The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-12-14
a Lining II, the Poultry Yard:

Raising poultry. for meat or eggs, is i
trade Which requires apprenticeship and
experience to make d profit from; not
taking INTO account Il living for ones self
and family. 70 lie sure there are thou
sands of small tlocks iii the yards Of
MECHANICS; clerks; bankers and t:lergymen.
front Which: if lilo money profit is realized.
Il large profit in pleasure and recreation is
secured. As a rule a small flock will pay
better profit than large one, proportion
ately. for the reason that the waste from
the kitchen-bread. meat and vegetables
from an ordinary sized family will nearly
feed Il flock of dozen, while it would
be SO small an item in a flock large
enough to make a. living from. that it's
benefit would he hardly felt: The small
flock will also have better care iii vdfiOtis
ways. The house can be kept ill the best
sanitary condition. and the f6Gf aid sides
proof against rain and Wind; if q fowl is
aaaing; it is quickly discovered. tile ca Use
found and the remedy applied. If the
number of eggs suddenly falls off. the
reason for it is sought for and change
wrong. 1t is this personal care and over
sight. acquaintance with each bird of the
flock. that makes the small flock pay bet
ter than the large ono.
If it were possible to give tlccks Of 100
or 1000 the same care and attention that
is given to one. there is no reason why
eel'ml! returns should not he realized.
who go into poultry raising with Il view
to make it life business. One. anil the
most important, is love for the work, a
Willingness to work day and night, a
thorough, system that 10 detail n1dy b.
neglected. that every part IF every days
duties shall he attended to promptly and
at the ptolier TIME: A little neglect III
irff .1,1- i,
morrow. will turn certain success to rs
certain failure. The location is not the
most important factor. though if one ra,i
choose it. it will aud materially to tile
chances of success as well us to the
amount Of profit. 10 be iiedr Il good
market is very desirable. but i'll t lese
days OF quick transportation, one place.
specially suitable. is bettef even if 100
miles from market, THAN one unsuitable
and only 10 miles away SOME Of the
largest and most successful market potil-
trymen send poultry aud eggs more than
200 miles, and the birds killed one after
noon arc i'll the market early next morn
ing:
TO he successful one MUST lie something
OF 4 merchant as we'll as a poultryman.
and must keep posted on the markets for
what he buys as we'll as for what he
sells: Any turn that enables him to save
on his feed bill is so much profit made at
the start. 1t is often possible to get bet
ter prices in one market than in another
and he should know it and take advantage
of it. In the management of the flock. es-
pecially the feeding. Il sharp eye should
he kept: little waste in each feed trough
will amount to many dollars in the course
Of year. \ good crop Of lice in any
house will end the egg crop. and all hope
Of profit from that house. 4 hen with
the rOup. not til ken care of. will spread
the disease to the others, and the profit
and the fowls vanish together Invalils
and lazy people should never attempt to
pectation of making it MEANS s Of f1 liy I'll,
hood.-B. Holmes in Orange Judd Farm
or.