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THE HENYARD 
Turkey Raising 
This year is my first adventure into the 
land of turkey raising, and I wish help. 
I have set 20 eggs under three hens. 
Everyone has told me of all the trials and 
hardships before me, and now I want 
someone to give me a little hope. 1. IIow 
shall I keep the poults free from lice? 2. 
What shall I f eed them? 3. What shall 
I do if they get wet? 4. Shall I put 
them under ordinary chicken coops on the 
ground, or should they have something 
dry under their feet? 5. How large pens 
should they have? 0. IIow old must they 
he before I can relax vigilance and let 
them loose? In fact. I want to know 
everything you can tell we about raising 
them. MRS. J. A. c. 
Scottsville. N. Y. 
You should have had a turkey hen for a 
mother, as they are the real mothers. 
People make too hard work of raising tur¬ 
keys. 
1. Sprinkle a good insect powder on the 
hen once a week while sitting; not enough 
to kill the hen. as one woman I told did. 
I.ice are the worst foe we have. After 
the poults are one week to 10 days old 
grease with clear lard on top of head and 
under vent. 
2. Feed sweet bread and milk squeezed 
dry; do not overfeed. After a week put 
Feeding the Tame Hen 
in a little good bran and increase as they 
grow older. Then in four weeks feed good 
whole wheat (not screenings) ; keep fresh 
water before them at all times. They 
like clean food and clean water; they are 
not a filthy fowl. 
3. Do not let them out when raining 
hard or in the heavy dew. 
4. Put them in a roomy coop with a 
floor and good roof, with plenty of air; 
clean their coop every day. 
5. Do not pen them ; let them have their 
liberty; they are foragers. But keep 
them from the barnyard, for the chicken 
hen will feed them what they should not 
eat. 
6. A ever, from the time they are 
hatched until full grown, do I relax my 
vigilance. They are always on my mind. 
And that is where my success lies. My 
husband says I act foolish, but I cannot 
help it; it is as natural as my breath. Do 
not go by rule; go by common sense and 
you will come out right, mrs. e. j. rider. 
Rose Comb White Leghorns 
On page 7!)9 I noticed an inquiry by G. 
W. G. of I'lattsburg, N. Y., in regard to 
Rose Comb White Leghorns. The answer 
by C. S. Phelps is all right in a broad 
sense as far as taking good care of poul¬ 
try goes, but he did not do justice to the 
breed. The IL C. White Leghorns are a 
well-established variety. It is true that 
they run smaller than some Single Comb 
Leghorns, but with careful breeding can 
be grown as large as any. They are fine 
layers of large white eggs, and being ac¬ 
tive and hardy the eggs hatch well. I 
have had some 100 per cent hatches this 
Spring. 
Their rose combs are certainly an ad¬ 
vantage for this reason. Mr. Phelps says 
that single combs are not apt to freeze 
if kept in perfectly dry quarters, etc. But 
the point to consider is this: Does the 
average farmer keep his poultry in such 
a manner as to have a dry house all Win- 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
ter? I venture to say no. as my experi¬ 
ences have shown that too many farm 
flocks are kept in damp quarters. I know 
that Rose Comb White Leghorns will give 
better results under these conditions than 
Single Comb Leghorns, for once frosted a 
hen will not lay very soon. 
The reason we do not hear more from 
them is that no large breeders are grow¬ 
ing them in sufficient numbers to adver¬ 
tise them. The breeders have not shown 
them enough, but I see a better day. as the 
club back of the breed is arrangingYor a 
good showing at New York this season. 
This will have a tendency to acquaint the 
public with their attractive appearance, 
and their other good qualities will speak 
for themselves. raepii cline. 
Montgomery Co.. X. Y. 
Poultry on a City Lot 
We bought eight White Leghorn hens, 
one year old in July, 191 s. putting them 
in a coop 4 ft. wide and 12 ft. long, which 
is near the rear of our garage. We made 
a passage-way from the wire netting to 
the garage, which is on brick piers about 
2 ft. above the ground at the rear, allow¬ 
ing the hens the room under the garage, 
which gives them additional space of 16x 
20 ft. We believe that this space has 
been quite a help to them, allowing, even 
in the worst of weather, a place to scratch 
and exercise. The coop is in the city, 
about a mile from the center of New 
Haven. The following record of the eight 
hens shows what success we have had 
with our first experience keeping chickens. 
