Hutchinson gazette., 1901-02-07
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
How Successful Farmers Operate This
Department of tho Farm - A Few
Hints as 10 tho care Of live Stock
Rnd Poultry
Poultry on tho pnIrr Farm.

(Farmers' Review Stenographic Re-
port OF Illinois State Dairymen's AS
Boclatlon,l
H. M, Munger read paper on poul-
try on the dairy farm, In part ho
said; Just why the majority of dairy
men do not make poultry pay Is not
very hard problem to solve, The
failure arises mainly either from indlf-
ference or Ignorance of the needs OF
poultry for profit Now, would any
common-sonse dairyman start the
business with mllch cows that In their
prime would only turn out 10 pounds
OF butter per year. and expect them
to rustic around the straw stack for
feed, and be sheltered from the blasts
OF winters SHOWS around the corner
Of the barn and make daIrylng payY
Now, the twentieth century hen viii
improve the l50 egg record, and 200
eggs per year will be the mark, Even
greater records than this have already
been obtained,
We are having many inquiries from
those who would like TO know II
standard bred poultry can be raised
on farm with profit, We know OF no
place whore the profit can be as great,
provided right management prevails,
The man that is raising poultry for
both eggs and meat will find the solid
white varieties good, The White wy
andottes. will equal any breed and sur
pass many, The Barred Plymouth
Rocks can hardly be beaten for an all
around breed for tho production OF
eggs and flesh, But the White Wyan-
dottes are stlll better producers OF
large eggs in winter,
The lazy hen Is not profitable, 1t
10, however, trial to the poultryman
to keep hens active In winter, The
tendencies are entirely toward slug
glshness on the part Of the fowls, but
no animal can maintain health without
exercise. We must not feed too heav-
lily, or make 1t too easy for the birds
to get their food They viii not work
unless they are obliged to. Make them
scratch for a part Of their food.
In winter fowls must be housed and
cared for properly, II the house Is
not warm, have 1t well banked with
hay, straw or fodder The simplest
poultry house Is the best, For 30 hens
build a house 9X2O feet use 2x4's for
top and bottom. Twelve foot common
boards will work right for the sides;
cut them into seven and Ave foot
pieces. These can be used for the
sides and end, Then foot boards VIII
make q good roof II covered with felt
we'll tarred. Overhead inside should
be trimmed with cheap boards and the
sides should be well covered with tar
felt paper. Perches, drop boards, and
nest boxes can be arranged to suit,
only allow the fowls the full floor
space. Put n board In the center with
a well-atted door as part of the house
must be for q scratching shed, and
chaff or hay or clean straw six inches
deep will be needed to scatter the
grain ration in. The house must be
tight at back and sides, as drafts OF
air, even in warm weather, Will do
damage. Fowls will not thrive where
drafts OF air come over them at night.
The building site is Of much Import
ance. 1t should be well drained, shell
tered from west and northwest winds
and have a decided slope to the south
The time was when all the glass that
! could be got into the front or south
side OF a hen house was thought nee
essary; but now 1t has been proved to
be a mistake, and windows for light
ing only have been found the best
plan, The house must be dust dry,
warm, well ventilated and kept clean.
Large fowls require different feed
from small ones. Leghorns are not
likely to get ov2rfat. A Leghorn VIII
leave corn on the grourd and run
after q grasshopper or bug or worm,
while the larger breeds will I'll up
on corn and stand around waiting for
more. Glover provides the hens with
much needed substance and Is a
gond nop nrndupar