The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-11-10
DAIRY AND POULTRY,
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR.
OUR RURAL REApERa
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Peultzy Brasfs.
The greatest poultry show Of the
season will Do that held In Chicago
ian. n TO Is. It will be in the new
Coliseum building that has been
erected On the site OF the old Libby
Prison Museum. Doubtless the finest
'otrds from all the other shows in the
surrounding states Will meet at this
place, and It II expected that poultry
msn will come from all parts Of the
country to gather what lessons they
can from the exhibition.
Many deaths Of chicks In incubators
ere caused by overcrowding. and often
the poultry man or woman does not
napect the cause. On going to the
;broodsr in the morning the several
chicks. are found dead. The chicks at
night, especially, II the night Is cold.
win crowd to the center for heat. and
IN 20 doing will lie on and smother
those on the inside. Tho remedy u
70 give q little more than enough heat
and that will make the chicks spread
out and avoid crowding,
There is a vast difference between
the man that makes a, specially Of
poultry raising and the man that
raises q few hens for family use only,
as to the methods that each must en-
ploy. It may fairly be said that the
divergence is at the beginning. The
specialist must first study his market
The market Of the amateur is so near
that he does not need to study 1t. as
he IL not afraid Of rivals. The spe-
cialist must bs an accountant, U the
other cares little whether he makes
or loses he wants the products fresh.
For this reason the amateur may sue
coed where the specialist would OF
sure to fail, But for all Of that d
amateur poultry raiser is the greatest
factor IN the poultry world. both pc
cause he is the most numerous n pc
cause he Is the most independent.
Some men have enthusiasm enough
to begin in the poultry business but not
enough to continue in the face OF OBJ
stacles. We knew Of one young man
with a little money that started in the
poultry business as q side issue. He
built a large poultry house, al we re-
member It, about 30 feet long by Is
wide. When the writer raw 1t it was
empty, the owner having tried his hun
dred hens in It and met with disaster.
On inquiry It was found that the anna
teur poultry raiser had also tried an
Incubator. but he had given it up
after n attempt to hatch chickens
with 1t. He said they Matched out we'll
enough, but as soon as born almost
they would start on a run and after
going q few yards would fall over ap-
parently in a at and die. The trouble
with this young man was that he had
not the perseverance to keep at the
business till he had learned the les.
~ necessary to make success pos
sible.
We may expect to see the south some
day become the leader in the produce
ton Of poultry. The rate Of progress
Of that region in this direction will
depend to q great extent on the In
crease Of railroad facilities. The eli
mate Of the south is such that one Of
the great obstacles to poultry raising
in the north does not exist there. The
mildness Of the climate makes it pos
sible to obtain eggs during all the
year and to change the times Of egg