The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-15

put in his whole spare time in pleas
ure seeking such as usually appeals
to the young person, he need not ex-
pect to make hens lay at a profit in
winter, or raise many chicks to mar
ketable age, or for the show room.
He must give it time and attention and
he must stick to it whether success
crowns his efforts at first or not.
Many a man and women too, has
started into the poultry business in
this very way and gradually built up
a large and profitable business that
not only took all of their own time,
but that of a number OF assistants.
But that such an effort might grow
into we will not take up in this arti-
Gle, we will endeavor to confine the
article to the small venture conduct
ed as side line to supplement an
insufficient salary.
There is profit in the business con-
Quoted in this way, larger in pro-
portion than when conducted on a
larger scale. What the profit will be
largely depends upon the market and
the person so engaged. The breed
Is a secondary consideration. A good
laying strain, If eggs be the aim, is of
more Importance than the breed.
Poultry and Feeding.
Keeping poultry in large flocks and
securing profitable results will never
be accomplished by the odd fashion,
ed" way Of feeding or care. 1t is
nonsense to advocate such an idea.
There are conditions to be observed
in feeding and caring for poultry to
obtain paying results. Good judy
ment must be used in selecting the
food. The farmer can produce nearly
all the food required, namely; wheat,
corn, buckwheat, oats, etc. Grit of
some kind should always he accessible,
and in winter it is necessary to see
that it is on hand.
The profits of the poultyman de-
pend entirely upon the health of the
flock; vigor and vitality are the fac
tors which make money for him. A
sick chicken is about the most useless
thing on earth; and the only thing
worth considering is the AK.
The thing to do is to keep the
fowls healthy; not let them get sick.
Some may ask How do you do this? ~
There is no golden rule. Labor con-
quers all is an adage as old as the
hills and it applies to the poultry
business as we'll as any other. Health
fulness depends upon many things,
cleanliness. proper ventilation and,
most of all, the proper kind of food
and the person behind the feed buck
ct.
The food must be similar to that
which the fowl would get in the nat
ural state. The greatest mistake in
feeding poultry is in overlooking the
elements which make flesh, bone and
blood. Such enter largely into the
making of the egg. On the range in
the summer time the hen manages ia
pick up worms and bugs which fur
nish the need food. In winter and
spring or upon limited range we
must supply this needed food. In my
experience have proved that green
cut bone is the most economical as
we'll as the most satisfactory form in
which animal food may be given tc
poultry. 1t furnishes the exact ma
terial for the egg; it stimulates til:
digestive organs, thus rendering thu
kinds of food of greater value in the
egg production. Green bone will Ger
tainly make hens lay. Observation il
a great help in keeping a flock IL
good condition. Comfort in focl
is synonymous with profit. Every da!
come nearer believing this to b.
true
In winter. in summer. in spring
the case is the same-the comfortable
bird is the one that is giving tn
profit. And the most profitable thinl
the owner of flock can do is to G,