The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-28

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was a successful farmer. We never saw a
farmer who took pains to have a herd of
good cows, and tried to post himself on this
and other dairy questions, but that he pros
pered IL he stuck right to his business.
We never saw a farmer make good pro1t
on his investment who did not believe IN
and practice the above principles and
ideas.
The fact that there are SO many poor
farmers, who complain of poor success,
who have no faith and courage, shows
clearly that they never learned to believe
in the truth, but have been going along be-
lieving in error Some men are hard to
reform. 1t is hard to make them prosper
Gus; hard to get them to forsake the error
of their old ways and believe in better
practices. But We have seen whole COM
nunities of such men change over under
the influence of better ideas. Now you can
hardly get one of them to- acknowledge
that he ever believed or practiced in the old
Improbable way. 1t was persistent
preaching and the force of example that
finally moved them into better ways.
The Poultry Yurd.
1t is not far out of the way to assert
that the number of fowls kept in or near
cities, towns and villages is nearly equal
to that raised on the farms in number. 1t
is true that the town focks are smaller,
but they are closer together, and the pro-
portion per acre is far more than in the
country. Farms may be far apart and
the number of fowls on a square mile may
be small: Villages and towns are met
every few miles. and it is noticeable that
hundreds of chickens always appear in
every direction. The trains that enter
large cities pass through suburban sec
tons where every lot or open space con-
tains fowls of some kind Next to hens,
the goose is the favorite in the suburbs,
the duck and turkey being rare, while
goat has the greater number of friends.
Poultry raising in the suburbs is quite
an industry, though divided among many
but it brings in extra dollars and affords
fresh eggs, which could not be obtained so
easily without the hens.
Poultry raising near towns differs from
the methods practiced on farms. Where
there is plenty of ROOM the farm
the hens can forage, pick up large share
of their food and have exercise. but near
the towns there is little space. Some al
low their hens to run on unoccupied lots
but the majority are compelled to keep
their fowls confined or separated from the
flocks of their neighbors in some manner
1t is really not necessary to allow hens
large space if the heavy breeds are used
as they are not as active and nervous as
the small breeds. The light Brahma is
the fowl for small yards low fences and
limited facilities What they require is
loose heap in which to scratch and work
and heavy meal at night with a light
mess in the morning
1t is difficult to avoid over feeding city
focks. The table scraps are thrown out
three times day as often as they
accumulate and the principal diet is corn
and wheat. If a grea ter variety is given
and the scraps from the table are fed at
regular periods the fowls will be more
thrifty. Brahmas are excellent LAYERS
but they will not bear heavy feeding. If
the flock is of common hens they must
be all the more kept at work. in order to
have them contented The secret of sue
cessful suburban poultry raising is exer-
else and avoidance off overfeedng.-AIirror
and Farmer.