Arizona republican., 1901-02-23
CHICKEN RAISING
How It May Certainly Be Made
 Profitable.

No; long ago The Republican printed an article on the market price of chickens and the circumstance that most of those In the Paoenix market had been imported from Kansas. The article contained statement that the business of chicken raising had been proved failure in the valley. some of those who have had a successful eX- perience in chicken raising here say that nothing of the sort has been proved; that those who have made fail ures have only rrovod their inCapacity to attend to a lucrative business, which requires judgment and industry.
 Among those who have been sue cessful in chicken raising is o. II, Christy, who has had more or less to do with the business since he has b-en in Arizona Mir, Christy says he knows of no other place where so much money can be made in chicken raising if one goes about it rightly. There is only ne serious disease to which chickens here are sub jcot, That is roup. but that can he very easily avoided by keeping the chicken pens and grounds c,oan. When the disease makes it's appea.~an no time should be wasted ir dOctoring. Let the affected fowl be killed in- stantly and burned,
 The chicken business has been con- ducted by M- Christy 'on the side" but he has never neglected 1t any moro than he has his business of raising shorthorrs and white faces, Within the last two months he has ma To ship mcnts of chickens am ,unting to S250. Beside this h. has sold daily aver age of tw' high priced r1osters. Then in addition there have teen from ten to twelve dozen gCs daily He raises each year from 300 to 1000 chickens, all matched by an incubator,
 On account cf the high price of feed hero IL is mt advisable tu raise cheap chickens. A 25-cent barnyard fowl will cat as much barley as a thorough bred. And, by the way, nothing but thoroughbrels should be raised and not more than two varieties. They should on no account be allowed to mix ,r then they become common b1rnyard chickens. The best variety for laying is the leghorn, which is also better adapted to this country. The best for the table is the brahma.
 Among the many reasons why SO many have failed in chicken raising is this one: They have put forth their supreme efforts at the wrong season of tho year They have produced in the spring, as if there were no other time in the year here to hatch chickens. q Inf Vyh h., f,,,, the market In summer when people have gone to the coast or inountains. The chickens sell at from $225 tD s2.5O dozen The same chickens, if kept until late in the fall would sell for from 60 cents to a cents, but in the meantime they would cat enough bar ley to more than make the difference The tllno to bring uCt chickens for the Lest market Is in tie fall and they can bc matched then as well as at any other time. When they are a little larger than qUai,s they c3n be readily sold at from f0 cents to 10 cents apiece.
 The general campaign of chicken raising is thus seen to be a very sim pie one, chickens of good blood. hatchad at the right time of the year and well kept It has been found de- Sira hlc to change the location of chicken yards now and then, but when this cannot be dona a blowing up of the yard will answer. Cheap common chickens are always t1 be avoided. for. as has been shown, 1t costs no more to raise and keep a thoroughbred than dunghill fowl. and the thor ouGhbrcd is worth SO much more for every purpose. Where feed Is extreme. ly "h -ap, as in Kansas, one can afford 10 raise 25-Cert fowls. but it cannot bt dCnc in Arizona. The local market for dickens is always good and beside there is always a str-nS demand from the surrounding towns and mining camps, The camps however. wan. no cheap chickens. Ten dollars dozen ig good price, II. B. Lehman of Glen. dale, writing Co Tine Republican on thir | subject, says:
 "l noticed in tOd1y's issre and also | of last sundays issue that chickens ] arc scarce; that is, the Arizona hen ! l think in last Sundays issue you said | that the time was when ,he Arizona | hen could be hough: for the small sum | of @5 cents 1ha n the price went up to 20 cents. In todlyS issue you say SO | valuable is she that even a price of s5 | per dozen fails to sgC Ire her Now the | consumer thinks that & per dozen is | large price for chickens. but the pro-