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HENS THAT EAT EGGS. 
The Safety Nest. —In regard to the 
egg-eating habit of the hen. ‘when once 
formed it is rather a difficult matter to 
stop it. With sufficient shell material 
and lots of exercise and a general 
change of food and surroundings, this 
should put a stop to it. In obstinate 
cases a safety nest after the pattern 
shown in cut below, will give good 
results. The nest egg that rests on the 
rear incline, is of wood and is nailed to 
the board, about the center of the nest. 
A small door in front of the nest is 
shown by the dotted lines, from which to 
gather the eggs. The inclines are better 
if lined with old carpet or rags. The 
drawing gives the dimensions; the nest 
may be made one in a place or in a con¬ 
tinuous row, by putting in partitions 
every twelve inches. j. w. G. 
Warsaw, Ky. 
Losing the Tip.—I have just finished 
reading J. A. M.’s experience on his 
pullets eating their eggs, and would say 
I have had the same experience with my 
own chickens even when they have had 
free range and all conditions perfect. 
I found that by taking a small soldering 
iron and making it red hot and burning 
the tip off each pullet’s bill, it stopped 
them right away. Only burn the tip 
off so they cannot break the shell, and 
do not have the iron too hot, just so 
it is red on the end. I think if J. A. M. 
tries this he will have the same result 
as myself. r. b. 
Egg-eating Hens. —In reference to the 
egg-eating pullets of “J. A. M.,” page 
185, I think if he tries seasoning their 
food with salt, he will find they will 
give up eating the eggs. We had this 
same trouble, and a friend of ours 
who knows a lot about poultry-raising 
told us to season their food with salt. 
We did so and the hens that were eating 
them stopped. Now, if an egg happens 
to get broken we often find it in the 
nest without being eaten, and no traces 
of egg-eating, which will be plainly seen 
on the straw or sides of nests. I give 
mine a meal mash, seasoned with salt 
every morning. Of course, hens do not 
want brine, but they need their food 
seasoned the same as human beings do. 
Also hens must have exercise or they 
will break the eggs for want of some¬ 
thing else to do, but they must be kept 
dry and out of cold winds. 
New York. mrs. fred. kiemele. 
Composition of Liquid Manure. 
A. U. II., Buchanan, Mich .—Will you tell 
me what the value of the liquid part of 
cow manure is, also the comparison between 
that and liquid horse manure? 
Ans. — The following figures show the 
comparative values. 
POUNDS IN ONE TON. 
Phos. 
Nitrogen. Acid. Pounds. 
Liquid cow manure... 
12 
0 
10 
Solid cow manure.... 
6 
4 
2 
Solid horse manure... 
9 
7 
7 
Liquid horse manure. 
31 
30 
30 
This represents the clear fresh article. 
Coarse stable manure is a mixture of 
liquid and solid, with more or less bed¬ 
ding and part of the nitrogen lost. You 
will see from these figures that the 
liquids contain a large share of the nitro¬ 
gen and potash and little if any phos¬ 
phoric acid. A ton of horse liquids 
is about equal to 200 pounds of nitrate 
of soda and 60 pounds muriate of pot¬ 
ash dissolved in 220 gallons of water. 
RUiiAL 
HEADQUARTERS FOR HIRED MAN. 
Do vou know where a man could rent 
a small olace at some corners or cross 
roads in the countrv where he could hire 
out to different farmers by the day, as 
they need help? I should like to be 
out in touch with some one that knew 
of such a olace in Ohio, Michigan. Mas¬ 
sachusetts or Wisconsin. I would like 
to rent a house and some land, and work 
when I was needed and work mv own 
garden other times. I do not mean to 
work for one man and live in his house, 
but to work for anvbodv in the neigh¬ 
borhood. I want to oav cash rent for 
the house, and onlv expect the regular 
wages. I have worked 14 vears on farms 
in the West and South, but would like 
to come North on account of mv wife’s 
health. That is the reason I want a 
house bv mvself. as 9 he is not strong 
enough to board anti wash for a lot of 
hired help. s. d. c. 
Porto Rico. 
R. N.-Y.— This is one of the most re¬ 
markable propositions we ever had. Yet 
it is sensible. There ought to be many 
nlaces in this country where a good 
farm hand could have regular head- 
auarters and offer his service like a car¬ 
penter. plumber, lawyer or doctor. Why 
not? Does anyone know of a loca¬ 
tion where this man could fit in? 
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CROPS FOR A ROTATION. 
O. II. E., Soleburu, Pa .—I have a field of 
limestone and clay formation, sloping to 
the north, rather high up, which has been 
in sod for about five years. I have no 
barnyard manure to spare for this, and 
wish to work it in a short rotation, using 
green manures, clover, etc. What do you 
advise? 
Ans.— We have no idea from your 
auestion what crops vou desire to raise 
or how long a rotation vou want. You 
can plow the sod this Soring and plant 
corn in hills, cultivating both wavs. Use 
400 pounds or more per acre of a good 
corn fertilizer. Tust before the last cul¬ 
tivation sow a peck of Crimson clover 
and two pounds of Cow-horn turnip seed 
per acre and work it into the ground. 
The next year plow what is left of the 
clover anri turnip under and plant po¬ 
tatoes, using at least 1,200 pounds of a 
good potato fertilizer. When potatoes are 
dug, rake off the vines and sow rye 
or wheat, whichever grain is most profit¬ 
able. The next Spring you can plow the 
rye under and put in corn again, or sow 
clover. Get a crop of grain and plow 
the clover under at the third year and 
begin once more with corn—or work any 
rotation you like. Unless you have had 
experience with chemicals our advice is 
to buy the ready-mixed goods of high 
grade. Do not expect to do this without 
using fertilizers. 
Twenty-four Acres; Twenty-two Animals. 
On page 210 a correspondent in Ohio 
who has 29 acres, is keeping six cows, 
and expects to keep 10 or 12 . We live in 
southwestern Pennsylvania, have 25 
acres, every foot tillable; keep 12 cows, 
four heifers, six head of horses. With 
our Alfalfa and silo we produce enough 
on the 25 acres to maintain them. There 
is one acre of the 25 that is used for 
buildings, orchard and garden which 
leaves but 24 acres for cultivation. We 
feed silage until rye is tall enough to 
feed or soil, then Alfalfa and clover; 
get four cuttings of Alfalfa, two of 
clover and rye. w. l. s. 
Uniontown, Pa. 
A Hen Record.— During the year 1909, 
1G0 R. I. Red hens were kept in the curtain 
front scratching shed house and fed as fol¬ 
lows: Morning, mixed grains, such as wheat, 
cracked corn, barley, buckwheat and oats, 
scattered in the straw. Noon, mash com¬ 
posed of 200 pounds wheat bran, 100 pounds 
hominy meal, 50 pounds wheat middlings. 
50 pounds gluten, 40 pounds Alfalfa, 25 
pounds oil meal, 80 pounds beef scrap and 
16 pounds charcoal thoroughly mixed and 
fed dry in hoppers, also a few handfuls of 
the mixed grain scattered to keep the hens 
busy. Skim-milk is also given every day at 
noon. At night a good feed of whole corn 
warmed during cold weather : during warm 
weather mixed grain is substituted for corn. 
Oyster-shell grit and fresh water are always 
before them, also a liberal supply of green 
food, such as cabbage and mangel wurzels. 
Receipts for eggs.$36:5.69 
Hens sold. 73.33 
Rroilers sold. 94.40 
Increase in stock value. 7.50 
Total.$538.92 
Expense for feed and oil for hatching 
and brooding.$296.12 
Leaving a profit of .$242.80 
New York. p. m. v. 
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