Iron County news. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1890-189?, 1891-01-24
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD
A HALF-HoUR WITH RURAL
READERS.
saips OF Poultry on the Observation-Disclosures
OF sheep to the Farmer-LiquId Smoke
Sowing Oats Burning Screen
ings-Garden and Stock.
value of Poultry on the Farm.


F. w. Dawley before a recent New
York farmers institute in speaking
on this subject said: "The Importance
OF any branch OF farming or any other
industry must be judged by the profit
iu it. Our poultry occupies or may
occupy front rank in this respect,
1t amounts 10 more in dollars and
cents than the value Of the corn cror
and 1t equals that OF dressed beef In
the year 1885 there were imported into
the United States l0.0yS, 400 dozens oil
eggs, at a cost Of $500, 900, or about
10 cents a dozen. 1t has been proved
that dozen eggs can be produced for
cents, aud less than this sum Is pad
to the producers OF those which are
imported. This 3 cents, as between
the foreign producer and the consumer
In this country, Is equal 10 about 5000,
OU0. The new tariff has q duty OF B
cents on dozen for imported eggs.
This really gives the American farmer
an advantage OF 10 cents dozen over
tho foreigner. The foreign producer
gets only ~ cents a dozen, and the
consumer here must pay the duty,
thus forcing the producer abroad to
take very low price Tor his eggs to
compete with us. IL took concerted
action 10 secure this legislation, but
the poultry men are thoroughly Or
ganized and worked together.
Poultry should be divided into
three classes: For fancy purposes,
market and farm. We must decide
whether We are going to try to pro-
duce poultry or eggs. Some men are
not fitted for the care and the details
required for growing the poultry.
Such persons should not try. II the
purpose should be eggs the smaller
breeds are best but Tor broilers the
larger-the Plymouth Rocks aud
Wyandottes. For ROSTERS, Brahmas,
Langshans and Cochins. Too m ny
hens are kept without any purpose.
method or profit. They are poor.
weak. old and unable to lay eggs. Too
many think IA hen Is hen. aud one is
as GOOD as another. We do not think
so with cows or anything else. A dry
b rn basement is 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-thnt is, too many
windows, rs window will conduct
cold as we'll heat. A poultry house
with too many windows will be too
warm in the sunlight aud too cold in
the night. The walls OF the hennery
should be lined with tarred paper on
both sides. The roosts should be low,
and the nests SO they can be cleaned
easily.
''lf your hens get lousy, clean out
the hennery, turn out the hens and
burn sulphur In IL, closing all the
doors Burn 1t so long and we'll that
every crack 10 filled with the fumes.
Dust the Persian insect powder into
the feathers OF every fowl. A dust
bath is essential. This can DO q box
filled with road dust and coal ashes.
Wood ashes are not good. as with any
dampness they will adhere TO the birds
and injure them. II we want eggs we
must feed for eggs; il flesh. then for
hesh. Eggs require heterogeneous foods.
TO fatten our fowls we use more OF the
larinaceous foods-corn, buck Wheat,
etc.