Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-06-30

FARM ANDGARDEN
Farmers Hen Should Re.
ceive Good Care. y
RI" of HER PLAIN PIcur.
She Should rs,. d, Have Clean, Dry Quarters
Food That viii Make Eggs.
Pure Water, Etc.

Among all the domestic
mas peen reared ON the far, a'oeK which
cestors and upon our ow, us OF our an.
the target for so much ahr noie mas been
tbom, Treated with so much ipi hoae bag
thought, word and deed az thu nlI ice Of
hen' oitentimes without ' sSo, farmers
III many instances even wit,He and
except what she can pick nv food,
only sufficient attention TO MI M ana with
approprsatlng the products n N.Y. ~. sure Of
1ry' she has been expected 10 rel iadns-
whole year through. takine o " Wofk the
herselt and her broods an, G1'e 81 both
t taiEo' d ProPortionate income than pay as
enlhg else on the farm-in short re-" ~ any sny'
soiVe the problem OF making bri ~ Loialy
ouI SURVIVOR woe to her il sba with
Prialed any straw" in tho 81 appro,
growing grain or vegetable shape Of
SEED or ripened fruit. Left 10 ''"l1efed
large, she has been chiddan g.. run at
iii oy-pIaces, for Matching AT ~ NESTING nesting
seasons, for being i'm everv wo uuntllneIy
bother than worth" On ths va! more
pelng confined within proper Iimi, aaa M
has been frowned upon for desir i,'s' sle
ood f5;3 u sufficient food and dr;nI
ana larry decent and ceanly on.s INK
ana mas been stamped as useles a"iNfs
pered creature, costing more tbo,np pam al
comes TO, and peculiarly sulI;ect 1 ~ s ine
ease and yermin. An artificial csa ~ us
taken from unlimited resources " itea'oh,
freedom and fresh air into iorcaJ aug,
lions Just the reverse of all these IT,
proved from her natural state n I.n illl'
a single nestful of eggs in season ';tlHs
forced artificial product of dozens of e,.a
throughout the year, she is exnectad 7
rustic for himself with all the ambi,;I 70
which she displayed in a wild o ota,a
while yielding to her owner the nyo GI1,
rlghtfully to be expected from tbe ar,;
fetal state. Bred for general.nurr NV
machine, it is desired of her that p sss
be as good for each special purpose a. s''s
speclal-purpose machine, and she b.s
even been asked to manufacture insnf'
iicient general-purpose material irto
abundant special products-al when sbs
IL expected to shell out eggs with nniaiI.
ing regularity on diet partly fattening
partly heating and wholly insufficient
Tor her living needs, leaving out Of tIs
question her manufacturing peeds WV
The question, " Does poultry pay?n
has been demanding an answer With
especial insisfence during the past iva
or three years; but if this were an.
swered as to poultry as whole. there
would still remain another more merit.
nent to the great majority "Does the
farmers hen pay?" Before the latter
question can he answered with any show
OF fairness, the farmers hen must have
her plain rights. If she must run al
large and secure her own living. it il
certainly her right to help herself 10
whatever she may be able to find and 10
raise her brood in her own way, treating
them to all the available dainties which
the season affords. Ii she is confined
within bounds, treated as an artificial
and expected to pay in cash results, it is
her right that she be furnished with all
the things that are absolutely necessary
to her health and well-being, and with
conditions that, being artificial, may yet
approach as near as possible to those
which are natural, besides raw material
enough and OF the proper sort TO manu-
facture the expected product. 1t is her
right to have clean, dry quarters; to
have food that will make eggs il eggs
are expected to have pure water, and
to have such attention as is necessary TO
make her comfortable in conditions over
which she has no controI. Having these
if she does not then render to her owner
cash returns more than equal to the out
lay, he is justified in saving that she
does not pay; but until then he is doing
her rank injustice to hintat such thing