The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-09-30

scrub" does Of all the poultry
yards visited there was only one case
of failure being made with a 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 was the strict attention and
good care the poultry received at the
hands of the poultryman. Every little
detail had been worked out in way
that would lower expenses and save
labor. Up-to-date supplies and appli-
ances were used in every case, and by
so doing the breeder saved an enor-
nous amount of hard work. The
fowls were given the best of care, not
only for the day that the writer Wis
tied them, but for every day of the
year, no matter how. hot or how cold
it might be. At certain hours of the
day they were given their various
feeds, and the poultryman never al
lowed himself to vary from the hour.
Where the writer found poultry a
failure, he was impressed with the
fact of the carelessness and general
Many person had never cleaned out
the poultry house since it was erected.
The droppings are 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 disgrace
to the owner, and anyone should be
ashamed to allow anyone to see such
holes. AS a rule, the outsides of the
houses were regular pictures" OF
neatness 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 go inside their
hen houses to gather the eggs, be-
cause of the mites. They would stand
in the door. and when they saw an
egg that was handy, they would rush
in and grab it and rush out, complete
ly 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 in the
poultry business" OF course there
isn't for such people as they arei IN
the spring time they never think OF
setting a hen, but simply .let nature
take it's course" If a 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 for food. The eggs are never
gathered unless they happen to think
of it or when they need some grocer
les from the village store. AS result
half of the eggs are worthless, and
they lose a little money. If you try
to give this class of poultiymen a
you know about chickens?" 1t is
useless to talk to them. When a man
reaches the point where he thinks
there is no room for improvement or
will not take little valuable informa-
ton In friendly way, it is useless
to waste breath on him.
We have seen that the essentials
necessary for success in poultry bust
mes are: ID sanitary conditions; CD
good stock; 90 good care and strict
attention to business; az man at
the head who has business ability; 80
good equipment. We found the rea-
sons for failure to be: "a inattention
to business; CD wrong impression OF
the business, and (9) 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 thu mill
himself, and had to solve everything
alone. 1t was for the very kind Of
advice given in this article that he
hungered, and he is trying to give Il
| to the farmers now, so that poultry
/ will become one of the great ends o.
! successful farming in the future