The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-10-12

to be attended to, the laDOf can DE re-
duced to systematic basis and will
require but very little time per fowl
On some of the we'll known egg farms
one man feeds and cares for from
1000 to 1900 hens.
The village poultry plant where but
a few dozen fowls are kept must neces-
sarily have a larger feed bill than the
farmer and higher labor expense
per fowl than either farm or com
mercial poultry plant. For these rea-
sons the villager who hires man to
take care of his poultry or expects 1t
to earn wages for his own time Is. II
the product is sold at ordinary market
rates. very likely to be disappointed
Now, If the villager takes up fancy
poultry breeding and devotes his time
| to the art he has excellent chances 0f
| becoming we'll known as breeder and
making ii good profit In the business
| Meanwhile he should have enough love
for his work so that he will he content
to get back little more than his
actual money outlay and give his time
for the pleasure of the work aud the
hopes of profits later on
Poultry Farming as Business.
presume there will be some who
read this course in poultry keelin:
who will be deSirous Of engaging in
poultry production as a business To
those would say that after many
years of precarious existence poultry
farming is now established as II sound
branch of agriculture Although there
is no greater money to be made from
poultry than from many other braWh
cs of modern scientific agriculture.
there is something about the business
that has induced large numbers of ig-
norant people to invest their savings
in poultry ventures hOpelesSly bury
ing their money in expcnsiveiy equiv.
ped plants designed by themselves ~
others equally ignorant of the business
AS is generally recognized. tho only
sensible plan for one who proposes Ia
go into poultry keeping as business
is to begin in II small way. either IN 81
village or on farm. and keep poultry
for a few years in conjunction will
Isome other occupation. II he Is sue
lcessful in this. it will then be time Il
consider the keeping of poultry on
more elaborate scale. A few general r.
marks on commercial poultry farmin;
| will append. however. as "a matter .
general interest.
The branch of poultry keeping tina
mas proved most universally success
full in large way is egg farming tn
broiler farms have almost lnvariaDi
been failures. and the principle is no,
pretty thoroughly recognized that IN
broiler should be considered as BY
product of the egg business. just a
skimmilk is byproduct Of the produt
tion of butter Half or more OF a
chicks hatched will be cockereis an
must be disposed of rs broilers. fC
with Leghorns and other egg types I
fowls male birds are worthless II
lowed to mature This large surp't
le of broilers from egg farms and FRI"
a. the general farm of the country Is s'i
er ficient to meet the demand and 10 r
lduce the price TO a point which W
ns permit of little profit to the m;in WI
'e produces broilers exclusively.
to The idea of the broiler business
es attempted fifteen or twenty years al
al was to produce chickens during q
m winter and early spring season by Z
a use of incubators and brooders al
rs secure fancy prices at the season
in the year when no young stock "
I'll,
of business, which did not prove succe
tly ful then. would be even more impr'
en- tical now. as our modern methods
Ia, cold storage have become so ef1cie
lse that it Is entirely practical to freeze
ul a supply of inexpensive summer brt
.ed ers and to meet the demand the
lowing winter and early spring :"
for this cheaply produced stock ),
IL Another phase of poultry product
for which is successfully prosecuted
the limited localities is the growing
he roasters.
rds In this style OF poultry flesh r
oop duction heavier breeds OF siowi!
son turing fowls are used. and both Sc
orr are allowed to reach maturity ana
his then marketed as fancy stock.
AXE possible profits of the production
,art extra fancy market fowls In this N
ner have been limited. however.
the custom Of fatting or crate feed
farm grown cockerels as now enga
ans in by poultry packers and by m
ltry farmers as we'll Crate or mix
ltry chickens offer a prime quality OF 20
rom poultry flesh. and hence. except Il
e is few markets where roasters from
and. tain communities already have r
':ck- tation. it would hardly be advisabl
dual take m this line Of poultry product
e to recent development In special
be poultry work Is the public hatcl
This business Is usually conduete
ucts conjunction with large poultry phi
's is The shipping of day old chicks
for distances by rail Is now quite i
litry and has probably been overdone.
both other abuse Of the public hatchel
can the sellin. of chicks from eggs o1
aged certain origin. Beginners snoui0
!. b. undertake public hatching.