Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-08-24
FARM AND GARDEN.
The Kind of Man Who Succeeds
in Poultry Farming.
OHIO EDITORS OPINION GIVEN.
Poultry Keeping Pays the Man Who
Puts Brains, Energy, Skill
and Capital Into 1t.

1ue OHlo rdIHer says we have
letter before us from Young
man who wants to 60 into poultry
farming. and he asks the usual questions
winding up with the all-embracing one.
"Will it pay?" That question is asked
thousand times a year. and the in.
quirers all know that poultry farming
like any other kind of farming, will nav
if it is managed right. The evidence
that it will pay, that it has paid and
that it is paying now is overwhelming
1t pays the man who knows how and
who has the requisite energy and bus-
ness ability. A prominent grocery firm
in this city has within few wears
worked up family trade in fresh eggs
OF nearly 100000 dozens annually. It
was done by looking up the men who
knew how to get eggs in the winter sea-
son, when fresh eggs are a luxury. A
representative of the firm said to us:
"We care nothing for the man who can
furnish eggs only when any fool can fur.
nish them-when uncared-for hens have
a mind to lay them. We are looking for
the man who can send us eggs when all
his neighbors' hens are frozen up" They
have found quite a number OF these
wide-awake men, and are paying them
good prices for their eggs. We under
stand that they take the years supply
winter and snmmer-simply to hold the
winter product. We referred last winter
~ one ol these men, VINO lives near Or
vile, o. He has few acres OF land,
and keeps 300 hens. This grocery firm
sent him S69.80 for his February eggs
last winter, and from March A to II, one
week, his fowls shelled out 130 to 1853
eggs per day, just when they were bring
ing the tallest prices. Oh, yes; poultry
: keeping pays the man who puts brains,
} energy, skill and the necessary capital
c into it. But it must be made an all-the-
year-round business. Ii you give the
; hens vacation, let it be in the summer,
when eggs are low and poultry not
!, wanted. The dairyman who feeds the
heads off a lot OF dry cows during the
; summer and the poultryman who lets his
!, hens manage the business as they please
J. will soon require an assignee. The man
: who quietly submits to circumstances in
any branch of the business is the man
; who gets left. The man who makes cir
cumstances is the man who succeeds.
J, WHAT OF THE FUTURE?
C John Gould said recently in Practical
Farmer: That dairying has disaster be-
); fore it is one OF the impossibilities, as
. each year the intelligence OF the indus.
!, try is on the increase, and the greater
IT the amount of brains behind an indus
try the less the liability OF misfortune.
d At late institute one of the speakers
l. not dairyman-said that to-day he re-
', garded the advanced dairymen of this
~ country the best informed and not only
y wlde-awake but alert class, ready to take
advantage OF every opportunity that
could be found. They were continually
|, on the hunt for better COW and better
t. stable for her and cheaper and in COM
@ bining foods for her tc stimulate produc-
9, ton. No class of feeders could equal
J; them. They talked better crops and
@ better saving all fertility possible, but
8, were after soil combinations as well, and,
5, not satisfied with what was once called
>" good machinery, were taxing the skill OF
|, the world 10 produce better creamers,
i etc, SO that all the product Of tho COW
!; might be utilized and nothing lost. In
deed, 1t is to-day a search for "frag-
:, ments." Such testimony is valuable,
n and shows the material that is actuating
l, the dairymen OF this country. The
farmers dairy is creation of his own
:, conception of "cow keeping" and the
l. good OF the poor dairy is only practical
3, example OF the brain power of two men
j. as applied to dairy practice. Where the
dairy has come to State or locality and
= been intelligently handled it has brought
,r prosperity with it, for with it comes the
st true basis OF animal husbandry, con-
. slant revenue and source of fertility that,
y II saved and used as it may be, means a
steady augmentation of fertility that has
3 the power OF making the grain fields,
depleted with grain raising, again fruit
tul and reward for intelligent labor.
l. SOME PRACTICAL POINTERS.
!; Dry times are good for stopping leaks
II in roofs.
!. The highest price calls for first.class
. product.
When sheep dies it leaves enough to
=, pay its debts.
), Chickens which feather slowly are said
), to be always hardy.
: All farms which will grow clover would
i profit by having field or two of it.
A field of potatoes usually pays a fair
proht II kept free from weeds and well
II cultivated.
e Keep lambs growing well during the
q nrst year by giving them the choicest
pasture with some grain.
:, Work k out a systematic plan for the
=, tarm buildings, and leave place for
Z those which will come later.
: The most prosperous communities are
!. those where the farms are OF moderate
y size and thoroughly cultivated.
a neat and attractive appearance Of
products offered for sale often has much
to do with the price received.
4 When partially cured hay is wet BY
|. rain, much of the most readily digested
}: matter is leached out and lost.
It There are many wastes on farms. Look
r; ing after the little things rs well as the
greater ones is what counts for profit.
Give the work horses plenty of grain
l. food with enough protein or muscle
. forming food to keep them in condition.
}, Give sheep handy shelter into which
e they can 90 in case OF storms. A wet
heece Is one OF the sleeps worst enc
4; mics.
Keep the old geese for breeding pur-
l. poses. They will breed until quite aged,
Rnd will not sell nearly as well as the
young ones.
II DO not make the roosts too high, for
4; heavy birds come to the floor with more
: force than is beneficial, and thus leg
c troubles are often caused.
Mr. Daily and the Dukes Iooks
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