The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-03-31
SUCCESS IN POULTRY RAISING.
Hutchinson Lady Tells How to Make the
Barnyard Bird a Source of Profit

Many women would doubtless Xix
to know how they can get an incom
of $500 year by moderate outla,
and wholesome outdoor work. TIL,
following abstract of how Hutchin
son woman has managed to do this
told in plain and ineligible words
seems to meet such cases, and fo]
that reason The Gazette prints it al
most in full from the. columns of the
Hutchinson Leader. The paper wa.
read by Mrs. Louisa Cooke at E
farmers institute at Hutchinson anc
contains so much of helpful detail
that we would advise those of oul
readers who are at all interested in
poultry raising to cut out this article
or such parts as appeal to them as
containing ideas that they can apply
for their own benefit.
There was time when | thought
poultry on Fairy Glen would not
pay, consequently the hens roamed
at will and chickens Matched almost
any time. We had chickens and eggs
to eat and very few to sell. | have
looked over some Of my old accounts
and find S25 the total receipts for
one year from fowld and eggs sold.
There was reason for this. Chol-
era infested our flock and nearly all
our hens died and a low place was
near where water stood most of the
summer. Good drainage is a very
important thing where poultry is to
be successful and thing has solved
this drawback. Now the surround
lngs are as near ideal as could be
wished for. l had a difficult task
getting the house built as warm as I
thought it ought to be, for all were
sure it would be too warm. but
believed it would be cheaper to cool
than to heat and am of the same
opinion still, nevertheless in the cold
est weather it never freezes.
No mashes are fed, all the grains
raised on the farm are usually fed
whole and dry and in cold weather
warmed and scattered in the straw
litter on the floor, with leaves from
the hay and corn fodder. Seeds of
sugar cane. millet and sunhowers,
with different grains in the bundle
will help keep them busy and do
them good. They will do your
threshing better and cheaper than
the best threshing rig.
Meat is fed occasionally suspended
on wire from the ceiling, just high
enough to cause them a little effort
to get it. Mangles, beets and small
potatoes are given several times
week. They get all the sweet milk
Creamery milk and fresh water
they want to drink. Oyster shell,
charcoal and grit always supplied.
Ashes for their dust bath with a
little sulphur sprinkled in will be a
great help in keeping them free of
vermin.
The house is cleaned often and air
Stacked lime scattered in nest boxes
and over everything. Eternal Wig
lance is the price of success" and
Cleanliness is next to Goodness"
are two fine notices to have printed
on the walls of your hen house.
have never seen a chicken mite
and sick hen hen has been almost
unknown for the last three years.
They are kept in doors all winter
when the snow is very deep. The
average number kept for three years
is about two hundred. No cocker
els are kept but eggs for Matching
are bought of good breeder of
single comb White Leghorns which
| have concluded is the better way
for Fairy Glen, but don't claim that
this method would be advisable un-
der other conditions. Each will have
to figure that out for himself. Eggs
are shipped to Minneapolis and
guaranteed strictly fresh, obtaining
a little better price than the general
market.
| Study the comfort of your flock
and your reward will be sure for a
happy, singing hen is usually a pay
ing one. | have not compared fig
ures with any one. but if any of you
have had better returns for 1908, |
shall be convinced | might have done