The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-06-20
GOOD ADVICE AND 1Ap.
From the Farmer ma Breeder

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learn 20 discriminate "a goo9 e
zee ana oaa. One may rca0 49,
n sonAe W ~ poutkIy pAPs.s atnasaAs
woAld never 90 60 Somesllle
we article thaesmake us
= q Wrlter. over naQHAny prac1CaA
experience WITH poutSry ~ alts ~ lne
0ost we al get raise ouson ana locus
lnal are I sup1ect g lewiston, ~ me
man VINO mas mad pracslcai experlehce
p can say what ne Wlshes IN nQe
standADl ~ tno one ~ vas
SusI tn0 0tslots uSy
we saw IN 9 noted poultry Journal g
HOW question and answer. .CAn
200 hens be profitabiy kept on q farm
OF xuo acres - divideo lnro tMo-0r
three Iocks ana given !re0 ranEes ~
answer was: NO: that numOer 81
mems could not pe gwen Tree 2 on
q 1arm as they would 40 9reaf oamaGa
70 general crops. Tney Y Da
divided MTG small hooks ana
Ihnk OF ". one men 70 the acre On
Tree range q crops. WY
\ KNOW doxens OF Iarma
tnat support zOV q SVO mems ON Tree
range withont uolnE g DIT Of manage
20 any crop other tnan the kltchen E
pen. where tne latter - NOT Eenced. ~
q netd 81 gram caIne up close 70 tho
pouitry mouse tney might danage q
neaTny acre oI Two, put neyonu va!
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query departmen! knew notnfng ABOUT
farm poultry raising, There are plenty
OF farms Wnere IVY ana SvV mems are
kept IN one Eock Inc Quarlered az one
mouse. 70 me TINS seems 2 mistake. e.
kept that number OF foWls l snouid
TOR the summer at least, KEEP severai
colony houses scattered az
Instances over the range. we Haue
ours fxo, Ieet IN 'front.' "a Ieet n
PACK, each slde enc anu TOOL are mace
ny themselves ana ioseele1
VITA poits at the corner. Iney may
pc khockeo nat loadea On wagon,
.ahen from place 70 place 2 set UP
totsne summer anu moved " si.slteI
= t"ssss S =. res
tWenty-nve or thirty mems ana Two
.ochs LOT the summer ana sprlns, WHen
ecra.cn room IS not necessary. locate
nne IN the orcnara, one IN the edGe OF
we announcer N 9 pasture, anu
see II you go not set many. many more
sggs anu az niucn Tess Soss IS 70 Iseu.
u they are 50 luate tnal Tutlnius
wafer IS aValianie, one trlp a gay 70
1eed and collect the eggs IS all tnat Iney
Vsquife. taHu II weather Is nor LOO Aoe
Ine watering nay pc done q. TINS same
Trip. ROCKS tnus lsolated VIII scarGSiy
s~ssoclale az All altsr repruaIy. 1ns
nrst OF April Is not TOO early 70 get
tnese colonles out on range II some
care Is exercised 10 paper the cracks
t.u paIh UP atssie Oh sae %.Hcy s.ces
p Dulidlngs. II care mas peen g
~ hlaning UP the colonles IN SPRING,
20 keep over ior announcer year IN one
toiuIiy anu those you eApecl W sen OH
r. the pesllhlns OF summer ia announcer:
NOW Wnen you desire 70 Ialten ana sell
? certain punch lot market you a
move the1r colony mouse closer nome,
make a small pen Q " n 1atten
theln .tlere. Inc mouse may then De
moved back to the range n filled
Win young lows mat need 70 get out
pm ange. In making up your colonies
y you have pullets one year and 2
Year-old mems, put each class in coll
pnles to themselves, you Will find they
do much better. They Will begin to
moult at different seasons n there
lore need separate treatment. II the
coiohy houses are moved nome IN the
Wlnter they may pc made TO serve as
extra scratching sheds. or II lined with
p or banked with straw Will do
nicely as WINTER homes for the small
MOCK. NOW tnere is anotner thing we
TENDS TO discourage the new beginner In
poultry VINO mas not a mint OF money TO
spend on pulldlngs Tor their fowls.
Inc novice lnqulres now fnucil hoor
space must pc PROVIDED each men. Ihe
answer VIII lnVarlable be about three
or four times as much as the inquiring
one hopes 10 pc aple TO proVlde Now
as d mater OF lact We 1arfn people
haVe Deer raising lots OF poultry and
sellhg io1s OF eggs from them with
ppoom a - Zach s9 faa, iooe Oh roos.ing
room 70 each FOWL and a scratching
snea OF same size, or perhaps lacking
me shed' a rev extra Feet in front OF
1oos.s 10 ieed IN. NOW the difference
- TINS. IN 1arm the fowls are sell
do1n or never confined In the building
OUTSIDE. Al winter long they have
tse u " tne larihs ana scratcn ABOUT
~ snei.eIiu nooss as shey choose.
aaNlLs SUCH apui.aanee OF exercise as
q s.Aela .lins they 40 not feel SO
ste 80, Nenislice II shue up Ior a
a eay VI W..
~ nouse iSAio' lour Iee1 at caves
h hnif 49, tses a. nishest part, one
100 fowls for q wiptsr and 4ha 49,
layed we'll all winter r. 10 naadIass
to saw thew had the RIM of tho co.
the greater mart of Tho ti,na oil 49,.
n1oro 1900 - a. ~