Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-05-19
FARM AND GARDEN
Immense Profit Accruins :.
the Poultry Business, :
HEN COMPARED WITH TIM 49,.
Fifty Hens viii Pay as Mu.h !.
as q Cow, With Less Laba, ,'a'
and Expense-Etc.

!. Dut rev persons realize bo,,,
the profit derived from no,, Hw great i
order to give some idea Of tbe ;s and h
OF the hen we will comnara ag IN Importance
COW. A good COW Is WORTH ORTIZ ner with The
s snd put she will seldom pay pra ss than
DUN out We viii pc liberal with the sn s6o
credlt her with 100 per cent. nroS Sew a. and
Is allowed after charging H. .v ny. This
Ieed, her quarters and the lshn WIN her
sary lor her care. She reon;sns neces-
three acres OF ground, the nross about
1857 per acre. The hen Is p po being
cents, and estimating that ~ 'ai ,a at u
dozen eggs a year, at Is cents . '1ys nine
an average, she returns Al a5 : Auozeno on
cost 81 to pay for her feed ana As It may
she gives profit of only AZ ca quarten,
lra ; over 40 per cent, which i ,e q
,na ia.se sum compared with the ; nvssiy
m naa. But she does more. IS Sb invest sst
cover over dozen eggs; and Il ~ Pug caa
tnat she raises only six chicLs grant
VIII cost 0 cents per pound nns;, "nlcn
are Two pounds in weight ana d. IN 'ley
only 40 cents pound, the profit ~ sn l0r
chick will be 20 cents. or 4 o. IN each
six. This, added to the 81 cent ~ the
eggs, makes $l.55 profit from tha In. lion
over 2O0 per cent. Now. we have v III, o.
the COW the benefit Of liz Sf XII gwen
mates, and have estimated lnHs I estl-
hen in order to be within sa ~ ~ ~ me
ana, although we place her at a d;ssS
vantage, yet she returns twice az I nnss
profit in proportion to capital Il iny paasa
But stop; we have not CHARGED l.h..
to the hen. Well, one hen ren,,;sa, ,aVN
tically but little expensive lahor b p,s: :.
is almost as easy to care for q Jo.a ~.
for one. A hundred hens can ba J Le.. ~ y
an acre of ground; and # wa 1 daS"'a
from the $1.55 the sum Of X co nsua ~
labor, etc., we still have 81 profit ~ or rOl
l3O per cent. profit on capital ;n " O'si
In the hens, or 500 profit from Al 's sS,a
OF ground in poultry to 1867 for a.
acre devoted to the COW. Fifty hens will ii
pay as much profit as a COW. and w;tb
less labor and expense, while mpeb ~ u
the labor may be done by those memhers
OF the family who could not be usefnl II
the management of COWS, Tins wh;Ia
allowing only 81 a year from hen. con.
sidering the small space required and the
quick returns from the chicks and Zoos .n'
she gives a large profit in promotion 4,
capital invested.-Poultry Keeper.
TO RELIEVE collie.
Slight touches of collie NAV be quickly
relieved by giving the horse a table.
spoonful of salaratus or baking powder
in a glass of water. If it does not weld
to this, ten to fifteen drops Of aconte
may be administered. 1t is easy to make
most horses drink by holding their heads
high and forcing the neck Of a thick glass
bottle containing the liquid into the side
OF the mouth. After the liquid has all
left the bottle the head must be still
kept up for few minutes to compel the
patient to swallow it and not lose it from
his mouth.
SHORT NOTES.
The best rule is to replace COW that
shows much lessening in yield by young
one.
1t is much the best policy to grow the
cows needed to replace those getting old
for profit.
We should feed home grown COWS with
homegrown feed, and both should be Of
the best quality.
While some cows yield well at fourteen
years of age, Others will not pay to keep
when ten years old.
There is no reason why the roOsts
should be high ii the fowls are protected.
1t Injuries heavy fowls to fly down from
high roosts.
If your hens have sore feet, what's
known as humble foot, one of the first
things to do is to lower the roosts, thus
removing the cause.
1t is said that over 100000 eggs are
used annually in this country by three
factories which make the albumen paper
used in photography.
Poultry-keeping is most excellent
adjunct to the dairy. Skim milk and
good grass range are two OF the best lac-
tors toward making poultry profitable
The Poultry Keeper says: When
hens comb becomes frosted she Will no.
lay until it heals. Rub few drops
glycerine in the comb and water two Or
three times day.
For any one who is in the poultry bust
ness as business the advantages OF u.
tificial incubation are plain, But lol
the farmer who keeps an ordinary HOOK
we do not believe they will often prove
profitable.
Get the crop OF chickens started eal,a,
Late-hatched pullets are scarcely wolla
their cost. They will not make wln's =
layers, and when they do get to wor sha ~
the spring eggs are so cheap tha1 'A''
will not pay current expenses.
The milk business gives an opp.o,rtaWmss,,
to keep up the fertility OF the SOIL. l ,ou,
bran bill is merely renewing q III
deposit of fertility in YOU, soil, wl a1d IN
being drawn upon and being soia ~. II
milk. The bran is usually worth l's . w'
in manure, and your extra mix HUN
feeding it is almost clear profit.
To keep tools from rusting take nan ana
an ounce of camphor; dissolve u l, Ur'
pound melted lard; take on the so ,aaa
and mix in as much fine olacA .a ,I
(graphite) as will give it an iron cV tpis
Clean the tools, and smear WIN NH
mixture. After twenty-four nOhls .o ao
clean with a soft linen cloth. ING evJ;.
will keep clean for months uiiu''
nary circumstances.