1902 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
811 
HOW THE HENS ARE LAYING. 
What Proportion Shell Out ? 
liens are laying about one in 9 or 10 per 
day, some flocks more and some less. In 
looking over my book I see that has been 
about the average for several years. They 
usually begin to gain about November 15 
or 20. This includes both hens and pullets. 
J. W. 
My hens are not laying much. I broke 
my hip last Spring and have had to de¬ 
pend on the hired man. Does it need any 
other excuse? When trees grow the year 
’round, then it will be time enough for us 
to expect hens to lay all the time. 
Hanover, Mass. a. h. m. 
I sold all of my hens, with the exception 
of one pen of White W’yandottes, in Au¬ 
gust, and they have laid well up to within 
a month, and since then have had from 
the It an average of probably two eggs a 
day. They are now picking up again, and 
the pullets will soon begin. My Wyandotte 
pullets began the last of November last 
year. d. s. b. 
Springfield, Vt, 
Both our hens and late May pullets are 
laying; what we consider unusually well. 
Although some of the hens are quite rag¬ 
ged yet, just finishing the moulting period, 
and the pullets were hatched late in May, 
and are just beginning, at least 25 per cent 
are laying and gaining every day. We have 
not been without eggs since January 1, and 
have been feeding on the Mapes skim-milk 
and corn plan (hens balance their own ra¬ 
tion) with very marked success. We con¬ 
sider our success is due to supplying the 
hens with an unlimited quantity of food of 
such a variety as will enable them to bal¬ 
ance their own ration. J. d. h. 
Windham, N. Y. 
I consider October and November the 
poorest months of the year for eggs. If 
one has very early pullets quite a fair egg 
yield can can be obtained, but later pullets 
and hens will net do much during these 
months. In my own case the egg yield is 
next to nothing, owing to the neglect of 
the poultry caused by the large apple crop 
and the scarcity of help. I have been too 
busy to attend to the hens at all. I have 
no very early pullets and hens are on the 
point of laying, so in two weeks I can tell 
a very different story. Not over 10 per 
cent of the flock is now laying, but this is 
a much poorer showing than usual. Eggs 
are certainly worth working for, as I can 
get 28 cents a dozen right at my door. 
Nortonhill, N. Y. h. r. i. 
T raise poultry for sale, and am on a town 
lot 125x150 feet; always have to sell my old 
hens as they develop for laying. 1 get from 
$1.50 to $2.50 each for hen and $2 for a fairly 
good pullet, but always keep the best for 
myself. I am getting a few eggs, about 12 
to 15 per day, but will in a few days be 
getting a good supply of eggs. I am get¬ 
ting my hens and pullets ready for Win¬ 
ter. I have a fine lot of them, and if I get 
along all right will write you results and 
my reason why. I always have had good 
success in getting Winter eggs. According 
to my idea if you have a hen free from lice 
and in good healthy condition, feed her a 
good quantity of mixed grain feed, plenty 
of green stuff such as cabbage, clover, 
beets, etc., and a little meat meal or fresh 
ground bone, she is sure to lay. My mixed 
grain feed consists of cracked corn and 
wheat, oats and barley, half of mixture or 
about that of oats and other half corn, 
wheat and barley. John w. warrick. 
Washington, Pa. 
At this time of the year I do not look 
for many eggs, but always put forth the 
greatest effort to obtain them, knowing 
well that I will be well repaid in the near 
future. On the basis that for the average 
daily egg yield two hens are laying for 
every egg laid, 10 per cent of the hens are 
laying here. This is for the first week in 
November, and is as well as usual with us 
at this time of year. In about three weeks 
I shall look for decided gains from the 
hens. The pullets are gaining daily now 
The per cent does not include the eggs laid 
by pullets. It might be well to say that 
this is from 400 hens in one flock in one 
large pen. I do not think it best to crowd 
a flock to lay in November, as my experi¬ 
ence has been that it is almost impossible 
to keep the hens gaining or even hold what 
start is made. The least thing will stop a 
flock laying now, when a little later they 
would continue to gain. If my hens start 
in January and gain slowlv I have no trou¬ 
ble to keep them at it through the Winter, 
and we always have the coldest weather in 
January and February. If they do not lay 
so many in November and December they 
lay better in the Summer. Here it does 
not make much difference what eggs are 
worth on the market, as it does how much 
they cost to produce. Last Winter we 
wintered 500 hens which were not fed to 
lay until January 1; began to lay in Feb¬ 
ruary and laid 3,7o0 dozen eggs from then 
until October 1; eggs costing for food for 
the year five cents per dozen, l. h. l. b. 
