The ranch., December 01, 1904, Page 10, Image 11

About The ranch. (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914

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POULTRY
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Communications for this department are
solicited, Personal experiences detailed and
questions prove of great benefit. Write to
H. i. Blanchard at Hadlock, Wash., or
direct to The Ranch, Seattle.
Beginners Expect Too Much
From observation, I find many cases
where poultry raisers expect entirely
too much to begin with. Take one
breed only and do it justice all
through. Watch and study it careful
ly, note what you hear and read, then
if you be a reliable poultryman you
will soon know what advice to accept.
For your own sake don't base too much
on "morning mash." This is carried
to extremes quite often, some even
kill their flock
Better feed too little of such stuff
than too much In cold or wet weath
er, when the birds cannot gel out to
scratch, he careful about your mash.
Feed such stuff at noon, if at. all, while
he air is warm. Do not over feed on
cold mornings, or If you do your flock
will simply go back to roost pole.- and
half freeze all day and this is where
most diseases arise. Have a scratch
ing shed anyway a dry place, at any
rate don't feed In wet sloppy places
where it will he wasted or cause them
0 eat more filth than feed.
My experience in the middle west
was mostly with plymouths, langshous
and leghorns. Mornings 1 fed a hunch
of unthreshed wheat or millet, which
my flock enjoyed 1 to 2 hours Noon
cracklins or meat scraps were fed
sometimes changed to bran or shorts
and bread senilis softened but not
sloppy bill warm. Very often ground
bono ' and plenty of charcoal were fed
in soft feed, In winter I fed at four
o'clock, corn or oats quite heavily.
Fresh water always handy . grit
abundantly. Clover or oats cured very
preen was my green feed which is
splendid. Had 52 hens during Decem
ber and January 1896, very often got
10 to 15 eggs per day. Those 2 months
averaged 13 eggs a day. After Feb
ruary Ist, most any ones hens begin to
lay, it being unnatural to lay in win
ter We have to persuade them with
the luxuries of life. P. P. Johnson,
Puyallup, Washington.
Dressing Ducks and Geese
Ducks should never, on any account
be scalded before plucking. The tit
bit on a roasted duck is by epicures,
considered to be the crisp thin skin.
When scalding water is poured over
the bird the skin immediately shrivels
and thickens like a kid glove, and to
those who have a sensitive palate, the
beauty is gone. At the same not thai
scalded geese are accepted in some
markets'; it must be remembered that
the keeping qualities are impaired and
that the appearance is spoiled. Where
birds can be shipped alive they are
much less trouble and more likely to
arrive in good condition, but when it
is a question of ducks and geese, the
valuable breast, feathers are worth con
sidering. White geese, or ducks, feath
ers an- worth about (We a pound and
a goose may have between half a
pound ii]) to three quarters of a pound
of good feathers on it. so that it can
easily he seen that 11 may be well
worth the while to pluck them. The
birds may be put over boiling water
and steamed, If the hoi water method
finds favor, as it does not cook the
flesh quite so easily, but I have never
been able to persuade myself thai it
is at all an aid to picking to have
the feathers wet at all. The birds
should lie stunned by a blow on the
head and then a sharp pen knife is
run through the roof of the mouth
into the brain They should be killed
just as they are wanted and if many
are to be dressed, they should be plac
ed in handy coops and each one kill
ed as it is' wanted, and plucked Im
mediately. They should be hung up
by Ihe nek and the feathers pulled
downwards towards the tall. This
prevents the tender fat from being
torn, The hand is dipped into cold
water so as to obtain a better grip of
die feathers. When sending to mar
ket, leave a ruff on each leg and a
ruff on the neck, also leave the feath
ers on the last joint of the wing. They
should be plunged into a barrel of cold
water for 12 hours and then hung
in a very cold place to dry out. A
strong cord should be bound round
the wings and across the logs. The
legs should be tucked up close to the
body. To dross cither the duck or
i-oo.se, cut off tic neck hone after turn
ing down the skin so as to leave the
neck and breast skin intact. The
whole apearance at table depends on
the breast being nicely stuffed and
plumped up. If a nice long skin is
loft it can bo tied so securely that he
stuffing doe- not exude. Pull tin
crop loose. Cut an oblique cut be
tween the left hind leg and the apron.
