The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-09-21
POJL TR Y
department..


! have been written about poultry on
+! ,hc farm with the Object Of getting
The farmer 10 raise more ana hett"i'
poultry ard much good has been ac-
complshcd along this line. but there
arr still unlimited fields in which to
work and lots more TO say.
Only a few years ago you Won.
have TO 90 to the poultry breeder or
the man who was fancier with a
few good fowls in his back yard to
find thoroughbred bird. but today
i. is no uncommon thing TO find &
lot of excellent birds on the prem
| Uses of some OF the most progressive
| farmers.
The progressive farmer has been
taught by reading the advantages OF
kccping pure bred poultry on his
farm Just the same as he has been
taught the advantage OF keeping
| Thoroughbred cattle over the pine:
woods" kind and the advantage o.
addin. some good thoroughbred
blood 10 his "raZorback hogs.
The farm is the natural home OF
! ln chickens, where conditions an !
! surroundings are IDEAL. Poultry can
! be raised on the average farm at Z
minimum Of cost and there is no
branch Of he farming industry that
will pay as we'll as Il well kept poul-
Try department
While there are many of our farm
crs who have realized the advantage
0 sing pure bred poultry, inercas-
ing their flock year by year and
rcaping "A more bOuntiful harvest
,lcrrfrom. there are still some of
them who look upon chickens as a
nuisance around tn" place. only to
IL tolerated on account OF til" Wif"
ana the children ami for an occa-
sional c2g or fried chicken
Tie conditions that exist on i ma
i rity oil orr farms, with r@ard 10
thc poultry Is sometime @Ntll. ANA
| heli,Ao that | can safely sax that
MOI ~ p,r cent Of or tanners lliN@
even decent DoultrA lols "a i'
place ana allow thor las '- 'n rDost
III the trees or on tn feNe III thie
rainy weather or IN the gold niIh',
IN the winter and lheu wohtl : whN
they sci roup ana otllr diseases,
ana allow them only snch feed Il;
They can gather nj around the barr
or some oth,r out buildings and then
expect the hen 10 lay when he only
feed she gets is hardly enough III
keep her body warm and keep her
alNc while he sits around a warm
wood fire after good supper.
tssurcdly under such conditions
the hen will not pay and if You en-
peel her to lay YOU must ccrtainl
feed her and provide her with SOM
decent shelter in bad weather
The same farmer would not cN-
pect to work a horse all day and
then turn him loose at night or Al
meal times and shift for himself.
The great trouble lies in the fac
that too many Of our farmers do not
realize that out of nothing comes
nothing and that if You want result
you must work for il and at least d.
your share
This country is admirably situa
ed for the poultry industry as III,
climate is we'll adapted for il and OF
an acre of ground enough green feed
can he raised to feed LOCO head q.
chickens. This green feed with thu
addition of little mash feed and
a grain feed at night will make the
keeping of poultry a highly valuable
proposition. Then there are the M
morous other feeds that ran b.,
grown adyantageously. such rs la.
III corn. oats. corn. milo. maize AMI
sorghum. 10 SAY uothinG al thuf3
"tf. which are ideal for trttenH-
Haul'rA 6r fhr market
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