The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-05-03


common coal oil to make one gallon.
In mixing add the coal oil slowly and
stir vigorously.
The articles may be obtained at any
drug store. Do not have light of any
kind about when mixing. Keep we'll
corked when not using.
If the roosts, nest boxes and sup
ports of the poultry house are painted
once a week with the preparation dur
ing the heated season, it will not only
eXtricate the fowls from body lice, but
will also kill the mites, bed bugs, ETC.,
that have congregated. l have found
it best to paint the poultry house in
the evening just before the fowls go to
roost; they will then get the full bene-
fit of the fumes and the best result
will follow.
If hen you are about to set is very
lousy, paint the inside of box with
the formula and confine her for about
two hours Do not cOnfine your chicks
to this treatment as grease of any kind
is injurious to very young chickens.
Exchange.
Poultry Compared with Larger Stock.
1t SeeulS ITO IudlleI w 11dC IuC
stances may be, fresh eggs are a he
cessity with all, and as they are usu-
ally retailed in small lots the matter
of cash required from each individual
in their purchase is almost insign1fi-
cant compared with other articles.
Eggs are used for SO many purposes
that it is important for the supply to
be constant; hence panicS cannot affect
prices. as may be- the case with other
articles.
The farmer who does not make egg
production a part of his farm opera
tons is losing one of the best of his
opportunities ON the farm, and the egg
business can be conducted without the
aid of middle men, if preferred. Re-
turns that come in during the winter
are always off assistance, and as there
is no danger of any depression in the
fresh egg business il is one Of the best
and safest in which the farmer can be
engaged. it is in winter that the bas-
ket of eggs brings in the needed gro
ceries on small farms upon which
farmers must take every advantage.
It is not creditable to farmers that
they do not recognize poultry as hav-
ing place on the farm other than a
side business for women and children.
They will cultivate a ten-acre' field and
clear less than ten dollars an acre
when the same amount of work be-
slowed on poultry, and with half ais
much land, will give at least twice as
much profit.
1t may be urged that all extensive
poultry farms have failed. 1t may be
stated in advocacy of large farms that
they have never been given a fair
trial. Nearly all such enterprises have
been entered upon with the object of
securing a large return from a small
space; that is, the large poultry farms
have really consisted of small farms
with a large number of hens, the flock
being too great for the space occupied.
The hen has never been given the same
OPPORTUNITIES as the cow. She has been
compelled to do her duty in a limited
area, and on the intensive system. 1t
is possible for the farmer to use his
farm for the management of poultry
and to allow the f1ocks ample room for
foraging.
If one cow cannot be kept on an
acre, why should such an area be eX-
pected to support 500 hens, as has been
ATTEMPTED? If a farmer should keep
500 hens on ten acres, and GEAR dol
lar from each hen Gncluding eggs and
chicks), hewOuld probably have a larg
er profit than from any other source, as
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