33-i Bureau of Farmers' Institutes. 



How to Bear Prize-Winners. 



There are three propositions that govern all sides and phases of 

 poultry culture, as pertaining to the actual rearing of fowls. No 

 matter whether for the spit, egg production or show pen, these 

 same rules must be followed. Their very simplicity counts 

 against their proper observance and use. Of these three we have 

 spoken so much of that we fear an early attack of the three graces. 



The first of these is good, comfortable, dry quarters for both 

 the breeding fowls and the chicks; the second, thorough cleanli- 

 ness in and about their quarters; the third, proper food and water 

 supply. If these three rules are strictly adhered to, the success- 

 ful rearing of your fowls is assured. If not, just so sure will you 

 invite, with open arms, the failure which follows. 



If mankind is foolish enough to move his family into a new, 

 damp house for their abode, the chances are that the scourge of 

 diphtheria will visit his home, with its usual results; the same 

 ailments come to our fowls when compelled to live in damp, un- 

 healthy quarters. Good, dry, comfortable quarters is an absolute 

 necessity for success with poultry. No matter how cold it may 

 be outside, fowls will prosper in dry, comfortable quarters with- 

 out any artificial heat. A long-continued wet spell counts by far 

 less against them, if they have a comfortable, dry place to go into 

 when so disposed. "Whether cold or warm, absolute freedom 

 from dampness, as far as possible, must be the rule in the living 

 quarters of both old and young fowls. 



Cleanliness is an absolute necessity. This habit of an occa- 

 sional house-cleaning will not do for those who hope for either 

 pleasure or profit from their fowls. No one ever has or ever 

 will succeed with poultry unless they keep their henhouses and 

 surroundings in good sanitary condition. No prize-winner ever 

 came from ill-kept pens; nor profit from the egg production of 

 poorly-cared for or neglected hens. A broiler plant located in a 

 damp place that is allowed to become dirty will scarcely need the 

 assistance of an expert killer to execute the stock; they will die 

 of murder at the hands of those who might have saved them with 

 proper care. Why people cannot learn to keep their fowls and 

 their surroundings in proper condition no one can tell. 



Food and Water. 



There is no problem connected with the rearing of poultry that 

 will bear equal consideration with the question of: When, What and 



