Give Attention
to Poultry Hls
(ohe
GREEN C O A R
B y Y O R K E D A V IS
GREATER USE OF
POULTRY GOOD AS
A FARM SIDELINE
DAIRY PRODUCTS
Big Mistake by Many Farm-
ers to Let Their Chickens
Shift for Themselves.
(Prepared b , i n . United S tate. D ep a rt« * -
broken on the frozen ground. Instead
of A griculture.)
‘
of that, I saw the fleeting shadow nt
Because the poultry Industry rente.
There are many ways In which a
Dairying has a highly promising fu
her moving swiftly across the snowy farmer can get started into the poul ture In the United States, Judging gents an annual turnover of more thaa
D r R o n a ld M c A lis t e r , fa m o u s
lawn toward the gale.
try business, and now Is the time to from the remarkable Increase In the a billion dollars, and becuuse of re
the compelling grip of hls muscular
in
h ls
s p e c ia l w o r k , — a p p lie d
A moment later, bare-headed, bare
p s y c h o lo g y — e m p y o y s h is le is u r e
hand thrust me back Into my chair, handed, I was running at top speed begin to plan for a spring start, consumption of dairy products during cent changes In the organization and
tim e in th e e lu c id a t io n o f c r im e
and my sentence trailed off Into a sort down the rough, frozen country road thinks D. II. Hall, extension poultry the past few years. It Is pointed out management of egg and poultry ,,ro.
m y s te r ie s . A s th e n a r r a t iv e o p e n s
husbandman, who makes the following by Dr. W. B. Nevens of the dairy de ductlon, Dr. J. R. Mohler of th.
of
gasp.
he is In te r e s te d w it h A s s is ta n t
In the direction I had seen her take. suggestions
partment, college of agriculture. Uni United States Department of Agrlcul
So, for a moment, we sat breath
D i s t r i c t A t t o r n e y A s h to n In th e
Before
I
had
gone
fifty
yards,
I
less.
If you have a few pure-bred chick versity of Illinois. The Increase Is ture recommended to the members Of
m u r d e r , In th e s m a ll to w n o f
heurd other footsteps pounding along
O a k R id g e , o f a re c lu s e , H e n r y
“Somebody’s getting In.” I whispered behind me, and a momentary fear that ens in your flock, you mate these pure not due to the Increase In population the American Veterinary Medical as-
M o r g a n . T h e m u r d e r e d m a n , h ls
soclation, meeting at Philadelphia
presently.
"It
must
be
Mallory.”
p a p e rs re v e a l, h a d been In N e w
my old chief had been reckless enough breds und hatch from them. This may alone, but Is caused also by a more
"Mallory has a key," he retorted. to risk his bones In such a chase seem a little slow for a start, but It liberal use of dairy products by peo “what we as veterinarians must do to
Z e a la n d , w h e r e D o c t o r M c A lis t e r
keep our flocks heulthy in order that
h a d liv e d in h ls y o u th .
W ill
“I-lsten—”
caused me to pause and turn back. It pays to sturt slow In the poultry ple generally, he said.
H a r v e y h a s te s tifie d he s a w a
meat and egg production shall not dl-
game.
At
the
end
of
the
yeur
you
No.
that
was
not
Mallory.
It
was
Figures
sent
out
recently
by
the
w o m a n w e a r in g a g re e n c lo a k in
was not Doctor McAlister, however,
not anybody trying to get In, for some but the detective, Mallory, and as he can have a pure-bred flock by selling federal Department of Agriculture tnlriLsh. We are dealing with fowls
th e M o r g a n h o m e th e n ig h t o f
body had already succeeded—some panted up alongside me, he said:
all the mongrels off the place.
th e m u r d e r .
D o c t o r R e in h a r d t,
show that records of butter and cheese not only from a pathological stand-
fr ie n d o f M c A lis t e r , te le p h o n e s
body who was already making hls way,
Another way to get started In the consumption have been kept since point, but ns commercial units on
"I saw her coming down the rain
h e h a s a q u e e r case in h is h o s p l*
which a great Industry Is based."
with swift, almost Incredibly stealthy
t a i a n d In v it e s M c A lis t e r to see
She might almost as well have pure bred business is to sell fifteen 1849. The amount of butter per per-
steps, up the stairs from tlie second pipe.
or twenty mongrels and use this son annually Increased from about 14 I Doctor Mohler pointed out that the
th e p a t ie n t.
