Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-07-08
POULTRY nAlsING

Tho American Farmer Gays that sur
cess with poultry j. not triiting thing
to attain, and giscs the following hints
TO those who are ~ wish "a IT, engaged
10 such business.
To T. SIRE ao't q hrns an he kfia on a farm,
anii Ai.i gos profit Nithnnf any - ciai attention
hetnH uid ~ then. htlt that = uo' ne lhh "a so
ress The Aineri an Farmer and Farm New. want. H.
seaier- g. 0e cpucnic sith eur desire Is tubelp orr
readers 90 make Industry that goes wlsh the
u'llng " the soii ,icLi the greatest possible revenue
AZ The east rSfrnse and n this !. BE pd4nnp .h4l
anh the pou,ri ~ the farm the work II caring fnr
y must he promptly ahd preperif attended u. Ne
have been breeding pure hr~l puutrY leug enough a.
have some facts pretty deeply impresse, 90 nur
minis, and these lessons ~ experience haze been
l,arnc az such cost that We arr not likely q forget
them yer, som
The lrst thing ,ha, We learned ~hen We began
business Tor ourselves that II does no, pay 20
keep mnngrel poultry. and the mos, economical In.
Ne-tment We ever male Nhen We hnught unsns
eggs a. about ten times this market price These
were TWO s't'ng. NJ brown Leyhnrn egg~ and ".
have the defendants Of that original stock vet and Il
tnrtaie tsNofs, expert to have the breed long
% Ne arr Interested IN earthly Affairs We no, think
the IeRhorns are the anly fwis worth breeding but
Nc are perfectly satisfied with them and while other
breeds batc good points. have bred almost clear
through the standard and have failed to nd breed
that VIII produce more eggs the wear through than
the leghorn-. The Plymouth Rocks are good very
good ~ fact, and the Brahnas both light end dark
L
breeds have much IN their favor hat IL ali tina, We
ever kept We nd mosi profit IN the l.eghnrns II Il
our opinion that will do better With the
breed he most faHcies but without stopping TO argus
the merits " any particular breed NC want 10 insist
that ptre bred fowls lust as necessary as pure
bred stock Of any kind, and L, is matter Of wonder
70 rs that FARMERS Who would not have s'iazur
hack hog on their farin AMI ahu would not except
penny royal COW gilt will he content With d
Hob ~ mongrel hens that will not produce an aver
age Of ~ eggs each In year, when he might at
trihng cost for few sitngs Of eggs from pure stock
have rock that will produc, twic, a. many eggs al
the same cust tor feed
Another lesson that cost a nice sum was that !,
j. necessary 10 keep the poultry ho-e free from dis
Ease ~ kocVng II ~ good sanitary condition 70
90 THIS u T. not At all Keep IL cleaned out
~ scritpuon- manner but the floor should be kept
covered With some absorbent material, and nothing
y better for this purpose than dry earth In the
summer this Is Mt hard to got, and supply for
winter can he got IN tie fall by putting ny two
three barrels of dust from the road ami every day OF
/ two sprinkng some oi this over the droppnrs
THIS viii absorb all the foul olos and there Nlll be
no Offensive smell about the poultry house. while
WIS = done Still another lesson that learned not
from our own experience We thankful to say.
that L does not Iay 60 glect feeding the poultry
regularly aEd iihuTailS uuf flock Of hens il led
every aS Ia the year regularly any other stock
and the result u that thet gwen making a
hnisahrc ct Themselves by wandering the whole
place ai'l eating every thing that appears IN an en-,
deatnr 10 satisfy the cravings % their -tnnaehs for
I food we'll fed hen will produce eggs Regularly
while half fed one is not tn lie relied upon These
aFe ans iea ~ the mani trhng thiag- that go a.
make up the details Of poultry Keeping, and while
not one Of them may TO be Of great Importance
II they not attended to the egg basket will tell
story Of Improbable poultry. and the who fails
IN his duty 70 his fowls will be among those no look
upon the poultry ut the necessary nuisance,
B that must he endured.