The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-02-04
PROFIT IN POULTRY
is TOPIC DISCUSSED
(By Mrs. Isl. N. Carpen;er.l J

~ aur ascIaB6 IA6c0EE or FARMER
the poultry end Of the Industry is
simply side linz Of M great i'm
portance. and he looks upQa the rats.
Ing OF poultry rs sort OF pastime
Tor the wife should she ~ chance
happen 10 have a little leisure, and
so he doesn't seem TO realize that II
she had few more conysniences 20
use N the Care Of The fowls. there
could BE- more profit ri less cost. he
tails 10 realize that even with the
'inconveniences. dollars and doIlass
are being saved by the supply of
eggs and meat for the table the
same being produced from the nc
tual waste that commonly occurs
around the ranch. so If there is n
small profit under tlkse conditions,
why not make n greater profit wita
but little more cost. Ii any al aIly IL
Is going TO be my effort to point out
TO you that the poultry industry Is
a real and profitable industry, and
one that il growing In importance
more and more every day, and with
tiis In mind, am making a plea that
We enter into the spirit OF ID while We
may get in on the ground floor. as il
were, for can assure you. the pouI.
try industry of Lemhi county is still
In It's Infancy. or perhaps we might
say. it's ehickhood
To make success of any industry
We must have an incentive. a den
mite object To work for. and a vast
amount OF observation, stick-to-it--
tiyeness and common sense, CON |
stantiy applied and well rubbed in. !
III is an easy thing for a person 10 |
sit In well heated Office room and |
dream about how a ranch should be !
conducted or poultry should be rails
ed. then write II for publication for /
the fellow TO read who is actually |
doing his very best. but doesn't seem |
able 10 make any part OF the dream |
stun he has read come true. no mat. |
ter how hard he tries. II Is all right |
to read these things. but we must
call into use our observation and |
common sense. and apply only the
part that seems best for the condi. |
tion In our surroundings. for whaf
seems best for Bill Jones does not
always apply to John Smith. l have
always tried 10 apply these princi. /
pies. and so in the following sugges.
tions ! want you 10 know that | have
but one thought ia mind as a result
Of my personal observation OF the
here. and that il. the good
OF the county and the poultry indus
try herein.
In the Different ctasses.s
To begin with am going 10 dis.
cuss chickens, and chicken raising.
because they seem to play the big
gest part In the poultry industry.
would first classify them into three
classes. viz. Meat. Egg and Utility.
We find such breeds as Cochins.
Black Langshans. Sussex,
etc, In the meat class. for they grow
large in size and carry the most of
their weight on the parts OF their
bodies where the meat is most de
sirable. In any first class market
YOU will find this class OF fowl de-
a higher price for the meat
because OF these qualities.
In the egg class we find such !
breeds as the Leghorns. Anconas.
Spanish, Minorcas, Andelusians. etc.
which grow comparatively small in
size and are prolific in egg produc-
ton.
In the utility class we find such
breeds as Wyandottes. Rhode Island
Reds. orpingtons. Rocks. indian
Games. etc. which grow to a good
size and their meat is OF the finest
quality, and according to the recen,
egg contests. they give the egg class
of fowls very close run in the pro
duction of eggs.
The kind of chickens we raise Is
according TO our taste and fancy and
the use for which we want them. Ar
Ter selecting the breed most desir.
ed. We should then look up the var
Ious strains Of that breed. and find
the one that seems TO fili the require
nents. then we should study their
type, and from then on breed for the
very best obtainable II costs less
10 feed pure bred fowl than
scrub. | fancy some OF you are ask
ng. whyf Because a purebred fowl
will keep in better condition. due 20
heir yigor and vitality for which
they are bred. giving better results
Icr whateber they may be raised.
meat, eggs. or both. and the
OF having fowls that WIFI
get results Is worth more than all the
effort spent ON them. The time has
long since passed when the raiser Of
just chickens gets anywhere in the
poultry business. for his breeders are
not in demand. the meat produced L.
of inferior quality and therefore de-
maDds but small price. and the
eggs are not of uniform size and col
or and therefore bring only the or 4
tinaTS price on a first class market
In connection with this fact I would !
relate two items / recently read re
Iating the fact that uniform. white
shelled eggs are bringing 35e pes
loEen more on the New York market
han the mixed kinds. Another was
that the flesh of the Sussex fowl
sould bring zee per ID more on the
English market any day in the year
han an ordinary fovl The writers
1f these items were not boosting
heir breed of Chickens either, for
hey were editorials.
Uniformity in Eggs.
I will relate little incident which
s nearer home. During a short vIs-
{ this spring at Minneapolis. | ae
,nfnuaDied fEo IF my friends IN ons