The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-08-27
A Weekly Page of Poultry Hints to You
u nenam Fu Of Bright Ideas Magazine Section

will eat their heads off. This lack OIL
feed ia one of the underlying causes
why many farmers cannot grow s'ocA
or fowls with successfully are 80
afraid that they will eat their heaaS
off and think the less feed they give
the more will be their profits. Weli-fed
fowls are the only kind that make
real profit. Feed the chickens and II
YOU are not willing to do this you naa
hetter keep growing cotton and STICK
to your old antiquated methods OF ao-
ing things.
Utility is the first requisite IN any
fowl if profit is to be obtained oVea
the cost of rearing, caring and the feed
inc of the same. There are some VINO
do not know the meaning of the WORD
utility. but use it as a cloak to dispose
of culls that do not even possess tho
merits of the birds raised carefully ny
the fancier, and who many so-calied
utility breeders are decrying. Better
good shaped. strong fowl Of fine plum
age than some of the under-slzed cuiis
that are sold as so-called utility fowls.
i Gradually the American poultry keepers
are waking up to the fact that In 'he
,onc run it paws to purchase the best
stock. day.old chicks or hatching eggs
There is too much cheap, haphazard-
bred stock being palmed off upon those
} beginning in poultry, with discouraglng
/ resnlts In a measure, it is the begin
ner . own fault in seeking the so-caiied
bargain counter.
Tf one cares to keep standard bred
fowls and enjoys the sport of the poui'
0 trv shows (of which over 1,2o0 were
h held throughout the United States TINS
e year), as many of those who raise poul.
i try do, there is every opportunity, ana
8 when the breeding lines become estab-
0 lished we'll enough to produce prize
s winners, there is a good deal OF satls-
+ faction when orders come in for slo
n TO perhaps $50 or more for high grade
d birds. It is not meant to say that sue
Q cess is always easy in the poultry ousi-
7 ness. for there are often trials and
d tr;bulations as in all lines OF business,
J. and with them sometimes comes failure.
d But with the present-day development
d and knowledge of poultry culture 1t can
y be considered in nowise called for, and
P. need not be experienced by the care
full poultry man or poultry woman.
~ There are few greater pleasures than
"A the pictures from real life OF the small
farm set to small fruits and trees, will
~ desirable poultry houses and runs, witt
the landscape dotted with standard
hired fowls7 Most assuredly there ART
few callings that contribute so much O.
real pleasure and compensation to tn
SQUARE inch. To the office man, broker
in health, or to those who would retall
their health, there is no other occupa
tion that will give the same return
and no medicine that will benefit thos
Of failing health SO much as the sun
shine and open-air exercise that IS thu
obtained. This much is assured; bu
there is one thing more one possesse
and that is Independence.
As soon as you have completed tn
brooding Of small chicks, put the broo'
er cocps away for next years worl
But before you put them away ciea
| them thoroughly with any good cleans'
| and water, turn them up in the h
4 sun till fully dry, paint them II the
4 is any need Of it, and after that IS
4 done, put them away. They will be
II good as new again. You will be on u
\ safe side as to germs and filth, al
II the pleasure and pride you will feel
II the clean and newly painted broode
Il and coops will be worth dollars to yc
Il In Germany patent has been grant
Il for a rubber substitute made from 80
III fhaouo