Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-26

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able. or who does not care to follow
this method with poultry has small
chance for making success at it,
Whatever may be the general idea. IL
is fact that not every one is quail
fled to raise poultry and make the
business a paying one. Poultry is
profitable under proper conditions as 10
care and attention, and under such con-
ditions it is pleasure as well as q
profitable undertaking.
If one wants to keep poultry.
likes the work. has fair facilities and
doesn't dislike the details, he is
likely to be successful. Nobody
ever yet made a success of business
or calling in which he or she was not
interested beyond the possibilities OF
financial returns. One of the most
successful dairy and creamery men in
the United States, who is also editor
of publication devoted to dairy and
creamery interests, said recently that
he had always made it rule never to
urge people to embark in the dairy or
creamery business. He realized, he
said, that success in the business called
for capital and labor, and for love for
and an understanding of cows. Plenty
of men, he said, were of the kind that
he should be better pleased to see out
of the business than in it, both for
their own good and for the good of
dairying. His practice was to advise
people that if they liked to keep cows
and liked to milk them. in his judg-
ment it would pay them to do SO.
The same rule holds good in the poultry
business. If man likes hens and likes
to take care of them he probably will be
able to make money in the poultry BUSH
ness. But there are lot of poultry rais-
ers who ought to be in some other busi-
ness. because they can do something else
more proftably.
Enthusiasm is one of the greatest assets
the poultryman can have. When one
keeps chickens and cares for them as
they should be cared fOr-understanding-
ly and with knowledge of their needs
there Is not much danger that the flock
will deteriorate or suffer from lack Of at
tentfon. In letter written by woman
who moved from the city to small farm
il found the following interesting and
valuable information and suggestion:
I'VE used to live in the city. but last
year moved to rundown farm, taking
sixteen pure-bred Rhode Island Red hens
and two males with us. / wanted to
raise as many chickens as possible. but
found opportunity to sell fourteen set
tings of eggs at 81 each ] used a 120-
egg incubator and cheap brooder also
setting some hens. l raised ninety-one
pullets to maturity. l sold thirty-two
cockerels as friers; we ate a good many
and with the remainder We bought feed
l also sold four AS breeders at 81 each.
My hens and first-hatched pulIets be-
gan laying in November, and from that
time they kept us in groceries all through
the winter. We fed them about a half
large quantity of green watercress. which
grew by the wagon load in little stream
nearby. The flock picked up much of its
living after stock and around straw
stacks. As to the trouble in raising pou-
try, ! enjoy it and would raise them even
il l saw very little profit in it,.
There are few undertakings so decep-
tive in profits as poultry raising. One
man will get, say, half dozen hens
and his calculations at the end of a year
will shcw that he has made a profit of
81 or So a bird. From such a basis he
will figure that with 100 birds $500
$500 a year in profits would be expected.
But for some reason such ventures never
pay in such proportions. The secret Of
getting maximum Profits out of poultry
raising lies in giving the flock the right
kind of care, in cutting off all chances Of
loss and i'm utilizing all possible sources
Of income-in other words, diversifying.
The first serious error made by the
poultryman who wishes to spread out
is to make it too large at one time.
The safer thing to do is to add a few
birds as room, ability to care for them
properly and other conditions will per-
init. BY diversifying it will be possible
to realize a larger profit. proportion
ally, with fewer birds and smaller
space. than otherwise.
The poultryman who makes the great
est profits in proportion to the number
of birds kept is the one who has some-
thing to sell every week in the year
If it isn't eggs it is q coop of friers or
broilerS, or q capon, or some culls and
cockerels that have been fattened dur
ing season when prices are good.
When eggs are cheap in the spring and
hens broody he lets them hatch these
cheap eggs and raise broilers, know
ing there is much more money in them
than there would be in the few eggs
that would be laid during that season.
Whitewash is often recommended
i'm these columns for use by the
poultry raiser. The practice of white
the poultry house on the in
side once year is excellent. 1t helps
it kills parasites; it helps
keep the house in a sanitary condition:
1t fills up the cracks. thus preventing
the breeding of lice and mites to some
extent: it makes the dark house light
err. and it sometimes helps to keep. out
some of the cold weather in winter
To make the whitewash which has
been used for more than ten years on
the lighthouses maintained by the gov
eminent take a half bushel of un-
slaked lime and slake it with boiling
water. Cover during the process to
keep in the steam. Strain the liquid
through fine sieve or strainer. and
add to it a peck of salt. which previ-
ously has been dissolved in warm
three pounds of ground rice
boiled to a thin paste and stirred in
while bot: one-half pound Spanish
whiting and one pound of glue previ-
ously dissolved by soaking in water
and then hanging over hot water. This
Is best accomplished by putting in a
small pail and hanging in a larger one
filed with water. Add i've gallons OF
hot water to the MIXTURE, stir well and
let stand few days covered 1t should
be. kept in "a portable furnace,