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Combination of Poullry With the Small Dairy I Poultry keeping, by Its very naluro Is much moro pr6fltablo and accordingly accord-ingly more pleasurable. If; allied with some other occupation. With almost every Industry thero Is somo by-product that la usually wasted. It Is obvious that If wo, can turn this wasto into a paying proposition wo shall lncreaso our incomo proportionately proportion-ately to tho value of the arttclo In question. What this waste Is and tho possible valuo of same when turned turn-ed In tho right chnnncl depends, of courso, upon tho Industry and the use to which it is put First, wo will tako up tho combination combin-ation of poultry with tho small dairy. Those readers who keep two or moro cows, and who make butter, know that unless tho calves aro raised, rais-ed, or pigs kept that thero is considerable consid-erable skimmed and butter milk that la wasted. Even if now fed to tho calvea and pigs, it can bo moro quickly quick-ly turned Into cash by feeding It to tho poultry. Chickens will convert the milk Into flesh considerably faster fast-er than elthor calves or pigs, and tho prlco received is noticeably higher, high-er, bo you ado tho argument is on our sido hero. m l UUCKB aro cunsiuuruu, inu uik"- H ment Is nil tho stronger, for ducks H grow much faster than chickens and H they seem to thrlvo even mora on H tho milk diet. If thoso small farm-H farm-H ers who keep from thrco to nine H cows, would ralso ono calf to ovcry M two cows, raise only tho pork for JH homo consumption and feed tho sur-H sur-H plus to poultry, making butter instead M of selling milk they would bo better tt off. The farmors would have more H money, and If properly managed tho B work would bo no harder than now. I tt When tho wear and tear of road H equipment, tlmo of team and man In H delivery of milk, and nil other nee-H. nee-H. essary things arc considered we think H the balance Is strongly in favor of H kcoplng tho milk at homo. Many ob-B ob-B jeet to this on tho ground of making nf tho women's work harder. Why V shou'd It If tho men use tho time now VfU spent In delivery. In making butter eK1 it would tako no longer? There Is ' H room hero for cooperation in butter H making. 1 In feeding milk to tho poultry wo tU Uko best to feed onco a dny In a H mnsh, with either sour or buttermilk, jH For growing stock wo feed very Httlo H wet mash. It wo havo moro than 11 they can uso In this way It Is a pay-H pay-H ing Investment to put tho surplus In H clean dtahos, always in tho shade, M whero thoy can drink It at their own l will. When given to laying nnd to B breeding stock this Is tho better Plan Efl Its fault, if It can bo called a fault, Is In tho fact that it is mussy making B tho fowls look bad, and it requires J caro to keep vessels strictly clean HI nnd sanitary. Liko many other good Hfl things It can bo mado a curso if It HI Is wrongly used, or neglected. Hi I havo found that milk is vastly su-Hb su-Hb porlor to commerplal beef scraps In HB poultry feeding. I know other poul-Htry poul-Htry breeders who think tho snmo as HHl do and who think enough of It that HMthoy pay as high as four cents per ttVJquart for buttermilk to mix tho dally BHmash for tho chicks. I like butter-HHjmtUc, butter-HHjmtUc, Bour, skimmed or clabbered. HBjTho butter milk seems to cither kill BBvho diarrhea germ or counteracts Its HBy (Tacts nt any rntc. !HB It Is dangerous to change from the HBfwoct to sour, or vlco veren, Uso ono and stick to it. In giving It to nowly hatched chicks to drink, 1 prefer tho sweet, but wait n week or two beforo beginning on tho butter but-ter milk, nfter giving sweet milk. (Milk steins to bo tho natural food for tho anlmnl kingdom," and whl'o tho wild fowl certainly did not havo It on tho menu of tho ancestors of our domestic pets, still it is an Indisputable In-disputable fact that our birds do thrlvo on It ns on nothing clso thnt supplies tho animal food necessary for their proper development.) Laying, hens given sour or butter milk to drink lny moro and larger eggs than when deprived of Its uso When this by-product can be had for simply tho work Involved In feeding It surely Is n very profltnblo ubo to mako of what Is now In many p'neps simply n wnsto. Several years with and without It havo taught mo somo thing of Us worth, and I think too much Is seldom claimed for It in this line. Ahovo wo havo seen how n farm byproduct can bo profitably used In connection with poultry keeping. Now wo will seo briefly how n poultry poul-try byproduct can bo lust ns profitably profit-ably used on a farm or suburban home or In a hack city lot. It is surprising whnt a quantity of droppings a small flock of hens will nccumulato in a short time. If not put to uso tlicso aro of courso a disgusting dis-gusting nuisance, buf to those who own tho placo whero thoy live thoy may bo mado to perform a very Important Im-portant service. Whero tho poultry kooper Is a renter it Is possible to uso In tho same way, if conditions nro such ns to warrant an extended resldenco. If neither of theso conditions condi-tions nro posslblo then ono is often nblo to sell tho manure to the owner of a garden, orchard, or berry patch In many places tho unadulterated sells for $1 per barrel. This is a big help toward tho feed hill, hut If it Is worth that much to ono man it surely is worth as much to another anoth-er if put to tho same use, and why not seo that tho other Is tho owner of tho fowls? This same wnsto Is tho best posslblo fertilizer for tho general garden when rightly used. It must bo carefully used, however, e.nd must bo well rotted. Nover used green, nro it will surely burn up tho roots of tho plnnts If used nt all liberally. lib-erally. Another placo whero the two form n mutual benefit society, Is In the orchard. Fruit bearing trees aro greatly benefited In being used as n poultry run. The droppings fertilize tho soil, tho hens holp by scratching around tho roots, of established trees, not young ones, nnd by destroying quantities of harmful Insects, and tho poultry is benefited by tho shade. Tho owner comes in hero as a silent pnrtner, making a third happy stock holder, by doubly benefiting through tho combination. It Is posslblo for mnny pouUrvmon to havo tho possibilities of both tho poultry and tho dairy. It Is not ncceesary. that either bo carried on largely, but it Is not impossible for tho averngo fruit man, dairyman or poultryman to profit by tho comulna-l tlon. Tho gardener is not but cf tho list, in fact ho Is In a flno position to stand nt tho top. No hrancii of farm Industry but that can bo mado moro remunerative by ndJIng ioul-try ioul-try keeping which may mean only tho keeping of a half dozen In the back lot, and no one raising poultry but may bo benolted financially if in no other way, by adding fruit, garden, gard-en, or cows ns a balance. Edwin nricket in Utah Farmer. |
