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Kate V. Saint Maur. Making Home Profitable
Making Home Profitable
Table of Contents
ILLUSTRATIONS
MAKING HOME PROFITABLE
MAKING HOME PROFITABLE
A PROFITABLE HOME
POULTRY
THE SITTING HEN AND THE INCUBATOR
THE SELECTION OF THE INCUBATOR
THE CARE OF THE CHICKS IN THE BROODER
HOW TO DIVERSIFY THE DAILY RATION
RAISING EARLY BROILERS
THE POULTRY-YARD IN MID-SEASON
JULY IN THE POULTRY-YARD
A FLOCK OF TURKEYS
DUCKS AND GEESE
PIGEONS AND SQUABS
POULTRY AILMENTS
THE VEGETABLE GARDEN
THE HOTBED
HOW TO GROW ASPARAGUS
HOW TO GROW MUSHROOMS
SIX GOOD VEGETABLES TO GROW
HOW TO PLANT AND CULTIVATE STRAWBERRIES
HOW TO GROW SMALL FRUITS
HOW TO RAISE PERENNIAL PLANTS
JUNE ROSES
LAVENDER AND HERBS
GROWING WATERCRESS
MY EXPERIENCE WITH BEES
STORING FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
FORCING RHUBARB AND ASPARAGUS
RAISING PIGS
CARING FOR HOUSE PETS
RAISING CANARIES FOR MARKET
THE BUSINESS SIDE
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Kate V. Saint Maur
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Yarded fowls need exercise. It must not be understood that because they are confined they do not get exercise, or as much as if let run at large. The yards should be at least one hundred and fifty feet long, if they are the width of the average coop, which is ten to twelve feet. Some breeds are decidedly more active by nature than others; for instance, the Leghorns as compared to the Cochins or Brahmas. This does not affect the health of the fowls particularly. A Leghorn is no healthier because of her activity than a Cochin is. It is simply the difference in their natures, but because of this excess of activity of one breed over another, the one must have more room than the other. The Leghorn stands the confinement of a coop ten by twelve feet in winter, provided she can be kept actively hunting for her food; but the same bird would mope and become out of condition if confined too long in an exhibition coop in a show room. On the other hand, a Cochin, being of a lazier nature, forages slowly, and wanders quietly over her yard, takes things easy in the winter coop, and stands the confinement of the exhibition coop excellently.
The foraging nature of any breed can be killed by excessive feeding. Even birds with free range, if overfed at special meal hours, will take but limited exercise, exactly as those treated the same way and yarded. Exercise is induced by short feeding. In other words, no laying strain should be fed all they can eat except at night. Hunger induces exercise, whether a fowl be let run or yarded. Therefore, fowls fed short and induced to hunt for more, will lay eggs, while those overfed, in the morning especially, will sit around moping in the sun, and convert the food into flesh instead of eggs.
