The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-10

RULES FOR SUCCESS IN ItahStsa = w. w.. -,
lust now the cry comes up from many W.
tiers of cholera and fatal epidemics anon
the poultry, and we are treated dd hauss ~.
to nil sorts of specifies and prefene'cs u. .l.I
agricultural publications OF the day, m W. .n
as harassed by all the old ladies' OF o sa, az
o,aintance for cure that VIII ili'heu..,.'
not only nut tleir cherished bipeds o,i. nv
more into erect port and saucy caII'ss, mo
act ne a scarecrow for all time to como as"i"''
any and all kinds of foes. <n ,, think
NV wife often says to me, "Do you ,i.n u'
vou know more than mother, VINO ma' Nc; 1 p,
In the country and lived there all liel W.,
and nv triumphant reply is ai"a!y ,,, re1I ;:
about the chickens, my dear" Oni wv" n,a,.
che answers, "even mother says you w 90 i,
ace TO beat anybody she ever meaiu rnooi,
Rising chickens; but, then, II IS ali sou; 81
fortune. after ALP From this you llaas Ss.,
T think, | know something on inc Hiis ,,t;.t,
question, and propose, a. iar 10 ny, WV.
he kind permission Of the dn'e'tcah =; ~ ~..
to rive some of my experiences ana thousn JUS
The first rule ever tooK-m'ao' Say
-,ln I don't mean any temporary makc'
shift hcltcr-skelter, spasnodic way OF dong
things. but regular daily operation, ano
sticking to 1.-THE first rule for success III
raising poultry I find in these words
mClcanliness is next to goodness ana lus'
as regularly and habitllally as man taxes the
dirt out of his own house so ought ne u
take the dirt out of the chic ken.house, TX
means business. The second rule found III
the billie in the command to do everything
{. decently and in order." Now, 1t may De
saw more. or differently, in these lnlunction !,
than most people; but the sum totai OF ail
nv experience is just this That whether
YOU raise poultry for fancy or for prom, II,
breed. meat, or eggs, liberal application oi
these rules cannot but result in success.
] propose. subsequently, giving my idea as
to breeds-raising for either profit or fancy
md also on the various kinds of poultry.
houses. manner of feed and kind, DC. must
he content with having, as 4 basis, LAID down
\ granite foundation in my two golden rtlles.
That there is money in poultry fully eNpect
to demonstrate, not only by my own eHperi,
cnce. but by the figures Of others. FIGURES !:
What have chickens to do with figures
Much. every way. How, without figures, can
YOU tell ANYTHING satisfactorily! Keep a
book in which set down the cost OF my vard.
I take stock every year-in February. Every
hen in nv yard has her number, ana that
number has page i'm my book. Every egg
each one laws is set down to her credit.
Sometimes get puzzled by finding two or
more eggs in the same nest then have to
watch for day or two until spot each par
ticular biddy. When she wants to set give
her dozen eggs and charge them against
her. In this way l keep tally for every, egg
laid, charging the house, Of course, with all
used. and crediting all sold outside. When
the little chicks are latched the noisy matron
receives credit for them, and her &C
count is closed for That Matching. They
nrc counted and watched over day by
d,y. All the feed used Is charged against
them in the aggregate, and by dividing
this aggregate / manage to fix the COST
OF each one rs close as can be- Livery
chicken that dies, or turns up missing, is en-
tered on the loss side, and all sold OF eaten
arc credited, and in this way, at the end OF
the year. c,n find out how much l have
made and how much each las cost INC, and
start fresh for the new year. This is what
might be called system. 1t takes a great deal
of trouble at first, but when you cncc gel
hahituatcd 10 it tho whole thing works like
an old shoe. Only try it once, and, with Il
parting injunction, l say, if you make up
pour mind to do this, Slick TO N.-Amer1ca'7
Farmer.