T h e d o c to r sees a
fallen,
sue
came
down
so
fast.
What
p o s s ib le c o n n e c tio n b e tw e e n th e
floor to the room where we were sit was she like? I don’t suppose you got money to buy pure-bred poultry. You I pounds In 184» to about 20 pounds In United States Is the most Important
m u r d e r e d N e w Z e a la n d e r a n d th e
ting.
may be able to purchase but three [ 1899, nnd is now about 17 pounds. Poultry-raising country In the world,
g i r l M< A l ; < ’ « r a n d h ls f r l . - n . l
We drew back Into an obscure cor anything of a look at her, though.
hens and a male as a result of your cheese consumption has fluctuated Producing more than one-tldrd of the
th ro u g h
M o r g a n 's p a p e rs .
An
"No,"
said
I.
"The
wind
had
Just
ner and stood close together, half-
Im m e n s e c o lle c tio n o f m a p s i n
nongrel sale, but It will be one of somewhat and Is now a little over "'orld’s supply, thnt breeders sold SIX),,
blown
out
the
lamp,
and
we
were
crouching, eyeing the door.
te r e s ts th e m .
T h e d o c t o r fin d s a
the best moves you have ever made, j four pounds a person a year.
000,000 baby chicks last year, that th'e
n o o se a n d a p ip e , used as a t o u r
Presently we saw It opening. And there In the dark when she came In." After purchasing pure breds be sure
Records of other dairy products are hens collectively lay eggs at the rate
n iq u e t, th e I n s t r u m e n t o f th e
It
doesn't
matter,"
he
said
briefly,
then there emerged from Its shadow a
k illin g .
to hatch only eggs from this purchase available for only a few years. The of 700 « second or 2,000,000,000 dozen
face we both knew—a face neither of ns we plowed along, side by side. “I'll stock. This way Is probably the best use of whole milk has Increased stead- a Ye«r. and that the annual value of
know
what
she's
like
well
enough
us Is ever likely to forget. The eyes
as you begin to get a cash return fly 8iDce 1917, about 29 per cent more Poultry products is now considerably
In that face we had never seen be when I come up with her. But there Is from your pure breds at once.
being used a person now than nine in excess of $1,000,000,000 or 18
CHAPTER III— Continued
fore, for they had been closed the last no use In your keeping up the etiase.
You can also get started by pur- years ago. Condensed nnd evaporated per cent of the total live slock pro-
I'll get her alone, never fear. Nothing
clmslng pure-bred eggs. You can milk have also found a larger use'per ductlon of the country, and outranked
“There must have been some stand
that wears skirts can outrun me."
only hy dairy products and the swine
nrd, some test thnt he tried those const
I was already half Inclined to take finance the purchasing of these eggs person during the same period.
The Ice cream industry has had a Industry.
lines by. When they did not fit It,
hls advice and turn back, for the pace by selling a few mongrel hens. Bure-
Poultry Raising Incidental,
he destroyed them. That test or stand
was beginning to tell on me, when 1 bred eggs from a reliable breeder very remarkable growth since 1909.
ill cost you more than mongrel eggs, There has been a steady Increase In
Dor years, Doctor Mohler comment-
ard may have existed solely In hls
tripped over something and fell head
piemory. If not, If It was a thing
hut they will pay for themselves in consumption until now about 11 quarts ed, Poultry raising wns pn lniidental
long.
committed to paper, then we can find
of Ice cream are consumed annually enterprise on the American farm.
By the time I had picked myself up better poultry,
Another way to get started in the a person, or more than 2)4 times as Poultry diseases were regarded as of
It. Whatever It was, he must have
nnd shaken some of the loose snow
little consequence, and chickens were
been In the habit of referring to It con
out of my sleeves, he was already a poultry business Is hy the purchasing much as In 1909.
stantly. In thnt cnse, I have no doubt
The use of all dniry products a per- left to shift for themselves. "The
hundred yards ahead down the road. of baby chicks. This wuy Is probably
that It's somewhere In this room.
