TTOME AND FARM MAfiAZÍNE SECTION
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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.
F FO R D young stock th e opportun
ity fo r developm ent by rigidly
w eeding ou t th e w asters. I have
already m entionod th e im portance of
doing so in previous articles, b u t I
should lik e to em phasize th e necessity
o f w eeding out w here th e selection of
fu tu re breeders is concerned, th u s le a v
in g p len ty of space fo r th e most prom
ising chickens. To ham per or retard
th e ir gro w th b y allow ing them to
b reath e im pure a ir or to ra n on con
tam in ated ground will spoil th e c h a r
acte ristics th a t are so essen tial to suc
cess in those from which it is intended
to breed. V ery freq u en tly misshapen,
badly colored o r otherw ise fa u lty birds
are allow ed to exist to th e detrim en t
of the rem ainder. I t is, how ever, p er
fectly tru e th a t when such chickens
have reached th e age of ten or tw elve
w eeks th e tem p tatio n to keep them to
killin g age is very g reat, b u t th e initial
m istak e w as in keeping them so long.
They should h av e been disposed of b e
fore th is age.
The m ost prom ising chickens are not
necessarily those th a t are th e most a t
tra c tiv e in appearance. For instance,
those w hich a t a very e arly ago have
grown th e ir ad u lt plum age and look
trim and n eat, alm ost p erfect in th eir
prem ature ** finish, ” seldom reaeh the
stan d ard size of tho v a rie ty to which
they belong; nor do th ey prove of much
service when selected for th e breeding
pen. I t is b e tte r to keep fo r stock
purposes those th a t a re b ig boned,
an g u lar and som ew hat u ngainly in ap
pearance and seem to bo grow ing rig h t
aw ay from th eir feath ers.
T hese b ird s are developing th o ir
fram e quickly and th e ir in te rn a l organs
slowly, and th e more g radual develop
m ent ta k e s place in the la tte r , the b e t
ter. I t is not alw ays th e v ery early-
laying pullets th a t are th e most s u it
able for spring breeding. T herefore,
th e grow th of tho pullets in tho early
stages should be observed, and it will
in v ariab ly be found th a t those which
m atu re slowly when this stag e is reach
ed aro tho more perfect.
T here are m any p o u ltry keepers who
m ake th e m istake of leaving the selec
tion of tho breeders u n til alm ost the
actu al tim e of breeding has arrived,
w ith tho result th a t it is done so h u r
riedly th a t due consideration can not
be given to th e necessary ch aracter
istics essential in breeding stock. Of
course, I do not mean to im ply th a t
fu tu re breeders should be selected when
th ey are chickens, but an eye should be
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k ep t on those th a t show signs o f future
value, and it will freq u en tly be found
th a t these birds fig u re v ery prom i
n en tly when the tim e a rriv er for the
fin a l selection.
W hen selecting b ird s fo r breeding
purposes it is absolutely necessary th a t
th e type o f th e p a rtic u la r v ariety
should be stric tly observed. The u tility
m an is very o ften tem pted to ignore
th e stan d ard s an d reg ard them as
purely m atters fo r th e fan cier. This,
however, is a m istake, and one th a t
v ery ofton leads to failu re, since many
of these so called a rb itra ry points have
economic value, an d when th e stan d
ard s—th a t is, ex tern al points— are neg
looted it will in v ariab ly be found th a t
th e birds will not breod tru e to th eir
economic ch aracteristics. — “ P ractical
P o u ltry F a rm e r,” in F eath ered Life.
I f yon w ish to tr e a t the more mild
cases cleanse tho m outh w ith a wash
m ade of one tablespoonful creolin ad d
ed to four flu id ounces of w ater. In
th e caso of a very thick m em brane*
h av in g form ed touch the spot w ith
s tra ig h t creolin on a swab, being very
carefu l to not get any of the drug
into the w indpipe or your bird is a
dead one. The m em brane can then be
rem oved w ithout bleeding.
O nly in th e case of very valuable
fow ls is it advisable to give tre a tm e n t
to th e flock as a whole. The more birds
you cure th a t are afflic ted w ith g enu
ine roup the more future trouble you
w ill have w ith roup.
H E BEST q u ality of poultry and
eggs w ill comm and the highest
prices in the rig h t m arkets. The
man who keeps f if ty hens or more
should co nstantly study how to put his
products up in the best possible form.
S ort eggs w ith g re a t care. A b asket
of eggs freshly gathered from d ifferen t
breeds will contain eggs of several d if
fe re n t sizes and colors. D o n 't mix
colors and sizes in preparing for m ar
ket. I f you do you spoil the appearance
of th e whole lot. Seek the m arket th a t
ap p reciates tho fine product, finely put
up, and e a te r to the high standards of
th a t m arket.
• • •
T here are tw o sides to poultry grow
ing as a business. Tho first has to do
w ith tho d etails of production, which
includes the selection of equipm ent, the
p u rchasing o f supplies, the economical
use of labor. Tho other side— and th is
is too often overlooked—p ertain s to
selling. R ight here th e poultrym an has
full o pp o rtu n ity to make the most of
his business ability. When production
costs are fixed, p ro fits are regulated
larg ely by tho prices obtained for the
goods. An additional cent received for
each dozen of eggs or pound of dressed
p o u ltry may make tho difference be
tw een break in g even or m aking a good
p ro fit on th e season’s operations. And
th is e x tra am ount is secured only
thro u g h the use of good salesm anship.
