Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-02

POULTRY, PRACTICAL AND FANCY.
The Second Greatest Industry the United States Dis
oussed by W. W. Browning, OF ogden-The American
n "Groat institution"
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The second greatest Industry Of tho
United States h. poultry. Che only prod
uct Of greater value being tho wheat
crop. A. Utah already produces con-
siderable quantities ~ wheat Tor exc
port. and at the same time Imports
large quantities Of poultry, this indus
Try should be- encouraged above any
other product OF the state.
Al domestic fowls Including ducks.
require dry quarters. Where "a there
another section Of the country having
climate better adapted t1 poultry
raising than unh2
The poultry We import comes prime
clraliy from tho State OF Nebraska.
Some people may wonder why the State
Of Nebraska is go far ahead OF as Ia
poultry matters. Tho State of Ncbfus-
kl appropriate considerable amount
annually to their poultry shows This
creates an Interest IN poultry matters.
by showing the superior qualities and
pruduotlycncass ut thoroughbred p0ul.
Try
REQUIRES ENCOURAGEMENT.
The one industry VI Utah requiring
special encouragement 40 the present
time o. poultry. because vc DO not
produce enough Tor homo consumption.
This is the object " tho Utah Poultry
| association 'tu encourage thU breeding
u better poultry and moro Ut It"
" chickens. duckr. turkeys. aud
geese uru properly handled they cam.
not but thrive. No other domestic Hul-
HaN n 10
| chickens, yet people who never clean
their hon COupH more than once year.
wonder why their hons iuy el fsfv eggs
and are astonlshcd when % few die from
sickness.
The majority NJ diseases ln poultry
| nro due 90 had management. cold, damp
and ill-vontilntcd houses. y,rmin.
overlooking, rich feeding Impure wa
| ter and want WI uNurt lay. Mot dIH-
Cusos transmitted By the parent stool,
| are due in the FIRST Instance 90 one or
other ~ these causes That they can
De prevented f. undDuhtcl but 20 long
as the System NJ feeding uu rich food
| ln large quantities. NJ Keeping birds Zoo
| small. ill-vcntllltod houses. 0r upun FOUL
or damp ground 100 confined runs. D. cone
/ unucd, Hu long will disease br FUnrr-
! Hfud. 10 healthy stock only Boz used fnr
| breeding. and proper attention paid To-
| management disease win Boz the yN-
/ COptlou
Use a little Judgment 600 feeding that
| your birds may Doc forced tu scratch for
whatever grain you give them. FcUd in
/ chan or Hitter VI some sort Give tho
/ bulky feed ln truughs An excellent aud
! cheap morning winter meal ~ come
| posed 90 n quantity ~ luyern leaves
with Tow handouts NJ bran put on top
and some boiling water poured over IT,
FANCY POULTRY.
The hen ~ q machine. n she 90 In
| proper condition. and has warm. dry
! quarters ana proper food she cannot
do other than lay eggs
The subject ! have boon interested In
| Tor many years u commonly called 'thH
| fancy" Later I viii show OF what
benefit "the fancy" is 90 tho market
| poultrymnn.
| An poultry breeders are not fnuclars.
| The true fanclor liz what We commonly
| call "a "hpn crank" ono who mnkca
some variety or breed OF domestic puui-
| try q hobby and improves that variety.
| 10 has been said the person without a
/ hobby ~ without apuFE. I would say
| the person without hobby iH TO be-
| pltiod, Tor such nm one surely knows not
| what iOy ~. The fancipr Will be- found
studying hiH birds from tho time they
| nre Matched until they ure muturcd and
during mott after they arc fully grown.
| lie viii pick out the plump, well built
| youngsters when first Matched, ana N
he has studied his birds carefully for
number NJ years before they urU four
| weeks old he has the best specimens
selected from tho poorest
BUFF CoCHlNs.
As the better part Of my experience
| has been attained In handling Hun
| IuChln1. ] VIII use this breed Tor Illus
! tntIng Few ideas Whilst have been
| breeding Plymouth Rocks nearly the
same time MS Buns, I must say I have
| not learned nearly 30 many small ideas
IN regard 20 the proper mntlugs Tor best
| know the breeder who will study close
enough will learn the p's and as ~ prop
| or mating % produce prime color ana
| shape Any breeder, with ordinary
care can produce good shape but pure
| color o. the rock on which su many
| breeders split Right here ! wish 20
state that no breeder who ls continually
! changing breeds ever did or ever viii
| become 70 successful breeder, II can't
| be done. Select the breed you fancy
| best aud stick to that breed or quit.
| Never start with five or ok hrculs NJ
| chickens. ono variety VIII furnish you
| with years OF study Al most, do not
attempt 60 handle more than two vnri-
! 'tlcs for ut least ten years, You Will
mud plenty % interest you with one
| variety First 81 an, get tho proper
shape established n your minds eye.
n you start with several breeds. this
| viii be % very difficult matter. Then
! study prime color. ENuminc closely tho
| very best c0lorcd specimens you can
! find that you may understand what tho
proper color h., Handle tho small