The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-05
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farmer said ~ have the latest hens
An sthe country and they lay the few
est eggs sof any; they have the run
OF IN corn cribs. "a Too many hers
have the run of the corn cribs, and
are not only spoiled for present use se
fulness, but are likely 10 transmit the
same ian quality to their offspring. Isl
It is certain that more heterogeneous
material should be Fed. AS one ex-
perimenter says: 1T is quite probable
that no general rule appli cable to all
eases can be determined, for possibly
the ration best suited for the produc-
ton Of broi lers, which are forced as
rapidly as possible until they reach q
suitable market size, may not be best
for the production OF breeders IN
which vigor and strength are prime
essentials. /, IN other words, it Is
I possible to feed to birds destined as
broilers more corn than to a bird des-
tined to produce eggs.
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#4 a corresponds lent asks how roup at
fects birds. The principal symptoms
are fever and Watery secretions about
the eyes and nose. The fever will not
naturally be noticed unless attention
is called to it by the other symptoms
In some cases the head swells and the
eyes are closed by the swelling Of the
lids. There are at least two distinct
diseases we call =roup One Of them is
OF a catarrhal nature and occurs in the
winter, spring and late fall. This dis.
case is successfully doctored, SO some
poultry men report. The other. occurs
during any part of the year, but is
often most destructive during the hot
weather. In this disease few Of the.
birds show a swelled head or little
symptoms about the head. SSH In fact
many birds we have seen die from this
kind of roup, indicated it only by a
very high fever and diarrhoea. It is
a very contagious disease, and can be
fought best by prevention. .
Little attention is paid to poultry
farming as a business in the West
This may be largely accounted for by
the fact that prices in Western cities
do not reach the height of those in
eastern cities The farms of the West
are generally quite freely supplied
with poultry whose keeping costs the
farmer next to nothing, at least in the
summer, when foraging is the rule.
The products Of these farms go onto
the markets at a low price, and the
general buying public is satisfied with
the quality enough to buy and use 1t.
During the entire year dressed poultry
can be purchased in Chicago at from
8 to Is cents per pound. At this time
august 81 dressed hens are selling at
retail at 1917 cents per pound, and
they are of good quality. Poultry
farming is increasing in the West and
there are now hundreds Of establish
ments scattered through Illinois and
adjacent states; but there are near our
big cities no such poultry farms as we
find around the large cities Of the East,
where prices for poultry are relatively
high. AS an illustration of this diff
ference in prices we note that a South
Water street Chicago) firm reships#
very large part Of its game birds to
Philadelphia, because they can pay the
freight to that city and get enough for
their birds to return handsome profit
over the price they would get in Chi
cago. H,