I was about spent, so, regretfully, 1 better than buying eggs, ns you do not SOn, figured in terms of milk, shows last decade, however,” he said, "has
Tuke the lamp ami hold It at the oth
run the chance of obtaining a bad an Increase of over 30 per cent ns witnessed an amazing change In the
turned back.
er end of the bookshelves—so. Now
But for one moment I passed curi hatch. Baby chicks can be bought compared with 1909. This fact Is most scop® and Methods of poultry and
raise It so that the light will fall hort-
ously to Investigate the cause of my from any reliable hatchery about ns significant and argues well for the egs production, as the industry has
xontally along the top shelf."
fall. It had been something soft, cheap as you can hatch them yourself, continued stability nnd expansion of rapidly forged to the front line of dig.
lie had stationed himself nt the op
'
' ■
the dairy Industry, Doctor Nevens n*tled commercial productive enter-
something that gave a little as my foot
posite end from where I stood, and he
said.
pr!se- Tlle humble hen Is now recog-
struck It, nnd then clung. It had been Poultry House Should
sighted along the projecting edge of
m
i
-----------------------
nIzed as an asset, a chief source of
entirely covered by the snow, which
the shelf as I raised the Inmp to the
be thoroughly Cleaned Attention Essential
tn
lnc0,ne- and 89 *uch sbe|tpr
19 fav°ra,i
with
had fallen out here In the country to a
height he Indicated.
At some convenient time of the
tb b s e n u d l IO
the best of
flnl
depth of nearly six Inches.
“Try the next one," he snld, "—so.
Calf During First Year tlon,” and the increase in size and
I scuffled around In it with my feet year, give the poultry house and yard
And now the next. There; thnt'll do.
During the first year the calves Profitahleness of flocks makes it in-
until I found It. Then I stooped and an exceptionally thorough cleaning
We've got It, If I'm not mistaken."
picked It up. It must be a shawl or a and disinfecting. If a dirt floor Is should be kept In the barn In the day- creasingly feasible for poultry raisers
lie walked over toward my end of
blanket,
I thought, ns I shook the used,^dig down six or eight inches, [ time in the summer and turned out to to employ veterinarians in case of
the case and pulled a hook out of the
snow out of Its folds and held It out cart the dirt to the field, and replace exercise nt night. In the winter, the disease hi tliclr flocks.
third shelf.
In both hands. No, It was neither. It It with clean gravel. With a cement opposite practice should be followed. I _ Need More Investigations.
"Our thanks are due to the old worn-
There Is definite need, Doctor Mohl
was a cloak; a green cloak, and the floor, remove the litter and loose dirt However, they should not be exposed
in for not being ton good a housekeep
nnd sweep the house to remove all to severe winds, storms, etc. Young er believes, for wider and more funda
collur was cut high In the back.
er," he observed In comment. "The
I cast a glance over my shoulder. dirt and cobwebs. A thorough appli calves will do better on hay than on mental Investigations not only of
dust on those hooks Is evidence enough
Mallory
wns already out of sight In cation of two parts of stock dip and grass the first year. Young stock avian tuberculosis but of other In
thnt he was not In the habit of read
the
distance.
I threw the cloak over three parts of kerosene to each and should be fed to secure the maximum fectious nnd parasitic diseases. He
ing them. But this one shows a clear It Was a Cloak, a Green Cloak, and
my arm and trudged back to the every corner, crack, and crevice of the growth from birth to maturity, nt no explained that It hnd been found true,
track In and out of the shelf. There's
floor, roof, walls, nests, dropping time neglecting them. Helfers should but was not generally known, that
the Collar Was Cut High in the
bouse.
no better hiding place for u sheet of
boards, and roosts will do more than be bred nt the age of eighteen months, turkeys harbored the little worms
Back.
paper than a book.”
any one thing to start the year right or perhaps a little later If they have wh,cl‘ cause the disease of gapes In
CHAPTER IV
He balanced the hook carefully In time we looked at It. Now they were
An application of air-slaked lime once not done well during the earlier stages chickens, although the turkey is not
both hands, and then let It open where about all we could see. The Muck
a week is a worth while precaution in
usually affected. When turkeys ntnf
It would.
