Show POULTRY AND DAIRY lloir Jlncli Wd Con He Converted Into is Parent Professor Myers of the West Virginia experiment station would combine tho dairy and poultry mId so Insuro access on tho farm Ho writes as follows The poultry busiupni requires no largo amount of capital nnd labor upon up-on tho form that would otherwise bo idlo can cry largely bo utilized in caring for it Tho same familleH that take the dairy products will bo only too glad lo got the poultry supplies no that there is no additional I cxpcuw in marketing mar-keting the supplies Every hen properly proper-ly cared for can bo expected to pay the owner nt least 1 not per year in eggs and considerable additional either in tho form of eggs or of chickens raised for talc Considerable poultry can bo kept largely upon what would otherwise other-wise bu wastes of the dairy bushiest > Buttermilk or skiminilk fed to liens will pay lAter than used any other way with which I am acquainted Thero aro wastes about the dairy tables which cannot bo utilized in any way as effectively effect-ively ni by poultry which pick np tho lost grain whether in the manger or in the mannro pile and convert it into profit Poultry properly handled gives tho farmer a certain and ample income at tho time of year when dairymen are generally most rmxlons to have tile deficiencies de-ficiencies of the dairy mado good and there is never a tlmo in tho year when poultry products may not find a fair markot Much of the mixed food for dairy cattle is admirably adapted for feeding poultry littlo additional bnlldint is I ncccssiry no additional help is required re-quired Tho capital invested In poultry can bo 1 withdrawn in a few days by tho solo of tho poultry tho waste products of the dairy are converted Into profit and the combination of the poultry ill dnstry with the dairy business is I tho most natural tho most attractive and perhaps tho most profitable adjunct to E rylug that can be thought of It is only a step from a general poultry business to tho fancy poultry business For myself I prefer the egg producing varieties to tile all purpose fowl or fow that is especially adapted miv lls ililrn J for killing as meat In the long run I think the egg producers moro profitable than Ibo meat producers but that is a question opinion and the point is not to keep any fowls upon tho farm that do not pay a profit to tho owner The man who expects to secure both qualities quali-ties In a chicken is like the man who wants a good beef and n good dairy con in tho same animal It la best to determine deter-mine what a man wishes to do and work to that end |