FARMERS* INSTITUTES. TOl 



and cream with the least chance for the accumulation of harmful bacteria. 

 Proper manner of ripening cream, importance of churning at proper stage 

 so as to get all the l)utter possible. Correct manner of churning and 

 handling butter after leaving churn in regard to salting, working, printing 

 and marketing. The professors deal with our la-ck of proper knowledge, 

 peculiarities and inquisitiveness with great courtesy and kindness. Now 

 most of our county women tliink they can not spend the time to take even 

 a short course. But I would say to all who enjoy the work, go. You can 

 not spend ten days more profitabl}', beside the enjoyment you get free. 

 In dairying as well as any other undertaking the road to success is for- 

 ward. 



FARM POULTRY. 



BY JOHN BUNNELL, GREENSFORK, IND. 



[Read before the Wayne County Farmers' Institute.] 



Poultry on th? farm of the average farmer is usually regarded by the 

 farmer as one of the insignificant pans of farm business. 



Few people comprehend the importance of the poultry industry, yet 

 strange to say, the supply, enormous as it is, does not keep pace with the 

 demand. 



I do not desire to deal with dry statistics only to a small extent, but 

 it is shown by government reports biddie and her product the past census 

 year amounted to over 281 millions of dollars. 



"The investment has yielded an income of 400 per cent." The use of 

 the incubator has mnde it the duty of the hen to devote her whole time 

 to the production of eggs. The egg production of this State alone amounted 

 to something over seven millions of dollars. Certainly such an industry 

 Is worthy of some attention. 



However, we must admit the poultry industry is making rapid strides 

 forward, and It is no uncommon thing now to see a flock of well bred 

 birds on the farm. 



Farmers and farmers' wives are awakening to the fact, with eggs 

 and poultry tlie price Ihey are and have been, that they no longer can 

 consider poultry on the farm a side issue. The poulti-y industry some few 

 years ago very little attention was paid to it by the general and State 

 governments: today the bureau of animal industry is making extensive 

 experiments, and issuing regularly valuable l)ulietins devoted to poultry 

 exclu.sively, and near thirty State colleges are conducting poultry plants, 

 on which they are making systematic study of poultry plants and egg 

 production, including the problem of successful incubation and brooding 

 by both natural and artilicial means. 



