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Show THE SxVLT HERALD-REPUBLICA- N, CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF CHICKS IN HOT WEATHER lli'lllii!f!f! Essential Rules for. the Con- trol of Steady Growth Without Immoderation. ' s IlliWlifl Ml I Thougli Weaned From the Brooder Safely the Chick9 s Development Requires In- telligent Treatment. ItT mOP. JASCS B. 3IORMAX Former Expert for the United States Department of Agriculture. gamnfr rhieltnm need peefal c r anil attrition. It la one 1 hlnjr 1a hatch ehleka, ud another matter to raise them. Hot day la July and Atisrnst are err trylnjc, but If the chick are property managed, there U llttJa dancer of alga, mortality. aim of the poultry keeper should rptTC J. be to provide for steady growth In ehlckens and to put forth every effort to avoid losses. lie needs to exercise special care. There- are certain simple ixules whtra should be followed whether one keeps a few fowls or large flocks. Clean Ten and Yards. On small poultry plants, where pens are few la number and the runs are limited !n area, cleanliness Is the first essential to successful chicken raising;. This l especially desirable In summer. ?X?oth the pens and the runs should be 'cleaned regularly and limed ccaston-- 1 silly. In the poultry runs the lime acts s a partial disinfectant. It tends to ward off poultry ailments and diseases, especially those which aro liable to occur In hot weather. In my experience growing: chickens as careful attention for about six red weeks of summer as almost any other time of the year. Usually thy are from summer ,threeIn.to fire months oM when At this n?e they should grow ets most rapidly. They need to develop their frame an I put on flesh rather than become fat. When chickens do not grow properly is .at from three to five months, there or 'something wrong; with their vitality If their feeding and management. as result a at this should die age ;they of improper care, such losses threaten the pouttry keeper's profits and prosTo make most profits, pects materially. on the market as early should be flyers '.mm possible when prices are high. The e. cockerels can be fattened for this Is But another Important object to develop the pulleta properly so that to lay late In fall or they will be readyThen eggs in winter. thepriee of early I the Whether pullets can be high. o developed depends somewhat upon pens and yards will their health. Clean chicken to healthy, and keep Ji!j health and vigor are absolutely essential to successful growth and 'development. ir the poultry keeper falls In these hie prospects for profits reticulars, diminished proportionately with the fak of growth and development of - v ! pur-'yis- chickens. Control of Chicken Mitev When well fed and otherwise properly managed, chickens do not always r.;akc satisfactory growth in summer. There Is a cause for this which may be wholly unsuspected. It Is likely to be ?due to the presence of chicken mites. This pest is a bloodsucking parasite. harbors under the perches. In cracks, It ' and In other places. Its destructive work Is done at night. When the chickens aro at roort the mites crawl from their hldlnsr places onto the themselves with h!rd. They gorge Mood much the same as a mosquito does, and then crawl backIs to their not dispost hiding places. If thisInto millions In a covered It multiplies few weeks of hot weather. If the mites become numerous they will suck more blood from a chicken in a single night the next than the chicken can produce and arslmlla-- ; i flay from the digestion tlon of the most nourishing food. And since the blood carries the assimilated ; food growth to the different of the body, there can be little parts uch a con. or no growth so long as dition continues. The time and the la- tor cf the poultryman. as well as the W i ' fr SINGLE-COM- B UFF LEGHORNS B The little egg1 machines the Leghornsare always In demand, not only with those who measure the worth of a flock of fowls by the number of eggs produced, but also with the fanciers. They are bred In several colors, but the White is the most popular. This is due, perhaps, because It Is easier to breed white fowls than colored ones. To the Buff fancier, however, the elngle-com- b Leghorn makes a strong appeal. It Is possessed of all the heavy laying proclivities of Its white cousin. The eggs are fertile, hatch well, and the chicks are comparatively easy to rear. Like the Whites the Buffs make good squab broilers at eight weeks of age. Breeding to good shape and the correct shade of buff at the same time Is the most difficult feature of the breed. It has been said that the popularity of the Buff variety is the most lasting. except the White, which recommends Itself to the purely commercial farmers. Buff Leghorns were originated In England. Mrs. Lister Kay was most active In their production, and, generepeaklng, the fowls are the result allya cross between White Leghorns