Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-03-03
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
Asw 0aeeSsfai FnrHaess Operate rhts
Department Of the FarN--A teW
Hiass - to- the Care VI Live Stock
sad Poultry.


Postsxy Notes.
II IL not In the coolest weather that
the fowls are the most likely to take
cold The cold causes the pores To
close up and the feathers TO lie so close
that the bird Is protected against cold,
But In the fairly warm weather In fall,
winter and spring. when drafts are
allowed to pass over the fowls. colds
are most likely to occur.
Very frequently men that have a
little capital. but no experience IN
poultry raising. write to ask II II will
pay them to go into this poultry bust
ness--lf there Is any money In poui-
try. The fact that they ask the qaes-
ton shows that they know 50 little
about the business that IL will not be
safe for them 10 go into the business
till they have learned NOR. about IL.
When a man knows enough about rails.
Ing poultry and producing eggs TO
make II safe for him TO inyest good
sum In IL. IL WILL not b. necessary for
him 10 write TO any paper asking al.
Vice.
The man that expects 10 make
money out OF poultry without grrat
deal Of work will be disappointed. IL
Is an impossible feat The Great Gre
ator OF the universe deereed that all
should labor. AMI that man succeeds
woo doss labor. When &c read OF
poultrymen making Johnny cake for
their poultry Ne are lneliasa to rv-
gard the affair as rather amusing bat
4 Is not SO amusing when that poul'
iryman in December bcsins TO sell as
ssss at a high price Just because our
hens do not seem to get down to lay,
tns. Intelligent labor will give Va
good results In the poultry yard. iu-
Guiding egss IN the fall and slutsr
months
The balanced ration Is as necessary
In the poultry yard a. 10 the e0w yard.
and man that Gseds an unbalanced
ration 10 wasting large part OF bis
food Ia either ease II food contains
20 per cent moro lat-toTmlns parts
than nitEogeaoua paFta thea there ls
bound to be Il large ~asts. II The lat
Is laid on. It Is washed. and worse
than 0asted. tos sgs production. and
II II Is not laid on Il il az certainly
wasted. Most Of our people feed an
excess Of fat formers rather than an
excess of protein. tbs latter being the
more costly food. The man that got
sggs all through the fali vas the man
that fed balanced ration. and he wigl
be tie man that viII got a good ylrld
Of ssgs through the coming months.
Reports from the chief poultry mar
kets IT the coantry sho~ that the holt.
day trade in poultry uas not shat lt
vas expected to be. and the kind OF
poultry that seemed to suffer the most
from over supply vas turkeys. There
were too fsv primes and too many Of
the cold storage kiud The sams 3as
said 10 be The case With hsus 4 large
part Of the recsipta had to be sold to
packers at great loss. The moral OF
this Is that II does no, pay to raise
poultry unless IL il to be got to mar.
kst In good condition. In the Chicago
market prime turkeys sold at IL cents.
but some Of the poor stock had to 20
AT and cents, Imagine the aIssp.
polutment Of the shippers OF such
birds when they get their rsturasi
however. IL is to considerable sx.
tent their own blame. but that wlll
not make the loss any easier to hear
Tue lesson to be got from this or.
psrlenee Is that we must pay more
attention to the condition Of the paul.
try when 1t comes into market
"A speaker At a Nebraska farusrs.
institute said Geographically spsak.
Ing, the poultry industry Is cirrum.
scfi6ed and bounded as follows. ON the ,
north, by roup and blood sucking yer.
min: on the south. by wea els cats
badgers and hawks; on the east by
aishonest and unreliable poultry breed.
ers; and on the west, By raiubow.ehaa.
ing incubator advertisements and ex.
asserated. ovsrdrawu statements in
poultry journals We know nothing q,
the man that made the above remarks
put we would not suppose him to be
practical poultryman. II Is only tho
novice In poultry science that cares
very much about most of the above |
pests The experienced pouItryman
mas learned to avoid them. Roup and |
blood sucking vermin are things thai |
'nee got fid oil, need never be re-im- |
poi 'eu' oood wire netting screens |
Aeep OUT tue weasels, cats. badgers |
sha haWks. Experience tell us how To |
aeai win dishonest breeders and what
Neisht 10 put on rainbow chasing
advertisements.
oohie people make great fuss about |
p'eafihg up sitting hens. when IT IA /
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