The Forrest City times., 1902-09-26
SECRET OF SUCCESS.
Pouitry Rusinr<s Vet saitshlc fer
Those Occupied VITA variety
of Other Thfu=>.

Success with poultry j. osiE obtained
bv the utmast care ard ysatcataiuess.
\ crop II wheat after the seed i sovn
requires no attention until harvest
Corn demands eoES#dera alc eultiYa-
ten. bHt there comes a tune when tEat.
too. can be laid by. But the cows and
the poultry must be cared fer every
day. from the beginning 81 the year IN
til IL end. And Of the two I think
poultry requires the more uurcmittirg
care.
How foolish. then. for the man who
has had little success in general farm
ing TO rush into poultry raising on
large scale because he reads f. he
poultry books or papers that acre is
money IN it. Perhaps. too. M wife. nv
giving q small auck the care il requires
has done wei with a few hens. But let
no man ihink he i going 10 get easy
money eu' = hens i given proper al
teHfion they VIII pay profit. and 50
VII most other farm animals AID
crops ~ course. there is not - much
hard labor required a. in some other
branches Of farm work. but it i work.
nevertheless. y farmer Who has d
liking for poultry VIII be- more likely
10 give a flock the food and care they
need than another. and such 81 mar dur
ing the winter months. when be has
little else 70 DO. II CHIT be able - make
a good profit ea his fowls hut il
must he remembered that they viii
also require attention ia the spring
and summer when other work presses.
Spring tee. l. the time when most
II The patching i done. To have good
winter layers one must have early
Matched chicks; - have these one must
In most eases raise them himself. \
farmer who i busy on the land i not
likely Ia spend hi Moons and evenings
looking for head lice or in taking pre-
cautions against rats and other chick
en- enemies. YET this must all be done
or many OF the chicks viii never reach
maturity.
II a farmer has family Of daugh-
ter. or son whose time j net fu..y
occupied. and. who vii give the poul-
try due attention. = NIL lie ali riga,
To increase the size Of the flock. \
large majority e men VIII not eire
poultry the care they should have.
Most women would DO 80. and the At
teution IN small details. the '.fHssing"
which makes the difference between
success and failure in poultry raising. Is
far more characteristic OF the ayera- 20
woman than the man \ woman vii
watch the little chicks more closely
than with the mother hen; sheHillaB-
ply grease 10 their heads or change
the feed at the first sign 81 dropping.
Ii the fowls show symptoms II >caly
leg. she will have them dipped n kero-
>ene at The first appearance Of the dis
ease-but the scaly leg j filthy dis
ease not likely to appear in "A woman's
flock. unless brought there 10y pur-
chased fowls from some mere man"
II a fowl becomes cropbound She vii
have the crop opened. sewn up again,
and the fowl will he well before the
ordinary man would know there was
anything he matter.
60 turn the flock over to the women
folks II they have not already all the
work they should do Let them have.
If course, the gross receipts from the
poultry. and they VIII soon be buying
incHbators and other up-to-date ap-
pliance~. and thus the farm poultry
business may increase in d natural ard
profitable manner-N Y. Tribune
Farmer.