“Those Te an — ome

chickens. know. to a: greater or
lesd extent that ‘there are certain
things that must. be done in
caring for the fowls. . But the
care. of fifty or a hundred or so
fowls is quite different from
tending the birds on. a).commer-
cial. plant. where the numbers
run farther up in the hundreds.
In the first place, there.isa ques-
tion that at once arises to any-
one who may be seriously con-
templating going into the busi-
ness on a large scale, and doing.
the majority: of work himself,
of how many fowls one man can
care for. If all men were exactly
alike, this would be an easy mat-
ter to. settle, But different men
have different capacities for

work, cand’ ‘though all: might be
infused with the same amount of
enthusiasm, the. net results. in
what i is accomplished _ in a given

time, would. ‘be. quite dissimilar.

If you have been. keeping. a limi-}
ted number of fowls, ask your-
self the question: “How many
fowls could I care for?’’, ‘and |;
you. will-at once. see. that. it is al-
most impossible for you ‘to give
any definite’ number in reply.
Hence,’ if you. contemplate keep-
ing. say. five hundred chickens,
could you care for all these your-
self or would you need other
help, and how: much? - ‘These
things must be worked out and it
is. hardly safe. to- let: them work
themselves out: If itis your de-
sire to keep this number of chick-

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To the buyer of ©

Groceries ©

Feed

Hardware

these

: We have bought the stock of - |
_ Cohen, Zackon & Co. i in

lines

all. staples. :

others—per. 49 lbs.

ees es

: Eggs; ‘fresh, per doz: BOC;
~« Apples, per box:,:=."

ye Tt

We will. put i ina complete stock of. ‘staples, ed
and as. the railway" now gives this town a” |°
freight service it will not be difficult for us
to make you prices that will be as good as |
any -you-can get on the. coast, with freight ©|
charges added; and the’ ‘stock will be’ heré, ©
making the service much quicker. In a few
days we will be able to. give quotations on”
At present’ we /e quote o ona a few Te
lines, ‘such AS in eee cones

_,. Hay and Oats, | per HOM ces cuieceeeecatet. an if
~. Flour=Royal: Household; : Five. Roses, and: a9 en be

Suga, B.C. Granulated, “per 30 Ib. ‘sack.

Cream, B. C., 20 OZ., per tin 12. 1-20: per case

_ St. Chas. or Jersey, 20.02 tin 15¢;.case |

fh fey hes Hotel size, ‘per’ cane
a Butter, ‘New Zealand, per Ib...

~~ Potatoes, per. “{00 pounds ” 7 $2
| Datars, “Carrots Es ts, Turnips

$45. 00°

100°"

etae ‘

‘per’ case °:

purchased in this manner.
jof course, far easier to: purchase

hour.

change ‘from your: present occu-
pation, that: you. Must: decrease
these, Profits by. hiring. extra labor
to ‘assist you. ‘in, the, care “Of: the
birds?

This, of colirse; “immediately

arouses’ the. thought: “what are]?

the. duties i in ‘conneétion with the a

plant? Tis’ ‘what: must be. done:

outside the ; ordinary. feeding;

watering, .ete,,
how often?. ‘The contemplation of

these queries:and an arrival: at!

some sort of satisfactory: ‘answers
should’ receive. ‘almost. as_ much

careful. thought, as the selection:

of the breed to: be. kept, or the
location of. athe. plant, or any. of
the other. “numerous. conditions
brought into the. ‘foreground: by
the contemplation of the. ‘starting
of a ‘large commercial ‘Poultry-
plant. ;

One might think that. the mat-
ter. of feeding and watering. could

| be: ‘dismissed as being ‘duties
that: are too self-evident to ‘need

- But closer’ -obser-
vation’ reveals’ ‘the fact’ that. the

consideration.

q grain. ‘that is fed- must: be: ‘pro-
| |cured, in the first: place. Suppos- | -
Jing. this ‘to. be: delivered | atthe

door © by. the. grain’ ‘dealer. from

whom: itis’ purchased, “we riext

see. that. it: must.’ be- mixed “in-
proper: ‘proportions; . df itis not
‘It is,

ready Mixed poultry foods, both
for’ old’and young stock, but this

: savors too much of the laziness

that broods:failure. It is abso:

lutely impossible: to feed poultry

‘‘aecording ‘to’ Hoyle,” and yet

when buying ready mixed by the

care and” feeding ‘of: poultry;
Should one pursue this method of

“am |Ouying ready mixed grain, can
i] | he be. certain that-it is, or.is not,
a) the fault of the mixed fed, if -his

hens do not lay, or ‘that: they bes

sold.” Therefere,: if. ready mixed

grain, is not urehased, the mix-

ing process must. be ‘done at
homie,’ and ‘ ‘this’ takes a certain

-. The matter of: watering is

| ways at. least. twice-a-day. ‘affair

and consumes time in proportion
to the number of: ‘fowls. kept.

dred birds ‘consumes : “almost an

and. when, and|i

this is just what one is doing

| |}ocal: grain dealers who have but
tittle practical ‘knowledge of the

come ill? And. further, no dealer
jis going to mix grain, for nothing
| which bieans, sv much ‘less net
|profit on the eggs received and

amount of. time, every so often,
which must be deducted, from the
twenty-four hours i in’ ‘the day.

cee EL 1 se

lt
may take but five minutes to wa-
‘ter fifty, or ‘Bixty he ens “but. the

And. this. “does “not take

ts pptrrabenrintes > et ie a :

vee,

the mixture and: feed to. a large
number of birds: takes” more time
proportionately than’ it does’ to
mix and feed a small quantity. of

food: ‘This duty: must-also:be put].

in the class of. regular daily du-
ties, To. the: general. ‘class of
feeding must-also be added the

supplying of ‘grit;: charcoal: and |}
_ While . it’ “may. be
possible to put ‘sufficient of these ||’ - ut
things into a receptacle to last a cover all the country from New =
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oyster shells.

small number of birds: almost a
month, it beconies a weekly or

even a. semi-weekly.; duty: when: ert ine’ oF: “Towellary’ sha’ ‘Dry’.

birds are kept in’ Jarge Rumbers.:
JAM the foregoing. duties, have.

the® calendar ‘of duties that! o;
‘actual: necessity which. con-|-,
sumes valuable time. To moisten |:

J ewelle ers
‘an nd-

Dry Goods -

> Travelling: Men

woeen ods sarcied.

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