Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1890 — THE POULTRY YARD. [ARTICLE]

THE POULTRY YARD.

The medium-sized breeds are best, Geese are easily and cheaply raised. Nests made on the ground are the •best. Bantams are small eaters and fair layers. Clean earth is the best absorbent for poultry-houses and runs. Woman should find in poultry culture a remunerative occupation. Broilers bring more money than anything else in the poultry line.

Cabbage is excellent green food at any time of year for all kinds of poultry. Thousands of dollars go abroad every month for eggs that ought to b« produced at home. All that is needed for the novice, in constructing his fowl-house is a practical building, with good shelter, proper ventilation and a few internal arrangements for roosting, dusting and nesting. ARTIFICIAL INCUBATORS. It has been proven beyond question that artificial incubators are of i nvaluable assistance to poultrymen who pursue the business on a large scale, hatching thousands of chicks at one setting and rearing them for early broilers. The management of artificial incubators and brooders, however, is a business to bo learned, and the man who succeeds must start with a good stock of perseverance, patience, grit and capital. PROFIT IN THICKS. There is always a good market ?or ducks, not only in the larger cities, but in every town. Now that the old idea that ducks require a brook or pond has been proven erroneous, there appears no reason why these birds should not be added to every poultry yard. The improved kinds, such as Pekins and Kouens, can be easily and profitably reared on dry ground. Ducks begin laying early, and the ducklings can with generous feeding be got ready for the table in comparatively quick time.