draw out the gizzard and the crop
with the wind-pipe, remove all the in
testines, the lungs, heart and liver,
through the same opening. Sot aside
half (lie liver and gizzard, with the
heart, neck and scalded feet of the
goose A duck lias the feet nicely
scalded and cleaned and sent to table
with them on. Singe the bird and
wash it well. Then dry with a clean
(doth. A little made mustard should
ho used wit a little salt, cayanne and
port wine and poured inside the bird
i fore adding the seasoning. The
seasoning should consist of boiled on
ions, stale bread crumbs and salt, pep
per, butter and sage leaves, all chop
pet] tine ami moistened with an egg.
The breast should be beaten flat with
a rolling pin and many people break
tin joints of the wings and legs to
facilitate carving The breast should
be dredged with flour and the birds
should bo frequently basted while
cooking Apple sauce and brown
gravy are always served with ducks
and geese.
OCTAVIUS ALLEN.
Care Of Pullets
If a pullet is to make a good winter
layer she must not got stunted but
be kept growing right, along. You will
find that it is just as hard to feed a
chick as to feed a steer. If you feed
too much corn the pullets will gel
summer cholera and will stop growing
or die. With me the following mixture
of grain fed dry has given host re
suits: Wheat, barley, cracked corn,
and oats in equal parts, well mixed.
If millet see,! is cheap I add one part
millet. Sunflower seed is also good.
.My chicks have free range, and I
never feed more than twice a day af
ter chicks are two months old, and
am careful not to feed too much, Lei
chicks go a little hungry to roost, but
let them out by sunrise. Have a few
sticks in he hen house for the small
chicks to roost on but you will be sur
prised to see how soon the little chick
will learn to use; it.
When cockerels begin to bother the
pullets separate and fatten the cock
erels for market.
When you wish to change pullets
to winter quarters choose a dark
night, move summer coop into winter
house, and leave for awhile, then re-1
move it, and have low roosts for pul- j
lets to roost on. Try to have your
chicks as tame as possible. Chicks
raised in brooders are very tame bin
musi have more time, and time is
money on he farm. There are a good
many preparations on the market for
feeding and fattening chicks and to
make quick growth, but it never pays
lo buy feed If you can raise it on ihe
farm, and chicks having free range
don'l miss it. Never doctor a chicken;
chop its head off and bum carcass, as
chicken diseases are apt to spread
i rough the whole flock.
Last, but not least. be sure your
poultry houses are clean. Pullets can
not lay unless they have clean houses, I
warm winter quarters, and are free
from lice. If you want winter eggs
from pullets you must provide sum-,
mer conditions and feed as early as
THE RANCH
possible. If pullets commence to molt
In the fall feed beef scraps and a
mash made of bran and oil meal for
a few weeks. This will hasten the
molting. The editor is right in saying
that there is not a large profit in early
chicks.
The Turkey Outlook
The good demand and unprecedent
ed prices for turkeys for the last few
months ought to open your eyes to
the need of more enterprise in this
line of business.
Tin prices alone leave no doubt as
to the small number of turkeys left
to begin with this season. A large
number of turkey raisers sold out en
tirely, leaving a few in possession of
the field. Now is the time to begin
with a few and build up a reputation
for the future.
It is in order to begin turkey cul
ture in a business-like way. and not to
rust to luck for results after a little
attention at first. I know people who
say the least attention given to a
flock of turkeys after the first few
days, the better luck may be expect
ed, but from long experience I know
ibis to be erroneous. It is quiet true
what few arrive at maturity are splen
did specimens, but that is a proof of
(( if V 1 I "of the soft
ml)) .^ bands too well to
\v df need to guess, and
If jiff mmst\ for the moment
\j^r she enters into tbe
/ftP Jr playful spirit of
' ■» ' the child and for
gets her toil and weariness. Then a
sudden movement sends a thrill of pain
through her and she realizes that though
love may lighten labor it cannot lighten
pain.
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A high average «gg record has been
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