The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-03-07

lie STBdtSSL pOulLIy BLOW VI CuS
season will be that held in Chicago
Jan. FL to rs. 1t will be in the new
Coliseum building that has been
erected on the site of the old Libby
Prison Museum. Doubtless the finest
birds from all the other shows in the
surrounding states will meet at this
place, and it 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 ~incubators
are caused by oyercrowding, 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 at
night, especially, if the night is cold,
will crowd to the center for heat. and
in so doing will lie on and smother
those on the inside. The remedy Is
to give a little more than enough heat
and that will make the chicks spread
out and avoid crowding.,
There is a vast adherence between
the man that makes a speciality OF
poultry raising and the man that
raises a few hens for family use only,
as to the methods that each must M
ploy. 1t may fairly be said that the
divergence is at the beginning. The
specialist must first study his market.
The market of the amateur is so near
that he does not need to study 1t, as
he is not afraid Of rivals. The spe-
cialist must be an accountant, but the
other cares little whether he makes
or loses he wants the products fresh.
For this reason the amateur may sue
coed where the specialist would be
sure to fail. But for all of that the
amateur poultry raiser is the greatest
factor in the poultry world, both be-
cause he is the most numerous and be-
cause he is the most Independent.
Some men have enthusiasm enough
to begin in the poultry business but not
enough to continue, in the face of OBJ
stacles. We knew of n young man
with a little money that started in the
poultry business as a side issue. He
built a large poultry house, as we re-
member it, about 80 feet long by IL
wide. When the writer saw it it was
empty, the owner having tried his hun
dred hens in it and met with disaster
On inquiry it was found that the anna
teur poultry raiser had also tried al
incubator, but he had given it VI
q flor ono affononf IN hatch chicken.
, with it. He said they Matched out wei
) enough, but as DOR as born almos
they would start on a u and afte,
going a few yards would fall over ap
; parently in a fit and die. The trouble
J with this young man was that he hat
not the perseverance to keep at tn
business till he had learned the les
sons necessary to make success pos
g sible.
I We may expect to see the south som
day become the leader in the produc
ton of poultry. The rate of progress
I of that region in this direction vii
v depend to a great extent on the in
h crease of railroad facilities. The eli
mate of the south is such that one G
the great obstacles to poultry raisin
, in the north does not exist there. TIL
mildness of the climate makes it pos
= sible to obtain eggs during all tn
year and to change the times OF eg
!, production so that the supply will b
greatest Just when 1t is least in tn
) north. In fact, we may expect tn
= time to come when the north will pre-
= duce the summer eggs and the sout
!, the winter eggs, with an equalizatio
= of prices. IL time the storage of egs
g In the north will become a thing
u the past, the eggs from the souther
hen keeping prices at too low an ave
y age during winter to make storas
II profitable. OF course this change wi
u take place only SO fast as the soutl
ern farmers become educated an
grasp their opportunities.
D Grass as a poultry feed is, we b
lie lieve, not fully appreciated. Whel
l. the owner Of fowls must keep the
" yarded during the entire summer ar
" where it is not convenient for him
raise special crops, such as rape, II
D. them, he should figure on the feedi1
ID value of grass. All fowls consume
lg great deal of green material and off
consume it so close to the ground tn
the roots of the grass are destroye
P~asturage for the fowls should be
certainly provided as for any 9th
ed farm stock. And it should be pr
nj vided in sufficient area to give the
tn good feeding grounds at all times a.
tn without being fed too close. To e