Bisbee daily review., 1911-11-26
PRACTICAL HINTS FOR
 POULTRY BREEDERS

II is frequently said that there can be no profit made in raising poultry either for market or for eggs is this section Food is too high, there are too many difficulties and other simi- lar discouraging statements are made. When one considers the disadyant- ages that are attendant upon the poultry business in the north. and in this season Of the year. and dur ing the. long and cold winter. it is seen that where this vusiness is cen dUCted at a profit there exist dicul- ties and disadvantages as we'll as here. Compare tcose disadvantages, and it will bq found that they are no greater here than there, and that there are many advantages here not offered in oiber sections of the coun- try
 in reading the poultry journals. ouc meets with smuch interesting infur- fmari-n tHar tends either directly og indirectly Co indicate the troubles thft attend the man in the poultry business in cold climates. The east Cru journals are just now full of advice as 10 housing Of fowls and pro tCsing them from freezing. Rose comb breeds are recommended over single cumHs because the combs are less likely Go freeze. Directions are given as Co how best 70. secure egg production during freezing weather < casual glance through the col umns of these papers slow much 10 the resident Of Arizona who has been iH this section long enough 10 for cgt much of the rig0rs uf winter.
 It must be admitted that food for -fowls is higher ihcre than in the east On t.r other hand, there Is not The winter morally amcug fowls here hat there is in the north. The cCld rains, Inc siCet storms and the snow do not claim d heavy toll here as there Admit that green food is diff 6CulL to obtain for the fowls here. So if Is in the north when the snow is on the ground. It csu be Ol- taiucd here even if it does cost more, and on the other hand. feeding be- tug Cqual in quality even if not in cost, a gTeter egg production is pos sillc here in the winter than there. and at tEe same time. tte price ob- taiuablc for eggs here. and always with a ready market and urgent de- mand is at least twice that Obtaina- bic in the north and in the esat. Loss of stock is minimized here the maxi mum price of eggs for table and fowls for market are Obtainable, the busi- ness is not only not Cvcrcrowded but X not even in its infancy.
 The advantaEe Is with the man who cmbarks in me business here over the man engaged in it in the east.
 It is probable that the chief real son that 50 few have embarked in Inc poultry 6eld here is that there are practically none here who have fad experience elsewhere Another reason is the fact that wages arg higher here than in the east. aithOu2t living expenses are prOportiOnately higher A third reason Is that agri- culture and attendant pursuits haze had little attention given them iH tbis section
 In time tte poultry industry in this section Of Arizona will be an import ant one. and until lhat time the un- fortunate general public will have t0 subsist on cold storage eggs or else pay a price for fresh ranch eggs in the winter time that makes this stable breakfast dish rank with game as a luxury
 At this time nearby polutry ranch couid sell the egg output times over in B.sbCe, tad then there would not be an egg output sufficient 10 reduce the price of eggs 10 70 cents a dozen.l
 
 The OrpingtOns are haying their day Now comes another addition tO the OrpingioH family in the shape of a Rose Comb White Ernest l. Ship ley. in writing about them In Poultry Success. s1ys they are the coming breed He says they are Americas latest and best all ground commercial and fancy white fowl.
 Why mere breeders do not take ths wonderful breed up, cannot un-,