The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-05-19
HAVING THINGS HANDY

many cases farmers who do breed
quite lot of fowls having their
poultry buildings, coops and ap-
planes arranged very unhandy.
A few hours or perhaps a few days
or weeks work would save twice
as much time by the end of the
year if used for arranging the work
so it would be more handy.
l believe that it would be time
we'll spent in lots of cases if one
were to move the poultry house to
more convenient location, or to
build better one, or to make some
better arrangements for the growing
of chicks. When one is not very
busy, if things are little unhandy
one doesn't mind it so much, but
it is when one is busy with other
work that he finds bother in having
things unhandy. He has not time
to change them then and when he
has time at leisure he forgets about
how unhandy they are. Don't do
that. Have all things convenient.
1t will save you many steps in a
year. Often the poultry house is
located way out beyond the barn
when itcould have been far more
conveniently located nearer the
house and been much better both
for you and for the hens. They
would not be neglected so much if
such were the case. Locate the
poultry in a convenient place. Then
again when you 60 to feed the hens
you go to the granary in one direc-
ton for a, pail of feed and then
way out to the poultry house in an
other direction to feed them. Can't
you arrange it so to have a week S
supply of grain kept in a box at
the poultry house and thus save
much time in that way? Then in
the question of the interior of the
poultry house otter much incon-
venience exists there. tits bother
to clean it out the way you have it
arranged, is it? Well, make it
more convenient. Have a smooth
floor in it. Have the nests, roosts
and fixtures movable so you can
take them out to clean. Have good
water fountains, feed boxes and
troughs. Then keep all clean. The
fowls must not be neglected.
Then the coops for the growing
chicks. How many times we see a
farmer wife shutting up the chicks
at night in an old coop by propping
up a lot of boards in an effort to
have it secure from rats, skunks,
etc., when a days work on the
part of the husband would provide
her with several nice coops that
would have Lice door with hinges
and latch on it which would be sc.
cure against all animals and at the
same time properly ventilated in
stead of being too tight so as to
shut out the air as is often the case
where one tries to keep the chicks
from animals in an ordinary. old
fashioned chick coop. It cannot
pay to allow such coops to be used.
The chicks cannot grow to the best
advantage and develop into good
birds, but rather are liable to be
stunted and make anything but
good fowls. Thus you will say
there is no profit in poultry. Give
the chicks a good chance. 1t is too
late this season to make such ar
rangements for this years chicks,
they being already grown, but now
is good time to mention such
things dis one may find plenty of
time through the coming winter
when he can make new coops and
fixtures which will be of great value
next summer. Do not waste good
time that you can use to an advan-
tage by making such articles that
will save you time and steps next
season when you are 80 busy. Two
or three full days work or even an
hour day for a month will do a
lot in fixing things up. Try it
this winter.
Another thing to fix up the ponl-
trv wards This cannot he done in