1897 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
751 
Hope Farm Notes. 
(CONTINUED.) 
phoric acid, and sowed cow peas. Crim¬ 
son clover is now growing among the 
cow-pea stubble. I am satisfied that we 
can grow a fair crop of corn next 
year by plowing the cow peas and Crim¬ 
son clover under. We can continue to 
grow fair crops on this field so long ss 
we add potash and phosphoric acid, and 
can obtain a catch of Crimson clover in 
the summer and fall. Or, we can do the 
same by giving the land once in three 
years to cow peas and plowing the full 
growth under, or pasturing with hogs. I 
am satisfied that this can be done, but I 
am also quite sure that it can be done 
much better by using nitrogen on the 
cow peas and clover. In theory, these 
crops ought to make a good growth on 
potash and phosphoric acid alone, and 
thus obtain nitrogen enough for the suc¬ 
ceeding crop. We find that, wherever 
we have used stable manure or a fer¬ 
tilizer containing nitrogen, both cow 
peas and clover are larger and greener. 
On very poor ground, it will pay to use 
some nitrogen with clover or peas, be¬ 
cause it will increase the crop consid¬ 
erably. On good soil, this need of nitro¬ 
gen is not so great, and such soils may, 
evidently, be made to yield fair crops, 
year after year, by using potash and 
phosphoric acid with clover and peas. I 
am not prepared to say, however, that 
such “fair crops” will give as much 
profit as would larger ones produced by 
adding nitrogen. 
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There have been several auctions in 
the neighborhood of late, and small 
Hocks of hens have been sold at most of 
them. To our surprise, quite inferior 
hens have brought 48 to 60 cents each at 
such sales. We have been able to buy 
much better stock in the New York 
markets for 39 and 40 cents. It might 
pay us to buy several hundred hens and 
sell them at auction ! I cannot under¬ 
stand how the average farmer can afford 
to pay 60 cents for a common hen, and 
feed her on corn and house her in a cold 
and lousy house. At the same time, we 
would not sell our black hens at 81 each, 
though with the dollar we might go to 
New York and buy two hens of fine ap¬ 
pearance. Home-bred stock is the best 
because one may know what the ances¬ 
tors of the hens were capable of doing. 
We need three good roosters for our 
breeding pens. We expect to buy from 
men who have kept careful egg records 
for years, and know that their hens have 
paid a profit. If a young man were to 
pick out a wife half as carefully as he 
would pick out a cow, he would study 
well the young woman’s mother and 
grandmother. The men in the pedigree 
would not amount to much. In the 
same way, I consider it worth a good 
deal to know something about the 
mother and grandmother of the hens. 
have about stopped doctoring, and rely 
chiefly on keeping the birds comfort¬ 
able, and feeding them a well-balanced 
ration. The following note may be use¬ 
ful to those who care to doctor their sick 
hens : 
As a rule, my remedy for a sick fowl Is a sharp 
ax; but as I was so unexpectedly successful re¬ 
cently with a simple remedy, I give It to you, 
and if you care to try it, you may be as fortunate 
as I was. I bought a pen of five Minorcas some 
time ago, and after I bad had them a few days, I 
noticed roup developing among them. A few 
days later, my old fowls began with it. I made 
some bread pills the shape of a capsule, of soft 
bread, dropped five drops of spirits of camphor 
on each, and gave each fowl one of them. I also 
happened to have a piece of calamus In my 
pocket; I broke it up and gave each a small 
piece, say about the size of a bean. In 24 hours, 
they, to all appearances, were absolutely cured. 
It was a surprise to me. I simply made a guess 
at the remedies, and had no hope of saving them 
as I have tried many before, and would not have 
attempted In this case had I not been extremely 
anxious to save these birds. As a rule, it doesn’t 
pay to doctor sick fowls unless they are very 
valuable as show birds. h. e. moss. 
Missouri. 
There is virtue in a sharp ax, though we 
would rather kill the sick bird without 
bleeding it, as the blood may convey 
the disease. I meet people who think 
that the Minorcas are more liable to 
roup and some other diseases than other 
breeds. I would like to hear from others 
regarding this point. Mr. Chapman, on 
page 739, says that the Minorca eggs are 
too large. We have had no trouble on 
this score. h. w. c. 
WHY FEED HAY BEFORE OATS? 
It has been observed that the stomach 
of the horse acts but slightly upon 
coarse food materials, such as hay and 
straw. It retains them but a little time 
before passing them along to the small 
intestine, which, in turn, passes them 
along to the large intestine quickly. 
When oats are fed, however, the stomach 
digestion is normally done more slowly, 
and as the digestion of proteid com¬ 
pounds takes place first in the stomach, 
it is important that oats should have 
plenty of time there, so that their full 
strength be abstracted. 
An interesting observation is that, 
when the stomach of the horse has be¬ 
come filled, it passes out a portion to 
correspond with what enters, not send¬ 
ing out more till digestion has gone on 
with what is already there, save as is 
needed to make room for the incoming 
mouthfuls. In this respect, we note a 
difference as regards other animals. We 
see then that feeding oats, following 
immediately with considerable hay will 
tend to crowd the oats prematurely out 
of the stomach. The evil will be in¬ 
creased if the horse is furnished a hearty 
drink immediately after the meal. 
In the light of these facts, it would 
seem wise to begin by watering, follow 
by roughage, and feed the concentrated 
feed last. A few swallows of water 
along with the feed might be beneficial, 
but much could not be. After a horse 
has been deprived of food many hours, 
there will be found some yet in the 
stomach, and this little should be oats. 
The above is from some notes taken at 
Dr. Fish’s lecture on Physiology. Cornell 
University. h. b. c. 
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Eggs are very scarce now, and are 
selling at seven for a quarter. The hens 
are “getting ready”, though. Their 
combs are swelling and reddening, and 
they go about singing and looking at 
the nests. It is very interesting to see 
some of the rough-looking birds we 
bought in New York gradually polish 
up, shed their old feathers, and get 
themselves into laying trim. The boys 
have felt a little anxious because the 
bens “went dry” so completely. There 
is nothing wrong about it. Now is the 
time to keep them warm and dry, with 
plenty of pure water and good, whole¬ 
some food. We are feeding an extra 
quantity of meat, and have just made a 
bargain with the butcher for all the 
green bones he can furnish. Another 
thing needed now is green food. We 
feed flat turnips and the small squashes 
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The roup has nearly disappeared. A 
few hens &till sneeze, but most of those 
that were-affected have recovered. We 
A Cough, Cold or Sore Throat requires Im¬ 
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