The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-07-29
QUALITY IN CHICKENS.

Forever. There hardly seems any ne
cessity for an argument on this point,
for any one who has ever understood
the true value of standardized
poultry will never be satisfied with
any other kind. If nothing else were
involved than the mere appearance.
amy one can appreciate the difference
between vigorous, large-sized, uni
f0rnly beautiful, standardized fowls
and a flock of scrubby, scrawny, ugly
hens which look as if they were not
worth scratching for, and are as poor
as they look. A flock of pure bred
poultry is an ornament to any lawn
or farm yard, but this is not the main
difference between them and their
rundown cousins Standardized poul
try viii produce more eggs than can
be obtained from the common barn
yard stock, and the eggs will be more
valuable for the simple reason that
during Matching time you will have
no trouble in disposing of them for
ut least double the market price.
When we consider it costs just as
snuch in food. time, labor, buildings,
etc, to hatch out and raise to ma
tnrity scrubby chickens that, when
grown, will weigh but 31-2 pounds
per hen and 5 pounds per cock as 1t
does, to hatch and raise to maturity
purebred poultry that will weigh z
pounds per hen and 10 pounds. per
cock A well-bred fowl requires no
more food than a barnyard fowl. II
requires no more time and no more
labor, but the result is twice as great.
rs it not foolish, then, to waste your
buildings, your time, your labor and
your money on rundown stock, when
both pleasure and profit lie in the
pure-bred stock?
It is the start that counts very
Iargeiy in any successful undertaking
Certainly this is true in poultry
raising. Therefore start right. It is
better to begin on right lines than to
repair mistakes later.
1t ls easy to start wrong in the
pure bred poultry business.
It is just as easy to make fair be
ginning. You do not have to have
large grounds nor expensive build
ings.
To begin on large scale will, in
most cases, cost a good deal OF
money. And sometimes this money is
thrown away. Usually it is better
to begin at the beginning. Here is
q business that is open to almost
So 10 h ok
poultry raising will ever be monopol-
lied by, trust.
Usually the best place to begin with
poultry is right where you are living,
right now. There is a gold mine in
that little plot behind the house.
There is money in poultry in every
part Of this country, though of course
some parts are better adapted to
poultry culture than others. Get
busy" Up to now the egg market
IS 20,00O,000 dozen short on eggs for
this season. Do you know what that
means? No. Well, it means 35 and
40 cent eggs for next September, Oc-
tober and November, and so cent eggs
for the winter months. Again, say.
get busy Uncle TO- in Progressive
Farmer.
a GOOD EGG LAYING RATION.
Here IS receipt that may interest
poultry raisers who have started on
small scale; used it myself all win
ter and it proved to be a success:
Feed my chickens cracked corn,
and to about three pints, I put a
small handful of salt, and make it
black on top with pepper; then mix
well and feed in the morning. About
two hours later / give them cooked
potato peeling (which l save for that
purpose) along with all the scraps
from the table; ! also salt this and
stir in corn meal enough to make a
good mash, and put in about table
keep them warm. My hens laid all
winter; through the coolest weather
I got on an average of IA to is eggs
day from IS hens. l think that is
pretty good. While it is simple and
cheap receipt it is an egg producer.
It proved its value to me. If any one
has healthy chickens that look as
though they ought to lay, l think this
would surely do the work; at least
It Is cheap to try as cracked corn is
only &c a pound. use half sack of
corn meal to gallon of scraps and |
Feelings. The pepper has warming
quality while the salt makes them |
drink lots of water, which is healthy |
20 either foul or animal, and also fat
tening; but of course use Judgment
and do not overestimate the thing, |
for you could do harm by using too
much as well as in anything else.
have ducks that have not laid this |
season and would like to know |
something to make them lay. Will
you kindly answer through your pa
per2 Mrs. R. o. B.
Perhaps you feed the ducks too |