Show POULTRY ON AVERAGE FARM makes no G great t demands on strength and A any my person of intelligence may stay mak make success in this country poultry includes chick chickens ens turkeys geese ducks gul nea fowls pigeons and occasionally pea fowls fols pheasants quail and aea ewans chlkins of course courte being the most important something like a quarter of a billion chickens and other poultry are consumed in the united states every year the consumption of e eggs ggs Is about eighteen dozen per capita the last census gave the value of chickens raised on Anie american rican farms in n 1899 as ot of eggs as today the american people consume about halt half a billion dollars worth of poultry and eggs per annum exports are increasing and nd one may enter on the raising of poultry and eggs with little fear of I 1 cot not realizing good prices on na all produce probably 90 per cent of the farms in the united states raise poultry as a side line feeding la Is more econom leal where general farming Is pur suea aue still there are manifest ad vantages in specializing greater attention tn tion knowledge srul skill achieve butter better results poultry raising makes no great demands on an strength and any person parson of 0 intelligence may hope to mako make a success of it but some have made the mistake of that the business can be taken up on a considerable sid erable scale without any expert ence hens lay jay all the way from cone to eggs a year and it takes come ome experience to tell with what omd hind of hens and under what conditions the upper limit can be reached probably the best course for the intending poultry ralser raiser would be to work for a year or more on one ol 01 the large chicken ranches in order to learn the ly points of breeds feeding fAtten fattening lag housing brooding incubating etc the raising of broilers ers roasters and capons for the market mey moy be a paying occupation on an egg ag yg farm if one secures the right hind kind rf r stock and gives the work the proper attention and management no kind ot at poultry Is more profitable than turkeys FOUNTAIN BUILT FOR DUCKS little one ones must oe be kept dry unit their feather feathers have formed useful one described since ducklings slop water around considerably when they drink and since they should be kept dry until after their feathers have formed the drinking fountain founton illustrated herewith will be found particularly useful say says the american agriculturist A square of quarter inch mesh galvanized wire cloth bir say 18 inches to the alde aide ii is tacked to a wooden frame and W fountain for ducklings Duc klings a bed of gravel so the water may easily drain away if the eoll moll Is may no not gravelly a hole should bo be dug about two feet deep and filled with small stones the drinking fountain of any convenient shape should be anchored in the center of the wire screen for little ducks the weight of 0 a fountain holding bolding one gallon or more will be more than othan sufficient to prevent toppling over ara it ie Is better not to keep ducks and chicks together the young chicks should be look cd ed over carefully for itco the farmer above everyone is in the party part y to succeed with poultry have charcoal sand and water always on hand and feed email small grain clean and disinfect the brooders at leant least nce a week and better every day POO potato to peelings fed raw in not too large quan quantities titles are good for the laying hens now that the chick chicks are eclied hc lied the skin n point la Is to see that thet the are are kept growing collect egg eggs every day shortly before noon or preferably twice daily at noon moon and at dusk A chick like a baby will vill get got good or bad habits according to the way IT it is Is started in this world to keep chacks growing and thriving they must be fed well and often and their crops kept clean clem separate the chicks as soon as sex ex can be distinguished because one will retard the growth of the other more move the outside brooders every week if poul saw ow tho yards at least ofte P year to ryle bailey or whitewashing the interior of the th poultry louse will not rid it of ile lice ua un lees less IL little carbolic acid is added to tho wash |