X^he RURAL NEW-YORKER 
265 
THE HENYARD 
Winter Care of Poultry 
fjropii food of some sort is essential in 
AVintor egg production. Sprouted oats' 
arc good if fed right and not allowed to 
get moldy. I have had l)est results with 
cabbage and mangel beets. The cabbage 
is fed while it lasts and the beets later. 
Some throw tlu'se things on the floor, 
which is a had plan, as it givi's the 
birds a chance to fill their croi)S quickly, 
from the table waste and refuse from | 
the garden, and I am sincerely sorry I 
can't advi.se this person to try it. How¬ 
ever, if he does go ahead and try it 
against all advice then let him get well- 
grown pullets in the Fall, as he could 
not manage the bab.v chicks with the 
time at his disposal. One of th<‘ .Amer¬ 
ican breeds would be the best for this 
pui'pose. The Leghorns are too nervous 
to do their best in such small (piarters. 
A dozen birds will be identy to give all 
the eggs needed by an ordinary sized 
family. The house mentioned is large 
after which they stand around idle. 1 
hang the cabbage and beets about 2^ 
feet from the floor with stout cord, so 
that every piece that the birds get they 
work for, thus getting the exercise which 
is so necessary for AA'inter egg produc¬ 
tion. 
1 feed whole grain once a day—in 
the afternoon—and in deep dry litter, so 
that they have to scratch for it. In the 
morning I give fresh water and open the 
dry mash hoppers, which had been closed 
when the grain was fed the previous 
afternoon. 
The iiicture shows the house arrange¬ 
ment at Pelham Farm, Long Island. 
When in charge of that plant I could 
pick up any one of the (!()0 White Hocks. 
Kindness in handling poultry is always 
profitable, as well as adding to the jdeas- 
ure of th(> work. .Torix K. harxaui). 
New .Tei'sey. 
A Small Flock of Hens 
r am trying to make up my mind 
whether to kee|> a few chickens or not. 
Most of tho.‘<e I have spoken to seem to 
think they are more bother than they are 
worth, but in spite of that 1 still feel 
as if I would like to try it. I don't want 
to keep many: just enough to supply u.s 
with egg.s. We u.se one or two dozen a 
week. Would a dozen hens be sufficient, 
if we preserved in water glass the eggs 
that we did not use in the laying season? 
What would you consider the best way 
to make a start? Should I buy some 
full-gi'own hens, or just one hen and a 
setting of eggs or baby chicks? I couhl 
only attend to them in the morning be¬ 
fore going to the office and in the even¬ 
ing when I r»‘turned. There would be 
no one to look after them during the 
day. as the other members of my family 
are op])osed to my having them and de- 
4‘lare they will not help me. I)o you 
think I could manage it alone? I am 
also in doubt as to the size house re- 
<iuired. Cornell Fniv'ersity circular No. 
11 specifies an .'SxX-foot house for 10 or 
15 birds, but at the Madison Scpiare Car¬ 
den Poultry Show I saw .some portable 
houses that were much smaller than that 
for 12 birds. I want to go at it in tin* 
right way, but as there is a possibility 
of my not liking to take care of the 
idiickens, I don't want to spend any more 
than is necessary at first. n. s. 
New York. 
This is a hard (luestion to answcu' 
satisfactorily for while a few hens could 
be kept very i)rofitably on a small part 
of this land, and the work only take a 
little time mornings and nights, yet if 
the rest of the family are sot against it. 
for the sake of peace I would advise that 
you have nothing to do with hens. The 
home is much more than fre.sh eggs no 
matter how fine and cheap they are. 
The high cost of living causes many peo¬ 
ple to keep a few hens and plant some 
garden, who have never done such a 
thing before, and many -will no doubt 
.succeed in lowering their living expenses, 
besides improving their health by their 
work in the garden. A dozen good hens 
would get a good portion of their living 
enough, and by dividing the ground the 
narrow way some ftmeing is saved, and 
I like to have the house in the corner 
of the lot, again saving fencing. 
