Show necessities for success from american poultry journal bellave we have gotten past the place in poultry culture iture where any old thing thin will do and we have also passed the experimental stage in a great many things and they have proven themselves worth worthy y of a permanent place with the success fid breeder foremost and most codar acu icu ous among these stands poultry p 0 u itry lite literature batur 0 A knowledge of cor tain fads facts concerning poultry breed breeding ilig is absolutely necessary without which no one can reach success or even get within sight of it part of this knowledge can como come only through tile the reading of and studying poultry literature good journals books etc are now so plentiful plentie u I 1 tand and cheap that no one can call offer any excuse for not knowin knowing at least what constitutes a good fowl experience is also a groat great factor towards success by this I 1 mean ones own experience we may read of other peoples success through 2 certain experiences yet their methods may or not be applicable to our hocks flocks under present conditions and must be tested before adopting next in order ordel comes 00 good ocl stock addico on this seems a almost to be out of place as nearly all surely by this time know that any other kind is a poor investment once in a while we find a party who thinks it cheaper to breed up to such let mo me say dont to bein begin 0 with poor stock and breed up means more than most people think it means years of care and patience which most of us do not caro care to undertake and at the end we will not be able to say we have pure stock because it is almost impossible to entirely eradicate impure blood aft erit iti is S once introduced good care stands in a place where it cannot be set aside by good caro care is not meant merely plenty of feed but also includes the right kind of feed at the ri glit time good care the kind of attention that will make the hens contented and happy and bring the best results to give ive this kind of attention maans means a whole lot of work not necessarily hard work but work that must not be neglected n not even the smallest detail it is not in good care to stuff then starve either with food or water in winter they should be protected from cold wind in summer from the hot scorching im sun their roosts boosts and nests kept clean and free from lice also dust boxes grit boxes etc the smallest item overlooked or neglected may be the hole thatis that is causin causing the leak that means failure life is made up of small things and he wb who 0 neglects 0 them neglects life incubators and brooders broaders bro oders may be included under certain conditions ie i e where very early chicks are wanted for broilers or for breeders bleeders bre eders in large quantities r for or those who only raise chicks on a small or limited scale and do not care to n get et them out sooner than march or april they can do very well without incubators but th they e V might be found a con vengence veni ence at times even then to group the necessities together 0 cr in my estimation would brin bring 0 them about as follows knowledge which comes through the study of poultry literature era ture experience which comes from contact with the fowls good stock gotten by purchase from some reliable breeder good care which means attention to the smallest detail and perchance incubators and brooders broaders bro oders all the necessities of poultry culture are not enumerated above but enough are given to insure success if closely followed IV B german |