ILLINOIS STATE DAT HYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 8T 



A. I will answer the Questions right straight along. The poultry 

 business, like every other business, must be started right, for it does re- 

 quire care and attention. The way I arrange is this: I separate my breed- 

 ing hens and put them by themselves. 1 sent eggs as a present into another 

 county to a man by the name of tfeott, and I sent him sixteen eggo and he 

 had sixteen chickens, and raised then all with the exception of one that 

 got hurt. I use my hens as I do not think an incubator is any good on the. 

 farm. There is no difficulty in hatching them, but in raising them. After 

 they are hatched let the hen do it. When the hen is set and in too dry a 

 place sprinkle the eggs once in a while, and when she comes off the eggs. 

 then fix a box that she can go into along side of a fence or building and take 

 a strong string and tie around the hen's leg and give her, say, f-ix feet,, 

 and tie the end of it where you can get at it. She will get twisted up at 

 first, but after a while will not mind it. 



Q. About diseases. Do you have any trouble? -i 



A. No sir. It is a good deal like stirring up things. I don't know 

 how milkers are, but down my way our farmers breed and feed cholera 

 into their hogs, and then doctor it up. If you have the cholera in your 

 hen, it is for this reason, it is because they have not got sharp grit to use. 

 You must furnish that for them. I keep oyster shells for them all the 

 time. If you have a hen that has cholera, you doctor it. if a person can 

 be cured of consumption when their lungs are gone, then you can cure a 

 hen after her gall has bursted, but 1 don't believe it can be done. 



Mr. Dietz: I happened to visit Mr. Gurler's a couple of times and! 

 from his question I anticipate him keeping from 500 to 1000 hens. Now 

 the situation about this hen business is this: I know a gentleman in 

 Chicago who has in the last three or four years sunk about $10,000 

 in the hen business. He had great difficulty in getting a competent man 

 to look after his poultry, and I agree with Mr. Noyes that it is quite an 

 easy matter to. raise chickens when you do it in a small way. It requires 

 a man of very keen sight that will spend all his time among his chickens. 



Q. Would Mrs. Gurler take rare of the chickens? 

 A. No sir. 



