Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-12-18
written for the osfori democrat.
POULTRY NOTES.

II
the coming wlnter, both for his own Va,
and Tor the ready cash they will brinl
at the store. tn give little thought :,
the question of winter quarters.
There are few indeed Who do not thinI
more or less |. to the accommodation
Of their cows; Of the young stock just Ia
from pasture; Of the horses and th'
pigs. but how many give even a pass
Ing thought Ia Biddyf
Our good farmers keep cows Tor th'
sake of the actual cash Income To be de
rived from the sale Of butter. cream oI
beef. They keep pigs for the sake ol
the very tangible two ar three hundred
pounds of pork that thev ind on thei'
hand. with which to begin the winter.
They keep more or less hens Tor th'
sake of-whatr ia doubtful II som'
of our agricultural friends could tell W,
always, for Just What reason they dc
keep hens, since In so MANY eases the,
would flnd themselye. at los. To point
to any tangible results which they "btsln
from thl. branch of their s,ock.farm.
Now thl. state of affairs u radically
wrong. n l. an expression of thai
.hlftle.ness with which the New Eng
land farmer has ot late years been
charged, and ~ hich he seems not Alto
geiher Innocent.
liza little more pride could he aroused,
. little NOR, lively Interest In the Tact
that here nav be- made source of very
tangible prufit,-thst for every hen W
keeps over winter, rightly bred, kcff dHa
f,.i. he can turn. ~ the least, from one
,o two hard silver dollars Into hi. treas
ury that. Tor instance, . flock of thirty
hens can easily b. made TO bring him :
protlt of $50 annually, Ia 90 towards ih'
lmpl,cabls taxes: would not this little
.um mn, a load from the mind 81 many
an anxious farmer
when one contemplsies IA. uncertaint,
of the annual crop of potatoes. or ~
SWEET corn; considers the few times tha'
he has ever made clear profit of 80
from any one acre. Tor from more thsn
one for thst matter given up io either
81 these crops, Il would not he an en'
couraging RETROSPECT.
m one were ~ yislt any doEen farms
In any given nelghborhood of this so.-
ton of the county. he would probably
find hens kept upOn most ~ them. Bui
he would Ia al probability have to Nsi'
several dozen h.fnrr he found farmer
or farmers wife giving them Intelligent
thought and care.
In this Villsge creamery hss arisen
y thin the last two years. With the result
of no, only making money Tor tself' bu'
of doing even Ear wider good by cAus-
ing not few farmers to make some
money for Themselves The effect ~ the
creamery has been to Instantly awaken
and stimulate ihose Who Kept cows tn
the knoNlc,igc that there w"re cows anh
COWS, that although any kind of = Gov
might give milk. there was ys.t differ
encc In the quantity aud quality of that
milk when Il csme Ia b. matter oil
measuring out cream Ia exchange Tor
the prompt monthly check from TIE
factory.
II ti.helng yery generally rccognifed
nov, even by some ~ho are men of ih'
.f.rm.r.Ssy-hsck" type, that u !. b'tt"'
20 have IIolstein or Jersey or .om" Other
thoroug ghhrrd blood In the cows one
mike. That iherr Il a decided difference
h.tNs.u the .o-callcd "natiyc', bred "a
NO one quality In particular, comparr,i
With the compact, smsll-limhed, hlI-nd'
der-d strain ~ COW, bred Tor generation.
" ith ssp.yial reference Ia mix and
cream pfodu, tion. II uos takes pretty
ohtu.e man Who l. not ready To admit
,bi. t.olnt. II I. 80 generally admlite'i
h.,,.uss n can 80 easily b. proven. III.
m.,sufins scale on the Cteamcr aud III"
~. of the creamery check show that dif-
ference Ilkssi.s with the horse. We
have reason to believe that the number
Of men who try to make racc-horr...
out % the offspring of the work
horse. upon the farm u growing lr's.
4 LEGAL authority assures me that u
no longer 90 common a .lght Ia see some
deludcd msn insist upon developing
racer out 20 plug, thinking that To put
him in q sulky aud to pad hls snklrs
aud weight his hoofs. Ar. the e-.eutial.
towards possible phenomenal succc'.
II takes more than these outward par-
ph.rnalis "a produce speed-t takes
hlood, Blood trained Tor speed Tor many
grnentions'
H. the know ledge ot these things our
community I. rapidly growing, aud IN
proportion to the know ledge gained the
farmer will hsVe more profit and le,.
anxiety over the two ends that 80 often
do not meet.
Hut n nov .till another truth can h.
brought home to the minds Of our Peo-
ple II they could be- taught that the neg
i.yied liock of hens contains po..lblll-
tie. of profit much NOR. c.ttain and
much larger for the amount Invested
than either ~ the other branche. ~
stock keeping, then many poor hard
worked farmers Nlie would feel Won
d.rfully heartened up, aud the sadly.
needed few extra dollars, lover and
above those needed for the hare nece--
.ltie. ~ NE. the pin-money that would
buy a dres. or a shawl ora suit of clothes
or sNtr. shoes. or any of the countless
other thing. that would make such =
difference IN the comfort of the farmer .
family would be Forthcoming.
In the next and succeeding numbers oi
thl. paper the writer will endes,or Ia
help those interested Ia get Into the Way
of making their hens pay tangible
protit. provided the suggestions given
are carefully studied and a. carefully
carried into practice.
DH. !. e.. GEIIRING, Bethel, Me.