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Show I MONEY IN LITTLE THINGS. I Many small industries are as upbuilding to a community as one large industrial institution, and Ogden, in planning for a bigger city, V should not overlook the value of the means of livelihood which add I half a dozen, a dozen or more wage earners. ' More than one expert 'has said that Ogden does' not make the most of its opportunity in chicken raising. Those well informed on ; this industry state that all the essentials to a great poultry industry J I are here, and this is borne out by the fact that three or four large I poultry yards have been established, the owners of which have pros- I pered. I i One chicken ranch in the north part of the city, where 5000 I 1 hens are kept, returned a revenue of nearly 20,000 last year, with I eggs selling wholesale at from $9 to $24 a case of 30 dozen eggs. V Of course, no business, from chicken raising to publishing a h newspaper, can be successful without care as to details and intclli- gent management. On this chicken ranch, sick chicken are unknown ' because the sick ones have their heads cut off at the first sign of cold, or canker, or worms. Then there are no mites, as the roosts and nests regularly are sprayed with coal oil. The fool-killer stands guard with a club for the careless person who might seek to go through the hen house with a lighted match, i The hens are not allowed an eight-hour day. In winter time elec- trie lights are turned on at 3:30 a. m. in order to persuade the chick- f, ens that the daylight saving rule is still in effect, and the hens, dis- i playing implicit trust in man as all hens do proceed to get down off the roost to scratch and dig. A The chickens are fed on bran, corn, wheat, scraps of meat and I even hay and, in return, they yield a big profit on the outlay. J Ogden and Weber county should have a chicken industry ten- 1 fold larger than is now established. |