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About Klamath republican. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1896-1914 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1914)
CALIFORNIA FARMER SECTION LEE’S LICE KILLE II I POULTRY GeHBOMMW. l-ouae Powder. Fas Maker and - - - . ----------- otki-r Poultry remrdle« have ubuvo matul reputa- lion of twenty r»«r» lirhlnd them, They have bmuglil «unrwM to IhouastiSe ot pouhry „77 raisers lUllry ---- llook". . stat will to you I a«*’» big "New Poultrv ’i*.. "Hi'sdlntf Hyrnptom» ot l>lar««e" and * "Poultry Polnt«*fSn fr«r from nil l«e’e desleni. or writs direct Thr New Mandr Iro Inrvhetor Is S real . ........ stir halchvr. Write lor ratalneu* ato H Ltl CO »OU M»»u«r at. OMAHA. H(S 1403.... 4l.4Mli:i>4 ST.. IOS ANUKI.KM. I A I.IFIH4 HI A. CONFINING HENS IN HOUSES By Ix-Rny V. Brunt. HE system of confining hefts In T large houses has been prevalent aa the soil on my pu»< •«• la rather heavy for ninvriilsmr 1 find that the addition of tbs straw aa fertiliser is of great service In loownlng up the soil, After a year or two of aciding this compost to the ground the soil Is In good con dition for any crop." Another advantage which these houses possess over houses of another sort la the fact that the hens are kept «ut of the storms at all times There la no chance thut the birds will get wet and take cold from exposure, na la often the case with other ayst'ma. No matter how hard tin« rain, or how severe the wind, there ia no chance that It will affect the flock. And In fact will aptiear to be an advantage to the man who knows Just what extent a hard wind will effect the egg yield he accompanying cut shown the In terior arrangi'ment of the houa* length, lit". feet. Is divided spaces. At each division In some European countries and III n few Instances In the east for gome time, but on the Pacific roast, where tin- climate la s<> mild thia system bus up to th«- present found little favor. However. In a few Instances the plan has been tried out. ami with good re sults. In the present urtlcle the ays- tom ns employed by John <« Hmlth, one of the moat successful ¡«oultry- mill of the Petaluma district, will be described "The fundamental principal *>f auc- c< «a In th«* poultry bualm-a« In to keep In touch and sympathy with th* birds." said Mr Hmlth "It may seem a little fartvtchi-d to talk about le-ing In sym pathy with a ben, but that 1» exactly what Is needed to make a man a sue- rrsnful poultryman I look after mv hen«, mid 1 figure out whnt th*-> want, and wlint ia best fur them And, then. If I nee a hen drooping I get hold of h* r and see what In the matter. It la tru«* that n man with a thousand or two of hens han not a great deal of time to b*< do* luring hl" birds, but a III lie does not hurt, and I may also prevent some contagious dls*n *■ from getting a slart I am nn**r afraid that my birds will g«-t <*blckenp<ix or can ker from the outside, I am pretty sure that as long na I Ink** gm»d cure of th*- blrdn and ace that they receive tin- |irn|>* r food there la no outside In fluence that In going to tnk«- half n yearn saving out of th«* bank b> kill ing a bun* h of my hens Every |"*ul- tryman known that there nn- times when he will K«'t dlni-nnc In bin fl«Mk from Ida neighbor; I am not troubled In thin wuy, for my hma never coma Into contact with my neighbors, and If he han trouble In hla flock he keeps It to himself In running the hens in the house In thin manner the rancher saves u great deal of time anil labor, ac*ord* Ing to Mr Nmlth. "I figure that a man can care, easily, hundred for furtyfiv«* Way,” said hr. "Now one hous«- lllHi hens, I i It Is » every morning thin with thin system, mid In thia wa> th* re In n little more work than If the h*>uneM were elemi* d only once a Wi-ck, but the labor nav*-d In other ways more than r* 1'iiyn for that <*xp«'iidcd In that direction. Ordinarily, It keepn a man hustling to cur«* for three thousand hens, but aa I said, ho tun care for 4600 with this system, mid I suppon*- tluit If hi* wanted tn hopper fwd them h«* could can* for even mor«' I mn of the opinion, however, that It would be far froni win«* to hopperfeed with thin system, an the main exercise that the blrdn get In In ncratctilng for their feed, and they would Ion«* tluit If they were fed In hoppers." The «turstion of exercise In one that