Early the next morning Doctor Me- keeping the ground free from conta of development.
hair lost Itself In the shadow which
Keep stables clean and dry. Use young chicks are reared together It is
"Well," he said, "I think we've enveloped the doorway, nnd the olive- Allster nnd I took one of the trains gion. Have clean litter cover the floor
found It,” for there between the two brown skin was Itself a shadow. But upon which the male population of six or eight Inches deep. A sloping disinfectant freely to rid stock of all difficult to nvold losses of the young
yellow pages wns a bluish sheet of the eyes—they burned with the flam Oak Ridge habitually goes to town top to the nest will prevent an ac lice and vermin, and to aid in keeping chicks. Advance has been made in
them In a healthy, thrifty condition, the development of vaccines for sev
Semi-transparent paper, folded.
ing green intensity of a leopard's.
upon Its several nnd various business. cumulation of droppings.
also to keep various diseases away eral poultry diseases. Determination
He laid down the book and opened
The doctor nnd 1 shrank back Into We had by no means exhausted the
which might otherwise affect the herd of when to use such remedies must
op the paper. It was a nmp, too. nnd our corner nnd waited, breathlessly, possibilities of discovery which still
and do great damage. The most com rest with the veterinarians. Other
as I looked at It closely, I saw that to see what she would do. The first lay concealed, we felt sure, within that Moist Mash Excellent
mon nllment of cnlves is scours. Prac fields for fundamental research In
It was executed on a very large scale. thing wns curious, and little to be ex lonely old house where we had passefl
for the Tardy Pullets tically
95 per cent of all calf diseases poultry husbandry Include feeding
It was n map of a very narrow-necked pected. She closed behind her the door so strange a night; nor had we solved
mixtures and balanced rations for va
As soon as pullets are bodily ma In some way traces to scours.
peninsula. The soundings In the sea by which she had entered. Then, with Its mystery. But matters of a more
rious purposes. Some diseases. It ha»
all about It were Indicated frequently. brisk certainty, hut with no noise nt lnstnnt Importance compelled us, for tured they should start laying. Fully
been found, can be controlled hy prop
matured pullets that are not laying
Over the surface of the land Itself all, she moved toward the desk. That u while, to nbantlon It.
er nutrition.
may often be brought Into production Cheapest Feed for Cows
were various little numerals, which brought her a little nearer us.
In the first place, we knew that, at this time by using a moist mash.
most effective control of poul
had their explanation In a legend In
Said to Be Pure Water try The
She had got within arm's reach of little ns we liked the prospect. It was
diseases must come through poul
the corner. One had only to rend a the swivel chair, when suddenly, like our clear duty to report to Ashton The usual laying mash may be moist
The owner of a cow which produced
little way down this explanatory col a flash, all the motion of her body what we knew of the mysterious, wild ened with sour skim milk, buttermilk, 10,584 pounds of milk and 542.(1 pounds try raisers themselves who will em
seml-solld
buttermilk
nnd
water,
dried
ploy veterinarians skilled In poultry
umn to see with what minute cnre the wns arrested. Her attitude had some creature who hud escaped from the
of butterfat last year was asked. diseases. Governmental and state ac
map hnd been drawn, nnd on how thing of the frozen alertness that one hospital and was now ut large. By buttermilk nnd water, or water fed
What
Is
the
cheapest
nnd
best
form
tion In case of diseases of poultry
large a scale. Such unimportant ob sees In a setter dog when he points one means or another, she must be regularly nt noon or some other con of food for dairy cows?”
should aim at the protection of do
jects, from a geographer's point of game. We could see her face better found ns quickly as possible. She had venient time. It must be fed nt the
“ru re water,” he replied. “Only be mestic fowls from foreign contagion,
view, as a granite bowlder or a blasted now; It wns turned squarely toward already destroyed one life—of that we same time each day and should be
sure
thnt the water Is put In the cow to prevent the spread of poultry dis
crumbly
moist,
not
sloppy.
