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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 8, 1928)
THE OREGON STATESMAN FARMING AND INDUS TRIAL MAGAZINE SECTION , , Poultry Provides the Family Dollar for Necessities the Whole Year Through MUCKS ME THE UN SHI now Much of the Former Gamble In Raising Them Has Been Removed Lately , (The Washington Bulletin, of the Washington Certified Poultry association, lias in its March num ber a leading article on "Baby, Chicks." as follows:) The thought ot the whole poul try world is now centered on baby rbickrt. - The annual round of raid ing next season's layers Is on in fall twine. Five years ago we ap proached this season, always with pleasure, but with a considerable amount of fear and trembling. Tbe things that could happen to brood of chicks were appalling. Lncky to get by with a 20 per cent mortality, and ny number oter 350 good pullets from a thousand chinks pal in the laying house waa wonderful.; Not so today. Progress has stepped in with her enlightened knowledge and much ot the gam ble In raising baby chicks has been removed. The 20 per cent mortality has dwindled to 5 per cent aad the number of pullets in creased from 350 to 430 and better. The most Important contribut ing factor to this change is prob ably in teed and feeding. Par ticularly may we mention the ad Tent of the so-called Wisconsin ration. Time was when we used to nurse the babies along with a definite" amount of feed fed at all too frequent intervals. A thou sand chicks kept you on the Jump most of the time. Care had to be taken not to oxer feed or the chicks would surely die. Then the Wisconsin ration came along com posed mostly of the then suppos edly deadly corn meal. Hopper fed, if you please, -which mean available at all times. Poultrymen J pioneering In the use of this1 method of feeding must have looked with alarm at the full crops of chicks allowed to eat at will and wondered if they would survive the night.. But! they did and lived and grew. Then the thought struck home that much of the mortality during the first few days of the old order of feeding must have been from starvation Some criticism has been made of the sconsin ration, the claim being made that It produces "soft" ' pullets who will not stand up under heavy egg production. No donbt' there Is some merit to this claim due to the abuse In the use of the ration. It Is generally con reded that the ration in this sec tion should be used as a starter only, the change being made to a growing ration about the third week and not later than the fourth week. A feed ot grain also should he used each morning and after noon to tndace exercise In the brood. The second Important contribut ing factor to the change Is dne to the better handling of breeding stock. In the old order, a hen of a pullet was a breeder provided only that the required male was present. Back in 1923 the leaders In the Industry, at the call of the State College ot Washington, got Six Leading i Varieties mm But Stack Prices BAXJEJf CSaCXXlXBS nena see - . ore. SS4 K. Cettage ftMl together and decided that all breeders to be worthy as such should measure up to certain' stan dard requirements and be handled along lines known to produce the best results. Under the leader ship of the association these re quirements have been put Into practice all over the state, result ing in a greatly Increased quality chick. So today the problem of raising chicks Is much simplified. Given a brood of chicks well bred and well hatched the question of suc cess resolves itself largely around a good clean brooder, comfortably warm, plenty of good feed and sanitary conditions at all times. Supply Is Here The Cherry City Milling com pany managers. In Salem, can supply the people of this section with the Wlnconsln rating. In fact, they are specialists in the making up of all kinds of poultry feeds, and stock feeds generally. They have a laboratory, where scientific testing is done, by an expert of long experience. It would be well for the people of the Salem district who. are Inter ested in all phase of the poultry Industry to remember that they can have expert help and advice here at home. The above paragraph Is printed without the knowledge ot the Cherry City Milling company peo ple, because it ought to be printed. MEET THE CHICKS AT BREAK OF DAY Tou recall the saying of Poor Richard. "Early to bed and early to rise njse ma a healthy, and wealthy and wise." Chickens seem to have learned that a long time before Franklin did. They go to bed at dark and they are out at least, awake the instant It Is light enough to see. The little fellows seed feed as early as possible in the morning. Their "stomachs" are empty. Their ap petites are gnawing at their vitals. They are suffering for lack ot feed. Of course they scream with all the power of their lungs. If you lie abed till 7 o'clock, they will stand at the door of their brooder and scream two full hours. Better get out when the chickens do. Get the habit. It's tun to get up early. Polks who have to work late Into the night or all night should Certainly be excused for rising a little late In the morning. But the caretaker of young chicks better he out early, whether he was ap late or not. His business demands It Dixie Poultry Journal. The meanest man in the world is the fellow whse wife went to a summer resort to take exercises and take off some weight. She wrote him ene day that In four weeks she had reduced her weight