The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-11-12
The Poultry Yard.
FOR SUCCESS WITH POULTRY

correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
There ia no line of agricultural
work so attractive and Sd remunera
tive for the capital employed as rails.
ing fowls. There ia too, practically
an unlimited field here in North
Carolina for the development of this
industry. The climatic and soil DON
ditiOns are excellent for this work,
excellent both for the growth of the
fowl itself, and for the growth of the
food upon which it must subsist.
The local market, too, is sufficient
TO handle many times the amount of
poultry that we now produce, and
surely the margin : profit which
can be realized ON fowls put in the
Northern markets il no small one.
Indeed, many people make a business
of buying up stock Just to ship North,
and they get some handsome profits,
too.
To one thinking of embarking in
this line of work numerous pointed
questions present themselves. The
p~Oultryman young in the business
want to know, first, what breed of
fowls he had better use second, what
kind of incubator and brOOder. My
dear reader, you need not expect an
answer to these questions in a word,
though much light Gan be thrown on
them by approximate answers. For
instance, as to breeds of chickens :
If for egg production, probably the
Leghorns or MInoroas will give best
results. The Minorcas lay q large
egg, but not so many of them as do
the Leghorns. Of course, thDre are
other worthy breeds of egg-pro-
ducing chickens, but these are good.
For a meat producing chicken the
writer has in mind d GROSS between
White LeghOrn and White Wyan-
dotte. The Leghorn hens should be
kept so as 80 produce the requisite
number of eggs, and the White
Wyandotte cock to give the increased
weight to the offspring. Using the
white varieties of these birds does
away with the annoying black pin
feathers and the young broilers are
very attractive and Bring a splendid
price on the Northern markets. This
crossing also prevents any one taking
advantage of the breeders TO get
stock oheaply. Probably these two
breeders of birds would be the ideal
ones for one starting in poultry rails
ing in North Carolina, and ex yeoting
to develop into q large business. He
would produce his own pure-bred
birds for this mating, and also TO
supply his trade for birds of both
Glasses. This mating, as the reader
will readily see, would produce a
large number of eggs during the
whole year, and consequently the
egg producing feature might be made
of most Importance at seasons when
''tried chickens" are not at the top
market. This arrangement, l am
advised, has worked beautifully in
all cases, bringing in handsome re-
turns in cash, not to mention that
big feeling" that always goes with
SUCCESS
Of course, the up-to date farmer
will not be at Il loss as to what to
raise for his poultry. There are so
many crops which d be so easily
grown that there is no need for them
ever to lack for anything.
And the poultryman must have
i~ncubators and breeders, and again
comes Il perplexity. There are sew
erAl splendid makes of i~ncubators
and brooders, some excelling in one
point and some in another. The
more valuable ones are, in season,
advertised in THE PROGRESSIVE FAR
MER-the "Cyphers Incubator" and
those manufactured by the Geo. II.
Stahl Company, for instance. The
Cypbers people also have d North
Carolina agent, Mr.. J. S. Gates, West
Raleigh, who will doubtless be glad