FLOYD (l. WriITE. 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, February 17, I9f7. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Co-operative Possibilities in Labor and 
tising . 
This Farmer Knows What He Wants... 
New England Notes . 
Hope Farm Notes . 
Rotation for. Sweet Potatoes. 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings . 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Adver- 
.223. 224 
.224: 
.228 I 
..238. 239 
.239 I 
.259 
The Gasoline Hog—Two Stories .225 
Those Barn Plans .230 
Faulty Milk Inspection; Buying Farms.241 
A City Milk Market .241 
Education for the Milk Consumer.241 
Bull Power for Farm Work.252 
Beef Steers from Dairy Cows .252 
Care of Neglected Sheep .252 
A Guernsey Bull and a School .253 
Trouble With Churning .253 
Trouble In Starting Cream .253 
Remedy for Bitter Milk .253 
Ferret With Sore Feet .255 
Diarrhoea .255 
Cough .255 
Grain With Silage .,^.256 
Peanut By-products for Cows .256 
Ration for Cow, Hogs and Hens.256 
Dairy Ration Without Silage .256 
Dairy Ration .256 
Sweet Corn for Silage .256 
Ration for Fattening Cow .256 
Rations for Freshening Cows .256 
THE HENYARD. 
Catch the Chicken Thieves .224 
Parcel Post and Egg Shipments .225 
When to Buy Chicks .262 
Leghorn-Wyandotte Cross .262 
Digestive Trouble .262 
Poor Egg Yield .262. 263 
Limits of Line Breeding .263 
Sprouted Oats for Breeding Fowls .263 
A Poultry Building Problem .263 
Egg Contests .264 
Winter Greens for Poultry .264 
Parlor Stove for Brooder .264 
Cattle “Lights” for Poultry.264 
Poor Egg Yield .264 
Winter Care of Poultry .265 
A Small Flock of Hens .265 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Control of Peach Leaf-Curl .225 
Western N. Y. Horticultural Society, Part I,...229 
WOMAN AND HOMm. 
Fresh Meats via Steam Pressure Canner... .226, 261 
A Woman Who Hates Cats.232 
The Alaskan Indian’s Bill of Fare.234 
A Mothers’ Club on District Schools.236, 237 
Our Youngest Subscriber .237 
New York Prize Spellers .237 
The Editor’s Girl .242 
Laughter .243 
A Letter from Home .243 
An Apple-pie Consumer’s League .243 
The Home Dressmaker .246. 247 
A Bulletin on Canaries .247 
A Baby Burro .247 
Reducing Living Cost .247 
The Pastoral Parson .248, 249 
A Rural New-Yorker Family Group.249 
An Old-time Friend .249 
Fine Old Pennsylvania Stock .249 
School Tax and the Supervisor .250 
Shorter Life of Country Women.250 
A Prohibition Problem .250 
Drying Clothes Indoors .250 
Easy Pin Money .250 
The High Cost of Living.250 
Prices for Old Paper .250 
Farm Women’s Experience Club .251 
Roasting a Suckling Pig .251 
Things Worth Knowing .261 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Unpalatable Well Water .230 
Asbestos Shingles ."'’O 
Handling Acetylene Plant .230 
Analysis of Water .230 
Tractor on Cultivator .230 
A Winter Vacation .227, 232 
Township System ot Schools. Part II.231 
Value of Graphite .235 
Paint for Water Barrel .235 
Ice Cream Cones for Chickens .235 
Keeping Automobile Tires Over Winter.235 
Soap from Cracklings .235 
Ice Cakes Crack .235 
Bee Moth .239 
Saving “Cartage” .241 
Notes from Department of Foods and Markets.. .241 
Renewal of Lease .250 
Distribution of Property .250 
Distinguished Jerseymen .259 
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