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THE RURAIi NEW-YORKER 
January 14, 
Live Stock and Dairy 
HENS AGAINST COWS. 
On page 1206 W. J. Dougan makes a re¬ 
markable statement about his hens. He 
says he will match 10 hens against two 
cows. What does he mean by such talk? 
It is the biggest hen talc yet. j. s. p. 
We asked Mr. Dougan to chop his 
statements up finer, and he sends us the 
following. We expect to have later the 
whole story with a description of the 
henhouse: 
Those $9 Hens. 
Before writing anything about poultry 
or cows let me say three things: I have 
no book for sale. I am exploiting no 
system. I am seeking no free adver¬ 
tising. Those being understood, I will 
admit that the contest looks unequal on 
its face, and, I know, could not be con¬ 
sidered rational when some cows are 
considered. With proper handling 10 
hens will do lots. You evidently don’t 
know this neighborhood, or you would 
never think of anyone accepting the 
challenge. I have some extra jiice 
poultry, and I never thought that $9.89 
a head per year, was anything extra. 
At the time we did that, we were com¬ 
plaining of our “ill luck,” as it was 
impossible to get a decent hatching, just 
think, only 700 chicks from 2,740 eggs. 
That is the best we could do in 1909. 
I think the only secret is in the select¬ 
ing, as I find only about one in five 
•really worth the trouble of keeping. I 
have read most of the poultry books, 
and then did as I thought best, and I 
find that good common sense will do 
wonders. 
We have a poultry house which I con¬ 
sider a gem, or a wonder; it is won¬ 
derful for simplicity, and for conveni¬ 
ence beats anything I ever saw. It is 
open front, except for two-inch wire 
netting. Inside we have muslin cur¬ 
tains, eight by six feet, which swing 
up against the roof. It is now 136 
feet in length, and 56 feet more build¬ 
ing, with f:ed room on east end. It is 
divided by wire partitions, two-inch 
mesh. Some sections have three cur¬ 
tains, some only two, as we were gov¬ 
erned by the rows of apple trees. Three 
cuytains, 24 feet, we allow 90 Wyan¬ 
dotte hens, or just enough to fill two 
roosts. The house is 15 feet wide, no 
floor, only sand on top of the earth to 
fill up about six inches higher than the 
ground outside. Meat, oyster shells, 
grit and charcoal hoppers hang on the 
back and partitions, and bran box on 
the floor where it can be reached on 
four sides. Water arrangement will be 
improved next Spring, as it will be 
piped to the house. The above things 
are always on hand. I have never used 
a mash, either wet or dry, since 1907. 
Feed oats for breakfast (in litter) 
wheat, barley or screenings, with now 
and then some buckwheat for lunch, 
just to keep them busy, and cracked 
corn at night, and all they want of it, 
too. I claim no “system” except regu¬ 
larity in the care. 
We keep two breeds, White Wyan- 
dottes and Single Comb White Leg¬ 
horns. The way we make so much is 
simple. We get more than 35 cents of 
the consumer’s dollar, in fact, we get 
nearly all of it, as we sell all eggs di¬ 
rect to private families and at top price, 
and cannot begin to supply the trade 
that comes to us, having turned away 
orders for as many as 105 dozen per 
week. We take orders for a stated 
yearly price so must count on \\ inter 
eggs, and I have had them every Win¬ 
ter with exception of Winter of tqo6, 
my first Winter at this business. This 
farm is one that was abandoned and has 
48 acres (46 too much for a poultry 
farm), and more than 2,000 fruit trees, 
so you can form your own idea about 
the cause of the others failing. We are 
increasing facilities as fast as we can, 
as the call for stock and eggs is too 
great to turn away. The price for eggs 
just now is all that a poor man can 
pay; but I don’t deal with the market 
at all, except for surplus chickens. Each 
egg, when shipped, is wrapped in paper 
before being packed. We stand all 
breakage, unless it exceeds one dozen, 
and then the express company stands 
it. I deal with the United States Ex¬ 
press Company, and have no complaint 
to offer, as they always pay claims, al¬ 
though it usually takes five months.* I 
am sending you a seal I use on each 
case, that being about the _ only way I 
know to insure no substitution. 
I am greatly opposed to spreading 
great stories about the profits in poultry, 
as I think it does great injury. The 
ones who partly handle poultry only 
smile and say it is a lie. The inexperi¬ 
enced swallow everything whole, never 
looking or thinking of the reverse side 
of the case, and jump in. It figures up 
so easily, if 100 hens can earn $900, 5,000 
can do so much more. Your fortune 
made while you wait. I shall, no doubt, 
be interested in any controversy the 
statement stirs up, although I intended 
nothing of that sort when I wrote you, 
but I stand for the statement, and I 
know from reading The R. N.-Y. that 
you present things to readers in proper 
light. w. j. DOUGAN. 
New Jersey. 
A Cow Man Talks. 
If I were a neighbor of W. J. Dou¬ 
gan I surely would put two cows up 
against his 10 hens. A little more than 
a year ago we began to keep records of 
milk production, of our individual cows, 
and while I find that some in a dairy of 
15 return us as little as $60, I can se¬ 
lect two that are ahead of Mr. Dougan’s 
10 hens. No. 1 gave 9,059 pounds of 
milk, which sold for $143.02, delivered 
at the receiving station. Her calf was 
raised, and we valued it at $5 when we 
weaned it, making $148.02 gross returns. 
No. 2 gave 8,213 pounds of milk, worth 
$133.75. Valuing the calf as above 
would make the gross, returns $138.75. 
These are grade Holstein and I have no 
doubt can be beaten. The best lesson I 
have learned by keeping records is that 
it does not pay to keep the poor cows. 
P. ALLEN CLOUD. 
Chester Co., Penn. 
Mange, 
Is there any cure for mange in a dog? 
I have a dog that has had it for about a 
year. Do you think it is past curing?' 
New Jersey. W. T. 
There are different forms of mange, and 
one has to treat for each kind in a dif¬ 
ferent way. The case should prove curable, 
but we are unable to prescribe intelligently, 
not knowing whether it is parasitic mange 
or “red mange” (eczema). If the dog is 
a valuable animal better take him to an 
expert in canine practice. If you do not 
care to do so, give us a full description 
of the case, symptoms, condition present, 
manner of management and feeding and 
say what treatment has failed. If you do 
so we may be able to give advice, a. s. a. 
Heaves. 
Is there any cure for a horse with 
heaves? I have one among our stock that 
has become pretty bad, has had it several 
years. We have been giving him different 
kinds of medicine, but all of no use. I 
have heard that there is no cure for 
heaves, but also heard you can relieve a 
horse for some time, provided he gets the 
right sort of treatment. This horse is 
about 20 years of age. a. j. c. 
New York. 
As the horse does not cough it is most 
likelv that he is a “roarer” (laryngeal 
hemiplegia) and in that case he might 
work comfortably after insertion of a per¬ 
manent tracheotomy tube in his windpipe. 
A qualified veterinarian could perform the 
necessary operation. If the flanks heave 
when the horse stands at rest the trouble 
is “heaves” and roaring may be an ac¬ 
companiment. Wet all food. Prefer oat 
straw to hay in Winter and grass as the 
only food in Summer. Do not work him 
soon after a meal. Dive half an ounce of 
Fowler’s solution of arsenic night and 
morning after a few smaller preliminary 
doses. a. s. a 
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