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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 1915)
'lUITOlHMIWIItlirailEMCHHHlHaHHHnHI! il' HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION 1 1 iilUIMVIBHUanniHHmHHHHHHHMHBUU Does It Pay to, Keep Old Hens? BY 0. L. WOOD. Btnnt nt about 90, with a variation ryillE general plan among breeders of not raoro than 10 or Hi eggs per Is to keep tlio lions through their year. nrsi year for circa and tn nan theni tllO second your fnr lirnmlnro This Is almost an established ruin High Itrrortl. Tho flocks giving a low first year .J s??? . 3S3 S.re.nTn?lSdr tSS tho ones with wSrn iri.l,ro B,v,nB n h,h flrat year record gave. arS either n,?nnnfECC;0,lB n ,ow 01l ,n their second year, hut SrecdeS Such linnJ S2 honW th0 th:e-ycar average of all nocks m Inn'iM ifl i v Vi m T kept w remarkably constant. This led S iSfli? tlmtS;J"l-.th,r Wn l0 th0 eondnslon "that an unsclected net hateLwn rS, fJ,Bi,tnytnn flock ol hcnB of a ven slram has a 5Se t mSK lTLtUrJh.?l certain potential laying capacity In n .;;'.:- .".V. "" rT rat threo years, and that It villus wiiu every mim. n... inn. .tm i.n., lOllg Sliall tllO oaBa arn inl,l In nlflinr nf Ihn rtrsr two ccptlon, and breeder. But how average n,en dc iceptr Hliall wo as a rule continue to dlsposo of tho hen In the Bccond year? Tho trapnest has inado posslblo some interesting data along this line. Egg Production. Bulletin 13C of tho Utah Experi ment Station, gives the results of a study In annual egg production. This years as tho balance will bo produced In tho other two." Tho records beyond tho third year Indicated that there is very definite laying capacity for old hens, and that there will not be much fluctuation from year to year. The average Indi vidual production for all flocks was 121 eggs In the first year, tho samo i. un. i, .....! . ' i. . number In tho second year, and 112 i vri,iiZ . .1 V 'n th0 "lrd. The conclusions were ZmMwt. !, nnd lh0lf nrKny lo reached that nearly nil the iop nmioVSnwri.0i.YC7,nilcre"l,,I,s- lngcr-llvcd hens In a flock will lay nni fZ ,?,'. V,l LKh0hen, 0vcr D00 eggs, tho majority will lay ?irdv J tlnl VS r,ft. iT,rd ,or 600 or " Individual records ? nZ, m. ? 8tnrl;d,w,lh ,10,3 ? ,n, to 1000 may be expected. Under the usual system of induing . . ,,, , layers, this hen would have been dls- Average for I-lock, enrded as n drone, but tho next year An nvoragc for tho flock of 127 sho cntno back with 107, nnd repented 8R8 1'fr year for thrco years is un wlth 188. In her fourth year sho questionably profitable and Indicates foil down to 72, yet In her sixth year good vonstltutlonal vigor. It was she laid as many eggs as sho had found that In flocltB mnklng high when a pullet. It Is a question first-year records tho second and whether It paid to keep this hen after third years records wero low nnd her third year, but such records aro that In thoso making low first year's necessary lu order to learn definitely records tho records of tho Bocond and about such things. third years woro high, but the high Tho cost of renewing tho flock Is layers of tho first year continued to considered one of tho greatest draw- be tho highest producers, bucks to the poultry industry, tho Tho 10 lions making the highest authors estimating the cost of a pul- second year's record gayo a higher lot probnbly up to laying ugc. at throo-year tolal than tho 10 making from CO to CO cenlH. tho highest first-year record. Moro The nverago productive llfo of hens hens mado their highest year's record n cannot ho estimated nt this stago of after than during their first year. their work, hut for the strain used In and thrco mado their highest record their studies was thought to ho about in their fifth year. Nearly all tho four years. The' range of Individual hens In theso flocks wIiobo total pro egg production In tholr flocks was ductlnn has bcon extremely high havo found to he from 100 to 1C0 In tho mado low or medium first-year rec first year, from 105 to 140 In tho ords. "From theso studies It np Bccond year, and from 100 to 1.10 In pears that tho three-year avcrago Is tho third year. After tho third year tho most reliable Index of tho valuo tho production remained fairly con- of a given Individual." When Luxuries Become Necessities FIFTEEN years ago the man who owned an automobile was looked upon as n man of great wealth and the machine ns a luxury far beyond tho reach of tho avorago mortal. Hut today tho automobile lias become a farm necessity. A