Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-10-02

scrub" does OF all the poultry
Yards visited there was only one case
OF a failure being made with thor
oughbred stock. and this was due to
inattention to the flock on the part
OF the owner
The next thing that was noticed In
particular wes the strict attention and
good care the poultry received at the
hands OF the poultryman. Every little
detail had been worked out in a way
that would lower expenses and save
labor Upto-date supplies and appli-
auCes were used IN every case, and by
so doing the breeder saved an enor-
nous amount Of hard work. Tne
fowls we've given the best of care, not
only for he day that the writer Wis
tied thtm but for every dag OF the
year nc u ..ter how hot or how cold
j, might be- Al certain hours OF the
day they were given their various
feeds and the poultryman never al
lowed himself 10 vary from the hour.
Where the writer found poultry a
failure, he was impressed with the
fact Of the carelessness and general
neglect on the part OF the puultrymah.
Many a person had never cleaned out
the poultry house since it was erected.
The droppiugs are a foot or two deep
and the general conditions are such
that a person could not live in them
one day without catching some dis
ease Such conditions are a disgrace
to the owner, and anyone should be
ashamed 10 allow anyone to see sucn
holes As rule. the outs1des % the
fouses were regular pictures" OF
reatuess and cleanliness. but one
glance inside would cause the observ'
er to lose all the favorable impress
sions he had before
The writer has seen farmers that
+ were actually afraid TO 20 inside their
hen houses 10 gather the eggs, be
cause oi the mites They would stand
in the door, and wuen they saw an
. egg that was handy, they would rush
IL and grab 1t aud rush out, complete
iy covered with mites. How under
the sun can one expect hens to thrive
with such surroundings as that? And
then when this sort Of people fail IN
the attempt to make money they say
that there isn't any money III the
poultry business or course there
isn't for such people as they are! In
the spring time they never think OF
setting hen but simply let nature
take lie course II hen wants to
set, all right, but she must set under
burdock leaf and endure all manner
of weather and at the same time for
age Tor food The eggs are never
gathered unless they happen to think
Of II or when they need some grocer
les from the village store. As a result
half of the eggs are worthless. and
they lose q little money II you try
to give this class OF poultrymen u
you know about chickens" 1t IL
useless 70 talk 10 them. When a man
reaches the point where he thinks
there is no room tor Improvement or
, viii not take little valuable informa
ton In a friendly way, it is useless
T. waste breath on him.
We have seen that the essentials
necessary for success In poultry bust
mes are. % sanitary conditions: (2)
good stock; 30 good care and strict
attention to business; tp a man al
the head who has business ability; 90
good equipment We found the rea
sons for failure to be: GD inattention
to business t2) wrong impression oi
the business. and (3) unsanitary con
ditions and general neglect
Try to better the condition OF your
flock DO not cast this aside without
thought for It Is given here only with
the view OF helping YOU TO better
your flock, and consequently your
pocketbook The writer knows the
above conditions necessary for the
success of the poultry business, be
cause he has been through the mill
himself, and had to solve everything
alone. II was for the very kind OF
advice given in this article that he
huneered. aud he is trying to give II
TO the farmers now, so that poultry
will become one OF the great ends o'