New State Poultryman (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 5, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 1, 1907 Page: 4 of 18
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NEW STATE POULTRYMAN
December, 1907.
After your fowls have commenced |
to lay you should solicit a private j
trade for the surplus eggs, as you
will find numerous persons willing to
pay a premium of 10 or 15 cents above
market for strictly fresh eggs. All
last winter 1 had a steady demand for
eggs at 35 and 40 cents per dozen.
Put plenty of salt in the morning
mash, as it is greatly relished by the
hens. I usually mix a few onions in
with the mash. Fowls that you in-
tend to breed from should not be
forced too heavy for eggs during the
winter or you are liaole to have very
poor hatches.
Give your hens more attention this
winter, have-a systematic method for
feeding and watch results.
FRANK D1NW1DD1E,
Asso. Editor.
Columbia, Mo.
of people who would become very en-
thusiastic poultry raisers if their at-
tention had only been called to it or
had come in possession of a good
poultry journal. For instance, 1 have
of late been making a practice of try-
ing to induce parties who are raising
mongrel stock to subscribe for the
New State Poultryman. One man
who had been raising scrubs all ot
his life gave me his subscription and
’ i lie second number he received con-
; rained an article on the Huff Heg-
I horns. He was so impressed that he
1 immediately sent to an advertiser in
the N. S. P. for stock and another
| man told me the other day that the
! x. S. P. had convinced him that scrub
stock was not profitable, and he was
then mailing an order to a N. S. P.
! from your favorite breed, just take
down the journal. It will tell you
where to send for them. After a while
i you will have some stock and eggs to
sell. Send the publisher an add and
you will have very little trouble in
disposing of your surplus at a goou
price. So as a whole 1 will say that
the poultry industry as it is today
could not exist without the poultry
journals. What say you .'
HARRY CURE,
Atchison, Kansas.
USEFUL POULTRY JOURNALS.
The value of good poultry journals
to the poultry industry is inestimable.
1 say good poultry journals, for like
all other things, there are good and
poor ones in the country. 1 have le-
ceived copies recently of poultry
journals that contained nothing ot
real interest to poultry raisers, hut
appeared more like a patent sheet oi
advestising circular. Of course the
publishers have got to depend almost
entirely upon the advertising toi
their income as the subscription de-
partment is often kept up at a loss,
but then 1 say, give the subscribers
something for his money. He will
soon become tired of a paper that has
nothing but advertisements and as a
result the advertiser will receive no
benefit. On the other hand, 1 can say
that there are some splendid poultry
journals being published now (N. rf
p, is one of them) and they are doing
a world of good for the poultry indus-
try. l well remember how I first be-
came interested in poultry. It was
while attending the Kansas state agri-
cultural college and having just looked
up some information connected with
my studies 1 chanced to stop in that
part of the college library building
that contained literature pertaining
almost wholly to agricultural subjects.
1 sat down and picked up an agricul-
tural paper. This was not unusuai foi
me, as 1 often read the different farm
and stuck papers, but it happened that
this issue was a special poultry num-
ber. There was a splendid article m
this issue on The Growth ot Poultrj
Industry, and as 1 read this article it
convinced me very forcibly that there
were great possibilities in the poul-
try business, and from then on 1
looked uipon chicken raising in an alto-
gether different light, and as a result
made very frequent trips to the li-
brary for the purpose of reading poul-
try literature. There are any number I
T. J. HUMPHREY,
llonham, Texas. Breeder Huff Orping-
tons. Secretary Southwest Huff Orp-
ington Club.
advertiser for some Rhode Island \
Reds.
The usefulness of a poultry journal |
does not cease when it has converted
men and women into poultrydom, but
is constantly lending a helping hand i
to the amateur. Most of the leading
poultry journals have a question de-
partment, which is a decided help to
both old and young in the business.
If you are a subscriber all you have
to do is to write your troubles to the
editor and the next issue your trou-
bles will be fully explained by an ex-
pert poultryman, or if you are in a
hurry for an answer, just enclose a
stamp and you will receive an expla-
nation by return mail. Maybe your
chickens are sick, you do not know
what to do for them. If you are a
subscriber just turn over the leaves
and you will find a remedy advertised
to cure or your money refunded.
Then you will want a setting of eggs
Raising Poultry Along Scientific Lines
for the Best Results.
It matters not so much as to the
kind or variety one may be the most
interested in, as the kind of bird.-,
she or he most admires. They should
be thoroughbred—that is—they should
l ave been properly raised and cared
for in a way that their vigor and
vitality have not been retained to a
marked degree without the infusion or
cross of any blood except through
their own variety or species. Oi
course it is a matter of choice with
every breeder to choose the varietj
which may suit their own fancy foi
future breeding. It is quite true that
a great many poultrymen raise or
| breed a number of different varieties
| or breeds of fowls. Whereas if many
, of them would devote their time and
| attention to only one or two varieties
j of poultry it appears to the writer
that success would sooner crown
i their efforts to obtain their object in
j view. Perhaps one single variety or
! breed may be sufficient for many. The
j writer has in view two noted breeders
at this time, as well as many others
; that have made a grand success in
their line of work of raising poultry
j along scientific lines.
The two which 1 speak of prove
particularly that one breed of fowls is
enough. Hotli are breeders of the
American class. A little history ot
the first breeder "that raises perhaps
several thousand birds every season
will not be out of place. Notice these
prices he received for some of his
stock sold. Perhaps miany readers of
the New State Poultryman are not
aware that this one breeder of high
class poultry sold at the big poultry
show held at Indianapolis, lnd., one
cock bird for $300.00. At this same
show and to the same party he sold
six other birds, two cockerels and
four pullets, for $950, a total of $1,750
for the seven birds. Enough to buy
100 acre farm at $10.00 per acre, witn
enough left to purchase five cows at
$32.00 per head, to help stock the
| farm. I might mention others that
have done nearly as well, but this one
instance should suffice to show that
there is good money in raising first
class poultry by breeding along scien-
tific lines. This may take a long time
and close application to work it up
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Griffin, C. W. New State Poultryman (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 5, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 1, 1907, newspaper, December 1, 1907; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc937469/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.