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A Weekly Page of Poultry Hints to You
Here is a Department Full of Bright Ideas For Readers of the Home and Farm Magazine Section.
HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION,
;- ELIMDJATIHO WEAK STOCK.
THE first principle to be adopted in
the successful handling of poultry
, should be to eliminate weak ttock
whenever we see it This applies at all
tapes of development from the baby
chicle to the mature fowl. The chick
that shows physical weaknesl at any
time ehonld be killed or be distinctly
and permanently marked and kept apart
from the strong stock, later to be mar
keted, if worthy. A chicken may over
come weakness, bo far as external ap
pearance show, and will retain the in
herited tendency to weakness. It is well
known that certain physical weaknesses
are transraiKsablo from parent to off
spring. Tho bet safeguard against
transmitting weakness 4a a' breeding
flock is tbo elimination of all stock
tint shows or has shown weakness.
Sometimes this may mearr the disposal
of the entire flock and starting with
strong, new blood.
'The action of a fowl probably indi
cates best its physical condition. ' The
physically weak is inactive and dopey,
and is more likely to squat than to
stand. It uWb not scratch or forage
actively. It is the last to get off the
perch in tho morning and the first to
go t) roosl at night, and frequently is
foonr co. tie perch during tho day. The
loudr ;cj an.l frequency of tho crow
of i':,t male, or the song and cackle of
tlip fi.-LLb is a reliable indication of
strength. Ths wea'.i fowl seldom crows
or f'hi;.', nr. J ia lers likely to do so when
in, the prrsjoce of a strong individual
of the uime sex.
Scratchings
T 11 J rhapp of tho body is closely re
lilp.T to the health and physical
vignr of the fowl. The deep, thick,
rompae', body, with largo fluff, shows
greater vigor than tho slender, loug
jointml, more delicato body of the earae
fowl, .which is one of the safest guides
in Rcbeting fowls on the basis of vigor.
Yir example, a fowl of low vitality it
likely to hsvo a long, thin beak and
bead; a long, thin neck; long, slndVr
body; long, thin thighs and shanks,
and long, thin toes. Tho reverse is true
of this physically strong. To examino
a fowl in detail for physical vigor we
ina'y begin at tho head. This, in the
physically strong, should be fairly short
and 'broad, while in the physically weak
it ia more likoly to be strong, flat and
thin, with long, flat beak, producing a
"crow-headed" appearance.
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An innovation that has come to stay
is tho. dry mash. If you have never bad
anything to do with hens since yon were
a boy, the dry mash may awaken many
dout?ts in your mind. It won't seem
the orthodox way. Yw wilt remember
bow you used to boil a big kettlefnl of
small potatoes, and then mash them
np with meal; and how you used t
wade through the snow to the hen
house to feed the Bteaming mass to the
hungry hens. That was the good old
fashioned way. But your bens will do
just na well (and you will do a gTat
deal belter) on tho dry mash. It doesn't
entail a quarter as much work as pre
paring and feeding a wet mash.
When fowl cholera occurs there is
very little chance of effecting a cure
by internal doping of birds that actual
ly have tho disease, is the opinion of
B. 1 Kaupp, pathologist at the Colorado
Experiment Station. As to treatment
the henhouse and yards Bhonld bo Clean
ed thoroughly. The house and, so far
as possible, the ynrd Bhould be sprayed
once' a day with a 5 per cent solution of
caTbolio acid, or similar disinfectant.
Birds should be watered from drinking
fountains, and these should be cleaned
and disinfected once a day, using a dis
infecting solution of the same strength
as for house and yards. Tho feed should
hn crlvnn in tronchs. wbicb are so con
structed as not to allow stepping into
thorn. These should be cleaned ana ais
infAdod ones or twice a day until the
disease is stamped oat. As the germs
escape through the discharge, the sick
birds should be isolated as soon as it is
noticed they are ailing. Kill and burn
the carcasses, or at least koeo them
separated from the rest of the. flook to
prevent further distribution of the
germs. As treatment, sulphocarbolate
tablets containing the sulphocarbolate
of callium, sodium and sine have given
us the best result in our experiment
work.
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The farmers and poultry breeders In
the vicinity of Molt, N. D., have or
ganized a cooperative poultry associa
tion. Each farmer will guarantee his
eggs. They will be stamped with his
number, so that in case a bad egg shows
up it can be traced to the farm it came
from. The association will in turn guar
antee the eggs. The plaa is to sell
direct to the consumer. Already a firm
n an eastern city is trying to contract
for forty eases a week.
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An egg-laying contest for the cham
pionship ef the world has been sug
gested as a feature for the Fanama-Pa-
cific International Exposition to be held
in San Francisco in 1915. The sugges
tion comes from A. D. Dunnicliff, Jr.,
of Sydney, N. S. W., honorary secretary
of the Australian laying competition,
who has submitted his plan to I. D.
Graham, assistant chief of the depart
ment of livestock of the exposition. The
competition as proposed by Mr. Dunni
cliff would begin in November of this
year and end in November, 1915. The
prospects are that the contest will be
held.
Thar ii rent need for some, ill an that
will place the new-laid eggs at once in
the cool temperature that is necessary
for their preservation. There also is
need for a campaign of education that
will rrach the farmers and inform them
how eggs should bo cared for and the
necessity of rnshing them to the cooler
at once. Perhaps the butter and cheese
factorial that are scattered over the,
trv could . be made anencies for
egg collection as well aa milk collection.
It would at least havo the merit or talf
ine the ecsTS away from the fanner
every day, and as a eool room is neces
sary for buttef, a moderate extension
would do for the cold storage of eggs
until shipped to the large warenouso,
Poultry Hints
IT IS ESTIMATED that five.chiek
ens will yield a . pound of feata-
. era. - .
You should be able to select from
vour carlv hatches this month the stock'
that will make the best breeders, and
the culls can go to market as broilers.
The trrowintr ehick that has free
range in the orchard will make good
growth and will also destroy lots of
bugs, worms and insects which would
damage the fruit
Do not hold ducklings after they are
tn weeks old. as ther rapidly trrow to
bone and muscle after that time and
ake undesirable market carcasses.
This is the season when lice hold con
ventions in the hen houses. Keep busy
with the insect powder and the white
wash. Clean the houses and roosts as
often as possible.
Ltee multiply rapidly In hot weather
f nothing is done to check them. The
dusting will help greatly. Spade up a
spot in a shady corner and watch the
hens enjoy themselves.
If there are no friendly trees or
bushes, shade can be easily provided
by four posts over which a piece of
chicken wire can be stretched and cover
with an old piece of carpet or similar
material.
Beware of the hidden nest It is not
uncommon for farmers to take the eggs
from a hidden nest and put them in the
fresh egg basket. As one has no way
of knowing the age or condition of such
eggs, there is a great risk in such a
procedure.
Call your flocks as the chickens grow.
When you note a particularly promis
ing specimen that is full of life and
vigor and growing all tho time, leg
band it and note how it develops. You
ought to know your best breeders from
cbickhood to maturity. It pays.
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