Show lood good poultry house and good stock attractive investment for farm WIN I 1 mill al S L by W A RADFORD mr william A radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all problems pertaining to the g subject abject of building work on the farm tyr cr th the readers of this paper on ac coun counts tot of his wide experience ri ad editor author U thor and manufacturer he 1 Is with 1 out D ut doubt the highest authority on the i subject address all inquiries to william wilham A radford Had tord no south dearborn street chicago ill III and only two cent stamp for reply As a plain mutter matter of fact poultry keeping Is not so popular on the farm as it should be tile alio average farmer Is fascinated and mesmerized by tho big returns to be obtain obtained ed from the raising of hogs and cattle and forgets the much heavier expense and the renter greater 9 length of time it takes to get returns from an investment in cattle or hogs than it does in poultry he forgets that the labor and time involved v in raising poultry are much lighter than in cattle and that hat he can call t turn urn his Ills money moncy over on poultry whereas lie ho Is satisfied with a percentage profit on other live stock in the majority of cases poultry raising g on the farm farin Is left to the women and children who are often expected to pay part of the grocery bills and buy clothing out odthe of the proceeds from this source of revenue the fact that the ahe housewife has to pay out a all 11 the money she takes in on them generally lessens her interest in tile tho flock the average farmer gets but a few eggs in the winter time from his hens hence he be usually neglects them when they need his attention most and C Is ayk rest 1 V I nil I arft C af i ls dt N i a 1 i T T ri LY CK 01 N T r 11 op atmo L RT LT ato FRONI from AND am 5 ear ONI NO er 15 Z 1 I I 1 L NEW 1 unita when lie he has most time to tend to them so that when when spring comes the chickens are poor infested with lice and mites and low in vitality they are late in starting to lay and soon want to sit after they do start laying he allows them to lay on the ground or under the barn or anywhere else the hen decides thus many eggs are never gathered at all and soon rot under some vine or in some fence corner then too the average farmer has only scrub stock which Is slow in development and low in productivity th this s Is the case on many farms where till nil the other stock Is well cared for the poultry being a very emall item are very apt to be sadly neglected were the farmer to buy good stock in chickens he would bo be much interested in the very ver y substantial profits which ile he will soon find can be derived froni from this hitherto neglected branch of irs his farm investment there Is no excuse for a modern n farmer not laying having a good stock of poultry and a good house for the them ni for it ia c I 1 MEM new 1 MOVABLE LIMM BOX ro ROOM I 1 I 1 b T F regp rr v H W tt 1 B I 1 U 11 waren WA ren iba n n t i costs less to get a good start in reliable breeds of poultry stock and to fix suitable places for them than it does in ill any other branch of the live stock industry then with a little e caie care and attention they will repay their worth many times over this poultry house Is 14 feet by 14 feet in size it Is built in the usual way by using 2 by 4 inch studding with building paper and clapboards outside and matched ceiling inside the idea of placing the windows high up Is to let the sunshine into the back part of the house during the winter and the early weeks of spring when sunshine Is greatly appreciated by the poultry the house Is ii well veil ventilated by muslin covered open openings under the low roof la front this Is the natural way my to ventilate a poultry house the air entering under tinder tile low roof find and circulating back of the roosts boosts all tile the inside paraphernalia of a poultry house should bo be easily removable the nest boxes dropping board roosts boosts feed hoppers dust boxes drinking fountains all should be installed in such a way as to be easily and and quickly detached so that they may be carried out into the sunshine for cleaning and fumigating fumi gating the dropping board Is made to fit the space at the back of the building under the of the roof the vests bests are supported on standards set onto tile the dropping board |