The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-18


The city man finds to keep only a
few hens to supply his own table with
fresh eggs and an occasional chicken,
while the farmer
WISCONSIN can often keep hens
A POULTRY enough to pay the
STATE grocer, or many OF
the smaller expenses
1t has an album of the farm, and at
dance of poultry the same time keep
feed his own table sup
The climate is piled with fresh eggs
well adapted to and meat.
poultry raising. Little capital is
The soil is good necessary in starting
for poultry. to raise poultry, so
Is near good the field is open to
markets for any and every one
poultry who has the use of a
little ground on
which to build a cheap house. No
other phase of agriculture is so uni
versal as is poultry raising. Where
ever man has found it possible to do
successful farming, he has found
poultry raising a valuable part of his
operations.
Genuine success in poultry raising
is dependent on certain conditions,
and it may be said that no two people
exactly alike in their ability or
willingness to observe these few fun
damentals These essentials are ::
willingness to work, natural liking
for poultry, the ability to manage a
flock, and good stock.
Unless one is willing to do the many
| little things that are part of poultry
keeping, success will not follow Each
year many people start to raise
poultry, but because of their lack OF
| knowledge of poultry raising many of
them fail. The successful poultry
| raiser, whether on city lot, on a gen
eral farm, or on highly specialized
poultry plant, is a person who likes
poultry, and is willing TO work and
study the business. Such a person is
constantly on the watch to see if there
is anything wrong with any bird in the
flock. Too often the novice does not
notice anything wrong until the en-
! tire flock is out of condition.
| Good management covers a large
and includes housing the stock in com
Portable houses where they are pro
tected from the weather, but are sup
piled with fresh air and sunlight
The houses must be kept clean and
free from parasites. The good poultry
manager directs his labor intelligently
buys carefully, and markets success
fully
On the general farm, the feed bill is
usually small because a large part OF
the feed is found by the poultry with
out cost to the farmer, and many
| times to the betterment of the farm
The additional feed is also sold" tc
the poultry at first cost. On the town
lot or the poultry farm where the feed
cost is relatively higher, the products
must be marketed for a better price
Fortunately, this extra price for 6
fancy product is easily secured.
Keeping good stock is also essen
tial. The careful poultry raiser viii
start with good stock and, if possible
| keep improving 1t. Many people in the
cities, if they can buy good stock, viii
find it more profitable to buy we'll
grown pullets or hens from farmers
than to try to raise chickens This
tendency on the part of the city poul
ltryman will increase the interest of the
general farmer in raising poultry of {
better class
Success with chicks is essential il
successful poultry raising. The in
ability to raise good chicks has caused
the failure of many poultry ventures
The stock must be we'll grown or the
results will not be satisfactory
GILMAN.
t,..,, I'D 11sx,