The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-07-04

Corn, 1665 al 900 bushels ''''''s, VS. oaao
| nay. 4l,tso,4g9 tons. ssSSsslle0
Co9t s9t IL ~ bushels. Az
/ oats sos, $4,000 bushels $500 Sss5ss,ssllSa
parry products (estlmated) - s sSS' ssss
Fowls testlmated) ......... 99sS99eg99N
| $500 .y AONuo1. .'......-......s. Ies 49,
MY estimate poultry, say. s3so59Vaoa
Poultry is the fifth product in vslao
Poultry stands among the great nr 49,
ucts, and is one Of the greatest ~,
products for man. '''s iood
Vast as the product seems
not supply home demand for eocs y
1872 we imported 5000, 600 dozen - 49,. =
In 1882, 100000, and in 1888 /.
100000 The statistics of the inna.,
and the exports at Washinotont rs -
fiscal year from June, 1886. IL Irs -
1887 show we imported 1S 9se az
Dozen value IA cents-$1, $50, S9s No.
export about $50, 900 in value. to.u;.
import 10 6s6'o54 dozen, invoice value 81 gsasos
Exports, domestic, 372 792 dozen. ssl SEA
| Re-exports, Il, 756, 81, az.
Balance against us...,.,. :, Co.,
These eggs came mainly from ron"
da' and Belgium partly, about $40 Oo0
We are largely an agricultural peonia
Fowls are peculiarly an agricult,rsi
product, yet we import an increas;na
number of eggs annually to eat Csna
da mainly, and Belgium partly. mnnlr
these eggs. Subjects of Britain ana
Belgium feeding the sovereipns !,
America. This would seem a GREAT -
Election upon the dung-hill fowl Il
America. But do not SO consider Z
1t is reflection rather upon the poultrv
culture than the fowl of the co,,ntrv
The dung-hill has done well under tSa
circumstances. He has literally baa
to ''go alone" He has roasted in troas
in weather fair and foul. He has
picked up" his living as best he could.
about the dung-heaps. Without mueh
care of himself or consideration for bia
product, he has rivaled and outstrippea
every other fostered and carefullv-
nurtured industry of the country. MOI
Nobly done, old fowl of the dung-heapl
We, however, should not only make
home supply, but export largely Of our
poultry product. To do this we need
improved breeds, fowls bred to hiph
product OF meat and eggs. We need
transportation facilities to carry speed.
lily our country product to city markets.
We need education or information as
to points of economy and thrift
in fowl culture. Above all, We
need to be taught the importance
of this product; the profit Il
yields when intelligently pursued,
and the merits of different breeds Of
fowls. In a word, we need to be taught
the value of poultry to the country;
the profit of intelligent culture, and
how to get the greatest output with
least outlay.
There is no danger of over-produc-
ton so long as we import eggs to eat
Home demand steadily increases. In
1880 we had $4,000 population; in
1890 we will have IS, 200, 000 the great
er proportion of increase being non.
producers, needing to be fed BY the
farmer. Win poultry pay?
Mr.. Felch, in his book, fPoultrv
Culture" says: "Mr Mansfield, in
1861, with 100 hens Gree range). 9S
bushels corn or equivalent, no chicks
raised, produced 147 eggs per ben.
yielding net profit per hen of $1S5
and manure % cents, profit $1.60. 9th
er similar experiments in Massachu-
sets yielded $500, 1926, and 50. so per
annum. Mr.. Whitman, in 1873, with
81 Leghorn hens, laying an average Of
207 eggs per hen, and sold at 81 cents
per dozen, made net profit of $404
per hen per annum."
Mr.. Felch also states, and gives the
figures to show it true, that Light
Brahmas and Boston market, and
product of eggs and chickens com
bined, he can make s. per hen per
annum. Rev. j. Z. Hoyt, Of Bedford.
N. Y, states that in 1885 he bought
twenty-five hens at rs cents-$1875--
and sold the coming year 5000 eggs
for $63.30; sold 200 chickens for
$112.50, and had fifty left valued 81
$50; expenses 1925, and net profit for
year 500. His coops were small. and
had a northern exposure, and In winter
were often filled with snow.
DIR. I. B. Spalding, in his work,
Standard and Commercial Poultry
Culture by Artificial Process. says
that actual and varied experiments
prove that chicken can be raised
from shell to maturity-say sir
a maximum costs 5 cents
per pound, the chick will gain on az.
erage of one-fourth of pound each
week for the first twelve weeks. After
that the gain is not so rapid lie
therefore concludes the greatest profit
is in sales at four to twelve weeks
The expense, risk and trouble much
less.-Hon. Howell Cobb, In Southern
Cultivation