The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-01-12
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POULTRY IN The oUrH.

ana the OIL pop
ulation. Poultry utilities material that
but for it would not only go to waste,
but would also in so doing often be the
gsed-bed of disease.
Poultry in general does this sort of
w0rk-it takes material that, as it ex-
fsts, is not available for mans service
and remsnufRcturing it, it makes it
again available-and what is known as
the chicken part Of poultry does this
more than any other.
10 is on the chicken part of poultry
that we would at this time make some
comment, and that more especially in
relation to the South, where steadily
more and more attention is being given
tO she matter, and where the natural
c0nditions are calculated to an unusual
degree TO secure the best results
Home and Farm recognizes the fact
that the place and power of this peo-
pie may finally turn on the combined
eject of small things, as it does in
france today.
Great natural advantages often lead
% carelessness, and so far many of the
troubles of the Southern chicken raiser
are from this carelessness; for it is the
fact that profit and pleasure and care
lessness i'm this business do not 60 to-
ggther.
Chickens everywhere need housing
they need dry and clean quarters; and
they need this whether their range be
great or small. The smaller the range
the more, of course, the need Of clean
iness. Damp, filthy quarters invite
disease; and if the poultry house is
damp from any cause, cleanliness is
hardly possible. Such a condition of
leaky roof is not allowable; and with
this all right; there is nothing better
for flooring than dry earth. This keeps
down bad smells, being a first class alb
s0rbeent of such.
a depth Of q couple of feet of dry
earth kept stirred and turned over will
b good for half a season. The earth
thus affected makes a great fertilizer
and so can be taken out and used on
the garden; and from this garden some
fresh soil can, during a dry spell, be
taken and put in its place. Thus the
refreshing and renewing round 4 be
kept up indefinitely.
Under this kind of handling the
range of chicken raising can be made
expensive. Chicken raising can in this
way be carried on successfully in the
heart of a great city, and certainly
more successfully still in every coun
try and almost every village home.
There is a great deal in the way in
which poultry is fed; there is a great
deal in the kind of food fed. To the
person really interested in the business,
che details to be mastered will be but
pleasant occupation To n not so in.
teres5ed the details will prove over
Whelming,
Food has to be considered in the
light of purpose; the food provided for
egg production Is not the same as that
provided when to fatten is the purpose.
TIC is fundamental in the case of chick
a1s limited as to range that no more is
fed nc a time than is eaten up clean. A
neglect of this plain, economic precau
tion entails serious consequences. Even
In the case of the kitchen scraps and
odds and ends, there should not be in
discriminate giving to fowls in confne-
ment. Make this food serve the pur-
pose of an appetizer preliminary to the
regular substantials.
Twice a day is often enough to feed
chickens of restricted range. Such
chickens should always have water &C
cessibIe, and about once a week there
should be put into this water some cop.
peras-a piece of about the size of a
marble to the gallon of water.
Copperas in like proportion should
Be put into cooked food. A goo3 way
iato get about thrice a week a nickels
worth of dog meat Chop this fine
and boil and add corn meal so as to
make a substance of the consistency OF
ordinary porridge when cooked max
ing the quantity of this answer to the
number of fowls and to the amount
they IA consume in a day.
Under the arrangement, and which
e descriptive of an actual city practice
extending over fourteen yearp, and
with q fowl with an infectious or
contagious disease, no food is thrown
on the ground except grain, and that
never unless on clean ground.
All the food except grain should be
fed in boxes, which are kept clean
from the fact that no more is given
than is Immediately consumed. Better