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W X IU T B IT houses may be baOt mors water, covering the psfl with doth or
open and consequently less ex burlap and allowing it to slake fox one
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pensively in our BonU&orn 3U U t hour. Water it then added to bring the
whitewash to a consistency which may
than fin the North.
However, a house which gtvea satis bo applied readily^
A weatherproof whitewash for ex
faction in Oregon or Washington will
Ipso give good results in Texas os Cali terior surfaces may be mads as follows:
(1) Slake 1 bushel o f quicklime in 12
fornia.
The best site for a poultry hones in gallons o f hot water, (2) dissolve 2
any location is one where good water pounds o f common salt and 1 pound of
and air drainage are available. The sulphate of zino in 8 gallons o f boiling
water; pour (2) into (1), then add 2
floor and yards will then be dry.
The house should not occupy a lew gallons o f skim milk and mix thorough
hollow in which cold air settles W h e r ly. Whitewash is spread lightly over
ever possible, a southern or southeast the surface with a broad brush.
ern exposure should be selected, al
Feed Breeding Hens.
though this is not essential if there is
When large numbers of eggs that
any good reason for facing the house
will hateh well and produce strong
in a different direction.
chicks are desired, breeding hens must
Systems Aro Compared.
There are two popular way« in which be well fen, both as to quantity and
to raise poultry, the ** intensive sys- quality. One should not expect to get
tpem" and the "eelon y system ." The high production from hens which are
first of them aims to save steps, and uot abundantly fed without gradual
accomplishes this purpose. Long sta weakening of the 6tock.
tionary houses are used. It is easier,
One o f two things must happen when
however, to keep the birds healthy and fowls are fed too sparingly—the de
to reproduce the stock under the second veloping ovules will be reabsorbed, or.
in the case of fowls in which the laying
gystem.
Under the colony system, the birds characteristic is strongly inherited, the
are allowed free range, the houses, hen will use material in the form of
houses, which hold about 100 hens each, food which should be used to build up
being placed from 200 to 250 feet apart, the body tissues in the manufacture of
po that the stock will not kill the grass. more eggs.
Ip the latter case, egg production can
This system may be adapted to severe
winter conditions by drawing the colony not keep up but for a short time, be
houses together in a convenient place cause the bird rapidly loses strength.
at the beginning of winter, thus reduc An abundance of food is therefore one
ing the labor during the cold months. o f the necessities where a continuous
The first system is more suited for hens egg production and strong clucks are
used solely for the production of mar desired.
ket eggs than for those used to breed
Provide Plenty Feed.
Stock.
D on’t make tho mistake o f thinking
Few Fences as Possible.
you can half feed your hens and make
Fences mean an outlay of money, n success of the poultry business. The
and this outlay is more or less continu wants of the hen’s body come first. I f
ous, as they must be maintained after there ie any surplus it goes into the
being Installed. There should be as few eggs. Where there is no surplus there
fences as possible dividing the lots and are no eggs. It is your business to pro
the yards, as land can be kept “ sw eet" vide enough food for both the body
more easily if not fenced, and fresh, and the eggs.
sweet laud is a valuable asset in
poultry raising.
On good soil, a greensward may be
be kept up by allowing 200 to 250
square feet of land per bird. This
means 21T or 174 birds per acre. More
space la necessary on poor or light
land. A larger number o f fowls are
usually kept to the acre where double
yards are used and the land is fre
HE Pacific Coast Forwarding Com
quently cultivated. Plymouth rocks,
pany is operating offices and con
and the other heavy meat breeds in
solidating warehouses at Portland,
\mall yards require fences 5 to 8 feet Oregon, for the purpose o f consolidat
high, while a fence 0 to 7 feet high is ing less than carload shipments of
necessary for leghorns. The upper two household goods, machinery and auto
feet of the fence for the latter may mobiles into full carloads for all points
be inclined inward at an angle o f 30 in the East, South and to Canada.
degrees, or a strand of barbed wire
Cars are also operated from the East
may be used on top of the regular wire to Oil points in tho West for incoming
to keep them confined. It is also some goods.
times accessary to clip the wing feath
This service fills a long felt want in
ers of one wing of these birds that per- the shipping line as it now enables the
oist in getting out. A board or strip shipper of less than carload lot# to com
along the top of the fence is not ad bine his tonnage with other «kipper* o f
ridable» Hens will often Qy over such the same commodity and through the
on arrangement.
agency of the Pacific Coast Forwarding
Faint Helps Appearance.
Company to secure reduced rates and
Posts may be set or driven into the better service en route without the use
ground. They should be set 8 to 10 feet less delay aad consequent lose sustained
•ptr with common poultry netting, or when shipping leas than carload di
10 to 20 feet with woven wire. Corner rectly through the railroad companies.
poets should he about 8 inches in
The system 1s now operating in the
diameter, and be eet four feet in the Eastern territory on a very large scale
ground, while intervening posts may be aad has been eadersed by all railroads
4 or 8 inches in diameter and eet 8 feet as U furnishes them with earload busi
in the ground. That part of the poet ness with amah less aaaoya.ee on ae
which ie eet hi the groead may be
o n ! # f email damage el a mu due to
•haired or treated with some wood pro
seenive handling of goods.
•erv stive to advantage, while corner
The oompany loads and mdoads ita
posts shoe Id be Ormiy braced or sot in own cars chocking carefully every item
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listed aad In every wsy protects the
ehippea. It is an enterprise that is ap
All buildings and applisi
u!try fame will bo Improved greatly, predated.
th in appearance and in mrvicoabil
fey by the addition of paint. One may
buy mod-mixed paimte, or may purchase
Phono M a le I f M
paste pigment# aad oil and mix them.
UFR
All surf nose should bo «lean and dry be
ÏTRALTH
fore they are painted. Urn • priming
ACTTDRNT
•oat mad# of equal parte of petal end
feneoed oil aad cover with one or more
ooate o f paint, which eh od d be «he*
•ngW j rubbed Into the vurfaem
Lower Freight Rates
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