POULTRY REQUISITES.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1904, 1 April 1880, Page 3

POULTRY REQUISITES.

Fowls require pure air, and plenty of it, at all times, therefore see that the hen houses are always clean and well ventilated. They should have fresh clean water daily, and never be allowed to go thirsty. Feed them regularly two or three times a day all they can eat up clean. Do not crowd your fowls in their quarters, give them aB much room as possible to move about, and sufficient roosting accommodations. Subscribe for and read a poultry journal, follow out the advice and experience given in it by older breedors, and you cannot fail to succeed. There is very little, if any, hard work attached to it. It needs attention, however, and a share of good common sens", coupled with ordinary judgment in the manipulation, to produce and raise good fowls. You must be patient, and satisfied to reap your roward after the work is done, tho same as at any other business. Do not bo in haste to buy from the first man that you know has stock to sell. Ascertain who has good Btock of tho variety you intend to keep, pay a fair price for it, and you will be satisfied with tho result. Begin aright, and continue to give tho work a fair share daily of the necessary supervision that you would give to any other business from which you would oxpect to derive profit or excel in.—V. J. Gibson (in "American Pigeon and Poultry Bulletin.")