ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 3i 



A lazy man who simply throws lots of corn to his poultry winter and 

 summer, will not get eggs in winter, and only a few in summer. Learn 

 to manage each breed to the best advantage, and then you will not con- 

 demn all breeds as being worthless and not paying for their feed. 



Clover provides the hen with a much-needed substance, and, is as. 

 much an egg-producing material as it is a producer of milk. It supplies 

 hens with substances that are lacking in their general for for heating. 

 It is rich in nitrogen and mineral matter, and contains lime in soluble 

 form for ready use. Chopped clover scalded may be given every other 

 day to good advantage, and chop ped vegetables will not serve as a sub- 

 stitute. 



Meat rations of some nature must be provided and green bone, if 

 good health and plenty of eggs i n winter are to be produced. On the 

 average farm, there is much that goes to waste that should be utilized for 

 poultry, that would lessen the fe ed bill and increase the profits. 



It seems almost needless to say that grit and water must be plenti- 

 fully supplied. They are as necessary as food if you expect winter eggs, 

 and winter eggs are a luxury whe n they bring you from 25 to 50 cents per 

 dozen, as they generally do. 



When traveling through the country one will see large fine barns, 

 and good buildings for storing machines and for stock; all are good ex- 

 cept the poultry house, and the " biddies" have nothing but a little eight- 

 by-ten leaky board roof affair, no t fit for a hog, and yet many farmers de- 

 pend upon the chickens supplying their tables, and buying many other 

 things about the house, and they neglect the hen shamefully. No won- 

 der they get no winter eggs. 



The common scrub hen often does her duty in supplying eggs for the 

 farmer, coffee, sugar, and other luxuries, but the thorough-bred fowl will 

 bring greater profit than mongrel &, and why should not the farmer have 

 them? 



In closing, we would say that the dairy farm is just the place to suc- 

 ceed in profitable poultry business, and if the dairymen fails to succeed, 

 we have given you the reasons, and the sooner he gives as good care t© 

 his thoroughbred fowls as he does to his dairy cows, he will reap larger 

 profits with less expense and trou ble. 



