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“ Rough on Rogues .” 
LOOKOUT 
ALMANAC 
LOOKING OUT FOR NUMBER ONE. 
JULY, 
Monday Look out for w - Griffith & 
3 Co., Zanesville, Ohio. We are 
A 4* informed that, the old humbug J. 
M. Bain, is back of this firm. Unfortu¬ 
nately The R. N.-Y. advertised this fraud. 
We have no excuses to make. "A man 
good at excuses is good at nothing else ! ” 
We were simply humbugged. We now 
find that Bain sends one of his *• Mutual 
Helper” circulars to those who ask for in¬ 
formation concerning his “plating ma¬ 
chine.” We have exposed this humbug re¬ 
peatedly and hope this has prevented our 
friends from investing any money with 
“Griffith & Co,” We are sorry that this 
fraud “slipped up” on us. We are also 
informed that O. A. Smith, who recently 
advertised a poison sprinkler, is a man to 
be let alone. “ His sprinkler may be all 
right, but it is a fact that O. A. Smith is 
all wrong ” says our informant. Two 
weeks ago we told wherein his machine is 
faulty. The trouble with it is that there 
is no way of stirring up the poison. It 
seems that Smith needs stirring up too. 
off your work. When flies accumulate on 
a thing, you may very safely assume that 
they will draw all the sweetness and value 
out of it before they leave of their own 
accord. No fly blown product will ever 
sell for a good price. No workman who 
shows so little energy that he allows flies 
to gather on his work can ever hope to earn 
a good salary. House flies may sometimes 
be poisoned successfully. They are fools 
enough to eat anything that is'sweet, re¬ 
gardless of any poison that may hide be¬ 
hind the sugar ; (dou’t you kuow men, by 
the way, who are like flies in this respect ?) 
The flies that gatner on a man’s work, 
however, are not such fools. You can not 
poison them. Nothing hut motion, constant 
and well-directed, will keep them on the 
wing. Do not go to sleep over your work ! 
Keep moving or the flies will steal all 
your chances away from you. 
Look out for " catarrh cure ” 
advertisements that read like 
the following, which was cut 
from a religious paper and sent us: “A 
clergyman, after years of suffering from 
that loathsome disease, catarrh, and vainly 
trying every known remedy, at last found 
a prescription which completely cured and 
saved him from death. Any sufferer from 
this dreadful disease sending a self-ad¬ 
dressed stamped envelope will receive the 
recipe free of charge.” We have had 
some little experience with this “clergy¬ 
man,” and kuow him to be a first-class 
fraud. It is an old game—so old that it 
ought to be ashamed of itself. In response 
to this advertisement you get a recipe 
which calls for several iugreilieuts that no 
druggist in your town can possibly supply. 
The “clergyman,” of course, oilers to 
supply them for a good round sum. On 
the sale of these drugs he makes about 
1,000 per cent, profit, which ought to satisfy 
even a “clergyman,” but it doesn’t satisfy 
this one, for he keeps at you and tries to 
sell you more. 
Wednesday 
16. 
ThlirSdaV Gook out again for horse-dealing 
3 rogues. A Paterson, N. J., al- 
17. dermau is the latest victim. 
The alderman met a very polite man in this 
city who asked him if he knew of a place in 
the country where two horses could be 
boarded for the summer. The alderman 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
JULY '12 
knew of such a place and the two men went 
to look at the horses. While they were 
talking, in comes another man, a horse 
dealer, who offered $400 for one of the 
horses. The alderman’s first friend would 
not sell the horse, because he had promised 
its owner, a widow, not to sell it to a dealer. 
Finally it was agreed that the alderman 
should buy the horse and sell it to the 
dealer. The alderman paid the money and 
soon afterwards both the men disappeared, 
leaving the alderman with a horse on his 
hands that he did not want, and which 
was not worth half the price he had paid 
for it. It was a case of more horse than 
sense. 
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Look out that you do not fall into 
the habit of “ fooling.” We do not 
know who originated this name for 
the bad habit of trifling and playing with 
the affairs of life that should be viewed 
in their serious aspect; whoever it was 
knew his business. Some parents think 
it is smart in their children to “ fool ” and 
play. Do not encourage it. Wnen the 
child grows up to manhood he will feel 
sad that some stout-footed friend did not 
boot him long and well whenever he tried 
to be “ funny.” Do not “ fool ” unless you 
want to fill a fool’s place. 
