THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 27 
164 
MAPES, THE HEN MAN. 
Beef Tea for Hens.— The soup or 
beef tea which I got from the meat ren¬ 
dering factory as an experiment for 
hens did not show any remarkable re¬ 
sults. I tested it sufficiently to see that 
the hens were not particularly fond of 
it, and that it had no bad effect on them, 
when used in any reasonable amount. 
There did not seem to be sufficient vir¬ 
tue in it to warrant hauling it five or 
six miles, when the meat and bone al¬ 
ready cooked, ground and dried can be 
secured for less than the price per ton 
of cornmeal. Where this tankage can 
bo bought at first hand, as in my case, 
with no expense of freight or middle¬ 
man’s profits, it seems to be the cheap¬ 
est article of food for either pigs or 
hens that the market offers. For some 
reason the hens do not relish it as well 
as they do meat and bone that has been 
cooked in an open kettle and fed to 
them fresh. Theoretically, the steam 
drier removes nothing from it but water 
though of course the heavy press re¬ 
moves some of the liquid nourishment. 
It would seem that by adding water 
again we get the same goods that are 
put into the steam drier. Throw down 
some of this moistened tankage, how¬ 
ever, beside meat that has simply been 
cooked in an open kettle, and the hens 
decide at once that the latter suits them 
better. Possibly the cooking under 
heavy steam pressure partly accounts 
for the difference. By mixing this tank¬ 
age with an equal weight of cornmeal 
the hens will eat about one-half ounce 
each per day, or one ounce of the mix¬ 
ture. This was fed the first thing in the 
morning while the crop was empty. 
Trouble with Skim-milk.—H ave your 
hens suffered from bowel trouble while 
feeding them skim-milk? I have tried it 
several times, but have had to stop on 
account of this trouble. I am getting two 
dozen eggs per day from 38 hens without 
any skim-milk, but I have the milk and 
should like to feed it. b. o. w. 
I can hardly understand how or why 
it is that so many find trouble with milk 
producing bowel trouble. I have known 
it to be somewhat laxative, but I do not 
consider that dangerous or sufficient 
cause to discontinue its use. When cow? 
are first put to grass instead of hay the 
bowels are apt to be affected in this way 
but no one thinks of eliminating fresh 
grass from the bill of fare on that ac¬ 
count. One of Borden’s receiving sta¬ 
tions near me is just now making a sur¬ 
plus of skim-milk, and we can get suffi¬ 
cient milk to give all our hens to drink 
instead of water. I made the change 
yesterday (February 11) without fear of 
bowel trouble, and confidently expect 
good results in the egg yield if the sup¬ 
ply of milk only lasts. 
Good Hens. —Last week 1 asked for 
reports from those whose hens have laid 
50 per cent daily through December and 
January, or nearly so. The flock of B. 
O. W. seems to be entitled to a place in 
this list, if they did as well through De¬ 
cember and January as when the above 
was written, and I hope he will give us 
all the particulars possible as to feed, 
care, breed, etc. This will show what 
can be done without milk. William Nel¬ 
son, whose brother lives on a farm ad¬ 
joining mine, also has a flock entitled 
to a place in this list. I have not been 
able yet to get all the particulars as to 
weight of feed per hen, etc., but from 
75 hens he got from 30 to 40 eggs a day 
all through the two months in question. 
The feed has been nothing but fresh 
brewers’ grains, hominy chop and 
scorched wheat, with hot skim-milk to 
drink; not a drink of water all Winter. 
This will be one instance of what can 
be done without meat or green feed. On 
page 98 the flock of W. P. H., whose 37 
R. I. Red pullets laid 55 dozen eggs in 
December, will be a valuable addition 
to our list. Let us have full particu¬ 
lars by all means. Mr. Nelson’s hens 
are also largely R. I. Reds. 
Oats for Cows.—I always like to pro¬ 
ceed on the theory that “if you see it in 
The R. N.-Y. it must be so.” My cred¬ 
ulity is somewhat strained, however, 
when I read on page 118 Mr. Manches¬ 
ter's statement that he “has yet to see 
the cow that will clean up the grain 
that drops out of the straw while feed¬ 
ing,” referring to oats. When I have a 
cow that is inclined to be “off her feed” 
I have found no kind of grain feed that 
is better relished or more safe to feed 
than unground oats. She will lick them 
up to the last kernel when other feed is 
refused. I have also found oat chaff 
quite as palatable as straw. I fail to see 
why unthrashed oats, fed in judicious 
amounts in clean mangers should not be 
cleaned up with a relish if in good con¬ 
dition. o. w. MAPES. 
The Egg Trade.— The following note 
is credited to Harper’s Magazine; 
From one of the smaller cottages at the 
end of the street came a barefooted child 
in a colorless calico dress and slat sun- 
bonnet. With the important air of a heavy 
buyer she entered the village store and 
handed across the counter a blue teacup. 
The proprietor took the teacup, and said 
in brisk tones: 
“Well, Emmy, what does your ma want 
to-day?” 
“Please, sir, ma wants an egg’s worth 
of molasses,” and she carefully placed a 
large white egg on the counter. 
The storekeeper poured out a little mo¬ 
lasses into the cup from a stone jug and 
set the cup before his customer. 
“Mr. Smith,” she said, as she took her 
purchase, “I’ll be back in a little while 
for some ginger. Ma said to tell you the 
black hen was on.” 
The child didn’t go barefooted this 
Winter and she got more molasses than 
that for an egg. That “black hen” was 
an important manufacturer this Winter. 
Hats should go off to her when she goes 
on the nest. 
“De righteous hez a hard time in dis 
ole work.” “Think so?” “I knows it. 
Dar’s Br’er Jinkins, wid de rheumatism 
in his good leg, whilst his wooden leg is 
leaning’ gin’ de wall, dez ez healthy en 
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