The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-24
POULTRY RAISING
AGREAT INDUSTRY
Valuable Hints to Owners OF
Hens That Supply Mar
kets With Eggs.
PAsTlmE BECOMES BUSINESS
Expert From Government Agrl-
cultural Department Talks to
Housewives and Poultrymen.
Written for The Times.Dfspatch.)

Written for The Times-Dispatch.)
The American hen. the little domes-
tic feathered creature. whose cackung
song of the morning hours - the
sweetest music Of inspiration that
reaches the ears Of thousands OF house
wives, is the queen CT American farm
yards From her product the house.
wife enhances he. bank account.
The time has passed when any one
who nanifests a liking for poultry -
considered a crank. The farmer VINO
brings q basket Of eggs to market. or
the poultryman who Is succeeding ano
is surrounded by q great nock OF beau
tifuI birds, is now looked upor, with
envy The extent and importance OF
the poultry industry is now recognized
by practically every one, and the last
census reports show that the value o;
poultry in our country u $los.SS3...o'
and this Is rather a low estimate when
we consider that in many instances
the. city hen and suburban poultry
plants have been left almost. if not en-
tirely. out Of count
Tile modest little hen neglected and
left to hustle for herself In the past,
and to a great extent at present. mas
at last won the admiration and at
Because We have had no scientific
study made Of the poultry industry I'M
I'll comparatively recent years. and be-
cause no effort has been made by the
state or nation until the last few years
to distribute reliable literature for the
information Of those interested In
poultry. there have been very many
failures. To a considerable extent.
these failures have been also due to
lack Of good. sound information and
practical experience along definite
lines. Some feed too soon, some feed
too much. some chill the chicks and
some overhead them C-ngest'on ana
overcrowding. poor houses. overhead
ing, chilling. white diarrhea. Improper
feeding, lice. mites and inherited weak
ness are the rocks upon which many
q poultry plant has been wrecked.
~Luek b tie Poultry DuslDess."
These things. coupled with the fact
that many venture on the advice and
follow the plans Of some moEey-crav-
ing company that advocates systems
which are entirely Impractical, and
though they sometimes produce tenn
porary success, the methods are 50
extremely Artificial that permanent
prosperity IL impossible.
We frequently hear come one refer
to successful poultryman a. being
lucky with birds. But luck means
nothing in the world but rising in the
morning before there Is . chance OF
being "sunburnt" in ed, knowing
your business and mindtng t. LUCK
means clean henh ouses. water vessels
that You never allow to 60 dry. brcocer
lamps that you have never failed to
keep burning Luck means CROWNS
hens to early maturity ami at all other
lines except curing the breeding sea-
son to isolate the male birds and max
ing them lay-layine because they
must. giving because they cannot keep.
singing for the Joy of it
The essentials to success in The pcul-
try business are ~ follows:
GOoA Sss<6.
Re sure that the male At the heal OF
the flock 10 purebred. The Nediter-
ranean o. egg breeds are LeGhorns.
Minorcas. Spanish. Blue And :.us'ans
sny AnconaS: the American or general
prrpcee breeds are Plymouth Rocks.
Island Reds and Buckeyes. the Assstic
or meat breeds are Brahnzaa. Cochins
as Lansshans: the English breeds are
Oorkirga. Orpingsors and Rcdcsps
For farm uoe the American breeds arc
proSably the test: purebred pouitry
nsenas uniformity 81 prcdUcss. Cas-
sos nifty % pro61cts means tncr0oseo
pcUaso. % proavcts are properly @ss-
sesel. Given the same care 80 feea.
euruSeeA fowls wS1l matte . greoees
psUAa Snaa nsagrsss. EvSsy poujssy.
keppeY sbOu1A have . coy q tos
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