The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-03-28
Raising Poultry for the Market.

Raising poultry for the market can be |
made quite profitable business II prop
erly managed. By faulty management |
the profit can be made very small or be
made to disappear entirely. In raising
chickens for market It makes o great
difference wheiher they attain good
size and are sent in earl7in the season
when poultry is scarce and high. or are
marketed late when there Is plenty of
poultry offered at low prices. The
prices of chickens in August and Sep
iember are usually fifty to one hundred
per cent. higher than they are in Octo-
chickens Matched early in the spring
.theF-m easily be ready for the
market early aud then secure the. high
prices which prevail during the latter
part of summer aud first part of autumn.
In order to succeed in raising poultry
extensively, plenty Of room must be pro-
yided for it. There must be suitable
shelter, and plenty of yard ROOM niThe
yard should be large enough 30 that .
large part of the ground can be kept in
grass, to afford the poultry . supply of
green food. They need o daily supply
Of green Vegetables. Cabbage and let
tuce are best, but young and tender
grass is good. Shade IS needful in the
yard TO afford the birds chance TO re-
treae from the hot rays of the sun In
summer. SFfuit trees may advanta-
geously be placed in the yard They
will afford the needed shade, and the
presence of the fowls will help TO pro-
tect the trees from insects and insure
their thriftiness and fruitfulnessl Poultry
Yards are generally too SMALL n. the
yard is large enough the fowis win keep
healthy. 4 New York hotel keeper .
| few years ago, had 8 poultry yard which
contained fifteen acres, in which he kept
large numbers of turkeys, ducks and
fowls. They had the range of the. lot
and during the summer obtained large
| part of their food from the gard, and
were free from diseases usually incident
| to poultry. The owner was wont TO de-
clare that he could raise o thousand
pounds of poultry as easily and IS
| cheaply as he could thousand pounds
| OF beef, mutton or pork. Under gpod
management it is probably true that q
thousand pounds of poultry can, be pro-
.duced as cheaply as thousand pounds
of beef, mutton or pork. The fact that
| poultry usually sells at two or three
times the price of beef, mutton or pork,
sufficiently indicates how much greater
the profit 6must be in poultry raising
Il
| In raising poultry for the market the
importance : of having the chickens
haIohed early, should be insisted upon.
Next nsipportsnce Is. the feeding Of
| them to insure their rapid and continu-
Gus growth. The food for, the young
chicks sh6fid be such as Is adapted to
promote growth, and should be abun-
dant In quantity. b. Skimmed milk either
sweet or sour, Is an excellent article TO
feed young chicks, along with Indian
meal or oat meal or bread made oi
these articles. The chickens should be
given about all the food they will eat &c
as to keep them growing thriftily, al
the time. Many allow their y Jung
chickens to be only about half fed fol
the first three or four months and ther
by extra feeding endeayor to bring
them into condition for the market. BY
feeding we'll from the first the chicken.
are fastened TO maturity, kept in good
condition and are ready for the marke
&C an early age. II poultry can b'
brought to maturity early in the season
and sent to market when there is {
scarcity of poultry offered, 5 high Pric'
will be obtained for it. The quicke
poultry can be grown ready for market
the cheaper can it be produced. A Ger
tain amount of food daily is required u
supply the waste of the system, main
tain animal heat and so FORTH and wha
Is consumed in excess OF that amour
INCREASES growth and fesh: -. If q foci
ofchickens can be brought to maturit,
ready for the market in four month
instead of six, the cost OF keeping ther
alive or simply maintaining their cor
dition for two months VIII be saved
The more the chickens can be made :
eat and digest the faster they viii gro'
and the less will be the cost OF maturin
them. Neglect to feed generously
the cause OF many. failures in raisin
poultry for the market. : The create:
profit is obtained only BY feeding all th
birds can eat, while the least profit
obtained by keeping them aboutndha
starved Generous feeding and prof
go together and that fact should be su
fcient inducement to secure good treai
ment OF poultry.-Practical Farmer.