• • •
The feeding of g rain constantly will
cause the grow th of the b ird s to be
checked and m any of those th a t have
had a poor s ta rt w ill be undersized
and o f poor constitutional vigor at ma
tu rity . Now m any of you will say they.
T
O UP is som ew hat like la grippe in
human beings, according to w hat a
physician once said when he was
called to tre a t an afflicted fam ily. The
whole house was sick. All had the
sam e m alady, and each one showed d if
fe re n t symptoms. To use his own ex
pression, “ La grippe is v ery accom
m odating. I f you d o n ’t w an t it one
w ay you can have it another. ’ ’
W here th ere is a h ard swelling,
open and remove th e discharge. D is
in fe c t the wound, and, if not too bad,
th e in dividuals may g et well. We have
saved turkeys, which seem to be sub
je c t to th is p a rticu lar form of roup
m ore th an chickens, by th is method.
The fowls should be isolated, and un
d er no condition be used fo r breeders.
I f th e y a re there will be a flock of
chickens constitu tio n ally w eak, and
th ere will bo more com plaint of roup
next year.
T here is a p re tty good oppo rtu n ity to
apply th e golden ru le to th is caso in
regard to selfing them as soon as they
tak o it. W ould you or we lik e to cat
chickens th a t have had a disease in
d e fin ite ly ! Because there was no out
w ard sign in p articu lar u n til a few
day s before th ey died is no good rea
son th a t th ey were f it for food.
T ake those fow ls prom ptly from the
roosts and move to isolated quarters.
E xam ine, k ill and burn th e ones th a t
are in th o w orst shape. Clean the
house, sp ray w ith a strong d isin fectan t
and burn all litte r.
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Boise, Ida.
will e a t th eir heads of*. T his lack of
feed is one of the underlying cause»
w hy m any farm ers cannot grow stock
or fow ls w ith success— they are so
afraid th a t th ey will e a t th e ir heads
off, and think the less feed they give
the more will be th e ir profits. W ell-fed
fowls are the only kind th a t make a
real p ro fit. Feed th e chickens and if
you are not w illing to do th is you had
b etter keep grow ing cotton and stick
to your old an tiq u a te d m ethods of do
ing things.
• • •
U tility is th e firs t requisite in any
fowl if a p ro fit is to be o b tain ed over
the cost of rearing, caring and th e feed
ing of th e same. T here are some who
do not know th e m eaning of the word
u tility , b a t use it as a cloak to dispose
of culls th a t do not even possess the
m erits of the birds raised carefully by
the fancier, and who m any so called
u tility breeders a re decrying. B e tte r a
good-shaped, strong fowl of fin e plum
age th a n some of the under-sized culls
th a t are sold as so-called u tility fowls.
G radually the A m erican p o u ltry keepers
aro w aking up to the fa c t th a t in the
long ra n it pays to purchase th e best
stock, day-old ehicks or h atch in g eggs.
There is too much cheap, haphazard-
bred stock being palm ed o ff upon those
beginning in ponltry, w ith discouraging
results. In a m easure, it is th e begin
n e r ’s own fau lt in seeking th e so called
bargain counter.
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I f one cares to keep sta n d a rd bred
fowls and enjoys the sport of the poul
try shows (of which over 1,200 were
held throughout the U nited S ta te s this
y ear), as m any of those who raise poul
try do, th ere is every opportunity, and
when th e breeding lines become estab
lished well enough to produce prize
w inners, there is a good deal of sa tis
faction when orders come in fo r $10
to perhaps $50 or more fo r high grade
birds. I t is not m eant to say th a t suc
cess is alw ays easy in th e p onltry busi
ness, fo r there are often tria ls and
trib u latio n s as in all lines of business,
and w ith them som etimes comes failure.
But w ith the present d ay developm ent
and know ledge of poultry cu ltu re it can
be considered in nowise called for, and
need not be experieneed by th e care
ful p o ultry man or ponltry woman.
• • •
T here are few g reater pleasures th an
the pictures from real life of th e small
farm set to small fru its and trees, w ith
desirable poultry houses and runs, w ith
the landscape d o tted w ith standard-
bred fo w ls! M ost assuredly th ere are
few callings th a t con trib u te so much of
real pleasure and com pensation to the
square inch. To the office man, broken
in h ealth, or to those who would retain
th eir health, th ere is no o th er occupa
tion th a t will give the same return»
and no medicine th a t will b e n e fit those
of failing health so winch as the sun
shine and open air exercise th a t is thus
obtained. This much is assured; but
there is one th in g more one possesses
I and th a t is independenee.
• • •
As soon as you have com pleted the
brooding of small chieks, p u t th e brood
er coops aw ay for next y e a r 's work.
B ut before you p u t them aw ay clean
them thoroughly w ith any good cleanser
and w ater, tu rn them up in th e hot
sun till fully dry. p ain t them if there
is any need of it, and a fte r th a t is all
done, p u t them away. T hey will be as
good as new again. You w ill be on the
safe side as to germs and filth , and
the pleasure and pride yon will feel in
tho clean and new ly p ainted brooder»
and coop» will be w orth dollars to you.
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