Qq till’d fly Look out that you are just in 
3 your household finances. You 
have no right to spend money 
for tobacco or beer for yourself and then 
growl because your wife wants money for 
her own personal use. A great many men 
seem to forget that they represent only one- 
third of the family—a very poor third at 
that sometimes. 
Poultry Yard. 
MILK FOR CHICKENS. 
My father has a herd of Holstein cows, 
so milk is rather more plentiful at our 
house than water, and we have learned to 
utilize it in many different ways. The 
chickens are so fond of it that they will 
scarcely drink water at all. Some of my 
neighbors declare that milk is not whole¬ 
some for fowls; but I think it is, though it 
may not be so in their cases, because they 
allow it to stand in the troughs so long that 
it ferments and becomes sour and rancid. 
Only as much should be given each day 
as the lowls will drink and the vessels 
should be washed clean next morning be¬ 
fore fresh milk is poured in. There is no 
doubt that milk has a tendency to fatten 
even growing fowls, making their meat 
very white, tender and juicy. Last winter, 
when the weather was so cold that the 
fowls were confined to the house a great 
part of the time, nearly all of their food 
was fed to them warm. Their favorite dish 
was mush made of skim-milk boiled aud 
thickened with corn-meal. Skim milk, 
moderately warm, was also given them to 
drink, aud buttermilk fresh from thechurn. 
A FARMER’S PAUGHTER. 
“ESTABLISHING A CHICKEN BUSI¬ 
NESS.” 
T. J. M., Hastings, Ontario, Canada .— 
I have been thinking of establishing a 
chicken business in connection with my 
farm. Will The R. N.-Y. give me a few 
instructions on the hatching aud raising of 
chickens for market ? Would it be advis¬ 
able to purchase an incubator ? I have 
never seen one. Could I run it successfully? 
ANSWERED BY F. M. CARRYL. 
1 ran a dairy farm, and raised chickens, 
etc. 1 used an incubator, but found, after 
considering all the items, that hatching 
by means of hens was to be preferred. 
Though I hatched 95 out of 100 fertile 
eggs, still hens if given suitable quarters 
will hatch 98 per cent, of such eggs. As 
for incubators in general, I would use 
them for duck eggs. T. J. M. is too 
far north to raise broilers early enough 
to get a fair price. He would do better if 
he did as I did—feed for eggs in winter aud 
make his money in that way; then, later, 
set his hens and raise poultry for the holi¬ 
days, aud aim to have it A No. 1 both in size 
aud condition. 1 sold in one season over $000 
worth of poultry in that way besides con¬ 
siderably more than came to that sum in 
winter eggs. First, before any poultry is 
secured, see that the quarters the birds are 
to occupy are ample, convenient, clean and 
so arranged as to be easily kept in that con¬ 
dition ; and if a barn basement or well 
sheltered shed facing the south can be 
used for a “run” during the season of 
snow and ice, it will make a great deal of 
difference. Gather in summer several bar¬ 
relfuls of dry road dirt for winter dust 
baths, and store it where it will remain 
dry. Whitewash everything about the hen¬ 
house. A farmer can not keep more than 
one breed of chickens if he wants them to 
be pure. I used Plymouth Rocks because 
they are hardy, good winter layers of large 
eggs, grow quickly, fatten readily, are good 
sitters and mothers, and when killed show 
a fine flesh easily cleaned of dark 
pin-feathers, and on an average they are of 
a fair size, and on the table compare 
favorably with any other variety. 
Now as to feed : In a general way use 
soft foods in the morning and whole grain 
at night. Give all the variety possible, 
and plenty of vegetables, especially in 
winter. Leave a whole beet in a yard of 50 
hens and in a day or so it will be all eaten, 
and a head of cabbage hung up so that the 
fowls must jump a little to reach it, will 
give green food, exercise and occupation ; 
for hens must have something to do, or 
they will get into mischief. Table scraps 
of all kinds, chopped fine and mixed with a 
little meal and hot water and fed warm— 
not hot —make a first class winter morning 
feed. Dou’t feed table scraps to pigs; for 
a pound of poultry or of eggs is worth 
more than a pound of pork. T. J. M. asks 
if he could run an incubator successfully : 
I can only say that some men seem to find 
no trouble in doing so, while others have 
no end of worry and he can find out only 
by actual trial; but in any case the work 
requires constant care and attention, and 
nine will fail outright where one does only 
fairly well, and where any one can succeed, 
either the gift was born in him or he has 
had several years’ experience. 
