Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-06-19

From Farmers Review: To begin
I allow all young chicks to have the
benefit of plenty of sunshine and
shade, leaving the choice to them. As
soon as possible-about So hours after
they are hatched-I place them In
brooder and probably about IL hours
thereafter I give them their first feed,
which consists OF cracked grain; this
feed is strictly adhered to. OF course
I give as many different grains as |
can get and only one kind at each
meal They have in addition to this
ground bone and are allowed grass
run as soon as they are able to be out.
As soon as I can distinguish the sex
I separate the males from the females
and they are not allowed together IN
til they are mated about January first.
The food is then fed in this manner:
In the morning they have mash fed
warm; at noon, grain-usually wheat;
at night, cut oats or any good grain
we may have except corn, unless very
cc,d. l might say that we do not use
very much corn at any time. A green
run is kept at all times. l also use
beef scraps after fowls are mated.
They are then kept in these runs until
about June first, when the females are
allowed to run out on the pasture and
only fed at night small amount of
whe.t. or some grain OF that kind.
When the molting season begins. our
fowls are always stout and healthy
and in the very best Of shape to stand
the strain. The cocks are not allowed
their liberty, but are placed in fresh
green run and fed on good wholesome
food, are not allowed to grow fat and
are made to work for every bite they
eat. only keep four pens for breed
ers: the balance are all sold or killed
for our table, so we never have any
surplus stock after the breeding season
begins, unless they be very good ones
that we have failed to sell.-Ed. Bish-
op. New Madrid County, Missouri.
The Many Sided Poultry Man.
The successful poultryman must be
many-sided. Poultry raising is COM
plicated business and requires a good
deal of knowledge Of a good many
things. This knowledge is not ac-
quired in a day. Poultry diseases must
be known to a very considerable ex-
tent, and this requires thought and
study. The knowledge OF the diseases
must be supplemented by the knowl-
edge of the best conditions to prevent
them. The poultryman must be IA
miliar with the chemical constituents
of feeds and understand the balancing
of rations. He must be able to dis
tinguish the different breeds and
should know something Of the stan
dards of perfection. His knowledge OF
all the experiments with poultry
should be complete. No poultry book
of value should be outside of his IL
brary. To possess himself Of the
knowledge obtainable by reading he
must devote a good deal of time to
this branch of his activity. Then he
must be familiar with the markets
and with the methods of men that buy
fowls and eggs. Moreover he must
have a large stock of information as
to how to run an incubator. This Is
a hard thing to procure. as 1t requires
much loss of time and material finding
out what things are necessary to be
done to insure success. To these
things must be added attention to in
Vulnerable details. Because the poul-
tryman must be many-sided. many
that attempt to be poultrymen fail.
The man that goes into the poultry
business should do so with his eyes
open. He must expect to have to
learn. and to learn one thing at time