The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-03-12

Read by H. p. Mess before the Ford County
Rarmers' Institute. february 18th 1850

Read by H. p. Mess before the Ford County
Farmers Institute. February 18th. 1880.
Before going into the business of poul-
try raising be sure and have comfortable
quarters for the fowls. These need not be
expensive structures. Poles and hay will
make warm, comfortable rOosting and
nesting place until something better can
be provided. Be sure that plenty Of dry
dust for bathing is supplied ut all times.
1t is the great remedy for lice, to which
fowls are especially liable. This with
plenty Of sun, plenty Of pare water and
liberal feeding will insure success both in
the return Of eggs and chickens. See that
everything is kept neat and clean. DO not
crowd the house. Plenty Of warmth.
plenty OF food and water and plenty Of
fresh air are what give plenty Of fresh
eggs in winter when they are scarce AMI
high. In the summer let the fowls range
over the farm AS much as they will. They
will thus pay for their keeping in destroy
ing insects and Keeping themselves healthy.
In the choice of Il breed We should be
influenced by our requirements. The
broiler breeder, if lie consults his best in
terests. will choose an early maturing
breed, one that feathers quickly, with
prominent breast, which in the broiler is
the main portion available; a bird that
can be made to weigh one and one-half
pounds as quickly as possible. The sever
al varieties of LeghOns can be made to
fill his requirements for early breeders as
well rs any breed. Next comes, tor later
brOiiers to weigh from two and quarter
to two and One-half pounds, Plymouth
Rocks and Wyandottes, either of which
will give satisfaction if rightly handled.
The poultry men who make eggs spec
ialty can find many very good breeds to
select from, and as many poultry men are
ready 10 stake their reputation upon the
fact that their particular favOrite is the
best and the only one worth keeping,
We expect to be severely criticised espec-
tally by the farmers. when we state that
we believe the Light Brahma the most
profitable egg producing breed when prop
erly handled. We do not say they produce
the largest number Of eggs, but they pro-
duce them at the season of the year when
high prices are the rule.
Egg farming certainly deserves the care
FIJI investigation OF the pOultryman who
desires to make poultry pay, without the
risk which attends the early Matching of
brOilers or the trouble of raising capons.
1t will be doubtless stale to mention here
that many who make Il speciality of egg
farming Oh large scale, with good mar
kets, find it very profitable, netting them
several hundred u year from eggs alone.
The farmers poultry yard, from the
fact that it is only one Of his many kinds
of stock, is Il different matter. His situa-
ton demands Il general purpose fowl. He
needs eggs at all seasons of the year. He
also desires good table fowl. Here is a
combination rather hard to find in one
bird. The Spanish class Of fowl and the
| Leghorn are too small for the table, yet
good egg producers; the Brahmas, good
winter egg producers if handled right.
This the farmer will not take time to do;
yet they are fine breed for the table.
Take it all in all, he must select the me-
dunn sized breeds as WyandOttes and
Plymouth Rocks if he wishes both eggs
and meat. When the time arrives, farm
ers will wake up to understand the profits
in poultry and will give them the same
care and attention their other stock received
and learns to feed intelligently and make
the proper patings. We will see the mid
die breeds pronounced the farmers favO-
rites and poultry on the farm a success.