The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-18

makers of patent foods. All kinds are
utilized, from the strictly fresh laid"
to the kind that once were popular for
throwing at unpopular orators. Chick
ems have been the saving clause in
the career of many a farmer whose
good wife has always a little ready
money from the sale of eggs, pullets
and ROSTERS to pay the interest, and
buy the baby a dress, or school books
for the larger children.
One of the most common mistakes
that people make is that of keeping
scrub stock, stock that has neither
been bred or selected for a purpose.
This practice is one of the most mex
cusable mistakes a person can make,
because 1t is just as easy and just as
cheap to keep pure bred birds after
the hrst start is made, and much more
profit can be made with birds that
have been bred and selected for the
purpose for which they are used. Ey-
cry fair test that has ever been made
along this line has confirmed has
confirmed this statement. The best
way we know of to get a good, even
flock is to select the breed you like
best, one that is suited to your needs
and conditions, and then improve
them by good care and selection, year
after year.
Another mistake that people some
times make is to come to the lconclu-
sion that they know the business and
SO stop studying or searching for new
Ideas before they have learned even
the rudiments of the art of poultry
keeping. No one should forget that
poultry keeping is a science and re-
quires just assmuch thought and study
to make success of it as any of the
trades or professions.
No one should attempt the business
without having poultry paper, in
which suggestions and good advice
can always be found. The Poultry
Herald, published at st. Paul, Mimi.
is adapted to northwestern conditions,
besides the agricultural college at
Fargo supplies valuable information.
M. +. Greeley, the popular and pro-
gressive editor Of The Dakota farmer,
is an earnest advocate of hen farming.
and note the following: Z.
From personal experience we know
there is some good, clean money in
1t. A moments thought will convince
any one. that If there is money In 1t
for any one there must be for, the
farmer, as there the hen cannot only
pick UP much of her living in the sum-
mer time; blu in the winter can be
kept largely on the waste and Gull
grains of the farm, utilizing much the
year around, that must otherwise 60
to waste. s. q s:s9y A
With properly constructed and con-
ventently located quarters the pres
ence Of a reasonable amount OF ,poul-
try on the average farm need not add
materially to the chores-and these
are pleasant chores most gladly done
by the children or the women Of the
family, and when the profits are left
there, they should be, with them and
the home. 55slg I. &.
When beginning on my farm in
Dakota the possibilities Of well
cared for flock Of live business hens
was very forcibly impressed upon ma.
For years the poultry on my farm
clothed my family; paid. all my mo-
Gerry bills and also furnished for q
time, even my ax-m0ney This left
the profits of my other farming d. 50
towards more acres Ind better build
ings. We had 10 many dry, discOur-
+ aging years and % much sickness and
1 other drawbacks when eEinninR here.
{ sometineS wonder n yWs should eyer
have had the farm home / am ~ prouii
3 Of today. had 4 not besn for tho poul-