Milford chronicle., 1914-08-28
HINTS FOR THE BEGINNER
In THE POULTRY GAME
Also Some Advice On The Use OF Ker-
OSene.
By J. H. McFAUL, Jr.
Ill Rights Resey1ed1

How and when to begin in the poul-
try raising business is a question asked
by almost every beginner or by those
who contemplate entering the business
at some date in the near future. To
each OF these classes it might be well to
say that best results are invariably
gained by purchasing a pen of first-class
breeding birds, of your preferred kind
from these securing your eggs for incu-
| baton in the early spring.
1t might be said that now is as good
a time to make the start as at any other
time of the year because birds Of a de-
sirable kind may be purchased cheaper
now than at any other time.
A flock started in this way will be
cheaper by far in the end, than purchas-
! ing both eggs and incubator or vet by
purchasing day-old chicks in the spring
of the year. In either Of these cases.
ones losses are not only expensive. tu.
tend in great measure to discourage
the begirnol, which generally results Ia
| his getting out If the business practicauv
before he has made start
By purchasing pen OF purebred birds
and getti Your start from them, your
| knowledge II the business will be gained
gradually as the broods are Matched and
you care for them while your flock grows
! The greatest trouble with most be-
| ginners is that they are not satisfied
with a small beginning, but on the other
hand, desire too large a flock to start
with. They are led to believe that all
they have to do is to purchase a large
number Of chickens and then lay idly by
and their fortune is made. Take heed,
the poultry raising business is no differ
ent from other lines. Think of a man
entering into the banking business on
even a small scale with absolutely no
| knowledge of the game and see what
/ becomes of him.
The average beginner in the poultry
| business wants, right on the 60 off, to
Outshine the older and more experienced
! breeders, men who have been in the bust
ness for a number of years, and in their
eagerness to do this, they. of course, fail.
Be content to start in a small way,
and with care of your tiOcks and atten-
| ton to business you will in a very short
time accumulate a large number of fine
birds that will not only be beautiful to
look at, but at the same time profitable.
| And in addition to all this gradually
| learn the game of poultry raising from
experience, which after ALL is the best
| teacher.
Beginners will please remember the
| fact that you cannot start in the poultry
business with a fine pen of birds with
out some little money to start with.
Fine birds are worth money-real money
but when once you get them they will
soon pay for themselves in the sale Of
your surplus cockerels.
Possibly the greatest trouble with
most beginners is the improper housing
of their birds during the first winter
Plan for the winter comfort of your
fiocks while the warm rays of the sum-
mer sun are still shining. Do not wait
until the cold winters blasts are upon
YOU before directing your attention to
their winter quarters. Many STYLES Of
desirable GOODS, of home construction,
can be built at very small cost. Houses
made from good second hand material,
properly put together, will answer the
nurpose as well as those made OF the
very best material.
One of the most talked-of, and for that
matter most desirable, houses for poul-
trv at the present time is that OF the
omen front design. These houses are
indeed preferable to any, other from the
fact that they afford plenty of light and
fresh air to the fiOcks, both day and
night. which is after all a very lmpor-
tant matter to be considered.
All the Joints in the constructions OF
the house should be made tight, so as
not to admit any air, which, might form
draft and thus be detrimental to the
health of the birds. All the air that IS
necessary for the health and comfort OF
the birds will be admitted to the coop
through the open-front, which should be
covered with a wire mesh netting and
ftted with a muslin curtain to be lowered
at nioht during severe weather.
The house should be built low, say SIX
or eigbt feet in front and about five IN
tbe hack. which will give the roof the
Droper pitch. Have the open-tront TO
face the South and thus by building
the house higher in front, the sun ray
are permitted to reach the PACK OF IhS
house, making it light and healthy ana
keeping it dry and free from qamphess.
The greatest mistake maze Dy tne
beginner is waiting until ne neeos some
thing before starting to make IT, WIN
tbe result that he is never reaqy Wheh
the time comes. Build your brooder cooPs
and small run-ways for next spring
matches now. Don't I wait until you neeu
them. These should be so arranged thal
Won can knock them down and store
Them away until the time comes Tor use
when they can be made ready at mo-
ment's notice. 4Lo+ is
The poultry business is one that Is
rapidly growing and is enlaTrglng toa %loa
tbe advent Of each year. Get starteu
right. and lay your plans along senslDie
Ines You will then eventually come IN
for YOUR share Of this rapidly increasing
industry.
rrAIIIADI e