The Marshall republican., 1913-11-28

some made to keep warm, n sucf
like. Many poultry journals ar,
panoramas OF these humbugs.
suppose a great many of them are
sold else II would not pay the maker,
TO advertise them. 10 en-
Suckers exist in all ages, and as
pirants for wealth by the poultry
ropte furnish a good quota. Some
hosS. some folks have a notion tina,
the 1thicken is hedged about with q
halo OF mystery: that the industry
needs fostering" like a baby with .
wet-nurse: and that n thousand and
one extras are needful TO make things
go.
Production Of Epidemics.
Leak No. Slack of sanitation
and cleanliness. 1 shall devote a later
chapter 10 this feature and shall only
allude to IL here. Nearly every poul-
tryman thinks at first that he is an
exception to the general rule. and can
be a little lax In this regard with inn
punity. Sooner or later he finds out
is mistake, and pays the penalty. The
lesson has been learned over and over
again by others besides chicken peo-
pie. The history OF the great armies
toll the story. and more men have
been sacrificed to defective sanitation
than to bullets. 100. ,
And a large flock OF chicken is. in
that respect. just like an army: and
extra precautions must be- taken to
meet the unusual contingencies. Whe-
ther by groups in epidemic form. or
by one at n time. the chickens will
die. often from no apparent cause.
BAD odors lnfest the poultry houses:
mites appear TO sap the life OF tho
fowls: always some OF the flock out
OF shape. Effective sanitation Is an
absolute prerequisite to success
with poultry.
Leak No. Lack OF general arc
for the comfort OF the fowls. This
covers n good deal OF ground and
means a careful perpetual inspection
OF the whole flock. Here Is n droopy
hen: there one with an eye look sus-
plcious. Catch them up and remove
for n closer inspection at once. Ex-
tromes in weather call for extra vigil
lance. In hot weather. do the best
thing possible to give, them a cool
PLACE. In cold weather. look out for
drafts. In times OF sudden changes
from warm to cold. the greatest ARE
IN necessary 10 prevent. not only n
drop In the Egg Yield. but the con.
traction OF colds, leading TO roup.
often have I gotten out OF my
warm bed about daylight when !
knew the mercury was on a tear
hunting the bottom of the bulb.
dressed myself and with my lantern
gone through the full length OF my
poultry houses 10 let down the inside
curtains TO prevent the chilling OF my
fowls. The very time when one r.
most tempted to sit by the fire In q
warm room. when 1.-THE mercury Is
running ten-twentyi below zero, II
the very time the successful poultry
man Is getting In his best, most pro-
ntable work. And extra attention
az such times pays Immensely.
The Manufacturing Breed.
A few minutes ago, | spoke OF the
poultry business as a m~anufactury,
and alluded TO the tools, or machin-
cry necessary 20 turn out the pro-
duets. This OF course means the
chickens. The success of any manu-
faotury depends largely ON the class
of machinery. just al the poultry
business requires certain elements
along that line. ! have talked to n
great many people a IS to their views
along this line, and ] must say that
| have encountered a wider display
OF sheer ignorance and lack of COM
mon sense right here than | could
have conceived OF. Ifaman is going
into merchandise he carefully selects
the class of goods suitable to the
market to which he intends to cater.
Such a merchant would hardly est
ablish an Ice cream parlor In Green
land. or lay In a stock OF fur over
coats for a tropical trade.
A pf~osptefiys' poBhryfath 'bhoald
study the demands o flhHpiAaSk Ell and
handle saHti'a fowlnas VIII meet nie
requirements OF hts purchsherC There
! are many breeds OF fowls. and one
can find Just what he needs. The
advice current these days is to select
the breed you like best" and use tina,
and stick 10 IL. Never was advice
more fallacious. After long exper,
fence with many breeds I have found
that eggs is the money end OF poultry
Many try the broiler feature; very
gcoe the eopdittiqnYs are right; fol
then a; heavy breed Is wanted. Blu