The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1912-05-24
Expert Tells
'''' HOW TO MAKE
POULTRY PAY

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;s written by one of the most success f
FL, poultry men of the east and, while r
farmers of this locality may not agree l
with him on all points, Chickens is c
chickens" and we may be able to {
a.t more from the words of man
far away than from those nearer home. I
Everyone who is interested in poul- |
trv is anxious to know how to make
The most money from the business.
This is the hardest of all questions to
answer. Poultry, like all other means
of making money. must be studied un-
I'll one is thoroughly acquainted with
every side of it. 1t cannot be learned
in a year or two or by reading book
on the subject. One must learn the
essential details by actual experience.
We are hearing all the time OF the
great poultry farms over the country
which have failed and are for sale, be-
cause there isn't any money in poul-
trv" Some of these plants were pos
sibly compelled to close because OF
natural conditions or some unlocked
for accident, but the majority closed
simply because there was not a busi-
ness man at their heads. 1t takes a
business znan to succeed with poultry
as we'll as it takes business man to
manufacture steel rails. 1t takes a
man with natural ability to direct the
affairs of the poultry business as we'll
az it takes a man with natural ability
70 direct battleship on the high seas.
If the ship has an accident and sinks
Il is not the ships fault, but the fault
Of the man at its head; and, likewise,
if a certain poultry plant fails the
whole industry should not be made to
suffer for the inability of one man.
After the question of the poultry
man. the next important factor tc
consider is the location of the plan.
and its natural disadvantages and ad
vantages. The best location is ont
near city where the demand tor egg
and poultry is regular. However, tn
farm should be far enough removed
from the city so that the price OF tee
and other essentials is not too higr
The natural advantages to be sough
after are a rather sandy soil, so tina
after a rain it will easily dry out;
gentle slope to the south or else
windbreak to the north. Under n
condition whatever attempt to local
your plant on low and damp groun
You will never succeed where the'
is dampness.
Do not get the idea that there is
money in poultry unless you ran
poultry on a large scale. Rememb
it is the profit per hen that counts n
the profit per flock. Many time Il
man with a little coop and six he
has made more than the man WI
a large and apparently successful POI
try plant. Pay strict attention to
little details. 1t is the little thin
that are big in the poultry world.
There is an old and true saying II
Rome was not built in a day" 1
same is true in the poultry busine
You cannot expect to become a y
bug" in a year or two.
After you have settled the quest
as to the location of the plant, ?
next thing that comes to your m
is the kind of building you will h
and the variety of chickens you
keep. The latter question rests lar
ly with the personal likes and
likes of the poultryman himself.
you are to have an egg farm the wr
would advise you to select your
riety from the Mediterranean q
This includes the Leghorns and
norcas. Personally the writer fa'
the Leghorns. They are light +
ers, are active and industrious,
large hard shelled eggs and they
ture early; it being no uncom
thing for the young pullets to
when but five months of age.
The next question is the typ
house to be used. There are
different types Of houses OF all
and shapes that have been suece
under adverse conditions. "
building houses the poultryman 81
always aim at economy and &C
nience. The most convenient o.
different types OF houses Is the
house. BY building long hous
poultryman will have all his bird
der one roof and greatly lesse'
labor Of caring for them.
The proper care Of the fowls
of the important things that G
be neglected. The poultryman
keep everything clean and sweet
the houses and yards. Every
should be swept clean every day