The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-02
Management of Poultry stock.

1t is not easy to tell all the details Of
poultry management in a short article, says
the Poultry Journal. but enough can be
told to give the young fancier or breeder an
idea how it should be done in general way.
The little details will suggest themselves as
he goes along in his practical application OF
management, and in time the whole thing
will be systematically carried out il be but
gives a share of his time to the study and
improvement OF his domestic fowls.
The first thing in starting is to have love
for your feathered pets. IL the "almigh tv
dollar" is the paramount object you may
succeed In way, but your competitors who
make the dollar a secondary object will
outstrip you In the long run and gain more
lasting reputation, because the love and
pleasure Of breeding fowls will impel them
onward in the march of Improvement with
out elf-interest being the motive power.
The second thing in starting is TO procure
good stock, although you may have to pay
a good price for them. Poor fowls are dear
at any price, for your time. labor and
trouble goes for nothing. a season Is lost and
you have made no progress, no improve
ment, no mark as breeder and no remuner-
alton for ell you have laid out, because you
have made an lnjudlclols investment in the
beginning.
The third thing in starting is to have q
suitable place for your fowls both in summer
! and winter, and their quarters kept
scrupulously clean and we'll ventilated, be-
cause to neglect these things will most as
suredly bring on Vermin and disease, and
hnally losses, disgust and disbursement
with the business
The fourth thing in starting Is to feed
moderately on varied diet of grain, green
animal food suitable for the ssaso IS and the
object in view, taking into consideration
certain periods of growth when the fowls
require plenty of food to aid development.
and at times when they are laying to in-
crease prolific Iess, because the same quaa-
titv and kinds will not do for all seasons,
for they require more food of heating ma
ture in cool weather than they do during
the warm months.
The fiftl thing in starting IS to select aud
mate the best cocks and hens for breeders
| This is absolutely necessary, for if it is not
done continuously, the stock will deteriorste
by degrees until they become degenerate
aud Improbable as thoroughbreds, because
they have been worked up from unimprOved
stock by selection and care, and to keep up
the status or the Improvement of tho fowls
the best in the most essential qualities
should De mated-those of prepotent pow
ers and possessing marked characteristics
| indicating strongly some excellent qualities
| fully equal ii noL superior - their sIres aad
dams. BY procuring superior parents and
! afterward selecting the best specimens OF
their product tnat possess all higher quail
ties of the breed the most beneficial results
will be obtained. Every breeder should
kaow how TO choose the birds he wants for
breeding, and it should be done with a view
e. reproduce their like. The sire should
possess superior form, stamina and color,
whatever these may be in the variety Sc
lected, and these qualities should come from
a reliable source pos .essing these indicated
qualities IN full vigor and beauty. In choos-
ing hens, look first for good layers, fair size,
vigorous constitution, color even aud purs,
symmetrical fosn and the most perfect in
general characteristics, and you are pretty
sure, as a rule, TO obtain by this combination
superior progeny.