Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-02-25

them at pleasure.
One Of the most important things
to be kept continually before the
mind In pOultry-Iaising il cleaDli.
ness-cleanliness in feeding, in pro-
viding fresh nests, and in the FIRE.
qucnt cleaning of chicken-hOuses.
II is not matter Of surprise that
fowls do not lay better, but that,
considering the care they.receive Oh
many farms, they do as Sell as they
10.
VALUE OF POULTRY.
The importance of any branch of
farming cr amy other industry must
be judged by the profit in it. Our
poultry occupies or may occupy a
front rank in this respect. II
ainouuis 10 more in dollars and
cents tkun the value Of the corn
crop, and it equals that of dressed
beef. In the year 1885 there were
imported INTO the United States
lO,U9S, $50 dczens Of eggs, at cost Of
- $4,000, or about l5 cents a dozen.
1t has been proved that dozen eggs
can be produced for 10 cents, and less
than this sum is paid to the pro-
ducers Of those which are imported.
This five cents, as between the for.
eign producer and the consumer in
this country, is equal to about $780,
900. The new tariff has "A duty OF
five cents on a dozen for imported
eggs. This really gives the Ameri
can farmer an advantage of ten cents
II dozen over the foreigner. The for.
eign producer gets only ten cents a
dozen, and the consumer here must
pay the duty, thus forcing the pro
ducer abroad to take very low
price for his eggs to compete with
us, 1t took concerted action to Sc
cure this legislation, but the poultry
men are thoroughly organized and
worked together.
Poultry should be divided into
three classes: For fancy purposes,
market aud the farm. We must de-
eide whether we are going to try to
produce poultry or eggs. Some meR
are not fitted for the care and details
required for growing the poultry.
Such persons should not try. If the
purpose should be eggs the smaller
breeds are best, but for broilers the
larger-the Plymouth Rocks and
Wyandottes. For rOasters, Brah-
mas, Langshans aud Cochins. Too
many hens are kept without any
purpose, method or profit. They are
poor, weak, old and unable to Law
eggs. Too many think hen is
hen, and one is as good as another.
We do not think 80 with cows or
anything else. A dry barn base
ment is a good place for hens; an
open shed or where we store the tools
is not. The quarters must be dry,
warm and light. Too much light is
not goOd-that is, too many win
dows, AS window will conduct cold |
as well as heat. a poultry house
with too many windows will be too
warm in the sunlight and too cold
IN the night The walls of the hem
merry should be lined with tarred
paper on both sides. The roosts
should be low, and the nests so they
ian be cleaned easily.
IL your hens get lousy, clean out
the hennery, turn out the hens and
burn sulphur in it, closing all the
ioors. Burn it so long and well
hat every crack is filled with the
umes. Dust the Persian insect
'owder into the feathers Of every
owl. A dust bath is essential.
This can be box filled with road
lust and coal ashes. Wood ashes
re not good. rs with any dampness
hey will adhere TO the birds and in
lre them. II We want eggs we
aust feed for eggs; If flesh, then tor
esh. Eggs require nitrogenous ,
'ods. To fatten our fowls We use
lore Of the farinaceous foods-co corn,
lckwheat, sc. Sixty-three farmers
piled TO circular. They averaged
hens each, aud their average ;
'ofit WAS 81 cents. Some who kept
lly fancy strains made almost fab
Gus reports. One man had only b
fowls, and he reported S76.l2 AS
$ net returns. l know he sold one ~
rd for $40, but such sales are very h
usual. 4
II We succeed in the poultry bust.
IS We must pay careful heed to lit
thiDgs. 4 hen has her nature, a
ID II Is ss strong with her as the =
.ture Of an ok. Her instincts must
regarded. We are too much like
e Hindoos who plously cross them y
vvs aud pray that they may be 4.
llYered from the heresy OF wish %
: TO know more than their fathers. p
had better see what diamonds ''nn
eau find on our own farms than
os looking TO the great WesL-F. in
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