Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-12-11


due to inattention to the flock on the
part of the owner.
The next thing that was noticed in
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. 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 visited
them but for every day of the year
no matter how hot or how cold il
might be. At certain hours during 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
failure, he was impressed with the
fact of the carelessness and general
neglect on the part of the poultryman
Many a person had never cleaned oul
the poultry house since it was erected
The droppings are foot or two deer
and the general conditions are such
that 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 to allow anyone to even see
such holes. AS rule the outsides OF
the houses were regular pictures" O,
neatness and cleanliness, but one
glance inside would cause the observ
er to loose all the favorable impress
sions he had had before
The writer has seen farmers tina,
were actually afraid to go inside then
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 ir
and grab it and rush out, completely
covered with mites. How under the
sun can one expect the hens to thrive
with such surroundings as that? AND
then when this sort of people fail il
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 are! Ir
the spring time, they never think OF
setting hen. but simply 'let nature
take its course" If hen wants tc
set, all right, but she must set under
burdock leaf and endure all manner
of weather and at the same time for
age for her feed. The eggs are never
gathered unless they happen to think
Of it when they need some groceries
from the village store. AS a result
half of the eggs are worthless and
they lose a little money. If you try
to give this class of poultrymen a lit
tie advice, they ask you, What dc
you know about chickens?" 1t is use
less to talk to them. When a man
reaches the point where he thinks
there is no room for Improvement OF
will not take a little valuable infor
nation in a friendly way, it is useless
to waste breath on him.
We have seen that the essentials
necessary for success in poultry rails
ing are: Q) sanitary conditions;> (2)
good stock; 90 good care and strict
attention to business; ca a man al
the head who has business ability: 81
good equipment. We found the rea
sons for failure to be: 0) inattentior
to business; (2) wrong impression Of
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 IL is given here only with
the view Of helping you to better your
flock and consequently your pocket
book. The writer knows the above
conditions necessary for the success
OF the poultry business because he has
been through the "mill' himself and
had to solve everything alone. II
was for the very kind of advice giver
in this article that he hungered ant
he Is trying to give 1t to the farmers
now, so that poultry will become one
of the great lends" of successful farm
ing In the future.