scoro of years ago tele phones in farm houses were almost unheard of and wero moro for amusement than for service. Piano players, phonographs, kodaks, motorcycles, electric light, water under pressure, gas ranges and ninny other articles that go to provide household comforts of today, were, only a few years ago, unavailable for farm use, or if they were ob tainable, they were for the luxury-loving few who would afford them. But needs arc often felt beforo they aro expressed, and needs in the farm home aro no greater than in tha city homo. Farmers must provide for their own home's. In the cities mnny of tho comforts are available for the asking. Hut there is no luxury or comfort of tho city that is not nvailable today for the rural home, nnd in most canes nt a lower cost than is paid for the same comfort in the city. The first cost of any convenience is, of courso, much greater for the farm home, as it is necessary to install the plant and then opcrato it. Electric lighting systems, for example, require tho purchase and installation of the machine for generating tho electricity; storage bat teries for tho accumulation of rescrvo jtower and an engine for op crating the plant. This costs money, but tho operating cost, plus the interest on the investment, is lower than the cost for tho same amount of power supplied by lnrge plants in most cities. It is no longer the height of folly for farmers to think of making use of sonic of the ninny devices which go to mako tho homo more comfortable. In fact, the situation is the other way around, and it in only the shiftless man who does not cam to givo some consideration to modern appliances for lessoning tho labor and increasing tho com fort of the home. Every device which goes to supply convenience in the farm home nnd make it even more comfortable than u city flat, is to be obtained from advertisers in farm papers. Not every issue has all these ad vertisers represented, but if any render wants any modern appliance, from nn elect riclight plant, sniiilary closet or septic tank, to a water prejsuro system or refrigerating plant, let him wrilo tho Editor, Orc-gon-Araslnngton-Idaho Farmer. The luxuries of yesterday aro the ne cessities of today and thero is' no nao in trying to think otherwise. How to Sell Eggs for Hatching upon tho numbor of peoplo tho par ticular advertising firm can serve. Tho poultry business Is no excep tion to tho rulo that applies to any BY O. h. WOOD. TIIRIH2 aro many poultry breed ers who will havo eggs for salts this SDrliiK and who aro wonder ing Just how they aro going to find other business. any buyers. Many of these breeders Advertising Xoccssiry. have extra good stock uud may havo Thero Is no posslblo way to sue been In tho hluo In tho Winter shows, cccd without using advertising space and havo eggs that would gtvo a of uomo kind or another. Tho largo needed Improvement to many flocks, poultry breeders In tho Bast whoso But how to get In touch with tho plants will Involco over $100,000, buyer Is the question. It takes moro hnvo run tholr ads. continually mouth than good birds and blue ribbons to nftor month for IS years wlthont n get your goods on tho markot, and break- and will contlnuo to until thoy ono must get on tho market and get go out of business. An easy wny for there stroug It he Is to got anything them to retire will bo to drop their but pains for his dreams nnd his advertising and their competitor will labor. attend to tho rest. Men Who Sneered. Tho medium makes some dlffer Dld you over stop to think that tho once. Just now the farmer and tho men who succeed In any business are man in tho small town is the best tho biggest advertisers? Theso men prospect. Tho fnrmor tho country havo no particular desire to spond ovor will do moro to Improve his inrgo sumH of money with tho papors. stock this year than ho has ovor dono If it were posslblo for thorn to got before. Ho Is getting fully awake to the business without It they certainly tho fact that tho best stock pays and would do It. Advertising is strictly tho breeder who can get in touch a business proposition. It Is tho with this largo prospective trade, medium which brings tho buyer nnd oven In a small way to start, will get Boiler together, and tho price Is based his sharp of tho business. Double the Wheat and Oat Crops Money must be made by better farming; it is common sense to see grain drilled only 3 inches apart, not 6 inches or 7 inches between rows means much better seed distribution, better sur