Mr enters liirgelv Into thin system. Hmlth remarked that he hud never had any trouble with the bens getting too little exercise "I ■ find,” he nalil, "that the hens will scratch In the litter which I supply nil day long, even after all the grain In picked out of it, and In thin way they really get more exercise than many hens that are out of doom. I keep the floor of thia houa«' covered with a straw litter all the time, anil the way hens scratch about in It would convince any man that they were get ting exercise." The straw wan almost ankle deep on the floor. an<| the hens were Indeed scratching In It ns if their Ilves de pended on It. The entire floor was n working muss, mid after it little obser vation the most skeptical would have been convinced that these birds were getting nil tho exercise they needed. Mr. Hmlth stated that the straw was renewed every three weeks, which was quite often enough, and that It took four bales to cover the floor. "I find that It will tnko about half n day to clean out the straw and re new the supply," said the owner of the ranch. "Thia makes fine flkrtillxcr, and 15 Z2/ r\ L" Z C k - X k <1 In th- third I Im e the whole business Is so arranged that a wheelbarrow may be brought along the aide and the dr< | pings pulled off into It It la a very simple and convent« nt arrange ment, and It token only aJx>ut half an hour a day l< do the cleaning The aides ar* six fe«-t In height, with a I fth pitch root The front Ir boarded up for three feet, so that th»* hens * an- not look out aml lie discontented. The Other three feet la covered with a two-inch mesh wire. This allows an ap< rt ur- 9<l feet lung and three feet wide through which sir may come, und there la never a tinge of sm-ll In th* huusi other than that smell that Is almut the 1« dl< s of th* fowls Aa showt In th- diagram the mash troughs are runged along the wall under the net ting These troughs ere made of tin and gre nailed to the wall. Th- rations which these h*ns receive could hardly tie h*»ld responsible tor the excellent • of their In» Ing st »Ir* prea-tit sianoti. The following formula Will lie seen to be very Iitti** Ulfferetlt to that whl h th- av*nig* run nlrds Itran, live parts; ground wheat. parts. Indit'd Irarlev. ripe part, granulated milk, two parts. ground cork, one part; l-tJ-fecrnpa, two tarts. < 'hartxml, one part; alfalfa m* al. »ne part; barley aprnntr, three parts •With thia ration Is fed all th*- Kill the h«-ns v 111 eat. In th- mash The grain dlM Is made up of on** part erneked corn and three ports w l>< i.t. fed In th* litter in the evening. En o eh of tliia ir placed In the nirav- that the birds will l.uvt a »mull allotment feed to last th-tn In th- morning the tn ash rail« n ia brought around. Inun t then* hem hens are let out At t tlm<*n doors for a couple < of hours per day, merely aa e change for them. writer naked Mr. Hmlth why he did have n dust bath I In the house for h< r.s. and h<* > repii.d: have not yet found the peed I haw found no lice on th- h*ns besides, every every time I chapge the straw In th*- house I s| ray th- floor with crudi* carbolic acid, which has a d* Ided I* .den* y nralnet th* br-cdlng of lire in the straw. And. so long as I have n** lire, why »houlrl I cumbel th- house with h lot of i ara| henalu* that would only be in the way.” WHY ROJO PRICES? 9« matter where r«u live er what yow want sr bew Ion the price else* where, do oof urArr narthlna until you have sees our catalog. ■EXT PHKK o\ HKqi eut . We otter belter merrhandlse. beOer service, sort lower prlrex than , uu ma get elerwhere. Even Ihoogh we may nut be favored with an order, «end __ _ for «t«ir i - u I h I ok . If will keep you poaled on «hat you should pay for (»reveries. Wearing Ipprirel, Poultry Supplies. Wnll l*nper. Wire Fencing, Itulldlna Mnlrrllil«, Implement«, Plumber Ruplille«, Hardware, Je« elry. Pumping and Power Marhlaery, Koon ng, PaffiSs unit other supplies. It you want the best for the lens! money—want to bay dire«-» aud keep the profit ut all middlemen—send uuw —to-day—for Free Catalog. DIRECT SUPPLY CO.i.w 339-341 COMMERCIAI» ST. SAN IP4.MÇISC0 r ....... 