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
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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.
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House of Originality
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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.
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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.