The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-02-10
THE PROFIT AND LOSS
IN POULTRY-KEEPING

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as a village fancier or a farmer you
are, or should be, interested in the
question of profit and loss in poul-
try for the reason that you have
one or the other in your work. You
are either making something from
your birds or you are losing, Now
it is undoubtedly true that many
people do lose on their poultry.
People in every kind of business
lose. Some even 60 SO far as to fail
entirely. Now if you do lose year
after year what is the trouble?
Others are making money from their
plants and why not you? Now l
want to state some of the reasons
why people do lose in poultry work.
In the first place they never got the
right start. They possibly had
few hens and from these they went
on breeding year after year and get
ting but few eggs and then only dur
ing the flush of the season. The
trouble was that you were breeding
from a lot of WORKOUT hens. They
were a rundown strain, and no
matter how well you took care of
them, they would never amount to
anything To make a good profit
from poultry, especially from the
eggs, you must have a good strain
of birds to start with, and then by.
proper breeding you will be able to
raise a flock that will really bring
in a profit on your ledger.
The next trouble is that they do
not get an early enough start. Many
people seem to think that if they
get their chicks Matched out during
May or June it will he all right.
They argue that it is too much
trouble to be fussing with chicks
while it is cold weather and that
many of them die and that the work
is too much for the returns. There
is just where the mistake is made.
A March Matched chick is worth
just three times what May or June
hatched one is worth. The March
Matched chick will come to maturity
in time to settle down to laying just
in time to catch the high prices paid
for fall eggs The May or June
Matched chick will not lay till long
towards Spring. If you wish the
ledger to show profit instead of !
loss, get your chicks Matched ont |
during March and April. |
Poor housing is another thing !
that cOmpels attention in connec- |
ton with this subject. So many
people do not have accommodations
for their poultry. Especially is this
true OF the brooder equipment.
They hatch out lot of chicks and
crowd them in some little box or
coop that has had no attention and /
may or may not be clean. They ex-
pect them to thrive and do well in
such place, l have seen chicks
shu. up in box coop without anvil
and with but little light.
They were kept there till they could
run about and then they were per-
mitted to be out in all kinds of
weather and to scratch for living.
This will never do. There must be
proper accommodations for the |
youngsters if you expect them to do
we'll. The houses for the LAYERS
must be comfortable and they must
ne provided with plenty of litter in
which to work and sufficient food to
provide for their own needs and
tor their egg production. If you
will follow these instructions and
add common sense to it you will
ind that you will profit instead of
ose with your poultry work. -Poul-
try Advocate.
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