The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1913-11-22
AGRICULTURAL DEPT.
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H top. and try to be like some veteran
poultryman who has been III the ous.
mess for a life time; if this - tfleu'
"a tumble will surely follow, ana =
viii likely he a hard one too, as
have seen very forcibly Illustrates
IA nan came to Dallas and leased ten
acres of land some few miles from
the city, and proceeded TO equip =
for the raising of fancy poui.ly'
His ideas were alright as TO tue
buildings, ETC., but he a never liau
any experience whatever ralsihs
itehickens and managing a poultry
farm. and he had a plant with Ca
Ipacity enough for an experienced
man. He had several
and was successful in Matching OIL
numbers of chicks, but here his sue
cess was ended, as he knew nothing
about the care of little chicks,
hence his loss was heavy, carrying
them off by half bushe1 untII he had
only d few left, which seemed to Dc
as hardy as oaks and immune to any
Of the diseases and vermin to which
little chicks often succomb. These
few matured into fairly good speci-
mems but the expense had been SO
great and the loss of the chicks so
great that he was discouraged and
offered to sell everything at great
loss. He had invested something
like $4,000 and lost a years time,
and he offered to sell for $500 and
IN the end only realized about $3.50
for the entire business. Thus end
ed in failure what could have been
a very fine business if it had begun
right. Now ii this man had only
tried in a small way to raise a few
chicks and build up his plant as ex-
p%erience demanded, or had he invest
ed one-half the money in the plant
and spent the other half in hiring an
experienced man to work with him
the first year. it could have been put
on a paying basis from the first.
This is one cause of failure, and
another cause is lack Of preparation.
Expensive buildings are not neces-
sarily required, but when an ineu-
bator is purchased, is an absolute me-
cessity for raising the chicks, unless
It is a small machine and hens are
used to carry the chicks, coops and
wire runs for each hen will be needed
and if a brooder is used there must
be a run and house for the brooder:
nothing expensive will be required,
only comfort is what the chicks de-
mand, and comfort means warmth,
exercise and proper feed. SO or IS
are all that should be put in one
brooderssand later "a will be enough,
hovers can be used here In
South after the weather is set
tied n warmed in the Spring. but
the chicks require more attention
with the hovers than they do with
the heated %brooders: yet it takes
time and attention to keep the lamps
time and attention to keep the lamps
filled for the breeders so the time
required to care for them is about
evened up.
There is money in raising poul-
try, and any one can make a living
from poultry. but the long and short
Of it is that it takes work and plen-
ty of good common sense.-The In
dustrius Hen.
STATE AID FOR STOCK RAIsERS.
We ought to produce a million
head of beef cattle every year that
would net the owners s5O,0OO,O 600.
II we are to do that. there should be
silos all over the State and pure
in every community. The
credit of the State could well be used
to encourage such an industry. This
security would be ample and the
risk absolutely nothing. We have
the advantages for growing live
stock, but are fearfully short on the
capital necessary to go into the bus
mess On a profitable basis. The
that visited Europe may
the establishment of ru-
raj credit banks, authorizing the
to deposit and b3rrow his
own money, but in the countries vis-
tied such banks are such encour-
aged and put on their feet with
government aid.-The Miss Bu1s
letin.
MARSHALL INVITED TO Ads
DRESS FARMERS