The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06

This has helped to sustain prices, 1t is
doubtful whether the markets will be as
strong and values as high after the inau-
gueratiOn of warmer weather which will
make shipping less risky, as they are now.
good many growers have held their crop
for the spring market, and there is not LA
BILE to be a shortage.
AS to going into potato growing as a
business some caution should be exercised.
1t certainly is a branch Of farming that
requires experience, care and an endless
amount OF hard labor. The phenomenal
yields reported are grown only by those
VINO have made potato growing a careful
study and have not spared time money
IN getting such yields. The amateur must
Inquire on moderate crops. The handling
and marketing also require a thorough
knowledge of the business to get the most
out OF a crop. AS within six months of
the time of harvesting potatoes must be in
the market there is no opportunity to hold
Tor future prices. These are some of the
points that should be taken into considera-
ton by those who contemplate going into
potato growing in an extensive way. There
has been money made in growing potatoes.
There will be money made at it in the
future 1t has been and will be made, how
ever, only by those who understand the
business and give it strict attention.-Na-
tional Stockman and Farmer.
Why Poultry Does Not Pay.
tell you that poultry does not pay. They
are of this opinion, they will tell you, be-
cause in their own experience it has not
paid them. The chances are in the first
place, that they are only guessing at the
matter, and do not have the faintest idea
what they receive each year from their
poultry yards in the way of return. The
eggs sold in market each time they go to
town may not seem to bring very much,
but In the course of the year the sum would
be very large, considering the cost.
We are not at all certain that the poul
try on some farms does pay for the trouble
1T is, and it is always the most Improbable
flock that pays the least If any kind of
stock was kept as the poultry is some
farms. it would not pay either Poultry
has the advantage that when it is not we'll
fed and cared for, it cannot only walk, but
1t can fly, and will find food If legs or
wings will give it access to it, The farmer
who would keep his live stock as some of
them do their f1ocks of poultry, would be
looked upon as a very poor sort of a stick
as far as management is concerned. So
many seem to think that the poultry ought
to find it's living around the straw stacks,
pig styes and the manure heap, without
any further attention in the way of feed
ing, and ought to be content If any kind
Of shed is provided for it to sleep in.
We know of farms where all the stock is
well cared for except the fowls and these
declaring that every hen on the farm eats
her head off more than once during the
year, and is an intolerable nuisance all the
time.
Whenever man begins to pay proper at
tention to his fowls, and feeds them as
regularly as he does the rest of his stock,
he finds that his poultry pays him better
for the amount invested in them than any
other stock he may have, and we have
never known farmer who began to keep
an account with his poultry but was willing
to admit that it paid it's keeping and left a
wide margin of profit.
Poultry properly cared for is a source of
revenue to every farm, it finds and
consumes a great deal that would otherwise
go to waste, and turns this waste material
into good, hard dollars.
IN-BREEDING
If a flock of fowls are inbred too closely
they will soon begin to show the effects of
1T, and it is best for the farmer who wants
vigor and does not care for fancy points,
to infuse fresh blood into his f1ocks every
year, for 1t is the falsest of economy to
allow the flock to deteriorate in any de-
gree because of the expense of purchasing
a male or two each year. 1t will do to in
breed occasionally, but it is not good
rule to follow, and our advice is to get
fresh blood every year. Do not think to
save money by buying mongrel stock, for
this is the costlieSt kind that can be bought.
Buy pure-bred males, even if the price does
seem high, for in the end this will prove to
be much the cheapest.
There never was a time in the history of
the country when the prospects for the poul-
try industry was better than it now is The
business depression is about over and fac
tories are starting up in every direction and
this means that the men who work in these
places are going to have money to spend
and when this is the case, the poultryman
ha nd frxy
are consumed in large quantities in all the
manufacturing towns when the people have
work and money. Not only is the imme-
date prospect good, but the future is bright
for, as the towns grow larger, the demand
for poultry products will increase. In fact,
the demand for these things always out
strips the increase in population for year
by year people are believing more and more
that eggs and poultry are cheap as well
wholesome kinds of food.
For the market poulterer and for the fan
cier the outlook is equally encouraging,
for as the call for market poultry increases
the interest in pure bred poultry will grow
and these who have stood by poultry dur
ing a few years when interest seemed 70
flag and the call for this class of stock to
be about to cease altogether are now in a
position to take advantage of the situation
and reap a harvest for their steadfastness
in waiting for the good time they hoped
for. There is not half the poultry raised
in this country that might be with profit,
and in the near future this industry will
meet with the recognition it's Importance
deserves
POULTRY EXCLUSIVELY.
There are but few, comparatively, in
this country who devote their attention ex-
clusively to poultry, though there is room
for thousands of poultry farms There is
no reason why fair income may not be
derived in the neighborhood of any town
civ business. /
some capital to begin with, but less than
almost any other undertaking, and the re-
turns begin almost at once. Let any poul-
tryman be particular that every egg he
takes to market is strictly fresh and that
his fowls is properly fattened, and it will
not be long before he can sell all he can
produce at an advance on the going price.
The poultry business is not one for lazy
man to undertake for it is business of in
finite detail and carefulness. The man who
undertakes to care for a thousand hens
will have but little time to play. A thou
sand hens and the buildings to keep them in
can be got in shape for business for a
thousand dollars, and these hens, if proper
ly cared for, and the market intelligently
attended to, will bring their owner dollar
for each hen above the expense of keeping
them. This has been done time and again
and in favorable situations even better re-
suits are being obtained by more than one
breeder. There is no business that will
make such return form practically unskill-
ed labor. The poultry business is on a firm
basis and can be very greatly enlarged
without being overdone.
Buying Seed.
II always like to have my seeds in stock
weeks before expecting to plant them and
as there might be delay in shipment 1 have
them ordered two months in advance
Scarcely any two farmers are situated on
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