Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1892-11-12
POLITELY RAISING.
II is a Great Industry and there is Fig
Money ia 1T.


When it can SO easily be demon
strated, says the Poultry World, that
this branch of rural industry, right
ly managed, either on a large scale
or in a moderate way, may be made
to yield much larger percentage OF
cash profit, for the outlay required,
than can be got out of any other
namable kind Of livestock on the
farm, it seems to our view blama
BILE oversight among farmers that
they SO generally ignore or neglect
to avail themselves Of the advan-
tage derivable from attending to this
simple work.
1t is quite time in our humble
judgment, that these Rip Van Win
kles wake up. 1t is true that, here
and there, we may nowadays meet
with few of the more enterprising
and progressive sort of agricultur-
lists, who have latterly turned their
attention to raising improved breeds
of poultry And we know of no
instance when this change from the
old routine has been attempted
where the operator has not proved
the correctness Of our assertion that
an immensely proportionate benefit
has accrued thereby. Why should
not this course prove generally prof
liable, then, ifin a hundred or thous-
and instances, in this country, the
fact has been verified that sit pays"
the farmer to raise fine poultry?
At the present time the traffic in
eggs and dead poultry in this coun
try is something enormous. And
this special interest has become
really one of the very largest-if
not, in fact, the most important
single home product Of the land. 1t
is much greater than it is popularity
supposed to be, and as a source of
gain and solid wealth, the produc-
ton Of both fowls and eggs is now
one of the most valuable in the
United States-as statistics clearly
show.
The convention of the Butter,
Cheese and Egg Association, held
some time ago in Chicago, had be-
fore it reliable statistical records
from which the fact was gathered
that the value Of the egg product Of
the United States last year reached
$200,000,000, and the value of poul
try about $100,000,000, a grand total
of $300,00O,000, value in a single
year.
Now, is not this vast and i'm
mensely valuable industry of more
consequence than it is ordinarily or
generally believed to be? Is it not
worth while, farmers, that you
who can so well manage this kind
of stock upon your Lf-should
take a deeper interestfil lis is work?
1t so seems to our view. %
This product, large as it may
seem, may be doubled or quadrupled
by you, if you choose thus to in
crease it. And there will never be
too much of either fresh eggs or
nice dead poultry, to fill the ready
demand for it, at remunerative
prices. 1t costs but little on the
farm to hatch and raise to killing
time few hundred fowls. All The
eggs you can produce will sell, at
any season, at paying rates. You
cannot invest a few dozen or a few
hundred dollars in any kind of live
stock that will give you so little
trouble oput into market, Or which
will pay you so well, in proportion
to the outlay, as viii this
Why not arouse yourselves, then,
to the Importance and real value of
poultry raising upon the farm? We
say, again, it will remunerate you
amply, if judiciously cared for and
properly attended to. Thousands
of small poulterers, who have only
restricted limits within which to
keep and raise fowls, make money
out of this business. Other thous-