Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-21
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FARM POULTRY RAISING,

Poultry Raising ON the Farm Is the
title Of bulletin lll Of the United
states department of agriculture, by d.
Il, Salmon, p, " NJ.
This rs one Of the best Illustrated bull
letlns that has been issued by the de-
partment of agriculture, the cuts Delng
mainly devoted TO the illustration OF
eheap contrlVancos fOi poultry raising,
one cout shows an ordinary outbuild-
ing transformed into poultry house
Then a lean-to poultry house with en-.
closed yard, construction Of roosts ana
nests with several cuts, scratching
rooms and GOODS Of all sizes, feed
troughs fountains, etc. In the intro
ductory remarks II is stated that while
the farm poultry IL usually considered
an insignificant part of farm stock,
the poultry and egg crop constitutes IN
the aggregate one of the most impor-
tant and valuable products of Ameri-
can agriculture, and the business Is
capable Of indefinite expansion. A high
grade product is Of the greatest Inn
portance and Is necessary factor in
the development of an export trade
An increased supply OF poultry prod
nets OF the highest class VIII lead Z an
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farm Yields a better relative return for
the food consumed than hens Hence
II Is well TO consider In what manner
their product may be increased with.
out dsproportionatey increasing ex-
penses They must have comfortable
and healthy quarters, proper feed and
nesting facilities, and there Is no need
for extravaganza in furnishing these,
says Practical Farmer
The kind Of fowls for the farm viii de-
pend on the kind of man who manages
them, Common mongrel barnyard fowls
stand neglect, as they are the survival
Of the fittest for such conditions, but
they respond readily to generous treat
nent. Common poultry may be Inn
proved by breeding from birds selected
for shape size and productiyeness, and
by lettering the conditions of life under
which they are kept Or the owner may
go further, and cross them with males
of a standard breed or replace the COM
mon stock with pure bred birds These
standard breeds have been brought TO
high state of development by ex-
ira care and skillfu management, and
these conditions must be continued II
the best results are expected. The win
fowls Will. III the very best returns are
expected which care and attention can
obtain a breed must be selected that
has been for generations bred with this
object in View The most popular
breeds in this country are probably
Plymouth Rocks and Wyandots For
egg production Leghorns Minorcas and
Spanish are recommended, They
are smaller, more active and better
rangers than the Plymouth Rocks
or Wyandots, and are I'm.
surpassed layers, II heavier birds are
wanted than the p. Rocks we have the
Langshans, Brahmas, and Cochins.
Plymouth Rocks average 9js pounds
iof the cocks, while Brahmas will aver
age " pounds per cock. A promising
breed Is the Rhode Island Reds. resem-
bling in size and form the Plymouth
Rocks In selecting breeding stock,
deal with reliable breeders. and ascer-
tain that the stock is healthy. and has
been bred for early maturity size, shape
and producing qualities rather than
perfection in feathers, For the farm
the color and marking OF the feathers
should be subordinate to unitarian
qualities, Still perfection Of feathers
marks the purity Of the breeding.
Good and clean poultry houses are inn
portant and no success can be had
where the fowls roost about the sta
bes and all sorts of places and are
covered with vermin. The houses
need not be elaborate, but should be
on dry soil, either naturally so or made
so. Shelter by evergreens from the
cold wind in the northern parts Of the
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