The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-11-19
POULTRY FOR PROFIT.
REQUIRES CARE AND ATTENTION LIKE
ANY OTHER BUSINESS.

REQUIRES CARE AND ATTENTION LIKE
ANY OTHER BUSINESS.
But the Returns Amply Repay the
Time and Money ENpened-Ru!cS
10 be Guided by to Reaci; the Highest
Sucoess-DiSease Must be Strictly
Guarded Against-C!eaniineSs Ab-
soiuteiy Necessary-TheH Hen Nat
ural Egg Machine ard VIII DO Her
Part if Properly Treated.
Ata recent mcetlag ot the Farmer ;
Convention At ClatksvIIle, Tenn, II.
NJ. Kline, presiden, OF the tennessee
Poultry Association, reI,: an excellent
paper on "Pouliry tot Pioli,, IN which
he referred 10 The annual llporIalIon
nf millions Of eggs by cur people, and
stated the tact that :herc is less lllctua-
ZION III The prices e = ul,ry and egg,
than III Anything else grown OF raised
Oh The farm. Getting down 10 the
practical part he SAID: "Therc are
three things necessary Tor Inc success
iul raising of poultry, for profit; nay,
four
"tHst, go slow until you know what
you are doing; second, cleanliness, not
only OF the stock, but OF their quarters
IS we'll; third, proper feeding, and
fourth, keep your stock busy. The
first work have to Is on the chicken
house. Ii 1t isn't weather proof, we
will make it 50. Stop up every crack
and knot hole you can find, and so
have it just as comfortable as il can be
made. Too much trouble? Well,
that depends. How would YOU like
to gather corn the next day If you had
slept all night with the wind blowing
good SIZED crack Oh your head and
bare feet? You woui,! nol need the doc
tor to tell you jou hld ihe rheuma-
uSm. Clean off the flp1r-clcan ami
nave it dry by all means. NEGLECTED
TO tell you 10 puta window with glass
| in It IN the house.
"Put up some new rOoS,s and let
| them not be over two feet high and not
! less than four inches wide Make plenty
| OF nests and have them inviting. Now
| PARTITION Oft one corner of the house,
say SIX feet square, by placing a SIX
inch board edGewIse on the floor Fill
this np IL the top wIth dry straw or
dry forest leaves. Over IN another
corner, away from the roosts ana rests,
PARTON off another liltle place two
and halt feet square with SIX inch
boards and fiji It iuIl of ace road dust.
You might mix shovtifui of wood
ashes and handful Of powdered sui
| phur wiki it. This little corner is the
hens bath rooln, and the sulphur will
helplo keep away tie lice. Now white
wash every par, OF i, inside, and throw
some Stacked lime on Ike floor, and
when your h,n, arc IN il, see that
The dr0pplngs are removed twice a
week.
ave are ready 10 pat ID the hcus
npw, and t yOul house is twenty feet
ieet square you may put toI!y IN ii,
wish you had some thoronG Ply
mouth Rock hens, but you haven't, 50
We vii just put in what YOU have and
make up the balance Of the forty by
buying few Of the best from your
nelghbors. Never mind the rooster,
We won't need him this winter, and
We won't have him next summer, 50
just Kill him eff if he Is tough.
"Now the plan. Is arranged and the
cSg machines are ready t. start 10
WuIk TOR hen Is i machine, and un-
der proper conditions she is bound to
produce eggs. This same machine
worked well Ias, summer when she
could get lnSec;a (mcaD, grass seeds
{grain) ani grass. 5, let Us give her
tuc same treatment now and she Will,
10 ao well, and Icmembci She wants
variety, too. Snrpcs, We arrange a
hlii .! iArt a1Dn, a, follows, varying Il
!!onI day 10 day as we can: For the
morning meal, which should always be
ie,! III the house III winter. ! I us take
t3i every .OIty hens quar- Of bran, a
quart OF coarse meal, # II Is handy,
and make up thc balance Of a gallon
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