Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1917 — POULTRY NOTES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

POULTRY NOTES

The chicken business is old —the Egyptians built incubators and raised chickens ages ago. Ninety-five per cent of the poultry is raised on the farm as a side issue. Nd man makes a success in poifltrv keeping tlWessbehasthe 'right idea’ and right; aim. Don’t forget to keep the chickenhouse in sanitary condition. It is important to do this in cold weather, as well as in hot weather. • —— J Poultry raising is an industry which needs special attention. It should be taken up as a business and managed as a business and time and effort put into it. -

Eggs of inferior market quality, as to size, shape and color, should not be used for hatching because the pullets hatched from them may lay the same kind of eggs. No business pays better than poultry raising in proportion to the money invested. The poultry industry of South Dakota nearly equals in value that of dairy products. u The poultry raiser should stick to one particular breed and make a specialty of that breed. There Is no best breed. _The_best—breed is the breed which one likes best. If a hen has to sit on a cold roost all night, with all the warmth she gets drawn from within, she will not be likely to lay the next day. Watch the water supply and see that the hens drink only pure water, and that they get plenty of it, also that they get It in clean vessels. Cut a head of cabbage in halves and hang where the hens can help themselves. The green food will be greatly relished and is a necessity to their diet.