An excellent waxing preparation is made from
beeswax, turpentine and rosin. To make a gal-
lon of the liquid, shave very fine about two
pounds of beeswax and cover with the turpen-
tine, then add 2 ounces of rosin.
Melt all together. When cold it should feel
like lard. If too thin, add more wax, and use
more turpentine if the mixture is too thick.
The wax may be put on the floor with a cloth,
but a bunch of waste, which can be bought at a
hardware store, is better. Apply as if greasing
the floor. Rub very hard. The polishing can be
done with the waste, but a regular waxing brush
is preferable.
Never use water on a waxed floor. It is easy
to keep in condition if one rubs it hard, that is
"give it plenty of elbow grease," as the saying
goes.
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XIII
PROFITABLE POULTRY
KEEPING
(Mrs. John H. Schuster.)
Much attention is being paid to the question
of profitable poultry keeping. It is now a well
established fact that there is money in all
branches of the poultry business, but only the
energetic and persevering need think of winning
much success.
One of the first principles to remember is to
start with good s ock.
It has been stated that |1.00 pays for the feed
of one hen for one year. This is too low an esti-
mate for yarded fowls. For the year 1912, with
feed at the following prices :
Dry mash, |2.20 per 100 lbs.
Wheat, 1.15 per bushel
Corn, 90 per bushel
Oats, 65 per bushel
Straw for litter in
coops, 80 per bushel
the average cost of a laying hen was |1.41 by
actual test. By exercising great care this rate
could be reduced. The above was the estimate
for a flock of Brown and White Leghorns. No
matter how poor a layer a hen is, one fact is as-
sured : she will lay enough eggs during the year
to pay for her feed.
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A few general principles to be remembered
are:
1. To keep grit, charcoal and oyster shell con-
stantly before the fowls.
2. To clean the roosts daily.
3. To spray roosts and coops frequently.
"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of
cure'' is a fine maxim to keep in mind. Clean,
dry and well ventilated houses are almost a sure
preventive of disease among fowls.
The following formulas have proven very satr
isfactory :
Dry Mash
12 pounds alfalfa.
12 pounds corn chop.
12 pounds wheat middlings.
12 pounds beef scrap.
12 pounds wheat bran.
12 pounds gluten meal.
12 pounds ground bone.
6 pounds linseed meal.
6 pounds pulverized charcoal.
2 pounds Pratt's Poultry Powder.
3 tablespoons of red pepper.
6 tablespoons of table salt✪ Dry Mash for Poultry.
To be placed in hoppers and kept before the
chickens all the time.
Program for a Day's Feed in Winter
Take a quantity of oats — about 3 pints for 100
hens — cover with hot water and place on back
of kitchen range over night. In the morning
add enough of the dry mash✪ Program for a Day's Feed in Winter to make a crumbly
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mixture. Feed about 7 A. M. in the troughs.
The mixture should be warm but not scalding.
9 A. M. — Scratch feed scattered in litter —
about % ounce of grain to each hen.
10.30 A. M. — Green food cut in i/^ inch lengths.
Noon. — Same as 9 o'clock feed.
2 P. M. — Light feed of sprouted oats.
4 P. M. — Grain fed in troughs. More than
enough for each pen of fowls. This last feeding
is to insure full crops for the night. After fowls
have gone to roost gather up grain that remains.
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Presented as published in 1913. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
An excellent waxing preparation is made from beeswax, turpentine and rosin. To make a gallon of the liquid, shave very fine about two pounds of beeswax and cover with the turpentine, then add 2 ounces of rosin.
Melt all together. When cold it should feel like lard. If too thin, add more wax, and use more turpentine if the mixture is too thick.
The wax may be put on the floor with a cloth, but a bunch of waste, which can be bought at a hardware store, is better. Apply as if greasing the floor. Rub very hard. The polishing can be done with the waste, but a regular waxing brush is preferable.
Never use water on a waxed floor. It is easy to keep in condition if one rubs it hard, that is "give it plenty of elbow grease," as the saying goes.
PROFITABLE POULTRY KEEPING
(Mrs. John H. Schuster.)
Much attention is being paid to the question of profitable poultry keeping. It is now a well established fact that there is money in all branches of the poultry business, but only the energetic and persevering need think of winning much success.
One of the first principles to remember is to start with good s ock.
It has been stated that |1.00 pays for the feed of one hen for one year. This is too low an estimate for yarded fowls. For the year 1912, with feed at the following prices :
Dry mash, |2.20 per 100 lbs.
Wheat, 1.15 per bushel
Corn, 90 per bushel
Oats, 65 per bushel
Straw for litter in coops, 80 per bushel
the average cost of a laying hen was |1.41 by actual test. By exercising great care this rate could be reduced. The above was the estimate for a flock of Brown and White Leghorns. No matter how poor a layer a hen is, one fact is assured : she will lay enough eggs during the year to pay for her feed.
A few general principles to be remembered are:
1. To keep grit, charcoal and oyster shell constantly before the fowls.
2. To clean the roosts daily.
3. To spray roosts and coops frequently.
"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure'' is a fine maxim to keep in mind. Clean, dry and well ventilated houses are almost a sure preventive of disease among fowls.
The following formulas have proven very satisfactory :
Dry Mash
12 pounds alfalfa.
12 pounds corn chop.
12 pounds wheat middlings.
12 pounds beef scrap.
12 pounds wheat bran.
12 pounds gluten meal.
12 pounds ground bone.
6 pounds linseed meal.
6 pounds pulverized charcoal.
2 pounds Pratt's Poultry Powder.
3 tablespoons of red pepper. 6 tablespoons of table salt.
To be placed in hoppers and kept before the chickens all the time.
Program for a Day's Feed in Winter
Take a quantity of oats — about 3 pints for 100 hens — cover with hot water and place on back of kitchen range over night. In the morning add enough of the dry mash to make a crumbly
22^
mixture. Feed about 7 A. M. in the troughs. The mixture should be warm but not scalding.
9 A. M. — Scratch feed scattered in litter — about % ounce of grain to each hen.
10.30 A. M. — Green food cut in i/^ inch lengths.
Noon. — Same as 9 o'clock feed.
2 P. M. — Light feed of sprouted oats.
4 P. M. — Grain fed in troughs. More than enough for each pen of fowls. This last feeding is to insure full crops for the night. After fowls have gone to roost gather up grain that remains.
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