The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-04-21
BY HARVEY JORDAN.

lEE on nearly ENtE5 l2EII IN the county
1t should become one Of the most ta.
portant side crors OF the farm There
are in many sections OF the north .aa
west farms where the wives 8. the farm
crs annually make enough money from
the sales of chickens and ,gss to clutht
all the members or the family This
q work in which the farmers wiscs
can be Ct material assistance especially
it the husband VIII lend his help oeea-
siOnally ana do all of the heavy manual
labor required about the poultry bu.
ness. It has been proven time ana again
that hen Will pay net profit or
per year This for 20 or 50 hens Viii net
Tor the owner the price usually received
gross for one and a half bales or cot
ton. Fowls viii usually take good car,
Of themselves if given the run Or Hi,
premises a good house to roost i'm and
il their nests and houses are kept clean
and pure water daily furnished them.
! These few requirements are not hard
4 upon anyone. but when considered alone
I with the profit obtained it is spleniiI
+ business We should begin 10 pay more
i attention to this business and raise
/ enough poultry annually for our wants.
and the wants Of our southern popul9-
ton.
THE POULTRY BUSINESS.
There IS nothing small about the poul-
try industry Of the United States. Ii
may not look big 10 the local observer
/ but a matter Of feet the poultry In
j dustry of this country amounts to mill
lions of dollars annually and would dou-
BILE in magnitude if the farmers of the
country would only devote a little more
time and attention to it, New York
city alone consumes annually about 30 600
carloads Of poultry and about 40 0O0 00o
dozen eggs. As there are only about
5000 0C0 population in New York Cit,
as against so 600 600 for the whole coun-
try, we may gather some idea Of the
magnitude of the business from the fig
ures given above. Now to keep up the
present demand and increase the supply
is an important question fer farmers to
consider It is not wise for any man or
rather the generality Of people, to go into
the poultry business on an extensive
scale Ordinarily farmers should never
. have more than p or 80 hens. More
: than that number rarely do we'll together
: unless kept in separate yards. Poultry
. cannot be helded together in large focks
; like other domestic animals. When they
: are crowded disease enters and death
. and destruction begin in the flock. II
. j.; the small poultry producers that arc
: making more clear money out OF the
business than the large producers. II
. France where poultry is more proftably
raised than any where else. the farmers
rarely keep more than % hens together
! But they give that number attention and
: the consequence is the French farmers
get splendid returns from their poul rs
. every year, and not only supply the de
. mand Of the French nation, but ship mil
lions of dozens of eggs to this cOuntry
to furnish the deficiency OF our sup
ply.
: SOME POULTRY DISEASES
. There are some diseases which are con
. stantly breaking out among poultry, ant
it is essential that every poultry pro
. ducer should know something about these
: diseases and how 20 treat them. The bes
treatment is prevention. Prevention o
! disease among poultry is made POSSIBLE
!. only through keeping clean yards, clear
! houses nests, and giving the fowls a.
!. abundance of pure fresh drinking water
|. Poultry require moro water than any .
!. our domestic animals and if the water i
!. not pure and fresh. contagion is lkel!
!. to occur at any moment. Air Stacked lime
: should be used freely about the premise
!. and once a month during the spring an
/. / summer the poultry houses, rOost poles
I nests. etc should be whitewashed with
: solution of kerosene oil and whtewash
!. For a specific against mites, which al
: often troublesome, mix one ounce OF car