It has been a common complaint that 
Leghorns are hard to raise in brooders, and 
the appearance of Leghorn chicks in many 
brooder yards certainly proves the justice 
of the complaint. A Leghorn chafes under 
confinement, and its feathers grow so fast 
that the drain on the system is great. My 
plan for raising Leghorns in brooders is as 
follows: I place the brooder in a small 
shed, which can be closed in very stormy 
weather, and during the first week I keep 
the little chicks confined inthe shed ; after 
that I turn them into a small yard seeded 
to grass, and keep them there until tuey 
are three weeks old, when they are allowed 
full liberty. The feed is principally oats 
and bran, with a little meat scraps added, 
until they are set at large, when more corn 
is fed and the meat scraps are dropped. 
The little chicks are great foragers aud de¬ 
velop muscle under this treatment, which 
gives them the strength necessary to meet 
the rapid growth of their feathers. I once 
raised 110 out of 112 White Leghorus by 
this method, and this season, although I 
had but a small number, 1 did not lose 
a single chick, nor were there auy with 
droopy wings. The temperature of the 
brooder was 85 degrees the first week, and 
80 degrees until the birds were three wee~s 
old, when artificial heat was gradually 
dispensed with. The above treatment ap¬ 
plies to nearly all other breeds, although 
Wyandottes, Brahmas and Cochins will 
stand much more penning up, as they 
feather slowly and seem naturally more 
contented in a small yard. 
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If I state that the finest lot of broilers I 
have ever setn were raised in a similar way 
and that there were 300 to 400 chickens in 
each lot, it may surprise those who believe 
only in the penning up system without 
range; but a large broiler farm, located in 
New York, is operated by a very intelligent 
and cultivated gentleman, who takes a 
great pride in producing superior chickens, 
and his place affords a fair illustration 
of what the artificial hatching and rearing 
of chickens amounts to when conducted on 
common-sense principles. 
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I do not deny that the hen is the best in¬ 
cubator and mother; incubators and 
brooders will be found more economical on 
a large scale. It is easy enough to care for 
10 or 11 hens with broods, but when it 
comes to handling 50 or 100 such hens, the 
labor and expense are great. This I found 
out by practical experience several years 
ago, as my business on the farm was so ex¬ 
acting that I had but little time to attend 
to sitting hens aud hens with broods. To 
handle 400 growing chickens under hens re¬ 
quired several hours’ daily care, while I 
have handled 400 chickens in brooders with 
not more than 20 minutes’ attention daily. 
When a person raises poultry exclusively, 
and has plenty of time, the hens will an¬ 
swer very well; but I prefer the brooders 
whenever over 300 chickens are to be 
raised. * * * 
There is also an impression among many 
poultrymen and dealers in poultry that 
artificially hatched chickens are not so 
good as those hatched and reared in the 
natural way. It has been stated that 
thoroughbred fowls score two points less 
when hatched in incubators : at least such 
is Mr. Felch’s conclusion. Butchers claim 
that artificially hatched chickens lack 
flavor and firmness. There is perhaps a 
little truth in these statements, but the 
incubator and brooder should not lie 
always blamed for this; because the method 
of feeding and handling determines the 
quality of a broiler. The famous Philadel¬ 
phia spring chickens of the days when in¬ 
cubators were not used were grown in 
almost the same way as good artificially 
hatched chickens are to-day. A chicken is 
not a hot-house product and, like hardy 
vegetables, in a hot house, it may be forced 
too much and lack the firmness and flavor 
both have under normal conditions. 
.1. H. DREVENSTEDT. 
Make the chickens help you in the gar¬ 
den. Fred. Grundy told us, on page 676 of 
last year’s R. N.-Y., how he managed to 
make his chickens help. He trained them 
to follow him as he hoed, and they soon 
learned to pick up every bug and worm 
that came to light. Incubator-hatched 
chickens are best for this, as those with 
hens are “afraid to leave their rna,” and 
the old lady scratches too much. 
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