The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-03-12

Taking for his subject topic which
is becoming of great Importance TO
tue farmers of this state, o. W.
Dynes superintendent of poultry at
the -. ~. addressed the Tri-State
c:aln and Stock Growers convention
recently on Profitable Poultry Rails
Jag for the North Dakota Farmer =
NJ. Dynes' address proved OF great
valae to the farmers in attendance.
aud is reproduced in full below:
Very few people realize the i'm,
portance of the poultry industry of
our country as factor in the proluc-
ton of national wealth. Secretary
Wilson estimates the value of the
poultry products of the United States
for 1907 at 100000 .00o. This is great
Ell than the total value of the lumber
production of our county. Slu0. 00O.-
900 more than the wheat crop and
oyer three times the value of the total
dairy products during the su;ua year
TO give you something OF an iloa Of
the magnitude of the poultry inter.
ests in the United States, it has been
estimated that it would take freight
train of ordinar! cars 10 miles In
length to carry the egg crop of 1905.
Restricting ourselves TO oar home
state, it surprises us TO find that IL
conservative estimate OF the farm
value of eggs and poultry during the
year 1905 was over s2.00o000 This
sum is sufficiently large to nay one.
fourth of the yearly farm help bill of
North Dakota.
Ia discussing profit in poultry
farming. l wish to confne myself 10
tue problem of egg production. While
tue sale of market poultry assists
very materially in adding to the in
come OF the poultryman. yet the linn.
fled time l 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-
asement. and l hope that no farmer
will go away from this convention
without first visiting the poultry shoY
held In the building across the street
Ia my discussion. therefore. l will
leave out of consideration the grow
fog 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 4 year. 4 knowl.
edge OF the means TO increase that
yearly average should be the atm OF
every poultry raiser. This past year
the poorest laying hen i'll pen OF
twenty birds at the North Dakota Ex-
pertinent station laid seventy-three
eggs i'll SG5 consecutive days. The
heo with the highest record in the
same pen had PA eggs to her credit.
THIS example is cited simply 10 show
the possibilities OF careful selection.
aud it i'll addition the North Dakota
lieu is given the right kind OF feed
aud proper care and management
large increase i'll her yearly record
would undoubtedly follow.
successful egg production with the
pouN ykee. er is largely dependent on
four main factors. i. e.. first. Housing:
second. Feeling: third. the Stock:
fourth. General Management.
Housing.
'kinl OF HCase Recommending
one style CT poultry house can BE- rec
commended as bes: for our climatic
tondi ions in the Northwest. We are
working Oil this problem now Oh the
experiment station. where we have at
tempted to demonstrate the effect on
egg production when hens are kept in
warm house as compared to hens
housed in relatively cold building
Tie res ults ;re not yet for publica-
ton. but our experience has shown
t;:at warmly built poultry houses are
not essential to good egg production.
II you are building poultry house
dent bald Il as warm as you would
!ovr cate CT hor:e barn and don't
use artisci | heat. Select a we'll
dr:ined ste on which TO buili you-
house with Il south exposure to the
ieas. Gle Your birds approximately
about Eve square feet CT floor space
end thirty cubic feet of air space per
fowl. Tie s,yle Of architecture which
you Ise S rot Il material considera-
ton 1t the three cardinal principles
of successful poultry housing are we'll
understood These are first. Adequate
Light: second. Proper Temperature:
thicd. Cod Ventilation.
:. isht-Plenty OF sun!igh, is highly
essential to the hes: health OF the
fowls al an abundance of this should
tie supplied One square foot of win
dox- isht to ten square feet OF floor
space is safe rule 10 follow. Sun
lie ut seems to act as a tonic to fowls
in winter quarters and proves a great
stimulant to the production OF eggs.
"Temperature-A wide variation in
the temperature of the poultry house
SHOULD he avoided. On sum: days the
temperature viii rise quite markedly
aud this is likely to prove detrimental