Let
the
tree had their position Indicated.
us. But, apparently, she did not see were practically sure—and until she
and not In the milk can.'
pullets
consume
all
they
can
In
twen
eases from state to state, and to eradi
No, the purpose of that map-maker us. That was natural, for we were was safely under restraint again, we
Milk Is approximately 87 per cent cate communicable diseases within a
had not been purely geographical. So deep In the shadow. But she knew we could have no guaranty that she would ty minutes and then take the mash
much wns clear.
were there. The next moment I per not destroy others. To thwart that away nnd thoroughly clean the water and If the cow does not have state when they appear.
ceived
that she knew by virtue of the possibility, we must call in Ashton trough. As soon as production reaches access to an unlimited supply of fresh,
” "It's a tracing, you see," Doctor
satisfactory point, the moist mash clenn, palatable water, her milk flow
McAlister observed.
“He's got the same sense thnt the setter uses. She nnd Hie police, however little to our
may be discontinued.
is bound to suffer heavily, A high-
original locked away somewhere, now. had caught our scent. Her head went liking such a course might be.
producing cow will consume 25 to 30
But, do you notice, there's nothing on back a little, her nostrils dilated, and
We deferred our breakfast until our
gallons of water per day. Cow test
the sheet, anywhere, to Indlcnte In she seemed to be drawing In a deep arrival In town, memories of the din
<>^<>- o : ;
ers have found In numerous eases that
breath.
what pnrt of the world this hit of
ner we had hnd the night before mak
the
milk
production
of
a
herd
was
In
It
Is
cheaper
to
grow
most
of the
I have no commnnd of English to ing It easy to go hungry for a while.
land lies? There's no latitude or
longitude Indicated. We'll have to get describe the suddenness and unex We were later getting in than we ex j ? o - » o - » o - « - o • o ; : o —o - o - o - < > ; ; creased 7 to 8 per cent when auto protein feeds on the average farm.
matic drinking cups were Installed In
pectedness of the thing that happened pected to be, for a combination of fog
the original to find that."
Do not crowd the growing birds.
If you did not exhibit at your fair
At that, the explanation of the whole then. She stood there before us, ns nnd freezing sleet delayed our train. Give them ample room for develop the stalls, offering the cow unlimited
supply of water whenever desired. A this year, make plans to be among
mystery of this wilderness of maps I have said, like one frozen, so still Out of the cur whitlows we could see ment.
reliable automatic water supply sys- ) the winners next fall.
wns she. And then, with no prelim us we crawled nlong, thnt the tele
flashed across my mind.
• • •
Crooked keels and other physical tein hns proved to be one of the most
“No," I cried, ‘‘lie hasn't got latitude inary motion whntever, no crouch, no graph wires were already sagging un
The “American Standard of Perfec
or longitude on the original, either I visible gathering up of the forces for der their white armor of ice. As soon deformities often occur In crowded valuable Items of a dairy farm’s equip
ment.
tion" Is the guide hy which show birds
He never knew, to the day of hls a spring, she flashed across the room as we got In. we drove straight to The flocks.
• • •
are Judged.
death, any better than we know now, toward the open window, like a danc Meredith.
The males should be kept separateti
• • •
Into what sea that little peninsula ing shadow. For Just an Instant I saw
In
the
restaurant
we
found
Ashton
Poisoned bran mash Is one of the
Juts Its head. Thnt's what he spent her etched In profile as she poised himself, Just sitting down to break from the pullets until the breeding
most effective methods to reeommen 1
the lust three years of hls life hunt upon the sill. And then she wns gone. fast He welcomed us with an eager season begins.
1 had followed her to the window
for the control of the fnll army worm.
ing for.”
:o * o * o » o -« o :;
ness
that
showed
that
he
had
already
• • «
Do not provide perches with sharp
Doctor McAlister nodded gravely. ns swiftly ns my clumsy, human mo heard gome report of our adienture of
Which
Is
wiser, three gallons of
edges. Bumblefoot and other ail
Sad experiences of shippers have
“You are quite right," he said; "right tions would permit, and looked down, the night before.
milk
from
one
or from three shown that poor quality products are
ments can often be traced to this cows?
beyond a doubt. There's no knowing expecting to see her lying bruised and
(TO C l CONTINUED.)
cause.
hit hardest on a declining market
what there Is to bp found on that bit
• • •
• • •
of headland, but whatever It Is, he
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•
Sell
the
cripple,
defective
nnd
poor-
Do not elevate the rosta too high.
wanted It badly."
