 
enough,  but  1  Ibiiik  asphalt  is  tlio  best,  if  cost  is 
not  a  considoralinii. 
5.  Reeanso  I  find  tlio  most  profit  in  tliom. 
To  spoak  a  little  plainer :  beoansn  tlioy  lay  wliou 
eggs  aro  scarce  and  high ;  they  sit  early  and  give 
us  early  chickens.  Then  limy  begin  to  lay  again 
just  in  timo  for  tlio  mid-snnimor  riae,  and  molt, 
before  cold  weather,  .ami  aro  ready  lo  lay  af;ain 
w’ben  others  coaso  on  iieeniint  of  col<l  wcatlmr. 
When  dressed,  Iboy  will  Bcll  for  from  10  to  80  per 
cent  above  your  “  20-ouiico,”  pin-foalbery  breed  ; 
and  yon  can  fenco  them  in  witiiont  roofing  the 
yard. 
;  G.  Yon  can  raise  tlirco  Logliorns  witli  tho  samo 
grain  that  it  takes  to  raise  one  Rrahma;  but  tbo 
Uegbot’ii,  when  grown,  will  oat  just  as  miicli,  in 
proportion  to  tlio  nninber  of  eggs  laid,  as  Rriib- 
:  mas  ;  and  wliou  killed  and  dressed  tbo  tntl<*r 
will  bring  as  mucli  as  four  T.eghorns.  It  is  as 
foolisli  to  talk  alioiit  ono  breed  of  fowls  laying 
more  for  tbo  food  eoiiBumed  than  anotlior,  as  to 
Q  talk  of  ono  ndllstorm  making  more  meal  Hian 
^  another,  in  proportion  to  the  corn  iisod and  it 
0  will  take  just  as  niiicb  corn  to  nuike  six  pounds 
,1  of  chicken  on  two  legs  as  il  will  to  make  it  nn 
t.  ovglit  logs ;  imt  your  six-pound  fowl  will  bring 
Ih  I2)yc.  1'  II..  when  your  1)  j  lbs.  bring  10c.  This 
is  not  merely  in  our  own  local  market,  but  in 
i|.  Cliloago  and  Now  York. 
o  7.  1  don’t  know.  It  can  bo  i.revontcd  by  fnru 
10  isliing  tlic  fowls  with  fresh  water  oacli  day  and 
jt,  kociiing  tho  liouso  clean.  1  do  not  have  disoases 
lO  enough  in  my  flock  to  get  any  practico  in  duc- 
ly  toring. 
,,  8.  J  have  cured  them  of  this  habit  by  putimg 
tbo  fowl  in  a  iimi  wliero  tlicro  was  a  nest  c.f 
“  Hpoile.d  ”  eggs.  They  would  not  want  to  try  it 
again  soon.  Frovont  thoir  getting  this  habit  by 
making  tbo  nests  dark. 
10  y.  Ry  cutting  off  their  heads.  I  know  no 
..  other  way. 
10.  My  OKporicTiCO  with  clut’kfl  iH  uniuvorfihlo. 
They  had  a  bad  habit  of  dying,  apparontly  witli- 
out  cause.  Turkeys  aro  good  to  destroy  onr 
mea'low  grasshoiipcr,  and  arc  i.rolilablo  to  raise 
if  yi,u  can  give  Ibcni  tho  iiceessary  oavo.  tioeso 
aro  strangers  to  mo.  A.  M.  Van  Aukkn. 
Fort  Howard,  Wlfl. 
to, 
alf  '\Vk  think  onr  correspondent  is  all  wrong  iii 
wls  declaring  tliat  it  is  “  foolish  to  talk  about  ono 
1  to  breed  not  laying  more  eggs  than  another  for  tbo 
tlio  amount  of  food  consumed.”  Our  own  experienco 
tlio  leads  ns  to  boliovo  that  tbero  is  a  very  niaaked 
,ou  dilToreneo  in  broeiTs,  anioimting,  in  some  instau- 
(lo  cos,  from  25  to  50  iior  cent,  in  tbo  uuml.er  of  eggs 
ilts  produced  from  a  given  quaulity  of  food.  Tbo 
r  HO  same  will  also  liold  good,  l.nt  not  to  sneb  an  e.x- 
ovo  tent,  in  the  production  of  fiosli,  somo  laying  on 
I  if  far  moro  llesb  than  others  from  tho  same  amount 
Itry  of  food,  if  tliero  was  no  differcnco  In  breeds, 
mot  regarding  their  egg  or  moat-produeing  habits, 
IIo  each  roquiring  a  certain  amount  of  lood  to  jiro 
rom  dnee  certain  results,  the  choice  between  tboni. 
Old-  would  l.o  mncli  lens  than  it  is  now.  As  well 
inch  might  wo  claim  tliat  it  rcjiiirod  as  mncli  food  to 
and  prodneo  a  pound  of  butler  from  ono  of  our  l.cst 
cop-  Jersey  cow  s  as  it  doofl  fnim  that  of  the  poorCHt 
loiu-  common  stock,  or  tliat  a  Nliort-Uorn  steor  will 
Joes  lay  on  no  moro  fat  from  eating  a  ton  of  meal  or 
ircH.  liay  than  ono  from  tbo  prairioB  of  Texas, 
owls  1  f  our  own  oxpericnw!  connts  for  anytliing,  1  bo 
j  ox-  Rrubmas  will  beat  tlm  Leghorns  in  laying  on 
has  flesh;  but  fall  far  short  when  it  comes  to  tho 
)lop-  egg  ipicstion.  Wliat  say  onr  corrcBpondcuts  on 
into  these  mooted  points. — Eu.  Ruiial. 