For 38 weeks : • 
Scratch feed < 50-lb. lots).. $7.30 
Mash (10-lb. bags). 3.00 
$10.30 
Eggs (38 weeks). 770 
Market value, figured weeklv.$52.64 
Cost . 10.30 
Profit.$42.34 
We used the grain with table scraps 
usually thrown away. We are very much 
pleased with the results, and think ’if 
more people would take up the idea of 
keeping poultry they would find it a 
pleasure. _ roger e. alling. 
Connecticut. 
Questions in Poultry Feeding 
Is there a definite rule of how much 
feed per hen should be fed. and the rela¬ 
tive amount of mash and scratch grain? 
Do you consider barley as good to feed 
laying hens as corn? Is it advisable to 
feed any great amount of sunflower seed? 
Webster’s Crossing, N. Y. c. f. m. 
There can be no definite rule as to the 
amount of food that fowls should have, 
since, either when growing or laying, they 
should have all that their needs require, 
as evidenced by their appetite. Laying 
bens without sufficient food for body needs 
and egg production can produce eggs only 
at the expense of their bodies, and only 
for a limited time. Eggs represent the 
surplus that can be spared for reproduc¬ 
tion. and more food is naturally required 
when hens are laying heavily than when 
they are not. though, at the latter time 
they may need nearly as much because of 
the production of new plumage. The rule 
for feeding hens is to give them all that 
they will eat, without waste, but a por¬ 
tion of this food should be in the form of 
vegetables and other green stuffs, rather 
than the more expensive grains. Ordin¬ 
arily. hens will eat about double the 
amount of whole grain, by weight, that 
they do of dry mash. Barley contains 
considerably more fiber and less fat than 
corn, though not far from the same 
amount of protein. It is probably inferior 
to both corn and wheat as poultry food, 
though a partial substitute for both. Sun¬ 
flower seeds are rich in fat and protein, 
but are not ordinarily fed to poultry in 
very considerable quantities. I do not 
know to what extent they could advan¬ 
tageously be fed. m. b. d. 
India Wheat for Poultry 
Many have inquired about the use of 
buckwheat and also raising grain for 
poultry. The farmers here, for feeding, 
prefer to raise India wheat rather than 
buckwheat, as it is not as liable to blight 
in hot, dry weather, and usually yields 
better. Buckwheat is better for house¬ 
hold use than India wheat, but delicious 
pancakes can be made using sour milk 
and soda and India wheat with white 
flour. Only remember India wheat re¬ 
quires less soda than other flours. 
Farmers here are raising India wheat for 
their poultry. Before the war there were 
few large flocks of fowls, but there were 
20 to 60 kept on most farms, and those 
who have learned the value of India 
wheat often use it as nearly one-half the 
grain ration, and claim fowls drop off 
in laying and also in flesh if supply of 
India wheat is exhausted. One year we 
had probably less than one-fourth acre of 
it, and 17 hens and nearly 40 chicks fed 
from it as it began to mature; then it 
was cut and laid down to cure, and of 
course some shelled off. so the fowls 
gleaned it. We gave one feed of grain 
at night and the chicks were heavier and 
in better flesh than usual. Some farmers 
thrash the grain, using the straw as 
scratching litter; others throw in bundles 
of it and let the hens scratch and thrash 
it themselves. India wheat does not re¬ 
quire much fertilizer, or it will “run to 
vines,” but a light dressing of stable 
manure, ashes, etc., is harrowed iu. 
v erinont. MRS. w. 
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IT PAYS TO RAISE 
RufusRed Belgian Hare 
If you are careful from whom you buy your Founduti 
Slock ot any breed, out of six entries'In Boston Jan. 
TJ19 I won three. Muncle, Indiana. Feb., 1919 two in 
winners. First Sr. and First Jr. Buck. 
.... Owner of Sheabarado. Registry No. 4655 
"ho heat a English Prize Winning Buck, receiving Fi 
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Only Pedigreed Registered Stock. Prices Reasonal 
JOSEPH BLANK, 428 Highland Ave., MOUNT VERNON, N. 
Rufus Red Belgian Does 
Breeding age, $6 each; young stock, $1 to $5 
Rev. W. H. Cutler - Candor, N. Y. 
BELGIANS & NEW ZEALANDS 
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