The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-20
TO MAKE POULTRY PAY.

day that the thistle is more their friend
than foe.
TO Make POULTRY PAY
They Are Important Factors in the
That there is more profit in eggs than in
market poultry.
That only fresh, clean eggs should ever
be sent to market.
That too many r~oosters with the hens
are worse than too few.
That market eggs present a better APP
pearance if assorted according to color
brown together and white likewise.
That some markets prefer white eggs;
others brown.
That it doesn't pay to sell held or lined
egges for strictly fresh.
That eggs to keep well must be fresh and
good to start with.
That the very large and the very small
eggs should be kept out of the market
lot.
That there is more profit in one hen that
lays eggs in November and December than
in one dozen hens that lay their best in
April and May and none at all in fall and
winter.
That hens lay just as we'll or better
without the company of the officious male.
That it is cheaper to hatch and raise
chickens by the use of incubators and
breeders than with hens.
That chickens Matched and reared with
lncubators and breeders are just as hardy
and healthy, the pullets make just as
good layers, their eggs will hatch as we'll,
and they will, in every way, equal any
others.
That fowls kept in confinement must be
supplied with green food, grit, animal
food, shells. etc.
That green bones bought of the butcher
and chopped up at home make the best
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enough fowls are kept to warrant the pur-
chase of a bone cutter.
That wheat is the best and cheapest
grain for eggs known.
That oats at present prices are out of
the question for economical poultry food.
That corn may be fed more profitably to
the lighter, active breeds than to the
hea vier ones.
That fowls should always be supplied
with plenty Of pure drinking water.
That milk is an excellent food for laying
hens as well as growing chicks.
That there is more money in the surplus
cOckerels from early Matched than from
late Matched chicks.
That under ordinary conditions the cock
erels from a lot of chicks will sell for
enough to pay for the feed for themselves
and the pullets.
That chicks once thoroughly chilled by
cold storms rarely entirely recover.
That it takes a mighty small knothole
to make a big heap of trouble in the flock
from colds and roup.
That, in general, with ordinary fowls, the
best doctor, after prevention, is a sharp
That hens care more for comfort in their
house than for architectural beauty.
That dark nests are quite likely to pre-
vent trouble from egg eating hens.
That a comfortable house may be built
cheaply from rough lumber and tarred
paper.
That the hens will keep themselves toll
erably free from vermin if they are pro-
vided with a good dust bath.
That kerosene or crude petroleum, thor
Oroughly sprayed over the inside of the
house and over the roosts, is one of the
best and cheapest washes known.
That one large window, and that on the
south side, is enough for each pen of fowls.
More than this are not needed for light
and radiate too much heat at night.
That the roosts should be low, on a level,
and under them a tight platform from
which the droppings are frequently
cleaned.
That there isn't much danger of getting
mate.
That the floor should be perfectly dry
and covered with some dry litter, in which
the grain should be fed.
That road dust makes the best busting
material, but dry coal ashes are much bet
ter than none.
That the house must, above all things,
be dry and free from drafts.
That feed has more to do with success
than breed.
That the best breed is the one that re-
ceives the most intelligent care and is fed
with a view to the best results.
That to achieve special results a breed
is required that is specially fitted to give
those results.
That for special work a pure breed is
better than any cross.