Show FIRST ATTEMPT MADE AT POULTRY RAISING Safest Plan to Start in Small Way With Small Flock Errors Will Be Made and Many cult Problems Encountered Before Success Is Attained Attained Fall Fall Good Time to Start The safest way for tho those e who are nrc about to make their first attempt at poultry raising Is to start In a n small way with a few fowls fo and learn the business thoroughly before making large Investments advise poultry specialists spec spec- musts of or the United States department department depart depart- ment of or agriculture Mistakes will be made and many difficult problems will wIH willbe be presented resented for solution before success suc suc- success cess in hr any large measure will be bc attained As soon as it Is found to toI tobe tobe be he a n paying Investment more capital I may ruay maybe be p put t Into the plant Another good plan for tor tte tt-e beginner I v l v L I who wishes to learn the art of ot poultry keeping is to secure a n position with some successful One or I two years of or work on a large practical practical cal plant will be found a great help as ns the methods of caring for the birds and of marketing the products can enn thus be learned better than In almost any other way The question Is often asked ed What la Ie tic best time of the year for tor ono one to begin When to begin Is not ver very verj Important l' l Fall Is a u good time for fOI then stoc stock can be purchased for less les money than at any other season It I Is it also advisable to move the fowls tc their new quarters before they begin to lay loy If It the beginner has had hod experience In poultry keeping It will be all nil to purchase eggs otherwise he should begin with the fowls and thus gain some knowledge of caring for poultry before attempting to raise mise chickens I made blade 10 feet teet Instead of 5 5 the horsepower horse power could be doubled Or If It tho stream were twice as wide or twice as deep with but n a foot 5 head the result would be the same The minimum conditions under which an nn Installation should be c considered are roughly a n flow of gallons per minute and a a l head bead of oC 10 feet or the equivalent Under these conditions the amount of electricity generated continuously continuously con con- Is small but by permitting the plant to run continuously and storing stor store ing lag the current generated In storage batteries a supply may bo ho always at hand for the lighting and small power requirements of the farm Small and Large Plants A plant capable of furnishing current current cur cur- rent for as ns man many as 50 to lights for the house barn outbuildings yard and drives providing ample current for tor washing Ironing vacuum cleanIng clean clean- lug Ing electric fans toasters percolators hot plates sewing machine etc for all cooking heating of water and the house in the coldest weather as well as for operating motors for nil all the various fanning operations even en during during dur duro ing threshing time necessarily must be considered the exception On the other other oth oth- er Cl hand the smallest plant which Is worthy of consideration Is one having havinga a capacity of but eight to ten lights Between these two extremes there exist today on our farms the means menns of developing thousands of plants large enough to supply between five and ten horsepower during daring all seasons of the year car It will be found that these plants will fill 1111 the needs of oC the average average aver aver- age farm and provide pro an excess for emergencies The cost be con con- may well within the me reach or of thousands thou mOUe sands of owners today Where conditions offer the opportunity opportunity for development the first step Is to determine the quantity of water which Is available This may be done preferably by either the weir or cross- cross section velocity methods Unless the stream Is of such width as ns to entail too large an nn outlay for the construction construction construction tion of a weir well dam the former method should be used as more accurate results results results re re- are obtained with It Neither method requires any special technical skill If one will follow tollow directions care care- full fully Both methods are described fully In Yearbook Separate Electric Electric Electric Elec Lights and Power From Small Streams copies of oC which are available available avail n able for fr free ee distribution from the division of publications United States department of agriculture |