Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-03-07
PROFIT IN roarny.
Ne Occasion for PUSSY Dctaits;'' Only
Need OF Common sense
DT q. s. BLISS.

ing. Tie demand ior poultry aid poul
try PRODUCTS tJr home consumption far j.
ontruns the national supply. The in
ztations, esp p-cially Of eggs, are in the
a4gre ate very large aud steadily in
ereas ~. This ought H.. to he St. /
There IS no good reason w4y o,l4 oH-. /
people should not protitahi.7 produce all |
tLese articles tina. the coeutry can con-
sumo. With the single exception Of |
Canada. none Of the countries from
which our Imports are drawn have So |
cheap food or such ample facilities Tor
the profitable production of eggs as
this, while they labor under the disad-
vantage OF being a long distance from
our markets, with expensive transporta-
ton, and certain depreciation III value
if not in quality. But they make il pay
or they would not continue, and con-
atanHv expand, the business. The feed
on which many OF the imported eggs
are made IS shipped across the ocean.
paying two or three profits before j.
reaches the consumer, and he eggs
after paying two Or three more profits
are sold III our markets At pcice less
thaa our own praaucts, eqtiyal 1t 10
I still another profit. But stu the com
| plant comes mp from al over the country
| that farmers cannot afIorl to keep poul-
try and raise eggs! 1t is & question Of
| grave importance to the farm, IS Of the
country, to consumers generally, indeed
| - the nation, whether this is really so.
| Casting about for some sufficient
! reason for the prevailing condition OF
| the poultry and egg industry Of tDe
country we find, first OF al, widely
/ prevailing sentiment that the 'len buai-
ness, as it is generally called, is beneath
The lenitv of men. The few city and
! suburban fanclers and specialists are
! generally looked upon as crarfl5 who
hare iItfuded upon the domain of the
-rannys, aud an attentive reading Of the
voIunl}nous poultry literature Of the
tir., Only tends to c0niitIu the 'mprt5-
] -i3n il many cases. 1t is not greatly 70
be woLdered at that reading farmers
,Lould he di-on>taJ with the fussy de
ais which they are told are necessary TO
ucces5 IN tlle business, and decline enter
/ ingnpo il. AIltlese details may be we'll
enough for the tancier and suburban
$40 has an established demand at his
5ND price for anything he can produce;
f,r the farmer whose product, mus
% upon the general market through the
scguLar channels Of trade. they are q 1e-
..4 OH ana snare, and certain to lun nm
. il deJt if he attempts their practice.
But there is a r4!dlIe coarse, as far -
move. from the fyasy de,alI Of the theo-
7 ri,rs rs from the much berated system
> Of leaving the fowls to care for them
2 selves and r0ost III the trees, which
every tiller of the soil, large and small,
q NAV pursue with both credit and profit
Fowls have the instinct Of seli-pcrstrva-
: tiol rs iu4iy DEVELOPED as any other AM
, nal. ana We nase but to furnish ITEM
: the means OF r-aeoaabiy indnI8inG ii,
/ under certain restraints which IL their
unnatural condition ii lie becom- i C.
; essarv to their well being. They nee.
/ about as much protection from the
weather as other animals, certainly Lut
any more; bat like other ANIMALS tney
t 1eld thut it be adapted to he5r natarea.
I Nnen kept n c.cse apaltnla4sr~. tt.oagl
: ,,ly for he night the same p~ae--..e,
j i. ya1tilatiou should be uf.aed =. J.
r Le.caaa ii other ANNALS. A'-i SO Q.
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