Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1900-11-09

The greatest poultry show of the
season will BE- that held in Chicago
Jan. 81 to &c. II will be In tho new
Coliseum building that has been
erected on the site OF the old Lloby
Prison Museum. Doubtless the nnest
birds from all the other shows In the
surrounding states will meet Al THIS
place. and IL is expected that poultry
men will come from all parts OF the
country to gather what lessons they
can from the exhibition.
Many deaths of chicks In ineubaton
are caused by overcrowding. and often
the poultry man or woman does not
suspect the cause. On going to the
brooder in the morning the several
chicks are found dead. The chicks Al
might. especially. II the night n colo.
will crowd to the center for heat anu
In 50 doing will lie on and smother
those on the inside. Tho remedy
10 give a little more than enough heat
and that will make the chicks spread
out and avoid crowdins..
There is n vas, difference between
the man that makes specially OF
poultry raising and the man that
raises a few hens for family use only.
AS to the methods tina; each must en-
ploy. I, may fairly be said that the
divergence Is at the beginning. Thc
spee!AiIst mus, nrst study his market
Tn. market Of the amateur Is so near
that he does no, need 10 STUDY u an
he IL not afraid OF rivals The spe-
ciallst must be an accountant. but the
other cares little whether he makes
or loses he wants the products fresh
For this reason tho amateur may sue
coed where the specialist would De
sure to fail. but for all OF that the
amateur poultry raiser Is the greatest
Motor In the poultry world. both be-
cause he IL the most numerous and be-
cause he Ia the most independent
Some mon have enthusiasm enough
60 begin In the poultry business but not
enough to continue. IN the face OF OBJ
s,aeies. We knew OF one young man
With a little money that started In the
poultry business as a side Issue. He
built large poultry house. as We re-
member It. about 20 feet long by 10
wide. when the writer saw II II was
empty. tho owner having tried his hum
drcd hens In Il and met with disaster.
On inquiry Il was found that the ANA
eeur poultry raiser had also tried an
incubator. but he had given II up
after one attempt TO hatch chickens
with II. He said they Matched out well
enough. but rs soon as born almost
they would start on a run and after
going a few yards would fall over APP
parcntly in n At and die. Tho trouble
with this young man was that he had
not the perseverance to keco at the
business till he had learned The les
sons necessary to make success pos
sible.
We may expect to see the south some
day become the leader In the produc-
ton OF poultry. The rate Of progress
of that region in this direction will
depend to great extent on the in
crease OF railroad facilities. Tho eli
mate Of the south Ia 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
production SO that the supply will be
greatest Just when II Is least in the
north. In fact, we may expect the
time to come when the north will pro-
duce the summer eggs and the south
the winter eggs, with an equalization
of prices. IL time the storage of eggs
in the north will become thing of
the past, the eggs from the southern
hen keeping prices at too low an aver
age during winter to make storage
profitable. or course this change will
take place only so fast as the south
ern farmers become educated and
grasp thei: opportunities.
Grass as q poultry feed Is. we be-
iieve, not fully appreciated. Where
the owner of fowls must keep them
yardcd during the entire summer and
where It Is not convenient for him to
raise special crops. such as rape. for
them, he should figure on the feeding
value of grass. All fowls consume
great deal of green material and often
consume It so close to the ground that
Pasturage for the fowls should be as
certainly provided as for any other
farm stock. And It should be pro-
vided in sufficient area to give them
good feeding grounds at ali times and
without being fed too close. To get
the best results from such area the
sod should be an artificial one de-
veloped on ground that has been previ-
ously cultivated and fertilized. The
plan of enclosing only thin native sod
is not good one. as 1t does not pro-
duce enough heritage to pay for the
work of enclosing it.,
Tho Cows Digestion.
Prof. Joseph B. Lindsey of the Hatch
Experiment Station says: Digestion
Go the changing of feeds in the stomach