Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-12-29

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Fowls are not worth over ten cents per
pound in the States, and as they can be
shipped for seven, our farmers must keep
prices below these figures in order to keep
out competition. 4tnaa|
A SOUTHERN front should always be
chosen for the poultry house, whether it be
simply fora few birds tor the farm or for
the professional fancier, who wishes to make
the business a speciality. 42t '3@t
WE can see no reason for turkeys being
so scarce and high, unless it is that they
will not grow themselves quite 50 easily as
chickens and ducks, for with proper atten-
ton they are quite as easily raised. n
In putting windows in poultry houses do
not put them four or FIVE feet from the
ground. Let them come down within afoot
Of the ground at least. and then extend i've
or six feet, as may be most convenient. 3.t
4. POULTRY houses. should be built double,
and with, two apartments, one very warm
and somewhat dark for the birds to roost
andllay in; the other with dust-box. gravel.
lime and feed, where the sun may beam in
upon them. ,te4als 8
BEETs, turnips, rutabagas and cabbage
make good winterfeed for fowls, or rather
are necessary during the winter season to
mix with grain. Beets, turnips. and ruta-
bagas Should be chopped fine, but cabbage
may be fed whole. Inferior heads and out
side leaves are probably as good as firm,
solid cabbage, when that vegetable can be
marketed, as now, at seven cents per
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PERSONS who figure on the poultry busi-
ness with view to going into 1t on an ex-
tensive scale should not calculate on getting
more than IS cents per dozen for eggs, and
% cents each for chickens. One might be
able to get double that, but it is best to
figure on the safe side, and at prices that
the country can afford to pay. The figures
named are such as would induce an i'm
mense consumption of both fowls and eggs.
IT will pay to grow poultry at % cents
each and produce eggs at 25 cents per dozen,
for at these figures it is safe to calculate
| that one cannot make a losing. Any good
! flock of pure-blooded fowls of the egg
producing families will lay twelve dozen
eggs per annum, which would assure $4 tor
each lien. Now. supposing that the hen
could be had tor one dollar, we find a, good
margin left to pay for feed and trouble. +.
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ii IT is useless to attempt to keep poultry,
unless the farmer makes up his mind to
prepare for it properly, as we know of many
farmers to-day who regard their fowls as IN
expense, and we have every reason to be.
lieye their assumptions are true. In the
first place, their Houses are uncomfortable
/ lily constructed and poorly provided, which
His Of itselfa complete barriers against egg.
! in winter. Then there are but few flocks
that are properly culled. There are birds
birds in them of all ages. Fow, 1t must bt
understood that it is only profitable to keeE
poultry house must be so warm that water
will not freeze In it in winter, and must be
kept clean. 'S3i iV 1ta5 @i@ ss.
IT pays best TO market poultry dressed
when in good condition, and If not in gooe
condition don't market them at all. Dress
ed fowls always show off to good advantage
and are sought after on account OF the con
vcnience. Besides it is but little more trou
BILE to dress dozen fowls than two or three
and by selling them undressed every pur
chaser has this trouble, which for one no
in the business is certainly equal to the val
ue of the fowl. Make it rule never to at
tempt to market live birds, except at tn
especial request of the purchaser, tor if ther
is anything your city neighbor abhors it i
killing and dressing fowls, and they are al
ways willing to pay more for them alread
dressed. There is also an advantage to b
gained by dressing, as most any fowl tha
has reached the age of three or four year
makes very presentable appearance striI
ped of its feathers so as TO expose its ric
secretions Of fat. -.r.
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