Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-07-26
POULTRY ON FARMS.
A Business That Pays Well II Properly
and Theoretically Managed.

A Business That Pays Well If Properly
and Theoretically Managed.
Profitable poultry-keeping, If only on
small scale, requires as much intelli-
gence and energy as any other stock
on the farm, and there is more money
in well-managed flock of thirty fowls
than there is in an average COW. II
you don't believe it, try it and see.
Geese and ducks are more profitably
kept where they have access to plenty
of water, either natural or artificial.
The best breed of geese is the Tou-
louise, and the Pekin is the best duck
Turkeys are very profitable if you
know how to raise them. Little tur-
keys are very tender for two months
after their advent into this world, and
require good deal of care. They must
be kept dry, and their quarters kept
clean and free from lice. They must
have plenty of water and variety Of
food. The Bronze and Narragansett
are the best breeds. Chickens are
found on every farm. The best breed
for the farmer who wants general
purpose fowl, is the Plymouth Rock.
For those who desire eggs alone, we
would say Langshan or Hamburgs.
For winter management of chickens l
will give our experience the past win
ter.
Last fall we picked over our focks
of Plymouths, saving the pullets, and
few hens one year old. Our hem
house is an old building, but ii was
banked up and chinked with straw.
We ted corn, oats, wheat and cooked
food. | chopped apples and apple
Feelings, turnips and onions and odd
scraps. | burnt bones for them, and
gave lime, and plenty of pure water
with ashes to wallow in. They had
access to gravel every day, and they
laid eggs all winter, even in the very
coolest days, and it cost no more to
bring these hens through the winter
than it would have done if they had not
laid an egg. Many people think that
hens require no water in the winter
time. They are greatly mistaken. l
shall have pullets to lay next winter.
II fowls have the run of the farm they
do not need as much care as in winter,
but II kept in yard they need to be
supplied with producing materials.
You might as well expect woman to
make good pie out of saw-dust as a
hen to make an egg out of nothing.
The diseases of chickens are roup,
cholera and gapes, and many others
too numerous to mention. To prevent
disease, keep their houses clean and
free from lice, give the Duglass mixture
occasionally and plenty of pure water. |
would like to impress on every ones
attention the necessity of pure water
for the fowls. AS remedy for dis
eases, would say, kill the badly in
fected ones, or remove them away
from the rest, and take care of the
rest. Lice are the greatest pests, but
can be kept down, if fowls are given
plenty of road dust or ashes to wallow
in. Houses may be of any description,
providing light, warmth and ventila-
ton are secured. The best way to
market poultry, if you have energy
enough, is to fatten them well, dress well,
pack nicely in straw and ship to some
Eastern city to be sold on commission. II
you have not, sell to some who has.
To market eggs, gather them every
day and sell when fresh. If you want
to keep them for higher prices, pack
them in oats, little ends downward
Don't let the eggs touch. There is money
in poultry, lots of it, if you can get il
out Europe is sending eggs over here
by the millions. We can just as well
supply the demand in this country il
we choose. The trouble is that we com
mence with twenty or thirty fowls in a
small building and make good thing
out of it, then we think we will stock
up with hundred or two. The result
is the house is overcrowded, disease
comes, the hens die, we become dis
gusted and discouraged and declare 1t {
failure. If we wish to add more stock
we must add room to keep it in. Lee
us pay more attention in this matter
There is room "up higher" in this de
partment of the farm as well as an,
other. Let us do the very best W,
know how, and the very best we car
find out, and success will be ours. E
, Z. Person, in Ohio Farmer.