Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-26
POULTRY FARM A
PAYING BUSINESS
w. n. BOON OF BATAVIA Has
DEMONSTRATED THIS FROM \
SUCCESSFUL EXPERIENCE.

When The Courier man" cAllod ~
the farm home OF w. H. Boon, 1ust
little east Of Batavia, a few dogs ago
ne found that gentleman and his wife
busy with their flocks of White Lea,
horn and Anoona chickens, and 1t war
a treat to 60 about among the differ
ent buildings and see the splendid col;
lections OF full blooded birds. Mr. and
Mrs. Boon have been engaged in the
high class chicken business there To-,
a few years and in their experience
have proven that 1t pays to cultivate
the best In this line, as In any other
branch Of live stock or farming In,
dustry. as
Exhibition birds from Mr.. Boona
farm were given highest h0nors ii
the poultry shows at Fairfield and on
tumwa last fall and winter. AT OF
tumwa his exhibition won five first
prizes, two seconds, two thirds and
fourth At Fairfield he won foul
sweepstakes, five firsts and two sec
onds. winning everything in the class \
various birds scoring IS to SO points
Mr.. Boon keeps his place clean and
orderly, all buildings being constructed
with view to caring properly for thu
business. They are well ventilated
ana are kept In sanitary condition,
and this with the care that Is exer
cised In proper feeding and supplying
clean, fresh water, Ill birds raised
there are strong and healthy.
Mr.. Boon makes a practice OF cullina
MIS- chickens with view to securing
the very best results both in 90
producing as we'll as breeding. While
he Is not engaged In the production 81!
exhibition chickens yet he naturally
takes just pride in his collection or
ribbons and prize badges. In jan.
uary. this year, his chickens Lr0ducedI
1904 eggs, regardless OF the severe
weather, and in the same month a
room of forty.eight OF his AnconnaS
produced fiftythree and one felf dor
en- eggs. sS
Both eggs and birds from Mr.
Boons farm are always in demand ats
good prices. Last year he SOLD over
ll,OOO eggs for Matching PURPOSES and
never received complaint from 81
single customer. which fact sneak
unquestionably as to satisfactory IA
suits. He has special packers botlli
Tor market eggs and when shipping
for Matching purposes and absolutelx
IL,
He is now selecting his different
matings and preparing the different
pens, and anyone interested In high
class. full blood chickens OF tho White
Leghorn or Ancona varieties will do
we'll to send t. him for mating list, OIL
better yet, il within reach call Ct the
farm and look over the stock. Mr.
! Boon has a remarkable fine flock az
birds, and has from every vicwp0inv
demonstrated that it pays to keen
| first class. full blooded stock. They arg
no more difficult to produce, no more
expensive to keep. and the results ars,
so much more satisfactory than witiN
second rate fowls. These people have
found that the birds on this term ma
ture early, having had them ready foss
market in ten or eleven weeks, ann
had the pullets laying at frlm forfa
to FIVE months Of age.
They are extremely particular anil
careful in the culling> of the birds
keeping only the best and STRIVING at9
ways for superior egg producing qtlat
tiles and the finest strains uf fun
blooded stock. They are developing ths2
AncOnas as top notch chickens Tor TIC
production Of eggs. These birds have
scme truly wonderful records In tbs
production OF eggs at the poultry exS
pertinent stations OF this and variouif4
other states. d
| These people are simply demons
strating what the Iowa farmer can sias3
with proper attention in this depart
ment of farm enterprise. and Il is wels
worth any interested persons time Nh
Investigate by personal cali ct thif5
farm or by correspondence with TIM
obliging proprietor Of this place. ADJ
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