Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-04-03

Dynes. superintendent Of poultry at
the A. c., addressed the Tri-State
Grain and Stock Growers convention
recently on profitable Poultry Rails
ing for the North Dakota Farmer"
Mr.. Dynes' address proved Of great
value to the farmers in attendance.
and is reproduced in full below:
Every few people realize the i'm.
portance Of the poultry industry of
our country as factor in the produc-
ton of national wealth. Secretary
Wilson. estimates the value of the
poultry products of the United States
for 1907 at $6O0,00O,000. This is great
er than the total value of the lumber
production of our country. 100000
600 more than the wheat crop and
over three times the value of the total
dairy products during the same year.
To give you something of an idea of
the magnitude of the poultry inter.
ests in the United States, it has been
estimated that it would take freight
train of ordinary cars 10 miles in
length to carry the egg crop of 1905.
Restricting ourselves to our home
state, it surprises us to find that a
conservative estimate of. the farm
value of eggs and poultry during the
year 1905 was over $2,0oO,0o0. This
sum is sufficiently large to pay one
fourth of the yearly farm help bill of
North Dakota.
I'm discussing profit in poultry
farming. I wish to confine myself to
the problem of egg production. While
Che sale of market poultry assists
very materially in adding to the in
come Of the poultryman, yet the linn.
tied time I am allowed to speak for
bids any discussion of this particular
phase Of the subject. The poultry
fancier also has his legitimate field
of work and should receive encour-
agement, and hope that no farmer
will go away from this convention
without first visiting the poultry show
held in the building across the street.
In my discussion, therefore, I will
leave out Of consideration the grow
ing Of marketable poultry and raising
fowls for exhibition and breeding pur.
field of egg production. That there
is room for improvement in increased
egg yields among the poultry flocks of
North Dakota cannot be questioned
The average North Dakota hen lays
about sixty eggs a year. A knowl-
edge of the means to increase that
yearly average should be the aim OF
~ poultry raiser This past year
,LC, laying hen in pen of
80, >. is at the North Dakota Elk.
decentralization laid seventy-three
eggs in 3s5 :-consecutive days. The
hen wit1 TIE highest record in the
same pen ! ID z14 eggs to her credit.
This example is cited simply to show
the possibilities of careful. selection.
and if in addition the North Dakota
hen is given the right kind of feed
and proper care and management a
large increase in her yearly record
would undoubtedly follow.
Successful egg production with the
poultsykeecer is largely dependent on
four. main factors, i. e.. first, Housing;
second, Feeding; third, the Stock;
fourth. General Management.
Housing.
tKinl OF House Recommended-No
one style CT poultry house can be rec
commended as best for our climatic
eoDJi ions in the Northwest. We are
working on this problem now on the
expe' i,nent station, where we have at
teIpted>to demonstrate the effect on
egg production when hens are kept in
warm house as compared to hens
housed in relatively cold building.
Tie results ere not yet for publica-
tior, but OR experience has shown
that warmly built poultry houses are
not essential to good egg production.
If you ere building poultry house
dent build it as warm as you would
yoar cate CT horse barn and don't
use artificial heat. Select a we'll
drained ste on which to build your
house with south exposure to the
pens. Give your birds approximately
about five square feet of floor space
and thirty cubic feet of air space per
fowl. TIE style of architecture which
you Use is not material considera-
ton If the three cardinal principles
of successful poultry housing are we'll
understood. These are, first, Adequate
Light; second, Proper Temperature;
third, Good Ventilation.
"L.ight-Plenty of sunlight is highly
essential to the best health of the
fowls and an abundance of this should
be supplied. One square foot of win
downright to ten square feet Of floor
space is safe rule to follow. Sun