The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-06-21
rooster crows in the morning he is
calling his harem to their mighty work.
Many Autos Seen.

Many Autos Seen.
One of the features of the trip is
the number of automobiles that are
in evidence at every point. Another
feature is this that whoever wants to
go out and see the country, there are
plenty of automobiles ready to take one
out; often times trips are made fifteen
or twenty miles which gives a SPLEEN
did idea of the country. Crops are
looking uniformly good. In fact it
would be difficult to imagine a finer
prospect for a crop OF grain. Corn
is somewhat backward. though it is
doing very well considering the sea-
son and there Is more of it planted
than one would have any idea of be-
fore n gets through the country dis
tricts. The corr field is getting to be
as indispensable to the northern farm
as wheat.
The next three days will be spent
west of the Missourt-in the slope
country.
Poultry Plant on Train.
OF all unique things a poultry plant
on q train! This is n of the things
that could be seen on the Northern
Pacific farmers institute train-a
complete up-to-date poultry plant with
real live chickens laying eggs, and
announcing the fact to the world with
an ordinary cackle.
Prof. o. w. .Dynes, in charge Of the
poultry Investigations in getting up
this exhibit had in mind bringing to
the farmers of North Dakota a demon
stration in poultry raising. The things
that would strike n in looking over
the house was that 1t was not warm
| enough, being composed of but a sin
gle layer of boards, covered on the
outside with tarred roofing, However,
Prof. Dy1es assured us that this had
| been found to be one of the most sue
| cessful poultry houses at the station.
There is however a little kink in this
in that the back is double boarded as
well as the root over the roosts. In
| front of the roosts is a curtain on roll
/ ers, a good deal like an opera curtain.
In cold nights this is dropped Gown in
front of the chickens which shuts off
the rest of the poultry house making
this a sort Of bedroom. In the front
| of the house a of course, the door,
two windows and an opening covered
with a duck screen.
The house on the fiat car was the
regular width but was only z feet in
length wheheas the regular house is
IA by 10. In front the house is 8 feet
high and 5 feet in the ear with a shed
roof. There are two windows on The
south side, 2 feet 8 inches by 4 feet 6
inches and the opening for the duck
curtain is 8 feet by 2 feet. This is
also screened and the curtain Is
dropped only on cold days. This pro-
vides for ventilation without causing
Unique Scheme.
At the rear was a box that attracted
everybody's attention. 1t was covered
with a fine mesh wire and was filled
to within about three inches of the
surface with soil. 1t did not seem &c
be a rational way of feeding the grain
as the chickens could not get at the
grain until it s~prounted. The pro.
lessor, however, explained that thii
was the way he provided green foot
in case the chickens had to be shu
up or in case they were raised on
small lot. The wire screen was Z
keep the chickens from scratching on
the grain SO it could grow and as tn
grain sprouted up through the wir
they could eat 1t of. OF course Of
a farm where the chickens have fre
range they could get all the green foo
they need on their own account.
In this house were the different kind
of nests. One was a nest so arrange
that each hen would make a recori
when she left the nest. In this wa,
one could tell which hen laid whic,
egg.
There were also the boxes for feed
IAAS AAy A1hGShSH 6lAL dtA0 OyoNCA 0ANAlA
Grit or oyster shells are very neces
sary to chickens as they have no teet
and grind their food with these things
There were also incubators and he
coops, egg testers. In fact eyerythin
that the poultry man a use to ad
vantage. One Of the good things abou
the whole poultry plant was that a.
E this poultry equipment was not ex
. pensive. 1t is within the reach I
. anybody. The Importance of the poul
! try business is usually overlooked w
i when we think of the agriculture
: wealth that the chickens produce 1t
a tremendous figure. in fact 1t amount
to as much ais the wheat crop for tn
whole United States. The hen, thong
|. . she Is small, vet her regular days wor
in the United States is to produc
= 1900, 600 worth of eggs and pountr
products, and there is perhaps no on
9 class Of live stock that can be {
? easily kept on the farm and that wi
do 30 much toward paying the grocer
: bill and providing for the table.
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La FORUM WANT AID WILL SELL ID