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Show POULTRY ON DRY FARM Works In Splendidly as a Profitable Profit-able Branch. Give Farmer Something to Fall Back On In Case of Failure of Grain Crop Little Required In Way of Outlay. (By M C. ItRKNKtt. Manar Poultry Department, Manitoba Agricultural With the opening of the new era In western agriculture romes tha opportunity oppor-tunity for the poultry Industry to develop de-velop luto a distinct branch of diversified diver-sified or mixed farming. Thla method of farming eems to be the only bopo for future prosperity. We need sc arcely arce-ly reJVr to the effects of crop failures 'or a few fciici esslve year on the J general welfare of certain sections of country In which they occur. I'o relieve re-lieve this situation farmer must n-gape n-gape In something more than grain faniuiTiTso tTiaT In cam cropa7al!" they may have something else to fall back Qti. In diversified farming they could iTJlSi" 'j1 proceed o the dairy nnd poultry 7'fortuctH to'nteerthe current Ixpense. roultry raising works in splendidly a profitable branch of dry tarmlng. Very Utile U required In the way ol Jiitlay, and the returns In proportion thereto are a good many time larger than In any other branch. The poultry houaea need pot be expeiiBlvo, Juat io long as they are of the serviceable 'kind-the kind that give results'. There Is nun h wtute In grain aui at her ililngn on our farm every year that could be converted Into poultry and eggs very ea.-ily at a handsome i profit. Only about four pounds of j grain are required to produce one pound of chicken, which la less than Is required to produce one pound of beef, mut'on or bacon. The labor required re-quired to successfully manage a flock of poultry Is proportionately small. The market demands are practically nnlimltel. and the price of dressed poultry and epgs is sufilclently bih at ali times of the year to make poultry poul-try keeping a paying business, even when prices are at their lowest. From these facts we Me that poultry can be made a very profitable branch of farming, with but very lit t la In the ay of Initiative expenditure. To begin poultry raising on a dry-farm dry-farm I would prefer to atart with a few settings of ei- the first season nnd hatch chicken from the egg, nnd then have my own stock the second seaaon. Th way of starting is the cheapest. When a person wants to Invest a little heavier a better start can le ma.-'e by bujliig 10 to 20 birds and hatching chickens from these the first year, Thla means, of course, a heavier expense, tut then on would be a yeHr ahead In getting Tti;ri! Already the flrttt year. The poultry house should be located fairly close to the other farm buildings, build-ings, and should be protecd from the north wind, or it may be built as lean-to against the barn. The Idea la to have the poultry house well lighted, dry, well ventilated and free from draught, and also fairly cheap. One of the best houses for this climate Is the straw loft poultry house, built 1ft feet wide and any length desired. This house has a peak or gable roof, la seven feet high from sill to plate, and ha the south side made of ore tMrd board and the remainder one half plaa and one half curtain. Such a bouse Is not very expensive and answer an-swer the purposa very well for the Iverage farmer. Supposing the dry-farm has already t well established poultry department, depart-ment, then tho work should be directed direct-ed toward Increasing the returns by weeding out 'he poor layers, killing all the hen over two year old. and Aicreaslng the average egg production tr hn per year by carefully selecting '.he. best layer and breeding only from '.hem. In this way the poultry on the ?irm will give 25 per cent, larger return re-turn In the course of a few years, and at the same time It will become I an Important factor In bringing diversified diver-sified farming to the front. I t |