Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-12-29
POULTRY IN NORTHERN NEW f:No-
LAND.

POULTRY IN NORTHERN NEW ENc-
LAND.
Poultrymen in New England Doubtless
will welcome the publication az a PAM
phlct entitled "A Chance Eur tho iicp IA
Northern New England Ivy tine indus
trial department; of tho Boston y Maine
railroad. The booklet ~ devoted entirclv
To the poultry industry ant contains
much Of interest aud value, A large part
is given up tU articles; concerning the care
feed and housing Of hens. written nv
men experienced IN this line Of work, aud
u remainder Is comprised of letters
pared by experienced pou!terers In
oithcrn New England, who relate their
trials and tr.bulaticns and successes
Mr.. William p. Brooks, director of tho
Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment
station, IN discussing the relative amount
Of home poultry product In New Engla nd
as compared with the product shipped in
from other States says:
Northern New England poultry prod
ucts invariably can be readily sold. and
on the averire. at prices which, under
wise and efficient management. afford n
profit"
The following quotations are taken from
facts ahoGt poultry contained in the pub
lication:
The ideal land for poultry farm is
sandy loan. which Is naturally well
drained and vet capable of producing,
good crops Of grass, clover. cabbagcs and
| rnangolds for green food. and of corn,
wheat and oats for grain food, and Cana
IA peas. sofa beans and sunrlowers a.
L al ,l,.tI I
containing gravel. which the fowl may
use grit or grindstones for the giz-
| zard grist mills
Carefully constructed. comfOrta Bile
| hOuses arr most important aids In am
eItorating the somewhat unfavorabe nat
urai Influences Of a rugged and change
able climate. The poultry house ought 10
| be placed on "a wellGrained spot. facing
tho south Fouth east. Its flood whether
| of ~1rth. boards or concrete, should be
gt least six inches above the level Of the
surrounding ground ard shaped so tina.
! any uuweco.ne vater witch might get
Upon it shall Immediately flow Off and
away from the house
"a series of brOoder feeding expert
! rr.ents IN cas- OF Incubator chicks. con-
dtlctetl Mt the Rhode Island experiment
station. gave the following results A
! flock OF !6 chicks, fed on egg, liver and
green food, reached, a deaIh rate Of Sc
per cent. II which SIS per cent. showed
! bowel troubles A flock of IS c1c<s fed
on grain exclusively, showed a dealt
rate Of ~. per cent. os which 1G.5 per
| cent. had digestive troubles \ flock Of
| - chicks fed n complete and ba hauced
ration. Including fertile eggs, liver and
cracked corr wheIt and barley and
green food IN the form Of oat sprout,
and chopped onions. had a death rate OF
80 per cent. and not one showed dl
yes tive disorder
The closed house for poultry. wei
lighted and ventilated and with u proper
scratching shed, was once Thought 20 hs
ne IDEAL p,;ce. Breeders are now conn na
| the conclusion that IL the house i,
closed It should have curtain from
front, and some are e the opinion tina
the open-front house will be the comm.
hen house. If special attention is giver
| to the sanitary condition OF the quarter,
for poultry, ard suitable busting DO,
| is furnished. there will be no troubl,
with lice or mites"
| Following are the extracts from som
Of the letters received from poultrymen q
northern New England:
| Overlook farm was raising pure bret
Hostein- Freisan cattle and Southdow,
sheep, selling the young stock for aooc
prices, Three years ago It was deene,
advisable to give poultry n try-out, ms
separate branch. without interfering witt
the pure-bred stock business. The secont
year, wintering 500 LAYERS and selling th
eggs and live poultry in the Boston mar
ket. melted 1872 per hen. Tho third year
winter1ng 700 layers. melted 81 SO per hen
'Tf more OF the undcrpsid, underfcd
underestlmatcd poor men ~ The citle
would hike back to the country. buy o.
rem choap farms. start diversified farm
Ing with poultry as specially, ,hor
would be more happiness. better Twin;
and less discomfort In this hurly-hurL
rid of ours.
II consider the outlook FOR the nusno.
better than ever before, as there III al
increasing demand for poultry produc;
at good prices
In the whole United States there is n
better place to raise poultry than II
northern New England. Nowhere in tn
country is there so good a place as Il
New England and New York. or wha
may b" termed the northeastern part q
the United States. Conditions general
are the same in that particular reglo
and they are by far the best in the NJ
ton. Instead Of much of the supply q
eggs and poultry raised ON the farms /
the Mississippi valley, the TIDE OF prod We
ton should be turned in this directio
and the leading honors carried by IN
six New England States and their sister