1904 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
75 
UAPES, THE HEN MAN. 
With oats at 30 cents and corn 45 cents 
per bushel and the average price of eggs 
for the year 13 cents per dozen, how 
many hens will one person be required to 
take care of to insure a clear profit of $500 
per year, hens to have full run of 20 acres 
of orchard and 18 of pasture land? In 
addition to corn and oats, what other feed, 
quantity and probable cost of same will 
be required in order that biddy may have 
a perfect balanced ration, hens to have 
the same care Mr. Mapes gives his? 
Richview, Ill. p - M - 
A Balanced Ration. —I suggest that 
wheat should be added to the above 
grains. Then, with either skim-milk or 
meat in some form and clover leaves or 
cabbage, biddy should get a balanced ra¬ 
tion. The prices quoted do not offer an 
ideal location for the poultry business. 
Thirteen cents per dozen for eggs is 
rather low if grain, etc., is all to be pur¬ 
chased at prices noted. I would suggest 
that in such a location part of the time 
he given to raising a supply of grain, 
principally corn and wheat, and a small¬ 
er flock of hens be kept to convert it 
into eggs and cash. On page 47 J. I., of 
Connecticut, tells of securing 2,591 
dozen eggs last year from 275 hens. This 
is about nine dozen per hen, and is about 
a fair average yield. Some do better and 
some doubtless worse. At an average of 
13 cents per dozen this would bring 
$1.17 per hen, and would require a flock 
of 450 to 500 to insure an income of $500, 
allowing for the purchase of meat in 
some form, and the use of home-grown 
grain. A Leghorn hen will eat about a 
bushel of mixed grain per year, while 
the larger breeds require more. 
I would like to hear from Mr. Mapes 
what he gives his poultry for a general 
tonic in drinking water. o. s. d. 
Boston, Mass. 
Common-Sense Treatment. —I have 
little faith in “tonics,” and aim to se¬ 
cure a good appetite by a judicious se¬ 
lection of food. I have used no “general 
tonic in the drinking water” for years, 
yet the roup has disappeared from badly 
infected premises without any attempt 
ac disinfection. I recently had a letter 
from a R. N.-Y. reader, who says he has 
a sure cure for roup, in which he offered 
to send me some for trial if I could find 
a “patient.” I was forced to decline his 
kind offer since no subjects can be 
found. It is sometimes said that “hun¬ 
ger is the best sauce.” A hen in good 
health and vigor is sure to have thi3 
test of tonics, without the trouble of 
adding it to the drinking water. Our 
pigs that were troubled with what I 
called “fits,” gave us quite a good deal 
of anxiety for a time. Nine cases in all 
cut of a stock of about 75 were troubled 
with it. Only one case proved fatal, and 
the rest have apparently all recovered. 
It acted like some throat trouble, in 
which the attempt to swallow brought 
on spasms of the throat and partial 
strangulation. We used no treatment 
except to keep in clean comfortable 
quarters, and feed very sparingly. They 
now have a famous hunger three times a 
dgy_ O. W. MAPES# 
DEVON CATTLE. 
This old and quite well-known breed 
originated in the north of England, and 
has been for many years quite exten¬ 
sively bred there, principally on account 
of extreme hardiness and ability to turn 
the rougher products of the farm into a 
quality and paying quantity of beef or 
fine butter as the owner may desire. I 
believe with my experience of 25 years 
breeding Devons and their grades that 
there is no better cattle for the farmer 
of the Middle and Eastern States, and 
they are fast gaining a hold in the West. 
The cows are good, regular and even 
breeders, give a fair amount of rich 
milk, are very easy keepers, always 
showing a good return for feed or pas¬ 
ture consumed; are kind and gentle to 
handle, and when they have passed their 
days of usefulness as milkers and breed¬ 
ers they make a good showing on the 
butcher’s block, which is the final des¬ 
tination of all cattle kind. The steers 
are good feeders and even in quality, 
easily fattened at any age, and good sell¬ 
ers at any time, and while they are not 
as large as some other breeds, they more 
than make up in quality what they lack 
ir: size. The time was in this country 
when the steer that would qirry the pro¬ 
duct of the most acres to market was 
the one most sought after, but the time 
is now here, and to stay, too, that the 
steer or cow that will send the most 
money home for the product of an acre 
is the one we want. The average farmer 
wants a cow that will give a good mess 
of milk that will yield a good per cent 
of butter, and at the same time she her¬ 
self and her offspring have beef quali¬ 
ties that will pay a good profit on rais¬ 
ing for that purpose, and we find this 
in the Devons. .t. copping. 
Miami Co., Ind. 
A Stanchion Closer. —Fig. 33 shows 
a device for opening and shutting stan¬ 
chions, which consists of lever a, mov¬ 
able slat c, loose pins b, which allow 
A STANCHION CLOSER. Fia. 33. 
each one to be opened or shut separate¬ 
ly if desired. The main object of course 
is to open and shut all at once. a. c. 
Palmyra, N. Y. 
Better look out for the stranger who 
comes along and seems to be so well ac¬ 
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