The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-02
THE + ARM A Nd HO MIEl.
POULTRY BUILDINGS CAPABLE
OF EXPANSIONS. Isl
Planning the Yards - Too Much Work -
Fruit Growing on tho Farm--kerosene
Emulsion for Ticks and Lice-Farm
q Notes and Home Hints.
Poultry Surroundings.

In entering into the poultry busi-
ness, it is always necessary to spend
some money in buildings, yards,
coops and general surroundings. and
in my experience have found that
there are generally two ways that
beginners go at this work. One has
very little capital to spare, and he
builds as little as possible, and
makes his calculations so small that
he is always cramped for room. AS
the time comes when his business
must expand, he finds that it is i'm
possible to increase his buildings in
size, but must destroy them and be-
gin all over again. The other class
of beginners have fair amount Of
capital to spend, and they put it all
in stock and buildings at the very
beginning. Everything is put up in
good style and on a large scale In
short time he is so cramped for
capital that he is unable to conduct
his business, and he must reduce it in
size, while q great many of the build
ings must lie idle.
Now the successful beginner steers
clear Of both of these extremes. He
builds at first on a small scale, but
the whole work is planned on a
larger scale. That is, he calculates
that in the course of five or. ten years
his business will increase tenfold, and
hence he will need just ten times as
much room as at the start. The land
| for his poultry farm is consequently
selected in localities where there is
room for expansion. His buildings
and yards are so constructed that adj
| ditions can be put to them without
! interfering with the original ones,
and in this way his whole business is
Increased and his yards and buildings
extended. He has planned before
hand just for this expansion, and
every year he adds something to it.
The plan of poultry yard should
be made out carefully on paper be-
forehand, says the American Cultiva-
| tor. Select farm of number Of
acres in size, and divide it up equal
ly into yards. In the center of this
leave place for the main building,
and arrange four separate yards
around it on all sides. In each yard
have the special roosting house,
coops and feeding and drinking
places. From forty to sixty birds
should be kept in each yard, and
not more than that number. In
drawing the design, leave room for
a good sized footpath running from
the main building out to the ends OF
the farm. These paths must inter
sect others, so that it will be- all easy
walk from any yard to the main
building.
All of this being arranged, build
part of the main building in such a
way that it's size can be increased at
any time by additions. As the busi,
ness increases more room will be
needed here. Furnish, as it were, the
first four yards nearest the main
building. This will be all required
at the start. Then each year fit uE
one or two more yards, with theil
buildings, extending the work grad
ually from the central point ow
toward the four sides. The growth
Of t le business, then, will be regular
and no capital will be wasted at the
beginning, nor will one ever By
cramped for room when expansion
of the business demands more yard
and buildings
| Too Much Work.
There is nothing gained by work.
ing our teams too hard. The result
of overwork in man or beast is per-
petual injury. A strain will leave
its mark forever upon the musole
and the life. We wear out our teams
as rule, much too soon, The or
binary man thinks that he is doinE
his work economically if he can hau
an immense load-all that his team
can draw-at one time, instead O
making two loads of it. If he ha
= three horses, he will thoughtlessl,
let one stand in the stable while. tint
other two may be seen on the roa
straining under a heavy draugtht
MY methods differ from this
III load lightly and mak
more loads. It does not strain; o
otherwise injure team to walk o
trot before an empty wagon /
hauling, the only chance of injury
in loading too heavily, and If this
avoided by making more loads, al
, the loss that occurs is found inn tn
loss of time and in additional wea
. of the wagon. 1t is better to los
, time than it is to lose a horse or il
: jure one. + Then again, it is my Gu:
, tom to use three horses in the teal
$ in hauling when I have them. VIII
: not? What is the use In letting
S horse stand in the stable, eating ha,
: while two do the work? Even if th
: load is not more than heavy enoug
: for two horses to draw, why n,
tighten the burden by putting tt
p work on your three horses?-Farn
ers Voice.
: Fruit Growing on the Farm.
h Joshua Wheeler, before the Kans
= state board of agriculture, read a p
"a per on the above subject, Of viii,
E the following is an extract:
l. We think with all the advantage
past experience, with the facilities