Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-25
POULTRY
Some Timely Suggestions.

Many persons who desire to go INTO
the ruultry business IS q relief from
SOME ether pursuit make the mistake u
investing a large amount of money
without knowing whether they are
right. or wrong in so doing. Il is safe to
assert that the majority Of the persons
CONFUSING this class have not lived on
farms, and derive their practical knoWl-
edge OF poultry from what they have
seen. They are accustomed 20 witness
ing the ease With which the hens seem
10 secure The pickings or the farm
poultry house of u rude kind is visible,
and The lady WHO holds The position as
the farmers Wife gives an occasional
feed. To the novice il is an easy ana
profitable way of making a living, be-
ing just the thing that has long been
sought as q panlcra for the ills of city
life
No experienced person in any branch
of business will accept risks unless
there is Il possibility of gain, and the
inexperienced person performs an in
discreet act by Venturing into business
without first considering the conse-
uucnces of a mistake.
While We are prepared to claim that
poultry pays better tiIan anything else
on the farm. i'll proportion to capital
invested, yet we believe that the be
ginner should be careful. No mex
perienced person can launch off into
success. He must learn. and to DO so
he must begin al the bottom. y be-
ginntr knows nothing of the breeds. he
has never met Il contagious disease
dnd he has no conception OF the many
details of management thLt viii stare
him III the face .ini CIuSt hi!l many
l;ttl" NrXItinnS ana dis,tupoiiu:.!>n.s.
Lili" all other occupations there l. al
ways Il possibility Of heavy loss. and
no one is exempt.
IT is IN old saying that before one
can succeed with a large flock ne mast
first learn to manage il small one. 1t
is by being constantly with the flock
ana learning the peculiaIitieS and
characteristics of each individual that
the novice becomes familiar with many
details II which he may be a stranger.
1t is but an easy portion of the duties
To feed flock ana collect the eggs.
When winter comes on and tie
houses are to be kept in condition, with
storms and winds to face, Il large flock
tIllstllS lttbOl lltlt IL W III Jul
Il few hens. Poultry is q business and
poultry for plasure are different pur-
suits. In the first place there is labor
| that must be performed or paid for,
and in the second the labor is not even
| considered. Begin at the bottom and
| gradually extend your operations. Ey
50 doing you will learn as you enlarge
and gradually reach q position from
which success will be assured.
Hundreds of people from all walks of
| life annually take up fowl breeding Tor
| one purpose or another; select their
breeds and make preparations for con-
| tinuing in the business for some time
to come, at least. After seasons eX-
| perience some strike out into wider
| paths and extend their breeding. The
success which followed their first ef-
| forts stimulated desire to Increase
| stock and operations, and they THINK
that more new breeds should be added
to accomplish the purpose they have in
| view.
| one years experience with any
standard breed is not enough to make
one familiar with the matings, breed
ing. feeding, management and char
/
springs, provided he aims at breeding
first-cIass stock for sale and exhibit
ion. One years experience does not &C
very far toward making one Skill
full breeder. because the first pair, trt
or breeding pen comes to him already
MATED. In fact he has little or moth
ling to do with the first mating as fan
as results are concerned, and the Sant
may be said of the standard quality
of the first offspring. With this assur-
led fact before ones understanding, now
then can he expect to cultivate sue
cessfuly two, three. four or half d"Z
on new breeds when each requires diff
ferent mating AMI more or less differ
ent feeding and management?
}, Poultry raising is not lazy man
occupation. nor one in which shiftleSS
ness will he crowned with success
The successful poultry man, be he far
cier. farmer or what not, will have Il
work. and the work must be done time
" and with judgment.-Poultry Trib
une.