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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
The Chicken Yard. 
THE VALUE OF GAAIE POULTRY. 
We And the classes devoted to Game bird.s 
well filled at most exhibitions. For what 
j)urpose are these birds used? Are they 
valuable enough for eggs and meat to suit 
I he needs of the farmer? 
Indian Games are business birds. All 
surplus males are easily sold to market 
poultry raisers to increase both the qual¬ 
ity and size of the chicks. An Indian 
Game male crossed with a flock of com¬ 
mon hens will increase the size of chick 
easily one pound each, and besides, the 
appearance is very much better with the 
bright yellow skin and full, plump 
breast. The fighting Games I do not 
know much about. 1 have bred a small 
pen of Pit Games for the last three 
years, but do not find much demand for 
them; occasionally sell a male bird, but 
very few for fighting, although I seldom 
know what is done with them after they 
leave here. d. a. mount. 
New Jersey. 
I can only answer regarding the 
standard Game, the pit bird 1 have never 
bred, and know nothing about. In the 
first place the Game as a table fowl is 
second to none; secondly, there is not a 
breed of fowls to-day of the sitting va¬ 
rieties that is superior to them as lay¬ 
ers; thirdly, there is no variety of fowl 
known that is more hardy, and a better 
fowl to raise where they can have un¬ 
limited range; they are equally as good 
where confined in limited quarters. 
They are the most aristocratic in beir- 
ing and appearance of any fowl known; 
I can compare them with other fowls 
only by saying they have the same bear¬ 
ing toward other breeds that the finest 
American-bred trotter has as compared 
with the clumsy, cold-blooded Percheron 
horse with his sluggish nature. They 
are the finest-colored in plumage of any 
breed we have. This is my opinion of 
the standard Game, after having bred 
them and many other varieties of fowls 
for a number of years. I have nothing 
in my yard now but the standard Games, 
and have two different varieties, the B. 
B. Red and Red Pile. We all know that 
the Game is the oldest known domestic 
fowl in existence to-day. w. l. race. 
Waterville, N. Y. 
To Destroy Head Lice. 
I have a flock of 150 pullets that are 
Uoubled with head lice, though not badly 
infested. The lice seem to be of a smaller 
\ariety than those that are found on little 
chicks. The flock is in good condition, and 
laying fairly well for the season. Can the 
lice be exterminated, and how? h. p. g. 
Stratham, N. H. 
Anoint their heads with equal parts 
of coal oil and lard, or coal oil may be 
used alone if carefully applied. It is in¬ 
stant death to all lice that come in con¬ 
tact with it, but if used too freely it will 
blister the fowls. Sulphur, tobacco dust, 
or any kind of very fine dust, will help 
rid fowls of the pests, but not so quick¬ 
ly and surely as will coal oil. j. e. s. 
Care of an Incubator. 
Will P. E. W. tell us whether she finds 
a ventilated cellar the best location for an 
incubator? How about turning and cool¬ 
ing eggs in such a damp, cold place? How 
long may chicks be safely left in the ma¬ 
chine after hatching? e. a. c. 
Cleveland, O. 
Most incubators in the early part of 
the season can be run best in a room 
on the first or second floor, convenient 
to the operator. The changes of tem¬ 
perature at this time are not very great, 
and the fresh, sweet air of a sunny room 
is good for the young birds. Later on, 
when we have cool nights, hot, dry mid¬ 
days, a clean, ventilated cellar is best, 
as the changes in temperature are much 
less. It does not injure eggs to turn 
them in a cold room if the incubator is 
kept warm to receive them (as a hen 
would be on returning to her nest). The 
length of cooling must depend on the 
thermometer, which should not fail be¬ 
low 80 degrees. The hatch should be 
over for chicks on the twenty-first day. 
'I'he truys may then be taken out and 
cleaned up. The chicks should be left 
in the machine till the close of the 
twenty-third day, the temperature be¬ 
ing same as during early part of hatch. 
They are not to be fed or watered till 
placed in the brooder. f. e. w. 
Wanted! More Pullets. 
I am raising poultry for eggs, mostly 
Leghorns. Last Spring I raised 400, of 
which 300 were cockerels. Can you advise 
me how to hatch out more pullets? I use 
an incubator and feed chickens corn, bran, 
beef and bone, also green feed. n. s. 