Binghamton, N. Y. 
Feeding Cabbage to Milch Cows. 
I am anxious to learn the best possible 
plan to store and feed my crop of cabbage 
to a dairy of 30 milch cows this Winter. 
I intend to feed silage, gluten, bran, dry 
cut stalks and hay, and can feed cabbage 
if it is best and more profitable than to 
sell for $2.50 or $3 per ton. I can store them 
in a basement already fixed for them. 
Corfu, N. Y. F. d. r. 
We are feeding our cows twice a day 
with good results, always after milking. 
If I had cabbage, silage and grain I would 
feed grain first thing in morning; all 
the cabbage the cows would eat after 
milking (never before), dry fodder at 
noon, silage in evening. Sprinkle grain 
on silage after milking. This is the way 
we feed our cows, and we never have 
any trouble with ill-flavored milk. Cab¬ 
bage is good feed for milch cows; will 
increase quantity and not injure quality 
if fed as stated. In storing cabbage for 
market we put some in cellar, some in 
woods, some on meadows where wind 
will not blow snow off, stub down, with 
covering of straw. For feeding I would 
pile in small piles in field, leaves and all. 
Keep cool. c. p. E. 
An Experience With Pumpkins. 
I see on page 765 an article on feeding 
pumpkins and pumpkin seeds. I will 
give my experience. A few years since 
there was a canning factory near my 
farm, and in the season for the work 
they canned large quantities of squash, 
which I assume are similar in composi¬ 
tion (though perhaps higher in food 
value)' to pumpkins. In preparing the 
squash for canning the seeds and inside 
fibers were thrown into one pile and the 
parings into another. The parings were 
sold to farmers for feeding, and they 
were excellent for dairy cows, but the in¬ 
side material with the seeds was not 
used, it being claimed that such feed 
would dry up the cows. I thought 1 
would experiment for myself, and find 
if the opinion was well founded. I be¬ 
gan feeding the stuff to my herd of 
about a dozen cows and the milk yield 
soon began to lessen. I continued until 
the milk yield was reduced to about halt 
what it was when I began, and then 
stopped. I fed large quantities of the 
same material to hogs, cooking it with 
small potatoes and feeding meal with 
it with good satisfaction. I also fed it 
freely to some heifers I had and saw no 
ill effect. I have fed pumpkins to milch 
cows, seeds and all, and noticed no ill 
effects, but feeding the seeds in such 
quantities as I did when using the 
squash pulp did certainly dry up the 
COWS. M. MORSE. 
Massachusetts. 
MILK NOTES. 
The cows are looking quite well. There 
is not as much Winter feed as last year; 
corn is short 50 per cent. Dairymen are 
cutting out what light milkers they can 
sell; now and then one is selling springers, 
but milk is bringing a good price and they 
are going to carry all they can. Milk, $1.35 
per 100. Oats are a good crop; hay good, 
but harvested in bad condition. E. s. b. 
Leonardsville, N. Y. 
The hay crop in my locality was a good 
one, and was secured in fair condition, 
considering the stormy weather. Corn was 
a failure on account of its being so wet. 
Oats made a big growth of straw, but there 
is complaint that there is more straw than 
oats. Fall feed has been prime, and with 
the present prices for milk I think farmers 
will winter the usual number of cows. Our 
prices for milk this Winter will be the 
following: October, $1.45; November, $1.55; 
December, $1.65; January, $1.65; February, 
$1.50; March, $1.40. d. j. w. 
Woodford, N. Y. 
Sheep Notes.— The sheep markets have 
been much over-crowded for some time 
back, and unless they take a turn for the 
better, sheep that were bought in early 
Summer will leave poor payment for their 
grass. I bought a number myself; have 
been well grazed, and instead of risking 
the markets, I am purposing putting them 
to feed on corn for two or three months. 
By that time they will surely bring a bet¬ 
ter price. About sheep going into their 
Winter quarters, the best thing is to have 
them in good condition. If it is breeding 
ewes, if - your pasture has been left a 
little rough let them roam about, house 
them and give them some hay at night, 
and toward their coming into lamb give 
them a little corn, say one-half a pound 
a day each until the grass comes. But 
if feeding sheep you can treat them much 
the same, but they will go with iy 2 pound 
corn a day each, and should not be allowed 
to roam. a. tod. 
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