The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-08
Location and Size For a Poultry
Yard.

In selecting a location for the poultry
yards, great caution must be exercised.
Select high and dry piece of ground,
which inclines to the south, if possible
and having thereon an abundance of
good shade. The soil should be rather
sandy, so as to insure perfect drainage.
A sticky clay soil is to be avoided. as
dampness is detrimental to the health
4 of old as we'll as young stock. The
more range the fowls have, the less
expense it is to keep them, and the egg
production and general health is far
better than when they are too closely
confined. Though we prefer free
range, yards either 25x150 or 5Ox150 feet
! are very satisfactory, while many
breeders of fancy or pure bred fowls in
this state do not occupy even so much
ground. The yards should be sown to
clover grass so the fowls may have an
abundance of green food, which is a
positive necessity. Yards the sizes
above mentioned are large enough for
from u to 10 fowls. On farms where
land is plenty, it is best to place houses
in different parts of the land, in close
proximity to the house. in order to be
convenient. Not more than % fowls
should run together in order to realize
the most from them; 80 hens in one
flock will not produce near what the
same hens would if divided into two
flocks; besides, where so many run to-
gether, disease is more certain to put
in its appearance.
POULTRY HOUSES.
The farmer can no more expect to
realize a profit on his hens, when they
are not properly housed, than he would
from his cattle if allowed to remain out
in all manner of weather. In housing
the poultry, it is not necessary to build
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simply have them warm, dry, and in
the right location. The houses should
always face south. or a little south
east, that they have the benefit of the
morning sun in winter. The warmer
the hens are in winter the more eggs
they will lay.
Cleaning Poultry Houses-Poultrv
houses should be cleaned during sum-
mer and winter once or twice each
week, and after each cleaning the floor
should receive a. thin coating of air.
Slaked lime. Once or twice a. month
during the summer, previous to placing
the lime on the floor, the entire inside
should receive a thorough sprinkling
with kerosene emulsion, or water con-
tanning one ounce liquid carbolic acid
to the gallon. In addition to this the
roosts should be scrubbed regularly
once a week with pure kerosene. oil. |
The house should also be whitewashed |
inside three or four times yearly. AS |
duck houses have no roosts the floor |
should be covered with clean straw as !
often as needed and kept free from |
odors by the liberal use of disin-
fectants. Whitewash the inside as often |
as you do the poultry houses.
PURE-BRED POULTRY.
White Wyandottes.-This breed has
enjoyed great popularity for the past |
few years, and are the equal of any |
breed for a general purpose fowl. They |
are very hardy and mature early. In
northern markets they are much |
sought after for early broilers. Hav-
ing low rose comb many prefer them
to all others, as they can withstand |
the cold much better than some other
breeds. Their legs, beak and skin are
a golden yellow, resembling creamery
butter. Being more compact than the
Plymouth Rock, they make even a bet
ter market appearance. The hens be-
ing splendid settlers and mothers, are
for that purpose also. Those
who do not fancy a white fowl there
are other Wyandottes, viz: Silver,
Golden, Buff or Black, all of which are
IDENTICAL save In color. Cocks weigh
S1a, hens 619.
If all you want are eggs and table
fowls, select some good large, lively
young hens and buy a Brown Leghorn
cock, and you will get what you want.
Or, if you want to do a little better
than that get some hens Of any large
breed, Brahmas, Cochins, Plymouth
Rocks or Wyandottes. and mate with
the Leghorn aforesaid. Or, get some
pure white Plymouth Rock hens and
pure-bred White Leghorn cock, and
you will be proud of your snow-white
beauties, and they will lay equal to
Leghorns. Or, again, get some White
for they are an excellent
all round fowl and handsome enough
for anybody. Or, if you prefer, get
some other pure breed. This is a free
uD to date, and there are
enough breeds to select from.