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HOME 'AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION A Weekly Page of Poultry Hints to You Here Is a Department Full of Bright Ideas For Headers of the Home and Farm Magazine Section. IIOST BEGINNERS in ponltrying III make their first mistake in the purchasing of eggs for hatching, day-old ehicks, or breeding birds from atock that is not of the highest merit. Many order their foundation stock for future poultry operations from the list of poultry growers who sell the cheap est. To the beginner who can not afford to pay for the best this must natural ly be resorted to, but there arc many who in starting out can afford to pay for good Btock. Some have the idea that, as the first year will be an ex periment, the cheap stock will do, but in this they fool themselves, as under fair cam the results from the purchase is not satisfactory, and, the breed is blamed without giving any thought to the difference in the strains of good and poor breeders. It has been the experience of every beginner who has started with stock from the haphazard breeder that, soon er or later, they go to headquarters and pay tho price for the real thing, and this good start might just as well be made in the beginning as after one has lost several years and somo money in attempting to get a flock uf fowls that were profitable. Every good grower cither in the fancy or so called utility knows the value of his stock and the price asked for hatching eggs day-old chicks or took is above the highest quotation of market poultry or eggs. As a rule the more merit the breeder's stock has at tuinod, the higher the price asked for his goods, and yet the average good ! breeder receives many letters from be ginners, asking fur eggs, chicks or stock at but little above market prices. It is true the world over, and poul try is no exception, that one general ly gets what he pays for, and it is out of the question for tho beginner to ex pect high grade eggs, chicks or stock at prices that are low. It is true that often during tho late Bpring a reduc tion is made from the regular price. The early orders have been filled on eggs and a reduction from the full lay of the breeding pens can be made. In tho case of chicks, fertility is now high, and the incubators are hatching their best. In the case of stock at times a sacrifice must be made to make room for the growing chicks, which in the breeder's opinion will prove as good as or better than the parent stock. In these circumstances one can at times receive from good, breeders a utnrt with good stock at prices under the regulnr figure, but only under those conditions may poultry or eggs for the foundation of oiio'b flock be con sidered. Then, if possible, one should know somethii.g of the breeder and the reputation the stock has made. Prices nro based on tho reputation of the breeder's skill iu producing fowls that either win at the poultry exhibits or are heavy layers; or a combination of both. It is not alone the large breeder who possesses these fowls, but the smaller breeder as well. It may be a back lotter with a small flock, or it may be the owner of a large plant, but the breeder must have the goods, and the kind that makes good in the hands of his customers, provided they have man aged the fowls in a proper manner. FATTENING POULTRY. OULTRY fatten much more rapid ly and with less feed when con fined to a smal area than when running at large. It is little use to try to fatten a bird that has not attained its growth or very nearly. It will grow but not fatten. About three weeks before wanted for mnrkot, confine tho birds to be fattened in a small, rather dark place, either coop or pen. See that thev are free from lice and keep their quar ters comfortably clean. Supply them with plenty of grit and with charcoal to keep their digestion good. Feed mash of corn meal and beef scraps, all they will eat, but do not leave it by them as it is likely to sour and cause indigestion. Give them whole corn also, to break the monotony occasionally, and a small feed of raw meat or green bone twice a weeK to Keep them vigorous and the appetite from getting clayed, They should have plenty of fresh wa ter at all times. In three weeks they should be very fat and should have made a gain in weight that will pay for all food eaten ' during the time. An excellent fatten- j ing coop is made of a box with slatted j front and bottom nailed to the side of j a building either indoor or out In warm weather it is preferable out of doors; in cold weather inside. The slatted bottom allows the droppings to fall through and the coop is thur, kept clean. Feed and water receptacles can be nailed to the ends. The most usual way is to use a pen in the hen house, a box stall, or something of liiis nature, ttuu ni'u 11 wen cutercujam with litter, placing feed and water iu i Hj troughs, me amount ot lahor ana ex pense necessary to properly fatten market poultry is small and when one sees the quantities of scrawny pin feathery birds in the markets it proves conclusively that there is plenty of room at the top. A fat, mature bird will not be pin feathery. ' Do not simply throw the water out of the drinking vessels, and put in fresh water, but wash the vessels thor oughly every time you change the water. Are yon giving your poultry the at tention you ar giving the other stock, or just allowing it to shift for itself 1 , The smaller the poultry quarters, the cleaner they must be kept. Th Barthold-Barg Co. Ine, 127 Fourth Street, Portland, Ore. 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It ia known that the birds get excited at the sight of blood among a flock of fowls; all anxious and greedy for the fool thrown before them, they all go to pecking and striking at one another, causing the blood to flow. If birds aro led with salt in a suitable proportion in their mash, no feather-pulling will occur among the birds. Scratching OLMES Business College "The School that gels you a Good Position" THOUSANDS OF GRADUATES Includif Leading Business Men of the Northwut If 1887 I TO 1914 "27t7 YEAR 1 1 Wiittjor FREE INFOR MA TIOS J Washioften and Teeth Streets, Portland, Oreioi OLDEST MOST MODERN Homm fCanadian Home from the. Canadian Pacific SANITATION is the first essential in the prevention and euro of dis eases. Sanitation means cleanli ness; therefoie, "clean up," if the chickens are not doing well. Don't jerk the "broodies" off the nest. How would you enjoy being jerked about abruptly! Lice take the life rigi.t out of fowls, old and young. Not a minuto's com fort for tho lousy birds. Toor chickens! They are dependent upon us for so many comforts that come into their lives. Charcoal should be kept in every poultry yard, as it is a corrective and is relished by tho fowls. Coarse food promotes digestion and helps to keep the fowls in a healthy condi liou. Feed as much of it as possible. 1 TV JiCAHMWjl mcmcI 1 ON'T waste your time and money on worn-out land that is nigti-pncea simply because it was once worth its present price! The richest virgin soil is waiting for you In Manitoba and the Alberta-Saskatchewan district. You can buy it tor practically the same price per acre that the mere manuring per acre of soil in many parts of the U. S. costs! 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