face covering with crop, less wasted land, bettor saving of moisture, crowding out the weeds and many other ndvnntng.es; one maker of 3-inch drills guarantees 25 or better increase or no pay for the machines. Fetzer & Co., of Spring field, HI., claim in a dry year the yield has been increased four times more per acre, besides mak ing a good stand of clover where- tho clover with wheat was dried out with 7-inch rows. Writo today for the proof and guarantee and free printed matter. Hatch 150,000 Chickens at TMIKRE Whllo this Is qulto an ltom of ex- AanA n m i inatfl nnfr nnt nrtftVa n e nt n 1 1 at Single lime in lexa5 roncnjnef yot ln n UB pant t is pnd Is a chicken hatchery at for soveral times ovor by tuo saving Port O'Counor. Tex., whoro 1G0,- ." duplication 01 too smau ma- i.i.i,no , WM.nrt nr mm Hmn. dimes, as wun ns u) wiu ccuuuiui ui uvv bU.bw.a .v .... ,",";'": tho fuel and Inbor. Perhaps tho most romarkablo feature 0n0 of tho unlquo features of tho of thlB plant Is the fact that all tho plnnt j3 a turning system, by which eggs, together with room for candllug", compartmonts holding 10,000 eggs chick-packing and all engines, fans aro swung on a pivot ana tno eggs THE EGG STRAIN UO n Wrrk or S.10 m .Month . Which will U bor Quality or tUntltyT Th Ulffrnce It nl a inllr of tne tirnln. Then order' JUUII.KU B. C. WHITE I.KCJIIOIIN CIIIX. Byiy to rolio ana good to la 1'J per 100 1.'km, IT.OO jniu.i:n ixci'ii.vrnus Kirrl All Other Ami ou know It. If you don't, jour ntUn bor doff, s.i toko hit dvl-; don't tnke a manufacturr' tay-to, Ak a JUIILEK oper ator and u aro a Ju bllM candidate. Sold by llolbronk'a Juhllfo Hatchery r li Jcnup at, Portland, or. "m d Our Baby Chick Hatchery will start January 1. Dace your ardor now for chlilca from hlnh-bred WIIITU I.I.'UWOItN (fb'-Irolucor. Some of our birds Imvo u record or 280 ogtra. Catalogue nnd pricen on application. : if-tir"- F turned by Inverting the entire com partment. Tins cnauies ono man to turn 100,000 eggs ln less than two minutes. Tho temporaturo is regu lated to a tenth of ono degreo, whllo water sprays regulate tho molsturo to and equipment, occupy but n single floor, 1C by 50 feet. Furnished with common incubators, such a room would have just about tho samo ca pacity In threo weoks as this plant una IU u o.Mbiu v. . lmn- nl-ofv This wouderful economy or spaco " nnd cost is attained by placing the eggs in superimposed trays llko tho i-utiier Knew. type cases ln a printer's case rack, Small Doy Father, what ds an or tho trays In a fruit dryer. This equinox? idea has been tried beforo, but was Fond Parent What in tho world not a success on account of tho hot do you go to school for? Don't you air rising. In tho present instanco, study mythology? An equinox Is a this difficulty Is overcomo by forcing mythical animal, half horse, half ox. a continual current of air from a cen- Tho narno Is derived from tho Latin trifugal fan through tho hatching "equine," horse, and "ox." Dear me. chamber, which serves to keep it at thoy teach you absolutoly nothlug an oven temporaturo throughout, that Is useful nowadays! vn Aim cash iirvrciis rort youh l'ouiriir, i:nos, vejai, and 1IOOS. NO COMMISSION. IllBhevt Prices Alwayi Try Us I'AvrintsoN co, 51 Front Mrrel, l'ortluitd, Or. Tteference: Northwest National Link. .If.. " vr" ,rw rfiiHi vmm rnClOHT I PAlO V Numr UUn U. im4 lUfMrntw. Urt fRU JKBIAL rwMinMlkM l ! will! mv ttt. OnM UaV kUfc4 Cn mut r figv4 J Iww 4fbnJ put itt Kim .li 0 8t HcUnt Incubator Co., Toledo. Whlngton Short's Peerless Anconas Season 1315. We breed for Winter cent and prize-winner. Order hutch Inir esifti and baby chicks now and got thorn when wanted. 100 rirceUlntr Cockerels, IS to $10. Wrlto for de scriptive catalogue. It's I'ltllt:, SHOUT'S ANCO.VA VAItDH, .1017 1 Stnltli Ave, Krelt, Wiuli, S. C White Leghorns C'asa Grand a Strain of Oregon's AVorld Fumoua Layers: Kinglet Ilarred Jtoclcs: Hoyal Ued Strain or H. C. It. I. Iteds and Crystal White Orpington, Stock und 17KB8 for Imtclilntr, ilatlne. List free; write foday, CASA C.HANDA I'OUI.TnV CO. Uuitcburu, Oreuuii. BUCK g I 17 iP A LOSSES SURELY PREVENTED Cvtttr'i Dlukln mil. Lvf: kJ. frub. nUabUi pr.ftnoj lit Mtcrt allur nuiiiu lain rllo for booklet ind UntLmnaiiU, dOH Pkft. BIMKICf HHI 11.00 dot ko. Dlacllii Hills 4.00 1Tm inr InlM'tiir. hut (hitter lictL ThO lUptilotitr of Cutter pruttucU U du to over It yean of ftwUlfiln In vtcfn aiitf urumi only, Intlit on Cutter. 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