Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-08-25
FARM AND 0lpss
The Kind Of Man Who 1.
in Poultry Farnis,
OHIO EDITORS opIsro,
Poultry Keeping Pays d. \. !
Puts Brains, Energy, ~ ~
ana Capital Into Il

a letter before ns says: w Nh
farming, and he asks the e. ,,sn ,n'o nss
winding up with the ali.s usdal quest
Wlll 1t pay?" That oues,; saclng
a thousand times a y Question Il a.
quirers all know that Uar, and III x
iike :, any other kind Of farmi ,sy , "a
that It will pay, that Il In me evd
that 1t is paying now il av "s pald
1t pays the man who knos.w
who has the requisite enaS ws hcs y
ness ability. A prominan egy and u
in this city has within ! s'Vcey
worked up family trade i, es
OF nearly 100000 dozens as. .'elh
was done by looking I'M t nnuauaily
knew how to get eggs in th ..' y lnea1
son, wnen fresh eggs are a Inrss.
representative Of the firm s ,Iduil
we care nothing for the ms sru u. .
furnish eggs only when anv ' s.a, .na Il
nish them-when uncared' ~ ~ y ca
mind to lay them. Wa ara ' , aels
the man who can send us eacs SLal
his nelghbors' hens are frozen 1 ~ wy |,
have found quite a numha'p
wide-awake men, and ara No ~ "
good prices for their eggs iwHs "
stand that they take the v year, y" = w ~
winter and snmmer--simply to l SoF9
winter product. We referred 4 H.. uo y Is
to one OF these men, who livas ~ Sa
vile, .. He has a few acrs. Ivy ~
and keeps 300 hens. This oro, u r. e.
sent him s89.8O for his Feh ,@sIy
last winter, and from March 4 - Z
week, his fowls shelled ont ia n !, J.
eggs per day, just when thew w. ~ I. q
ing the tailest prices. Oh. ves r'e ,'las !
keeping pays the man who NM. a
energy, skill and the neces sss :, .s' 81
into it. But it must be made y y Nh Il
year-round business. II Won a.; ny
hens a vacation, let it be in the any,
when eggs are low and nonItsr :
wanted. The dairyman who III.
heads off lot of dry cows dn ~, NJ
summer and the poultryman wbo is w Z
hens manage the business as THAI Fl, "
VIII soon require an assignee. III I
who quietly submits to circumsta ns 10
any branch Of the business IL H. Me-:
who gets left. The man who maS.
is the man who succeed,
WHAT OF THE FUTURE?
John Gould said recently in p,,a.
Farmer: That dairying has disaster, s Il
ore it is one of the impossibilitir III
each year the intelligence Of the M 4:
Try is on the increase, and the prs, Y
he amount Of brains behind an ;nt,
ny the less the liability OF mistortrss
At a late institute one OF the speake.s 4
lot q dairyman-said that TO-DAY h !.
'arded the advanced dairymen d NJ !
ountry the best inform ed and not NJ 4.
Vlde-awake but alert class, ready OnI
'dvantage of every opportunity Hl z
ould be found. They were contiunI II
n the hunt for better COW and MI
table for her and cheaper and IN II ID
lnlng foods for her to stimulate prci,
ION. No class Of feeders could ea
hem. They talked better crops 4
etter saving all fertility possible Z IL
ere after soil combinations as well III
OF satisfied with what was once cal.
ood machinery, were taxing the skill "
he world to produce better creams
&C., so that all the product Of thea "
light be utilized and nothing lost, b ls
eed, 1T is to-day a search for I'm
lents." Such testimony is yalul@
10 shows the material that is actusls
le dalrymen of this country. II
rmer's dairy is a creation Of him
inception of "cow keeping" and d
'od OF the poor dairy is only pracdl
ample of the brain power Of twom
applied to dairy practice. Where
Ilry has come to State or locality
en intelligently handled it has brouE
with it, for with it comes i
lie basis of animal husbandry, on
ant revenue and source of fertilityth
saved and used as it may be- mean;
lady augmentation of fertility thab
9 power Of making the grain fsa
pleted with grain raising, again irli
and reward for intelligent labor,
SOME PRACTICAL POINTERS.
Dry times are good for stopping lsf
roofs.
The highest price calls for frst-sA.
,duct.
When sheep dies it leaves enough
its debts.
which feather slowly are 81
be always hardy.
vi farms which will grow clover won
tit by having field or two Of it.
field of potatoes usually pays 81
mt II kept free from weeds and We
,eep lambs growing well during y
: year by giving them the choices
ture with some grain.
York out systematic plan for Y
n buildings, and leave place 10
SO which will come later.
he most prosperous communities 81
'e where the farms are OF modene
and thoroughly cultivated.
-Ao"e ohu dttTuCtlNo dpPc"i"ne So
iucts offered for sale often has MUG Isl
o with the price received.
hen partially cured hay is wet
, much of the most readily dlgeslr i
ter is leached out and lost.
iere are many wastes on farms. Leor
alter the little things as well IS 'n
ter ones is what counts for prof'
We the work horses plenty Of gra
with enough protein or musF
ing food to keep them in condilie,
We sheep handy shelter into whn
can go in case of storms. AVE-
is one of the Sleeps worst eae
ep the old geese for breeding pTI
J. They will breed until quite asss
will not sell nearly as well as w
g ones. &A
not make the roosts too hlgn,m
birds come to the floor with N.Y..
than is beneficial, and thus "
'les are often caused.
lr. DAILY aud the Dukes BooKS
re Is good story told concerninss
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