Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-01-30
POULTRY FAILURES
ARE GROWING LESS
improved Methods and Sound Advice
FACTORS in Success Of Modern
Plants


IN" approach Of spring comes. thou,
sands Of people will get their nrst
HoSe OF hen fever" Later on as
spring arrives the real longing TO have
a few chicks or hens comes strCnro.
lhah ever. 70 the great army or be-
|!nners thaf start each wear there
VIII be failure and successes. one of
he laws of every line of cndaayor
l'he causes Of failures are many. bu;
tn" largest factor can be set down to
'ack Of experience and a willfulross
or tbs part Of the beginner to travel
MS own path, rather than to follow the
beaten track of those who have made
success. Why so many who begin
poultry operations persist, in hobbies
mat are far from the well-known
methods of poultry keepers who have
made good has always been a mys-
terry. And this in the face Of really
good advice in the majority Of cases
as freely given by some Of the lead
lng experiment stations and by pOul-
try writer's who have and are making
good in their chosen vocation. 1t Is
fact that a majority of beginners
either cannot grasp tho advice as
handed down to them or Willfully fol-
low a course OF their own, with Door
results in the end
That the poultry industry is still in
its infancy and there is yet much to
learn no one disputes, but the fOunda-
tlon has been laid for successful
nOnltry-a solid one, one that if faith
fully followed can succeed. The be.
ginner no longer need go through the
experimental trials that the poultry
keeper Of former years had TO struggle
with, when the incubator and brood.
or were still in their crude state, and
the PRINCIPLES Of feeds and feeding
were less known. Ponltry house CON
etructiOn was still crude. with glass
fronts and faulty construction and
the breeding Of the heavy cgg-DrOduc-
or and fine show bird was yet in their
infancy.
Incubator Bio Factor
Today the incubator is a real
hatcher-One that in the hands OF
careful management will hatch strong,
healthy chicks. 1t is still far from
se!f-regulating, and perhaps never will
attain perfection, but any one with
a fair amount Of Judgment can attain
success with modern hatcher. The
year, formerly the big stumbling
block due to lack Of proper ventiIa-
ton rather than to lack Of heat. have
made marked Improvement, until now
many Of them are capable Of success
fully and properly broodjng the
chicks
Poultry equipment OF every kind
has been brought to q degree Of near
perfection within the past few years.
and if the advice Of poultry experts
is but Needed the path OF the begin
ncr need not be full Of thorns. as SO
many. found in years past In fact.
there is less real cause for any fail
ures in the year 1915 than ever be
fore in the history Of the poultry in
du4try. The tone Of the whole poultry
world has come down TO a safe and
sane basis, after the boom years or
1910, 1911. 1912 and 1913. The wildcat
schemes that creep in all new indus
tries during boom times have to q
large extent has been eliminated No
longer will one hear about the 81 900
hen or $6.41 per hen profit in a year
commercially.
r. ere is profit in poultry when
pro""rly managed In spite Of the
high cost Of feed. the properly nan
aged poultry flock is returning a
profit to their owners; perhaps 1ot
90 much as when the price Of feed is
.. r0rmal figures. but nevertheless
prof TO the flock that is not rO-
duCiig. a loss is registered but the
little American hen cannot be blamed
for mismanagement. Properly cared
for. she is ever ready 10 place the bal.
ance on tho right side Of the ledger
and if is up to those who keep poultry
TO attend to the essentials that 90
toward making poultry keeping a sue
cess.
The outlook for big year is good.
Poultry and eggs promise TO be in de-
mand at fair prices, and tho general
tone Of the whole Industry is getting
stronger each week. There is a short
age in sections Of high-grade breeding