Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1884-12-26
yantages will be increased in like pro-

vantages will be increased in like pro-
portion.
For severalreasons the consequence
does not follow. In the first place,
and for one Of the principal reasons,
few fowls can be kept by almost every
family in some convenient corner,
where their comfort is a matter OF
course. The waste crumbs from the
house. the proceeds of such foraglng
as biddy can do on her own account.
to the annoyance of neighbor and
quite often the owner as well, occa-
sional inexpensive investments IN more
substantial rations. supply the little
flock with the most desirable kind OF
food, and the cost is scarcely felt, while
the table and the grocer's account re-
joice at the generous dividends. Ii
does not need philosopher to realize
that when the number of fowls is multi
piled by rouno figures in which the
imaginative young farmer rejoices, the
cost of keeping and ali the conditions
undergo very serious notifications.
The scraps and forage disappear
from the consideration or become of
infnitesimal consequence, while the
elements which the flock gamers for
itself must be supplied to the larger one
by special provision or their absence
Twill most certainly be felt in the re-
turns. Comfortable quarters must be
provided into various apartments or
buildings. for it is one of the indisputa-
Bile facts in poultry culture that
grea. bodies of fowls herded together
will not prosper, and in many ways the
expense grows beyond all proportion,
while the comparative returns shrink.
But the great danger to the big flocks
is that of neglect. No matter how
good the intention, it is so easy to
take it for granted that. ''they are do
ing well enough" With the half dozen
or so, where every one is known by
name, and each individual receives a
daily inspection, the first indication OF
anything wrong is noticed at once,
and promptly attended to. But if the
flock swels to a thousand this daily
inspection becomes almost an lmpossi-
billty, and even if attempted once a
week 1t soon proves an irksome task
!. The proprietor contents himself with a
casual glance, removes the dead, de-
tects the sick only when SO far gone as
to be past all remedy, and glancing
over the great number remaining, con-
Ecludes that he shall never miss those
gone the way Of all the poultry, for he
must expect to lose some, and surely
has enough left for all purposes.
1t is this matter of col rse bushes:
that spoils poultry keeping on a great
scale. Let the beginner make up hi:
J mind, once for all, and never change
it, that in this matter of egg farming
the details must be attendedf0 with the
same fidelity that insuies success or
! the smaller scale. In every case where
prosperity ensues this is the watch
word-"Care, Care, Carer We have
known good many young men who
desired respectable incomes without
personal exertion of brain or body
and who fancied they beheld the lane
of promise across the back of the gfea
> locks of fowls And in more or les:
! ambitious ways we have seen then
attempt 10 reach the consummation o
+, their ambitions. But we never knew
an instance of success on the part O
one who thus dreamed. The only
men in the world who succeed are the
men who do their work faithfully anc
; patiently, and this fact is as true II
) poultry raising as in ruling an empire
If our correspondent has the means tc
start his thousand fowls and the dis
= position to work fully as hard over hi:
! poultry as he would in any other man
ner to earn the same amount of money
he will doubtless succeed. otherwise
most certainly ne will not.-1He Ams,
; itan Poultry Yard