The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1908-01-31
FARM NOTES.

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today the up-to-date farmer is careful
ly considering practical poultry keep
ing. Why? Because some Of the mos
successful farmers have voiced the
hens real value through the agricul.
tural and poultry press Of our land
When we investigate We find the /
and poultry product TO be much lerg
er than any other agricultural ro-
duct, or you might say. agrieul -sal
industry.
The average farmer is amazed at
the amount Of wealth annually aeeu-
INFLATED by the sale of poultry as
meat and fresh eggs as our break
fast foods. Now l have no figures al
hand; but let us take. for the sake
OF argument. a few figures TO make
good the above assertion and see how
We stand Compute the ten millions
OF the families in the states as con-
Stunning only two dozen eggs per week
and twenty dollars worth of chick
en- meat per year, and we nave
c)omputing eggs at twenty-five cents
per dozen( over five hundred mil
lion dollars. Now this is not all,
large as ii may be. you must ada
the consumption by saloons. restanr-
ants. confectionery establishments,
thousands of hotels together with
the medicinal and chemical and ex-
portation demands. and you swell the
above amount to not less than six
hundred million dollars.
Commence to figure for yourself
you viii be surprised at the magni-
tude. The encyclopedia viii give you
some idea Of the money value Of eggs
and poultry the hotels consume IN
some given year Another item should
be considered in connection with
this-thousands OF farmers, let Us
say Western (prairie) farmers whom
the butchery don't reach. are obliged
to rely on their farm for fresh meat,
and it's a fact that tvo-thirds Of
this meat is poultry. because it is q
luxury to them True but the richer
OF the population consume far more
than the estimate offered: 50 we
claim that our estimate OF six hun
bred million dollars is less than the
actual yearly product
Mr.. Farmer, fowls seen at the door
OF the farmhouse in numbers OF II
-, 30. or 50 should be the thing Of
the past The different society re-
ports covering the cost OF production
can be consulted Aud mark you, the
flocks Of the back yard man" IN
der the unfavorable conditions. are
a paying proposition. so why not give
them your careful consideration. I'm
der the favorable conditions you
hAve-free ranges-you will find 20
pullets from q laying strain, II kept
in a clean house free from lice and
draughts, fed regularly. and with plen
ty Of clean water always before them
win earn as much as a pet COW. Nov
i haven't very much time. as re-
quest for this article reached me late
and just when all Of US faneiers are
busiest selling and conditioning biru,
for the big winter shows. 50 will re
peat only one OF two results from
recOrd-kept flOcks.
A gentleman experimental with on
hundred hens. which were old tn'
young stock raisedl having FREE
range on the farm They consumed
but ninety-three bushels Of corn Of
its equivalent and produced one hun
dred and forty-seven eggs each ans
yielded a net profit on eggs alone Z
si.s5 per head, the value Of guam
added to his land would leave III
sum Of one dollar and sixty cents
Another item: Fifty-one Leghorn
laid two hundred and seven eggs eac
The eggs sold for 81 cents per dozer
and the cost Of keeplugthe floc
was s1Is each. He shows a prof
OF sf0f Per head. proving that Tou
try pays. But, Mr. Farmer, thes
flocks had attention.
Now I'said 80 bushels OF corn ,
It's equivalent. don't mean the
were fed on corn. for they were no
nor should you- These birds had gri
charcoal. beef scraps in hoppers ev'
before them The morning meal 90
sisted Of a mash made BY Mkt
one-fourth corn meal. wheat bra
and crushed oats This mixture
added TO ext clover that has be
steeped over night in closed YES
in such proportions as to make
ersmble. and is fed in a small han
full To each fowl at z o'clock
IL. noon. a light feeding Of mix
grain scattered in a litter is hes
and another feed the same. thou
heavy. at 4 O'Clock. Also a regul
tine TO feed. This was the syste
OF feeding by the two gentlem
mentioned.
wv. sCHIEBEL Jr,