The Stanford interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1911-1912, 1911-03-07
HOW TO INCREASE
POULTRY PROFITS
ABLY HANDLED BY RUSSELL
BROWN AT RECENT FAR
MERs INSTITUTE.

fcdu an dole paper on IOultII ITO
fits and How to Increase Then. "
There IS great and growing interest
in pure bred poultry all over the corn
try and Mr.. Browns address was an
especially timely one. lt was as fol
lows:
/ will give few OF the pro.
ny First is corn; IL brought in ST.
ducts Of the farm during the year 1903
and compare them with that Of poul-
try. First Is corn; II grought in ST..
12O,O0O,0G0. Second Is cotton, II
product Of poultry
brought in SS5O,GO0,0O0. Third is wheat
Il brought s72j,0O0,0OO. Next is the
product Of poultry which was $780,
OCO.OOc
Now dear farmer are you getting
your share OF this money? ! might add
right here that poultry produced more
than that during the year 1910. But
does your poultry bring you any pro
iitY Certainly II does. | see an old
fellow sitting there now. He is laugh
ing mp his sleeve for he knows that
the few chickens his wife has buys
the food for the table and the clothes
for the children. Then If poultry Is
a profit how can we increase this
proiit7
| FIRST to produce profit we must pro
duce eggs. To produce eggs We must
have a laying hen, a hen to lay re-
Qulres certain advantages and certain
attention. They can be summed up
thus. She must be in perfect health
and perfect comfort. There are oh
tanned by tho attention given her.
/ Last winter | spent two weeks In
the country. five miles out from Ian
caster on the Lancaster and Crab
Orchard pike. II was the two weeks
/ Just before Christmas or the two
I just after, ] don't quite remember
which One morning ] was asked TO
feed the chickens and taking a gallon
and half bucket of corn | went 10
I Tho henhouse. There was about ten
inches Of snow on the ground and l
found the chickens all at the hen.
house. about one hundred and fifty in
all. Some were on the floor some on
the roost. and | found three Or four
outside in tree, where they had
toosted that night The henhouse
was open had cracks in II, and found
! lot of the fowls with combs half
frosted off. The roost was In the top
OF the building and running always.
The droppings had accumulated on the
floor in large quantities. ! am sure
the henhouse had not been cleaned
out in two years. No nests to speak
ol and a bad looking punch of fowls.
gathered the eggs that day myself
ana | got five, which | thought was
whole lot for the attention given them.
That night | asked the LADY If her
fowls were of any profit and was in
formed that they were of the greatest
Importance as they supplied the the
table and family needs
| then went over to see man on
Tho adjoining farm who had the spring
before bought 10 fine Minorcas of
neighbor of mine. saying he was only
going to taise thoroughbred fowls.
On arriving / found the house wife NJ
home and she said she was very glad
/ had come as her chickens were all
sick ana she wanted 10 know what to
do for them. On going out to look
az them | found about fifty Of the
worst looking birds | ever saw Their
eyes and heads were swollen their
nostrils running ana they were no
more than flesh and bone | told her
/ knew what was the matter and ask
her TO show me where they roasted
She took me to an old shed that had
been a barn and was now left as
worthless, doors and windows were
open crachi in the walls and even
planks off. | asked the lady II any OF
them were laying. | wanted u find
out If she had any other chickens.
She told me they were not, | told her
TO send to town for the best roup cure
she could find and TO build those
lirds a good warm house. have not
seen her since. but know her profit
depend on, whether she made change
or not.
Now farmers, your fowls NAV not
be in as bad a state as this bur
know from looking all over the coun-
j thy that things can be greatly impI ov-
ed II poultry is profitable under such
cirrum tances as | have mentioned
here. and will pay money under such
conditions what would the result no
If properly cared for? Why, poultry
will produce more clear money for
the time and amount invested than
any ether product OF the arm.
Then WHY DO we not get to worI
instead of letting il be side-line that
will run itself? Well what are we go
ing TO do to remedy these defects?
First build better houses. Or take a
day off from around some country
mans store and Xix the Old lady's hen
house up. During the summer when
the birds are roosting in the trees Is
tha best time. Give II good cleaning
put out a little lime and take par
in this great business. Strip the
houses put in new WINDOW glass, when
IL has been broken out, for cold damp
quarters are the main causes of roup
and where that is profit can't be. Newt
is the feeding.
DO not feed all one kind of feed =.
but feed a variety. OF course fowls On
the farm forage and pick up the larg'
or part of their living but not al We
all know what healthy hen "a a
working hen and the laying hen is
the working hen.
Now TO keep them working build a
small shed next to the hen mouse and
fill this about ten inches deep with
; chair. This chaff is easily secured. Il
can be either the refuse part of Glove
hay or straw. Feed all grain feeds IN
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