| Show FEW MISTAKES OF BEGINNER some of chief reasons for failure given after careful study over feadin feeding I 1 ir re success coss 0 or 0 arith ith pou poultry rry dd do entirely upon the management pud find in studying tho the cause of failures allures the poultry keeper must hold bold la in view the fact that the fowls are creatures crea turoa in his charge and that upon hla his judgment hinges binges the question of profit or loss loaa A careful study pt the of failure of many who have ventured into the poultry business leads us to conclude that the following fal lowing are the chief reasons endeavoring to keep too many fowls where room tor for one or only ily can be obtained that Is saying caving in expenses by cheapening cost of houses and space buying fowls from other farma farm and thus bringing disease and lice into the flocks overfeeding Over feeding the tha fowls being supplied with greatest abundance under the supposition the more teed feed the more eggs cold drafts over the fowls at night with a view to supplying fresh air when the tha temperature Is low wasting time with sick few fowls a instead of destroying all birds that cannot be cured quickly disregarding the breeds by keeping anything that Is a fowl lack of exercise the fowls being idle discontented and consuming food because they have nothing oleo elee to do feeding corn and wheat exclusively and omitting foods which supply albumen for egg production feeding three times a day the result being indigestion and the introduction of disease in the flock lice both mites and the large lice that are found only on the bodies of tho the fowls at all seasons of the year failure to keep the houses and yards clean labor Is ie withheld at the tha most anost Import important ani period |
