The Business Hen (the Latest Hatch)Herbert Winslow Collingwood Rural Publishing Company, 1910 - 191 Seiten |
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The Business Hen (the Latest Hatch) (Classic Reprint) Herbert W. Collingwood Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2017 |
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Seite 93 - if you take the dry matter of the hen and compare it with the dry matter in the eggs she lays in a year, there will be five and one-half times as much dry matter in the eggs as in her whole body.
Seite 93 - ... weight of the dry matter in the milk will be as one to two and nine-tenths. In other words, based upon the dry matter, the hen does twice as well as the cow. I suspect the hen is the most efficient transformer of raw material into a finished product that there is on the farm. Her physiological activity is something remarkable. So in that particular, the hen stands in a class by herself.
Seite 104 - If a teacher, though a genins, would attempt to "prove all things and hold fast to that which is good," he would keep on all through life proving things and would have no time to "hold fast.
Seite 128 - ... One day our old clock wouldn't start. Pa said he'd take it all apart Some day an' fix the ol' machine. Ma soused the works in gasoline. The garden-gate latch broke one day, Cows ate our sweet corn up. An', say, Pa scolded like a house afire! Ma fixed the latch up with hay wire. So when my things gets out of fix Do I ask pa to mend 'em? Nix! But ma just grabs what's near at hand An' togs things up to beat the band.
Seite 132 - Young people should start out with the conviction that there is only one way to do anything, and that is, the best it can be done, regardless of remuneration.
Seite 55 - ... apart at the ends, sides and top of the crate, but those in front are placed vertically and are 2 inches apart, giving the birds plenty of room to put their heads through to eat from the trough. The floor of the crate is made of slats which run lengthwise and are placed one inch apart, leaving a 1-inch space on either side between the first lath and the sides of the crate. The crate should stand on short legs or trestles to allow for convenience in cleaning out the droppings which fall to the...
Seite 128 - MA'S TOOLS At home it seems to be the rule Pa never has "the proper tool" Or knack to fix things. For the stunt That stumps ma, though, you'll have to hunt. The caster on the table leg Fell out. Pa said a wooden peg Would fix it up. But ma kep' mum An
Seite 55 - The slats or laths which are usually 1% inches wide are placed \y2 inches apart at the ends, sides and top of the crate, but those in front are placed vertically and are 2 inches apart, giving the birds plenty of room to put their heads through to eat from the trough. The floor of the crate is made of slats which run lengthwise and are placed one inch apart, leaving a 1-inch space on either side between the first lath and the sides of the crate. The crate should stand on short legs or trestles to...
Seite 51 - ... trough, with its slatted front. In it is kept a supply of dry meals mixed together. This dry meal mixture is composed of the following materials: 200 pounds good wheat bran, 100 pounds corn meal, 100 pounds middlings, 100 pounds gluten meal or brewers' grain, 100 pounds linseed meal, and 100 pounds beef scrap. These materials are spread on the floor in layers one above another and shoveled together until thoroughly mixed, then kept in stock, for supplying the trough. The trough is never allowed...
Seite 55 - ... always at your command. The fattening crate is quite easily constructed and will last for years if properly made. It is usually 6 feet long, 16 inches wide, 18 inches high and is divided into three equal-sized compartments, each holding from 4 to 6 birds, as the case may be. The slats or laths which are usually 1% inches wide are placed...