THE RURAL HEW-YOBKEfr 
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INO alls' pat. 
culiar taste to the yellow color or not, I am 
unable to say ; but as long as epicures are wil¬ 
ling to pay for it, It will not be best to question 
their judgment. Another point in favor of 
Light Brahmas is the color of their feathers— 
the whiteness of tlieBe gives the bird a neater 
look when plucked. 
The best geese are produced by a cross with 
an Indian gander and Bremen goose; the off¬ 
springs grow larger and fatten better than 
either kind when kept pure. Most breeders 
here mate up their breeding flocks in propor¬ 
tion of three geese to a gander. The first eggs 
are set under hens, the second setting is 
placed under the old goose, though some make 
her lay a third litter. When the goslings are 
about three mouths old they are shot up in 
pens and fed on corn meal, beef ecraps and 
whole corn (the latter beiug the last feed at 
night), for about four weeks, and are allowed 
all the water they want to drink, but not 
enough to play in. At the end of this time 
they are generally fat and heavy. 
In marketing gecec from July until October 
they are not drawn, nor are the heads cut off; 
as faBt as picked they are thrown into a tub of 
cold water and remain there until morning, 
when they are boxed up and sent to market. In 
plucking ducks aud geese, pull the feathers 
from the head towards the tail; in picking 
fowls and chicks, pulling them the other way 
will be best. 
In regard to turkeys, I know of no better 
kind than what arc here called the Rhode 
Island Black. They arc large enough, healthy, 
fatten well, and their skin is yellower than 
that of any other kind with which I am ac¬ 
quainted. A few extra-large turkeys will 
bring an extra price during holidays: but if 
all go to raising thirty-pound turkeys they 
would not be worth as much as small ones. 
The best management of turkeys I have found 
to be to feed well from the beginning ; aud 
about the middle of September take extra care 
of them. Have ready for them, soon after 
day-light., a feed of corn-meal mixed with 
boiled potatoes, pumpkins or turnips mashed 
together while hot, and fed warm; give them 
all they will eat up clean ; repeat this at noon, 
and at night give them all the sound yellow 
corn they will eat up, and you will have some 
nice turkeys for Thanksgiving, if they were 
not hatched too late. The late ones should 
not be sent to market until New Year’6. 
Bristol Co., Mass. Tiieo. G. Lincoln. 
A JEAL0U8 GOOSE. 
Some weeks ago two of my geese were sit¬ 
ting close together, their nests being not over 
12 inches apart. They had chosen these posi¬ 
tions and I made them comfortable there. 
There was a difference of about three days in 
the period of their hatching. Each goose wa6 
regularly mated with her gander, aud the 
careful husbands each watched faithfully 
over his own spouse during the month. The 
first goose hatched eight goslings, and now 
comes the catastrophe. The mate of the 
goose that had three days yet to sit, was so 
“taken” with the goslings that, deserting his 
sitting spouse, he devoted himself to the aid 
of the fortunate pair that had already begun 
to enjoy the careB and pleasures of pat- and 
mat-ernity, becoming a sort of loving step¬ 
father to the young brood. At this infidelity 
his goose was very much worried, aud would 
quit her nest aud follow him about, now quer¬ 
ulously, now carressiugly trying to induce 
him to return home and watch and wait as 
had been his wont for nearly a month. As 1 
saw that he was a hardened doBortor, and 
that he was doing a world of mischief to 
the expected oroocl by tempting the mother 
to abandon their care while following his 
faithless footsteps, I arrested and imprisoned 
him out of sight. Thereupon the sorrowing 
mother returued reluctantly to her duty, aud 
in due time the brood of goslings began to 
come forth. But the mother was outraged 
and wrathful. No father to share her joys 
and cares! No marital help or caresses for 
the little ones or their ma! Brooding on this 
angered her mightily, aud a more furious bird 
I never saw. With deep interest I watched 
her. Nosoolier would a gosling peep from 
the shell than she would pounce upon it, toss 
it about and follow it up until it was “deader 
than a door nail." Then she would grimly 
return to her nest and await for another to 
come forth, when she would repeat the same 
cruelty. Alter a couple of furious exhibitions 
of this kind, I took the remaining eggs aud 
put them under a lieu, but only one hatched. 
The goose finding nothing of her own and 
husband’s left to vent her indignant fury upon, 
huuted up the rival whose better fortune had 
seduced her husband, and would, I am sure, 
have destroyed her brood also, had I not in¬ 
terfered. The jealous madam and her faith¬ 
less partner are now iguorantly happy iu the 
fattening coop. c. m. d. 
Galveston, Texas. 
