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A Weekly Page of Poultry Hints to You
Here Is a Department Full of Bright Ideal for Reader of the Home and Farm Magazine Section.
HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION
THE object of the United States De
partment of Agriculture in form
ting boys'and girls' poultry clubs
is to give better knowledge of the value
and importance of the poultry indus
try and the marketing of a first-class,
uniform product, to teaeh better meth
ods of earing for the poultry and eggs,
and to show the increased revenue to
be derived from well bred poultry
where proper methods of management
are pursued.
Statistics show that the loss due to
the improper handling of eggs through
out the country is enormous, extend
ing into many millions of dollars an
nually. . It is an equally established
fact that strictly fresh eggs command
a higher price than those commonly
designated as store eggs, and if the
farmer who is the largest producer of
this well known perishable eommodity,
would take more care in selecting,
grading and marketing this product he
would receive a price, higher than the
average market one for his eggs.
Faying the Grocery Sill.
On many farms throughout the
country the money derived from the
sale of poultry and eggs buys the gro
ceries and cloth'iDg for the entire fam
ily.. The money from this source may
be substantially increased by estab
lishing a private trade in eggs of good
quality with hotels, restaurants, etc.,
in towns and cities.
The department has issued the fol-
lowing suggestions to the organizers of
poultry clubs:
Throughout the year meetings should
be held to discuss the different prob
lems of poultry management, and at
such meetings the animal husbandry
division of the bureau of animal indiis
try, will have in attendance, whenever
possible, one of its specialists on poul
try to assist in solving such questions
01 problems as might arise and to give
whatever help and information- be can
to the members on such subjects as se
lection of stock, candling demonstra
tions, etc. He will also assist in secur
ing first class markets for the sale of
the poultry and eggs.
Should Hold Exhibitions.
' Each county club should hold an ex
" hibition once a year, preferably in con
section with the county fair, at which
placo a pair of the best chickens grown
by each member should be placed on
exhibition and . entered to : compete in
the regular classes for premiums offer
cd by the fair association, as well as
for the special prizes offered for mem
bers of the poultry clubs. An exhibit
of the best dozen of eggs should also
be made.
It will be well to have a president,
one or more vice presidents, and a sec
rctary.'
It is advisable for the teacher in
charge to be honorary president of the
club.
A simple constitution and by-laws
should bo adopted. It will be found
profitable to subdivido the county or
ganization by townships, schools or
school districts, and have local meet
ings at school houses or at different
members' homes occasionally. Each
club should adopt the following gen
eral regulations:
1. Boys or- girls joining the club
must be between ten and eighteen
years of age on January 1 of any given
year. Special classes may be organ
ized for older girls.
2. No boy or girl shall be eligible to
receive; a prize unless he or she be
comes a member of the club, and sets
Bt least one sitting of 13 eggs.
3. Each member of the club must
agree to study the instructions of the
United States, department of agricul
ture. 4. Each boy or girl must plan to do
his or her own work and keep strict
account of all expenses, such as feed,
labor (for which ten eents an hour
should bo chargod), sale of stock, etc.
Tho department suggests a' four
year courso for poultry clubs.
., The Four-Tears' Course.
First year. Each member shall set
ni least throo sittings of oggs from
purebred stock, and raise seven pul
lota and ono cockerel. AH hatching
miist be completed by May 15. A com
position on poultry managomont must
be submitted to the agent in charge of
- club work.. Accurate recerds are also
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THIS is a photograph of "Tho American Pio
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horse show pictured legends of American his-tm-v
the stockade, the tepee, the mission, the
cross surmounteo. grave, air. nurgium
tive of LtaB
Society.
to be kept and sent to the above-mentioned
official, and all meetings of the
poultry club must bo attended.
Second year. Each member shall
raise at least 15 pure bred pullets and
two cockerels. All hatching must be
completed by May 10. A pair of birds
and one dozen eggs from this stock
shall be exhibited at the county or
slate fair. A composition on some
phase of poultry work Bball be sub
mitted to the agent in charge of club
fork; Accurate records are also to bo
kept and sent to the above-mentioned
officials, and all meetings of the poul
try club must be attended.
Third " year. , Each member shall
ijaise at least 25 pure-bred pullets and
two cockerels. All hatching must be
completed by May 1. A 'pair of birds
and one dozen eggs from this stock
shall be exhibited at the county or
state fair. A composition on some
phase of poultry work shall be sub
mitted to the agent in charge of club
work. Accurate Tecords are also to be
kept and sent to the above-mentioned
official, and all meetings of the poultry
clnb must bo attended.
Fourth year. Each member shall
raise at least 30 pure-bred pullets and
three cockerels. All hatching must be
completed by May 1. A pair of birds
and one dozen eggs from this stock
shall be exhibited at the county or
state fair, A composition on some
phase of poultry work shall be sub
mitted to the agent in charge oi chid
work. Accurate records are also to be
kept and sent to the above-mentioned
official, and all meetings of the poultry
club must be attended.
The hatching and rearing of the
chickens; condition of chickens and
cleanliness of coops and poultry
buildings: tho cost of producing eggs;
accuracy and neatness of records; at
tendance at meetings; exhibits at the
fairs, and written articles on poultry
work shall bo considered in rating
members and awarding prize.i.
' Noiseless Boosters Next.
Coek-a-doodle-do-less roosters, guar
anteed absolutely soundless and which
hvill solve tho problem of light sleeping
city dwellers, annoyed early mornings
by the neighbors' loudly-crowing chan
ticlcors, are now the subject of experi
ments of the agricultural department.
A correspondent, who discovered the
process of eliminating the cock's crow,
set the experts a' work. A simple and
scuip-
West
m uw
painless operation of cutting one of
the rooster's vocal eords does the trick
he says. The rooster ean fill his lungs
and go through all the evolutions which
accompany a hearty crow, but can
make no sound.
How Summer Eggs Spoil.
Most people believe that an egg
must bo set under a hen, or put in an
incubator before it will start to hatch,
says Am. Cultivator. Eggs will start
to hatch at less than 90 degrees of heat.
Many eggs are submitted to this or
higher temperatures for several hours if
not days, before reaching the consum
ing public. When the germ inside the
egg commences to develop, edible quali
ties of the eggs are lessened, or the egg
goes off flavor. Eggs may be kept at
an incubating temperature for a day,
when the chicks will start growing, next
day the temperature may be so low
that the chick is killed, and from that
point decomposition begins, possibly,
Jowly, but, nevertheless, the egg is
gradually going bad.
There are almost innumerable ways in
which eggs may start hatching during
tho summer, such as forgetting to
gather the eggs daily, and leaving some
under broody hens overnight, leaving
them exposed to the sun or in warm
rooms, stores, cars, etc., or in the
kitchen cupboards.
Marketing Eggs.
That farmers can properly grade their
eggs, and put upon tho market a pro
duct of the highest quality, has been
demonstrated in various parts of Min
nesota during the past five years. Un
der a pledgo or contract, the entire sur
plus of the farms, in those communi
ties, has been bought and sold at a
premium price. These eggs have been
put up in cartons, and have been mar
keted, under a personal guarantee, to
an exacting retail trade.
Profits in Eggs From China.
Receipts of eggs from China con
tinue to be heavy. It is said that a
wholesale liquor dealer on the coast
with a representative in China was the
first to grasp the possibilities of tha
new opening. It ib reported that ae
cleaned up a profit of nearly J'-u,uu
on shipments of 3000 cases. The eggs
cost him at the Chinese port only 72
cents a case; the ocean freight was 25
cents, making a total of $1.27 ease,
or i trill more than 4 cents a dosea.
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