Long Island. 
I think if you will increase the num¬ 
ber of cocks in your breeding flock that 
Nature will maintain the equilibrium by 
furnishing the hatches with more pul¬ 
lets. It is claimed by some of the old- 
country poultrymen that eggs which 
show only an infinitesimal air space will 
produce cockerels; if tested out, the 
cockerels hatched will be very largely in 
the minority and the pullets greatly in 
excess. w. 
he is buying starchy matei-ial that he 
can or does raise largely on his own 
farm. 
Eight quarts of middlings and four 
quarts of cornmeal will weigh 14.8 
pounds, and will furnish 1.5 pounds of 
digestible protein. Eight quarts of 
coarse bran and four quarts of gluten 
feed will weigh only 8.8 pounds, but will 
also furnish 1.5 pound digestible protein. 
The middlings and meal will cost about 
15 cents, while the bran and gluten feed 
will only cost 8^4 cents. We find lots of 
farmers feeding cornmeal, which is low 
in digestible protein, but is heavy. They 
cannot give a sensible reason why they 
feed it, only they always have. They 
don’t know what it costs to produce a 
quart of milk, and often I am afraid 
they would rather not know. If they 
would study cost of milk, then study 
feeds and their digestible protein an¬ 
alysis, then feed using weight rather 
than measure as a basis, thei'e might 
not be so much kicking against farm- 
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Another Crowing Hen. 
I have a short chapter to add to the 
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one, of some seven Summers, that is a 
cracker-jack. She is white in color, of 
mixed blood, and is kept both for plea¬ 
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of her relatives or descendants. She 
was two or three years old when we first 
noticed her propensity for crowing. We 
had no rooster at the time, and I sup¬ 
pose she felt called upon to sjipply the 
deficiency, being then the oldest mem¬ 
ber of the family, because of her honor¬ 
able record as a layer and sitter. She 
then had spurs about an inch in length, 
they are now two inches long. I think 
her eggs are fertile, as we have had sev¬ 
eral hens since she commenced her 
career, who have been crowers, presum¬ 
ably her offspring. Her usual method 
of business is first to cackle, then lay an 
egg, cackle some more, and finish by 
flying on to the fence flapping her wings 
and crowing. Another eccentricity of 
this biddy is a habit of moulting in mid¬ 
winter in a very independent way all by 
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Greenville, Mich. 
WEIGHT AND MEASURE IN FEEDING. 
In institute work, in advising the use 
of coarse wheat bran in place of other 
wheat feeds, and the use of gluten feeds 
and meals in place of cornmeal or hom¬ 
iny chop, we always run against the 
farmer who says he can get more milk 
out of middlings and the bran that is 
full of flour rather than coarse bran. 
“Analysis doesn’t trouble him! He is 
after results,” and the same man can 
get twice as much milk out of cornmeal 
as wheat bran. When we question this 
farmer we almost unvariably find that 
he doesn’t weigh his milk; he guesses 
at results. He also does an equal 
amount of guessing in his feeding. Ask 
him how many pounds of the dif¬ 
ferent grains he feeds his cow, and he 
is equally up the stump. We find that 
he feeds by measure rather than by 
weight, and the large majority of farm¬ 
ers are just like him. They use a two 
or four-quart measure or basin when 
feeding, and when using different feeds 
they always compare measure, not 
weight. We have prepared a table to 
show such men that they ought to com¬ 
pare feeds by weight rather than by 
measure, as grains and feeds are all sold 
by weight. This table is an eye-opener 
to the man who has never given the 
matter any thought. We give some of 
it here: 
Weight, one quart each. 
Coarse wheat bran. 
Coarse wheat middlings. 
Pine wheat middlings. 
Wheat, mixed feed. 
Gluten feed . 
lbs. 
Gluten meal . 
Cotton-seed meal . 
Corn meal . 
Linseed meal . 
When we examine the table 
we find 
why the farmer who feeds by measure 
gets such good results from fine floury 
middlings, and says coarse bran is no 
good. The farmer who feeds his cows 
four quarts of middlings twice a day is 
giving them nearly nine pounds of grain 
as compared with four pounds of coarse 
bran. If he adds to this two quarts of 
cornmeal each time he also gives them 
six pounds more of grain, while if he 
fed four quarts of gluten feed he would 
feed less than five pounds. The man 
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