Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-07-31

I'VE given the poultry business con-
|1ble attention for several years past,
have studied the best ways and
DDS of making the industry a sue
Ind means of profit, says an iowa
spondent of the Western Rural.
There is a profit cannot be denied
n we turn to the latest statistical
N concerning it.
less in this, as in other lines, con-
In an intelligent understanding of
nature and needs of the hen-her
Enent from a cheeplng chick till,
& the days of usefulness are over she
hes" up at last as a roast on the
Hlonal boarding house table.
scombat her enemies, one must be
ON the alert, must make themselves
{riend, and If not able to ''call each
Fem by name" we must at least be
Enough versed in "chickology" to
hold and treat the occasional injury
kness that sometimes occur, even in
best behaved fiocks.
have not yet grown rich at The
1ess, but the numerous dollars paid
<or family supplies, go to show that
y Is no better paying investment than
ok of well kept poultry. But hard
and plenty of 1T, is the price raid
my hundreds of white and barred
oouth Rocks that now f1eck the hull
la and the pleasure and pride I take
|em is my recompense for the streams
Eeat that rolled down my face whilo
led in their care. I have my pens
know just what sort to expect.
Hefore no try birds or comedy
1ees are here to be seen.
len my book and find that in Janu-
and February, 1896, 81 dozen eggs
sold; in March and April 1T doZea.
|ug May and June, up to this, the
LAY, 3O2 dozen. My old hens will
Der something over It's; have raised
foung, not counting the loss by mis-
y and have used eggs without rum-
4n the table, and sold some from the
A for Matching purposes.
epend fully two-thirds of my time in
hennery, and SO keep them strictly
n to business. I do not allow them
d day to sit idly brooding on the nest,
hurry them Immediately to Jail for
rderly conduct.
lave this moment 40 in SOLITARY
|<uement" on a diet of oats and water
hey are ready to signify their readi-
} to lay again. But do not starve
u. as our foremothers used to do
r. being confined, but allow them
j though less is required, and they
III a few days after being broken
The broody mood be ready to resume
ness.
box for lice, and go for them tooth
nail, else they will Ego" for your
K. and by virtue of their number will
4nish you in the end.
y liberal feeding push the young
AS from the start, for, like all Other
Wings, a starved chicken is fit fol
hing under the sun.
D not, beg of you, forget or neglect
<{Fe plenty of water, especially during
Weather, for it is the one thing abso
w essential to the health, to say
hing of the comfort, to young ant
lT have found by observation dnt
cIIce during the drouthy seasons tina
aILon a day to every so hens is as lit
as they can get along on and keel
IL health. If the article is scarce
IL their vessels in the shade some
ere, so that they may enjoy whatevei
their portion.
oW, my sister readers, If you want t.
you who are looking about for occu
Ion, something to give you "outdoo
|rcise," just get few hens for |
|nRe. If you have no feed buy it ol
|e. or till your chickens are larg
>ueh to be made to pay their own way
IGh they ought soon to do If the ven
. Is 10 be called successful. If tina
ID of yours can be persuaded to as
q little in the flight work." why a
better, and when he finds you deter
ned to earn your own spending money
d fejoice in secret that now he see
n6 peace since he is not called upo
HAT occasional twenty-five cents
y more.
., consistency, thou art a jewel"
iced variety of foods for egg produc
n with plenty of grit, and above G.
ap the premises clean, the house
|itewashed inside and out, with an OF
sional spraying inside with carbo!l
"a Emulsion for health.
iced no raw or sour feed to youn
lexis or you imperil their lives. I fin
31<ed food with wheat to be the mos
aithful that I have tried; this, wit
|bber milk now and then, is all that
1uIred.
CARE OF THE COW