Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-13
HE CHICKEN BUSINESS.
How 10 start In To make roui,r, Rails
Ing Pay.

Let NJ imagine two energetic young
people who are going to invest their saw
inga IN the chicken business" One.
girl, has $50, and wants 10 know how TO
spend II. The o.he- has $500, and has
also muth grander ideas.
IL were the fifty dollar girl wouli
buy hens likely 10 lay, and work FOR
wintercggs aud pure bred early chickens.
would build "a chcsply a. possible
warm house in two sections, each At.
ranged to shelter fftcen hons. The house
should be lined witha thicl, layer Of corn
husks, fastened In place by lsths, and II
should have q window In the eastern
slope Of IL steep roof--a second band
hotbed uash, II could End une. I would
consult the kindest and most knowing
farmers in the country side about lumber
and workincn.
Such house, 20 feet by 10. with par.
titiop OF wire netting. could I've built Of
rough boards for SO: a. moro would
build outside fences Ten dollars should
be spent Ia food: $40 more for trio Of
really good birds Of breed had chosen
M my specially. and the remaining $40
should buy twenty or thirty pullets ard
young hens, Of any kind. sort or doscrip.
ton. provided only they had "ihe LAYING
look" As those barnyari hens neces.
snrily would he brought from All quar-.
tiers. they should not at first 90 near the
pore bred stock. lest th.y should bring
coutagion Of some diseaoe. Often roup
enters clcaa yards with new poultry. 1
trust this imaginary girl would take tho
advice " the reliable breeder Of whom
she bought her THO. unlcss she thoroughly
understood the question OF mating tina,
especial bycd. There are queer ins aud
outs about breeding that he would know,
and that are not easily learned by read.
ing
Then, provided with her "plani," shc
should give earnest caro- to conxing tho
common hens to lay. They must be
'forced," ~ Il IS called. by much nitrog.
enous food, To lay sooner and moro
than 70 normal, but she must beware of
20 treating tho breeding stock. She
ought 10 have combinations with the
most successful henwifc in her ncighbor.
hood. and learn how those full baskets
Of eggs have been gained. She should
keep her house comfortable and clean,
and give her hens all the fresh nests,
nest eggs, dust baths and gravel that
they need. They ought TO pay FOR their
food long before tho ton dollars supply
d exhausted.
In winter there s. more danger Of
undertaking than Of tho reverse. Ny
hens always laid best when they had frco
access 10 wheat screenings. !, l. not
safe, however. 10 let hens help them.
rolycs 10 whole corn. II that Is the
staple ~ their die, they should be made
to hunt for II. A fair share Of meat.
plenty u wheat or buclwhcat- best
Of all grains Tor poultry-aud frequent
foasts Of cabbage, turnip' or onions. will
get hens into condition to lay abundant.
ly later In tho winter, even u they can.
not be- induced 90 do 20 IN January. N
the kitchen authorities are favorable she
should keen u big pot-au.fcu. In which
all tho table scraps should b. cooked
with coarse meal for the hens break.
fast.
ON the other hand. were the 600 dol.
iN NHi W IVY 4 NhNluf " IiuHflulft tiho
u trip 10 tho excellent bro0ding houses
near Boston, and see just how tho "broilei
factories should be- managed. Then I
should consult nursery gardener about
plans for n building which wonld be u
broader house below, with bcnches abovd
for forcing plants. A good little house
for 800 chiclu, with capital heating up.
paratus, can be built for 800. The al.
ditional cost Of the green house arrange
mcnts would 10 considerable. but 1t
would DO worth while to have them. for
plants and little chickens need the samo
purp warm air, cleanliness and unrc.
hitting watchiulnssi. They ct In well
together II ono uses plenty Of wire net.
ting.
II 20 too late In tho foason now TO be-.
gin work with incuhators and breeders.
The highest prices are missed unless tho
machines are started Ia November, al
though chickens Matched In February will
bring fair prices in May. and the learn.
ing show TO do IT, this year Is the only
way TO do It just night in another. Miss
=. X. Winans In American Agrioult-
uriat.