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Coal of Keeping Ileus, 
I am frequently asked the question, “What 
does it cost to keep hens.” By referring to my 
books, I find that the cost for feeding 140 hens 
the six months, commencing Sept. 1st, 1879, 
has been as follows 
M bushels wheat screenings....$42.30 
10 *• corn... 6.4* 
8 carrots. 2.40 
1 " buckwheat. . 4.30 
1 onions. 1.25 
590 lbs. tallow scraps. 6.45 
110 •• corn-meal. 1.10 
120 “ barley meal. 1.33 
cayenne pepper.25 
Total cost...$65.76 
This is 47 cents per head for the six months. 
As the hens can pick up a share of their living 
for the remaining six months, perhapB 80 cents 
are a fair estimate of the average cost of their 
feed for one year. Of course, the cost will vary 
somewhat In different localities, owing to tbe 
variation in the price of grain, etc.; but I think 
my estimate sufficiently accurate for all prac¬ 
tical purposes. 
In raising chickens I find that it requires 
more food tY grow a large, than a small one ; 
but after being fully grown, and when laying 
has commenced, I discover very little differ¬ 
ence iu the amount of food required by the 
different breeds. Hens that lay best should 
eat most. Nelson Ritteb. 
Form toed IIoudan Fowls.— We notice the 
French are selecting such to breed from in pre¬ 
ference to the five-toed. This is a sensible move 
on the part of poultry fanciers. The fifth toe 
is a mere ugly excrescence of no use whatever, 
and it is only & waste ol precious food to grow 
it. Wc may say the same of the Dorking 
fowl, and wish the English in breeding these 
hereafter, would follow the excellent example 
set them by their Gallic neighbors. 
ffc apiarian. 
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FEEDING BEES, 
Thebe are bee-keepers who say: “ Better 
keep no bees than to feed them!” There are 
others who think they have done enough if, 
once a year, when the time of greatest need 
comes, they remember these little creatures 
with a small portion of honey, or sweetened 
water, or a piece of candy. But there are also 
some bee-culturists in the world—and, thanks 
to the spirit of progress, their number is in¬ 
creasing—who feed during the whole year ; 
that is, whenever it may be deemed advisable 
as a matter of profit. Brimstoning bees, really 
robbing them of their honey, and securing 
large yields in good seasons, cannot be termed 
scientific bee-culture. On the other hand, win¬ 
tering bees successfully, and, in order to secure 
a surplus during poor seasons, such as last 
year, decreasing the number of colonies with¬ 
out killing any bees, may be said to combine 
the science and art of cultivating bees. Most 
novices in apiculture are impelled by a desire 
to increase the number of their colonies as 
rapidly as possible. To attain this result, some 
have recourse to artificial swarming ; they 
divide, twice and even three times, colonies 
which often are already very weak; but in¬ 
stead of advauciug, they go backward. Others 
resort to speculative feeding to stimulate the 
queen 5a her laying and to bring about the 
development of brood in order to obtain a 
large number of natural swarms. This latter 
method will produce the desired result, if it is 
applied with a proper understanding of the 
subject; and, above all, if it is employed at 
the proper time. 
Feeding may commence in the beginning of 
May, to bring about early swarming. In 
movable frame hives, this is done by inserting 
full cards of capped honey, or, in case these 
are lacking, lukewarm sirup of the consistency 
of mucilage—two parte white sugar and one 
part water brought to a boil, and fed every 
three to five days. Bees, like human beings, 
like warm food better than cold, aud in this 
condition they will the more readily accept 
the sweets offered them. When sirup is led, 
the feeder Bhould be placed at the entrance, 
and 60 arranged that the bees enter it readily 
from the inside of the hive, while outsiders 
aud robbers are excluded. What takes place 
when bees are fed for the purpose of stimula¬ 
tion ? They regard as the product of nature 
what the haud of man spreads before them ; 
they hasten to leave their habitations aud go 
outside in search of the sweet nectar. All goes 
well if vernal sunshine and gentle zephys favor 
their excursions; but if the weather is bad, it 
rigorous wiuds follow closely upon seductive 
sunshine, and overtake the rovers in the open 
field, the poor workers are chilled, the weak 
colonies rapidly depopulated, and the brood 
perishes for the lack of care, aud fiually the 
colonies succumb. Although so few bee-keep¬ 
ers think of feeding during May, June and 
July, yet such unfavorable weather often oc¬ 
curs that young swards and nuclei should be 
looked after—it will be fouud to pay. During 
such periods feed as often as every fifth day. 
If the amount already iu the hive Is not suffi¬ 
cient, it is better to feed now rather than later. 
If one tries spring feeding, even on a single 
colony, he will find it to increase rapidly iu 
numbers, especially if the queen is youug 
and the colony has a fair number of bees to 
start with. J. G. Bingham. 
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