'N A xs l< You» ■ D<s a t es « for LOORADO COCOANUT OIL CAKE »lllk Coma give more milk. < bichea« lay inori >’gg- iiniMX l*lg« and Bug« produce more pork. Cheapest food In the market to day. " mi i. i OR i i i f.it il I nt: talnlng Information on rations, comparative food values, etc. ELDORADO O.L WORKS 111 California Kt., San Francisco. Wanted a Centipeded Chicken. The (’oionel—"Rautua, you seem fond of the leg of a fan el ” Rast us —"Deed Ah is. funnel What great Institution de chicken would hall been ef Providence had Kiven him as muny left« aa a centipede.” 0 rs V: 0 purtbui running within seven th«* open front, extending clear to the ceiling. The idijei t of this |>artUI*Mi In to break the draft which would I m * created In a lious«* the length of this one In which then* were no partitions, The open apace of seven feet la fitted with a door which may be closed at night. In which there Is it small hole through which the hens may pass nt will. Mr. Nmlth's own words will ex» plain the object of this arrangement to the bent advantage. "Many people, pre|*arlng for this system build tlielr houses ubout n hundred feet long and sixteen or twen ty feet |n width, Thls will not nt till, um with this arrangement Is linposalble to | get enough protection for the hens If the part Ions are built dear out It will take away the bene* fit of th«> whole room for nil the hens Again, If the house is built the same dimensions ■■ this, and the partions are not built tn ns they are here the wind »weeps through the place, the liens catch cold, and the poultrymun has a time In general. It la neceaaary that some sort of a partition be made In the building, und 1 have decided that six of these partitions will safe guard against any poslblllty of cold from a draft In the house. The doors that I set In plat's during the night »re a further safeguard against the draft, and I l««ave th«' small hole In the door so that It will tie possible for me to close these doors at any time and yet know that the hens will have an op- IMirtunlty of going to their usual place of roosting." The roosts are placed on a sloping platform, at the back of the houxe hr will I m ' seen front the diagram. The object of so placing the roosts In that It facilitates the work of cleaning in tile morning. In the tlrat place It Is easier to take a hoe and clean off the boards, ns Mr. Hmlth docs, than It would be to take n shovel or other Instrument and clean off the floor, in the second place the slight rlaqt allows! .the droppings to be raked down to the front easily, and ' A Bantam Magazine It isn’t every State in the unlon that haa a bantam magazine but ('nllfornla haa. It ia emali and atarta Just like a bantam and ta evilleni ly approciated by lointain faneiers Judging Iroin itä reading columns and advertistnvnts. It is pub- liahed In San Jose by E. Liete Kees- Itng. The Oldest Separator. "I m e you kttp a cov.” Yep." "Got a h » i nrrh»r?" "Yep." "What trakeT" "I’m it. I »eparate the cow from her 238-242 DAVIS STREET SAN FRANCISCO MR. POULTRY RAISER" WHY NOT SHIP YOUR POULTRY TO SPECIALTY OE HANDLING POULTRY? PEOPLE WHO MAKE We are not SPECULATIVE DEALERS, who sell at ONE TRICE remit- and remit at ANOTHER. We do a strictly commission business. tlnx at actual sales (or at such prices at which your stock sells», When placing your poultry with us to sell you place it among competitive buyers, thus assuring sales at full market value. The General Market price, or at which our sales were made week ending January 17. 1914. were as follows: »•er lb. Broilers, under 119 lbs............. 26 0 28c Broilers. 1H -3 lbs..................... 2944 26c Fryers. 2-d lbs...........................21 ©29c Young Roosters, 9 lbs. over.. 19«r 20c IJve Young Turkeys ..............21029c Dressed Young Turkeys......... 33 0 88c Per lb ...18018c . . .1K018C ...18030c .. .38 0 22c ...18018c 82.0008.80 hens are In Thursdays of Small Hens, under 3 lbs Medium Hens. 9-4 lbs. . I Ji r go Hens, over 4 lbs Young Pekin Ducks Eat Young Geese......... Squabs, per dozen......... Broilers not so plentiful and prices are firm. Good gootl demand. Ship to arrive Tuesdays. Wednesdays and each week. CULLS AND TOOR STOCK sell on lheir merits. We especially want your shipments each weak. of Live and Dressed Turkeys We handle more poultry on eonaignmeat than any two boui ■an Francisco. WIIYf This advertisement will appear In this paper exclusively for year, and will be our method of quoting as nearly as possible poultry market in general. We solicit your correspondence by wire or letter. 0' (Mention mHfornJo Fnynuv) , la one the