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About Gresham outlook. (Gresham, Multnomah County, Or.) 1911-1991 | View Entire Issue (July 10, 1914)
HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION 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. P YOU have a supply of wood ashes, use them on th e dropping boards, Lice will never prosper w here they have to come in co n tact w ith wood ashes. The lye in th e ashes kills th e verm in alm ost as soon as it touches them . The ashes m ay be sprinkled on th e boards each tim e th e droppings are removed. T his should be done each day. N ever p erm it an accum ulation of m anure on tho dropping boards, fo r i t will be a breeding place fo r lice, and th e fum es are bad for the fow ls th a t have to roost over them a t night. The wood ashes is a p u rifie r and also a good abso rb en t of th e m oist droppings. I t is well know n th a t wood ashes contain ele m ents th a t are v aluable for fertilizin g purposes, and when mixed w ith the m anure from the pou ltry house, become of double value to the poor land. These droppings should be removed and placed in a barrel or oth er su itao le co ntainer, and k ept w here it is dry. Such fertiliz e r will enrich th e poor est laud, and m ake ordinary land grow crops th a t will surprise you. Do not read this and forget it, b u t tr y it out th is year, and you will find th a t many b en efits will be derived from th e ex tra effo rt. I q uires tu rk ey sidered on th e tw en ty -eig h t daya to h atch a egg, and seven eggs is con a settin g . The nests should be ground. The ch ief p ecu liarities of th e E ng liah m ethod o f dressing pou ltry are: K illin g b y w ringing th e neck, not by chopping or stick in g ; feath ers le ft on the neck or a few inches from th e head, also a few fe a th e rs on ta il and tip s of w ings; th e b reast bone is som etim es broken down by pressing it to one side w ith the thum bs, and th e w ings are tw isted. The duck g en erally lay s a t night. I t th riv es best on so ft, succulent food. Strong, vigorous birds can be success fully bred a t fo u r y ears of age. When properly fed, when a t eig h t weeks of age, green ducks will weigh nine pounds to th e pairs. The best prices for green ducks is g iven about M ay 1. Then the price g radually declines until th e month of Ju ly . “ Farm raised s t o c k " is not alw ays a g u aran tee o f health and vigor. I f farm raised fow ls are allowed to drink from d ir ty pools in (he b a rn y ard ; if they are compelled to roost outdoors in all sorts of w eath er; if th ey m ust hunt th eir Skim Milk For Poultry. grain am ong the w aste in the m anure I A co n trib u to r to an ag ricu ltu ral pa piles, we bad ra th e r ta k e our c h a n c e s' per tells o f an ex perim ent he made in w ith yarded stock. We like to know ! the feeding o f skim milk to poultry w hat our fow ls e a t and drink, and how th a t proves its value in a very d efin ite com fortable they are a t night. way. lie divided six ty pullets into two even lots. One lot was fed skim milk Buy stock from good lay in g strain s, as a p art o f th e ratio n , and the other if eggs mostly are w anted. Select stock was given w ater. The te s t began N o fo r broilers from flocks th a t have vem ber 1 and closed M ay 1. In this plump b reasts and broad backs. Such period o f six m onths th e flock th a t had b ird s will " s c o r e " 100 in (he m arket been given skim milk produced $52.65 poultry, and y et probably be d isq u ali w orth of eggs a t a cost for feed of fied fo r th e show room. W hile it ia $18.97. The flock th a t had been given im p o rtan t to keep poultry w ithin the w ater produced $30 91 w orth of eggs, line of thorough bred, th ere is no par while th e ir feed bill w as $23.72. B ut ticu lar value in scores for m arket poul term ilk is nearly as good a* skim milk try . I t is alm ost n ex t to impossible and either should be fed to the hens to have show records and first-class w henever it can be had. u tility q u alities in th e same flock. BUSH & LANE POLICY -FROM- FA C T O R Y TO HOME No one has ever solved the problem of g e ttin g b et te r values th an you g et here. Wo m an u factu re our own P ianos and sell them d irect. T his saves you th e large d e a le r’s profit. A dealer m ust purchase from the m anufacturer, House of O riginality and then sell to yon, th ereb y charging tw o p ro fits instead of one. Then, again, when purchasing from a dealer you have no assurance th a t he will keep th e agency o f the Piano he sells you. H e m ay change over night. As m an u factu rers w ith a reputation to m aintain and no one on whom to throw the blam e in case of d issatisfaction, you are assured of the best Piano values o btainable. I f you determ ine on a certain policy and have the ab ility to p u t it in execution, and stick to it long enough, the public will place reliance in your work. T hus it is w ith the Bush & Lane P iano Co. P roof of pieno m aking, skill and co n stan t adherence to an a rtistic ideal, have given the public absoluto confidence in the m akers of the Bush & Lane P ianos and P lay er Pianos. A fa ir value fc r your old P iano or O rgan in exchange. S atisfactio n or Money R efunded. Bush & Lane Piano 433-5 WASHINGTON STREET Portland, Oregon. M A NU FACTURERS RETAILERS ‘‘» H E carcass should be dressed imme T he purchase of 8 few b a b y chicks d iately a fte r killing. To allow the from some fin e pen of b ird s will m ake fe a th e rs to rem ain on for several a splendid s ta r t if you care to s ta rt in hours will