Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-11-24

be profitable for such a purpose. The
woman told me a week since that taking
her investment for everything and putting
against it the Investment of her husband
IN the milk business, the poultry business
was paying so per cent. more on the COM
parative investment. 1t may be said that
she gets good prices for poultry and for
eggs, but as her husband gets eight cents
a quart for milk the comparison is a fair
one. Give the women of the family a
chance at the poultry If they are inter
ested and they will make money in ii nine
times out of ten.
SUPPLY HOUSE FOR POULTRY.
If in a section where snow has not yet
covered the ground better gather up all
Of the leaves that are obtainable. dry them
thoroughly, pack them away in barrels or
bags where they will keep dry to be used
on the floor during the winter in place of
the more expensive hay or straw. Then
get two or three large boxes and fill them
to the brim with dry road dust; this will
come in very handy during the winter 10
supply the dust boxes the fowls will need
so much. In another box throw all the
broken crockeTy, old flower pots and the
like and also gather a lot of sharp stones
which may be broken with the hammer
later so that the birds can get the food
grinding material they need. These things
cost practically nothing but a little labor,
but they VIII be very instrumental in maxi
ing the fowls healthy, happy and profit
able during the winter. If the floor of the
poultry house is of earth see that it is high
enough above the surface of the ground
outside so that it will not be damp. A
wagon load Of gravel drawn now and the
floor built up with it may mean absolute
health for the fowls.
WINTERlNG THE FALL CALF.
If the calf is worth carrying through the
winter 1t is certainly worth caring for
properly and by properly is meant good
food and water and proper care. If the
calf is strong and healthy it ought to pay
well for the best attention that can be Civ
en- 1t; first of all it needs a dry clean place:
not warmed by artificial heat but as warm
as lack of draughts in a comfortable
stable will make it. The early days of the
cali, just after weaving, are of great i'm
portance to it and too much care cannot
be taken to see that the milk given ii is
absolutely fresh and pure and fed in pro-
per quantities. AS a rule, the calf will pro-
perly take care of eight pounds of milk
per day which amount can be gradually
increased until at a month old it is con-
Stunning twelve pounds daily. Abou this
time it ought also to become interested
in hay and after awhile will begin chew
ing its cud. A calf built up in this manner
during the winter will be in excellent
shape to turn oGt to pasture in the spring
and get most Of it's living until fall when
you will a a splendid animal, one YOU
Will be found to add to your herd.
CARE OF THE BREEDING STOCK
AS a poultryman of long experience the
writer is not averse 20 any plan which will
increase the product OF his yards with COR
responding profit but, on the other hand,
fights shy Of seemingly good things. One
OF these things which FUNDS we'll is to get
a vigorous male and mate him with frors
twenty to thirty hens for the purpose OF
saving the cost of another male. We tried
this once and it worked all right for the
first season solely because the male was
unusually strong and vigorous, but when
we came to mate him to a much smaller
flock the second season many Of the eggs
lain by the pullets were infertile. The fact
of the matter was, he was worn out with
his work the first year and utterly ruined.
1t is certainly unsafe to give a male more
than a dozen females and, unless he was a
strong bird / woul cut 1t down TO ten to
be on the safe side. Then, l would see that
from early fall up to the time he was
turned in with the females he was given
extra good care; food which would give
him muscle and vigor and a small run in
which to get what exercise he needed.
With decent females to run with the eggs
ought to hatch out chicks Of great vigor
and value.