The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-30
LET THE BOYS
RAISE POULTRY


tisA hAf Hi-flNt. \. GRIMES.
There is no part ot farming more
fascinating to the average boy tha.
the care Of poultry. II tic same
time there IS no branch that offers
him better chance Of succiss
The equipment need not cost much
j and, in fact most Of the needed coops
and fixtures can bt built hy almost any
ambitious boy With very little cNpend
iture outside OF his own work Then
small outlay for eggs or 4 trifle
1rcr one fer stock, ana he il ready
s.,ness.
r. ,re several WAYS of st.utlnS
4 flock. The best plan is the one that
best suits the pocket and the circum
stances. The cheapest way is. WI
course. begin with q setting of eggs.
or perhaps two or three and work NJ
gradually from that.
The most innortsn, consideration
is the breed to M kept 1t All de
pends upon I'll" markct which viii
pay the best. The layers are seldom
as good for raising. frying and bron-
: ing some Of the larger breeds,
they usually weigh less 1T the same
age, though maturing even more
: quickly in the matter OF egg produc-
. ing.
1t is :. common saving that there
IS more in the feed than in the
breed This is very true. for any
breed properly fed and cared for viii
be sure to give good returns, if the
, strain IS good.
, 1t is safe enough to keep any breed
Q that YOU like s" long as your fowls
: are from good strains and Iull blood :
y
crcncc. either Of size OF color. or 9th
+ Ct qualities, and there are none Of
:, the standard breeds but which have
/ much 20 recommend them
:, So, if YOU wish to keep Brown
Rhode Island Reds. you Till be per
Il fcctlE sale in doing 50. no matter
4 what someone else may Say in laEo!
n of other breeds.
Q But once you have adopted a par
g fault if there is any. is in care or
n change, at least until you have given
S it several years trial Usually the
J. fault if there is any. is in the care or
II handline not III the fowls themselves.
When YOU are selecting your fowls
IS insist upon having nothing but good.
y young birds. Throw out All the old
n hens: they haze seen their best days.
1t In buying do not take anything oyer
IT eighteen months old at the outside.
is 10 mate Win tilt Stllil1 Iuiit'N 49,
ID should have a yearling male, but II
i your hens are over year old 4
st cockerel from tho spring hatch j.
at much better.
II Before you try to pick out y"tii
fowls study up Well on the charact"r-
istcs OF the breed you have chosen
If the hens are TO weigh FIVE pounds
standard weight see that yours come
pretty near to the figure.
If the male bird is shown in th'
standard to have 1ive-poirted co''h.
see that the one you pick out mas TINS
kind. II the wattles should !" pule
white. do not put in hlrd " noS'
Wattles are streuked with ftd
l. Look with special care 10 the shape
,c OF YOUR hens Get those that are just
20 as near like the pictures you Sc 81
~ that particular breed Us YOU can.
- Ii YOU study the poultry papers
- we'll and notice the illustrations "i
= prize winning birds. you viii so"f
= learn the qualifications You want
% II you cannot get birds th;tt ar
- exactly right, come Just rs near t. 4
80 - as YOU can, and then breed W to :
= higher standard.
I'd Read everything on the poGltr'
is question that YOU can get hold o. 10
az not be afraid of being called
.chicllen crank or a hen granny
- When people want good stock thee
= always 60 to some chicken crank
II ~ to get it. It is 4 good advertise men
~ : for your business to show hat You ar
~ wholly interested II i.
~ ~ Take ~ many poultry journals q
), Won can afford Make Scrap-booi
o. . ana paste in it everything You ca'
g find about chickens.
ey Watch your own flock. EEperienr'
Il, is what counts. Get acquainted WIZ
- your hens. Th4y Will soon learn 4
know you and There are 10 linz PCT
or more proIststtie ones tnan ten O
81 q dozen handsome hens.
ii \ weu-kcpt flock OF hens means
X, steady inco1ne-enoueh to Keep you i
ar. spending money While you are Wdl,
es ing for your crops 70 grow. That on
)e. thing Is enough t. recommend poultT.
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