hasten decomposition. Ju ly . T In France parts o f a carcass can be J u ly days b rin g ' o t w eath er and purchased in market—legs, wings, heart, lice, and it th e la tte r get a good s ta rt or any part wanted. Ia this country th e ta s k o f g e ttin g rid of them all will it is the whole thing or nothing. not be an easy one. . f House of Originality _ W hen In Seattle Try The Frye i r s NEW IT’S CLEAN IT CAN’T BURN White Feathers. All o f th e little things th a t will be An egg laying com petition in Eng necessary for th e well being o f the land has brought to lig h t th e in terest youngsters com ing on sh o rtly should be ing fa c t th a t all the cham pion layers lone now. I t is n o t possible to put are w hite hens. A scien tific poultry o ff till tom orrow w hat should be done breeder has come to th e conclusion th a t today in rearin g poultry. there is some peculiar v irtu e io w hite feathers. H e noticed th a t in a mixed A dark, unclean, poorly v en tilated lot of hens th e w hites w ent to roost brooder house will give a low m ortality. la s t; they took more exercise and w ere W hitew ash, p u t on hot, w ith some good less affected by bad w eath ir. germ icide in its m akeup, will m ake a T his E nglish com petition suggests big d ifferen ce in the num ber o f chicks th a t hens capable of lay in g 250 eggs raised and th e rafu d itv o f th e ir grow th. a y ear are more lik ely to come from th e w hite W y andotter or w hite Leg F ru it and pou ltry work well together, horns th an from an y o th er v ariety , b u t provided th e fow ls a re given th e whole w hat the relation m ay be no one knows orchard in which to run. C ertainly fow ls are g reat weedere, and if one Nutrition of Eggs. w an ts to keep down th e graze in th e o r H e n s’ eggs co n tain 50 per cen t w ater, chard he can do it w ith o u t tro u b le if 16 per cen t p rotein, 33 per cent fa t. bis flock o f hens is larg e enough. D u ck s’ eggs, 46 per <ent w ater, 17 per cent protein, 36 p er cent fat. Too m any useless trees in th e pou ltry Goose eggs, 44 p er cent w ater, 19 per y ard s are a detrim en t, as th ey p rev en t cent protein, 36 p er cen t fa t. th e grow ing o f rape and o th er th in g s T u rk e y s’ eggs, 48 per cen t w ater, 18 th a t make good p astu re fo r fow ls A per cen t pro tein , 33 p er cen t ra t. plum tree here and th ere is all right. P rotein, as is generally known, is the substance th a t goes to m ake muscle D o n ’t forget th a t th e hens w ant p len ty and blood. P a t, of course, is fuel fo r of fresh w ater, even if th e w eath er is rtn n in g th e body m achine. Thus, it not hot. L ay in g hens are h eav y drink w ill be seen, eggs, though h a lf or near era, as so much of th e egg is composed ly h a lf w ater, are e x tr mely n u tritio u s, o f water. _ co n tain in g a ll th e elem ents required for Eggs from the best bens should not .th e building up and support o f the be eaten. W hen a fowl reaches th e 800- hum an body. egg m ark in a season it is ev idence of q u alities w hich ought to be p e rp e tu a t ed. Eggs from th is k in d of stock should go in to th e incubator. « .A X e W H O LE SA LER S LOCATION IS RIGHT Only 3 Blocks From D epots and Docks. THE RATES ARE RIGHT $1.00 Per Day and Up. ’IT L O O K S LIKE A HOTEL" THE FRYE IS THE RIGHT T h a t’» What They All 8ay. HOTEL FOR YOU. Free Hom esteads We make a specialty of W estern Canada hom esteads and ara th e only reliab le p arty on the Coast th a t 1» locating settler* on C anadian land. We locate yon on the very best mixed farm ing land in W estern Canada. We can locate you on 320 acres on good sandy loam aoil, mostly p ra in e located east from Edmonton. We can locate you on 160 acres of black loam »oil n orth and northw est o f E lm onton. All the lands th a t we locate you on will be clone to tow n and railroad. Some is m ostly all p ra irie and some is mostly all tim ber. The lands north and n o rth w est of Edm onton have good d rin k in g w ater from 8 to 10 feet from surface. A g re a t m any of the claim s have creeks through them and th ere ia p len ty o f w ater fo r irrigation. The lands east of Edm ontoa are aaore ad ap ted to w heat raising. We locate you for $50. P arties are leaving our o ffice daily. You will never again get an opportunity of g e ttin g a hom estead in W estern Canada as good as yon caa get now. We also have a few nice claim s in S outheastern Oregon o f 320 acre» each th a t we can locate yon on and th a t we can reeommend and g u a r antee. CANADIAN HOMESTEAD CO. 73 SIXTH STREET. PORTLAND, OREGON. N eatness brings buyers. The heat a l Let there always be a good supply of AGENTS W ANTED w ays goes first. Quick growth in flu cool, clean water and a shady spot to In Every Town te Handle ences qoiek sa les The markets have a which the chickens caa resort during G re e n e D ia tr ib e t n r s surplus of poor stuff. Poultry buyers the beat of the day. LANGE 8 MINERAL WONDER A Keteral Mineral Beeiedy, are educated— they w aat the beet. K W Master Vibrator» and Road Smoothers; N ew ia the lim a to reduce tba quan At Large Profit«. An A rtide of Orest Merli sad s Rrputsbie liueineai Turkey hens are profitable until fiv e tity a f all fattening food in tba ration Hyde Propellers anti Everything for the W RITS POR PARTICt’l.ARS years of age, bat it is a good plaa to at least one half. Cora, especially, ia Motor Boat. H W LANCE A SON change the gobblers e /e r y year. It re- too healing and should not ba fed. Portland. O. :(»au Box lC7d 280 E Morriaon St., Portland, Oregon. Robcr Machinery Co.
