PRAIRIE FARMER'S POULTRY BOOK 



Poultry Schools. There are several well organized and 

 high-grade poultry schools in the United States. They are 

 sponsored by capable and well-trained experts, and no mistake 

 can be made in enrolling for a special course of study in one of 

 these schools. It is knowledge that counts, and its application 

 makes for success. Ignorance is the way of failure. 



The Farm Bureau. This organization seeks to foster every 

 farm enterprise. It is accomplishing much good along poultry 

 lines. Get in touch with your farm adviser and he will gladly 

 help solve some of your poultry problems. 



State and University experiment stations are accomplish- 

 ing a work for poultry culture equal to that of any other 

 agency. 



Egg Laying Contests. These are being conducted in some 

 states under the direction of the State Poultry Association. 

 Sometimes they are fostered by the state or by the state ex- 

 periment station, again by private enterprise. The facts dis- 

 covered and presented to the world by these contests have 

 given a great impetus to the industry. These facts bear upon 

 the problems of feeding, breeding, culling and production and 

 enter into the practical problems that are met on the farm. 



Poultry publications. The farm paper and poultry journals 

 are the means of disseminating knowledge. They are working 

 continually for better poultry and more of it. To remove these 

 potent influences for good would be to set back the industry 

 for many years. 



The Poultry Calendar 



January. This is the month of severe cold. Every pre- 

 caution should be taken that the fowls receive proper pro- 

 tection. On severe days they should be confined to the poultry 

 house. 



Mate up the fowls that are intended for flock-breeding and 

 give them special care. They should not have a forcing ration, 

 should not be Overcrowded, should not be kept under artificial 

 lights, should be compelled to exercise for their food. 



Clean up and disinfect the poultry house, replenish nesting 

 material and litter in the scratch rooms. 



Make an inventory of stock and equipment. 



Begin a systematic method of poultry accounting. See 

 Chapter XV. 



Get the incubator ready for early hatching. 



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