Snnd makes an Ideal base for the
Bruising of the birds' feet In alight producing cows and give those that colony house litter, but alfalfa leaves
It wns natural that we should both
C a ts A lik e F o n d o f T r a v e lin g a n d H o m e
feed.
ing from the perches causes serious remain a little • more
fall silent Just then, natural, too, thnt
or straw should he placed over the
• •
trouble.
sand.
In our excitement over the discovery,
The
glare
of
limelight
thnt
recently
A
good
dairy
cow
probably
con
•
•
•
amusing Incident not long ago when
• • •
our nerves were higher strung than
«nines
more
water
than
any
other
do
beat
upon
Flaffy,
the
London
Victoria
one of the Adriatic's cats, that had
usual. It had grown pretty late.
Fowl cholera is a very hard disease
Information learned at a show may
There was a dead stillness within the station cat, who boards the 10:46 train failed to turn up when the ship sailed to control, due to the nature of the mestic animal. The more feed con he of greater value to the exhibitor
house. The only sound, save the tick to Dover every morning, lunches upon reappeared for the next voyage with disease, outbreaks often occurring sumed, the more water the cow re than the money he receives from Ids
quires.
ing of a clock, that came to our ears nice creamy milk at the buffet there, Its tall proudly waving In the breeze when least expected.
entries,
• • •
• • •
• • •
was the occasional nman of a gust of and returns to town hy the afternoon and five little kittens trotting along
Sweet
clover
pasture
will
feed
the
wind through the trees nnd around train, Is a reminder of a curious fact behind.—Manchester Guardlat)
If the brooder houses are thorough
Form, size, color, uniformity, nnd
the corners of the house. So It was about cata; they are at once the great
ly scrubbed with boiling lye water CW for half of her lifetime with prac freedom from blemishes are the points
natural that we both started violently est travelerw and the greatest "home
they will be free from germs when tically no labor to the dairyman.
upon which plates of apples are
R e ttle n Am bition
when a gust of wind blew open one of bodies" of all domesticated animals.
stored
away for the winter.
A dairy cow Is the hardest working Judged at fairs.
As
dogs
In
a
wheel,
or
squirrels
In
Other
cats
In
England,
and.
Indeed,
the windows, with a hnng. nnd caused
• • •
• • •
With com at $1 ]>er bushel and animal on the farm. On short pasture
our lamp to flicker and then go out. In most countries, regularly Journey a cage, nmbitlous men still climb and
If you have never tried a capon for
she
must
spend
much
of
her
time
for-
climb,
with
great
labor
and
Incessant
wheat at $1.25. poultry raisers can
I laughed nervously, and wiped nty long distances on trains, usually In the
the holidays you have missed a rare
but never reach the ton — afford to feed more than the usual aging for feed.
forehead with the back of my hand. restaurant car, but sometimes with the anxiety,
treat The meat of the capon Is ten
• • •
Rurton.
”'
As for seafaring cats,
amount of wheat In place of corn.
I t was wet. Then I rose, or rather, train crew.
The dairy cow Is naturally adapted der and juicy,
• • •
Started to rise, and spoke nt the same there must be hundreds of thousands
• • •
Rolled oats or oatmeal nre exten to consume large qnuntlties of coarse
Job fo r the Centor
time— began to apeak, at any rate. of them, from North cape to the Horn,
Meat scraps, dried-buttermilk, good
forage,
using
a
part
for
the
malnte
I
slvely
used
in
chick
feeding,
and
they
What I had In mind to say was, that Southampton water to Nagasaki bay.
“The weight of the earth." reads a are excellent for this purpose. When nance of her body and Its function« quality tankage, fish meal or ground
I would close the window If the doctor Most liners carry quite a number; magaxlne article, "Is
7
b?
use-1 as a complete ration they are apt nnd returning the balance In the font, fresh hones, are all good substitutes
there are White Star vessels with flve- 18 naughts." A very naughty , tvr,
would relight the lamp.
for bugs and worms. Any of litem
of milk and butterfat
'o cause gas.
But before 1 hnd salu three words. nud twenty aboard. There was an —I arm and Fireside.
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