one-fourth. "When shall I come home?" she asked. The brute answered: "Ton bet ter stay about 12 weeks longer." Are the beet la vestments for shade aad profit. We carry hardy tre that will grow here la the Willamette) valley. Also a full line of trait trees. PEACHES PEARS APPLES APRICOTS FRUITLAND NURSERY A. J. MATHIS. Kainijiisi 174 So. Liberty PfeoM ?7 NO MYSTERY JIBDUT BO CHICKS Just the Faithful Observance of Some Very Simple Practices (W. D. Buchanan, extension poultry specialist of the State Col lege ot Washington, gives in a current bulletin the following timely hints: ) There is no mystery about rais ing young chicks. All that I required in a faithful observance of some simple, but fundamental practices. Many points must be considered and important among them is proper feeding. When the chicks are 60 hours old, counting from the end of hatch, they are ready to be fed; that Is, If they are good vigorous chicks. If they are a little weak, wait 10 hours longer. Take the chill off any water or milk fed during the first week. Adopt a good feed and a good feeding schedule and stick to it. Growing or developing mash should be hopper, or trough, fed from the beginning. Scratch may may be fed in troughs or in the litter. It Is usually best to teed (t on paper plates or boards for the first feed or two. You want all chicks to live and gTow; there fore, give them enough drinking and eating space so that they are never crowded. There are many good commer cial chick mashes on the market. If you use one of these, follow the directions given you by the manu facturer. If you mix your own mash, or chick starter grain, be sure you secure good materials Little chicks will not stand any spoiled feed. Many people In the state are starting their chicks on some modified form of the so-called Wisconsin ration. One of the ra tions most commonly used Is as follows: to pounds ground yellow corn 15 pounds wheat bran S pounds low grade flour or Red Dog 5 pounds steamed bone meal K pounds' chick grit 1 pound fine salt. This 'mash Is fed in tr6ughs or hoppers, with about 2 square Inch s of eating space for each chick. MORLEY'S Boys and Girls' Shop Infanta aad Children's Ready-to-Wear 227 North High THE BEST BROODER FUEL Is Gasco Briquets Priced $17.50 Per Toa FOB Otxr Bankers No Ashes Clean Burning; They're AH Heat HILLMAN FUEL COMPANY Phone 1855 Yard Office 1405 Broadway and with milk, without water, to drink for a period of 4 to 6 weeks. The ration may be used l:y mix ing 30 pounds of powdered skim milk in the mash and sivin;; wa ter only to drink. A small amount of grain, (about 1 Pint p-r ii" chicks) should be fed twice daily to keep chicks busy. An equally good ration could b - made as follows: 60 pounds ground yetfow corn 20 pounds wheat bran 20 pounds ground ( hulled i oats 5 pounds steamod bono in on! 5 pound chick grit 1 pound Bait. , Feed with liquid skim milk, or a sood grade of butter oilk. or by adding 30 pounds of powdf-rtd skim milk and giving wa.-r i.. drink. Any ration adopted will h im proved with an abundance of green feed, and by the use of sun shine and fresh air. If sunshine is not available. 2 per w?nt eod- Hver oil should be added to the ration. In conclusion, these are the things that are necessary if most of the chicks are to be raised : 1. Good vigorous stock. 2. A good brooder house with plenty of room. 3. A brooder house, and yards. that are spotlessly clean. 4. A brooder stove that can be depended on to give heat at all times. 5. Fresh air, without drafts on the floor. 6. Sunshine, or some substitute for sunshine. 7. A good ration, intelligently fed. should Include some milk., 8. An abundance of green feed at all times. rff Delays in spring plowing when you could be on the land greatly decrease I I J IVlUtf JW1 VtA A MA AAA I M experts have proven, y THE 2 Ton Caterpillar $1800 Salens "CATERPILLAR" tractor-type tractors are built to ride wet soft ground sure of footing, to put you in your fields days ahead of otter methods. Long wide tracks ride seed beds lightly without packing, conquer hills, bridge gullies, and with big tools prepare the soil EARLY for greater bacterial action and mois ture, and kills all young weeds. Loggers & Machinery PORTLAND 15 A BY CHICKS AND HATCHING EGGS Fourteen Yarirtiet from parent stork OFFICIALLY TESTED AND OPrl ; ALLY APJ'ttOVEO. Oor pr.eei r o locorii with our high qulit,. Our irre '24 pae eralufue tells why. CUSTOM HATCHING Last sfon we i-uslum atefcel ! jt U JJ !jb i-hic-k. We knuw tew 10 eel tf.l results :in our 47.0UU eif imliu J oi-uoaturs., Let expert du o&r work. KEE'S HATCHERY Phone 13ST2 'J. A poultryman who is wide a-aake to every changing rxet-d of his chicks. THE EASTER BUXNY lly Maude Wood Henry Is there any beast as funny Asthe little Easter bunny With a nest of colored eggs Peeping from beneath his legs? How is it that bunny knows When it's Easter, do you s'poseT Don't you think it's very queer That 'he brings eggs once a year. And is never known to fail? Cunning little cottontail! Lots of laughs come from the remarks of the kiddies, and the trouble is we do not always pre serve them. Here Is one. Bobbie and Jimmy had been fighting. Bobby said Jimmy hit him first. The teacher, trying to "get at the root of the matter, asked: "Bobby, did Jimmy hit you In anger?" "No sir." replied Bobby. "He hit me in the back." The delicate flavor will be brought out in salt fish if it is soaked in sour milk before cook ing. Contractors Company SALEM EUGENE