and of Buff Cochins. Mrs. Kay claims that certain yellow fowls from Denmark also entered inta their origin. Early in the 80s Buff Leghorns were Introduced Into the United States, and for several years they enjoyed an extensive "boom." Without a doubt the Buffs have all the merits attributed to the White Leghorn and lay as large an egg andsas many of them. In addition to Its utility, it has the added Interest of handsome coloring. This coloring, too, makes It better adapted to the backyard flock, since buff does not show dirt so easily as on white fowls. feed consumed, are thus practically wasted In the presence of chicken mites. During the summer every precaution should be taken to keep the pens and places free from mites. This roosting is not a difficult matter. The mite Is a very small parasite, barely with the unaided eye. When perceptible not gorged with chicken blood. It Is It becomes red when it has gorged Itself with chicken blood. For this reason it Is sometimes called the "red" mite. But this pest Is so delicately constructed that it can aslly be destroyed by spraying with kerosene or whitewash. In caring for my own chickens I take special pains to keep down the mites. All perches are regularly examined and then brushed with kerosene when their presence Is discovered. They gather In clusters of a few mites or perhaps hun dreds. They can then be readily seen. The sides of the pens are also sprayed with hot or cold whitewash. Naturally hot whitewash is more effective in the mites. destroying It Is poor. policy to let older fowls and growing chickens run together, and cleaned and made ready for winter work. In some such way as this the small plant can be utilized to the best advantage in every particular. It may take a little 'time to do this, but it is time well spent In the Interest of healthy, vigorous, well nourished stock. And this Is the kind that pays a good profit n the investment. Proper Feedlna; Is Essential. Correct feeding la very Important in summer. In hot weather chickens should not be overfed. At the same time they require plenty of the right kinds of feed. It may be of some service to give my own method of hanchickens. dling growing In the morning- the chickens Early are gives a email quantity of scratch feed. A good quality of feed, one containing a variety of pralns, Is always chosen. About 8 o'clock they are given a crumbling mash consisting of two parts by measure of bran and one each of middlings, ground oats and meat meal. The latter, however. Is fed only three times a week in the mash. The whole Is moistened with sour milk or water. The wastes from the table are also mixed with the mash. Care Is taken not to make the mash too wet and soggy and only enough Is fed that the chickens will clean up readily. If too much mash is given and It is not eaten up clean. It is apt to sour in hot weather and this would be likely to produce bowel trouble. As accessories to the mash, a handful of ground sulphur Is added twice a week, and onco a week the liquid used to wet the mash is slightly salted. These Ingredients have a tendency to keep the blood pure and the chickens in sound health. Plenty of green stuff in the form of lawn cuttings, weeds, etc., and abundance of fresh water are always supplied. At noon, except on very hot days, the chickens are given a small quantity of scratch feed. On hot days the grain In its place some feed Is omitted. lawn cuttings or clover is given with fresh, cold water.must-us-In this matter the some Judgpoultry keeper ment. If the chickens on hot days seem to be enjoying the shade, which should be provided, they are better left unfed at noon. By evening they light-colore- d. should be avoided as much as pos3lble. t'ae of Scratching Sheds. On small plants It Is a good practice to use the scratching pens for accommodating; the growing chicken. I always do so every summer. A temwire porary baseboard, with a four-fom to is divide the used top, netth.g pen Into two purtsi One ccratchlpg a roosting place, part Is utilized isforused as a feeding the other part place. This arrangement keeps the younger chickens from the fowls. By so doing the young birds can get all the feed they reiulre for proper growth and development. When the chickens are old enough so that their sex Is readily determined the cockerels are separated from the by themselves. By pullets and penned they can be fed separating the sexes for the purpose Intended. With my chickens the cockerels are fed for a broiler or roaster trade, while the pullets are specially developed for fall apd winter erg production. When the chickens are large enough to hold their own with the older fowls the scratching pens may be ot - - LAKE CITY, UTAH, SUNDAY, JULY will be quite hungry, and this is a good indication of proper care. For the last meal at night the chickens are given a full ration of scratch feed with which some additional wheat Wheat is a high protein is mixed. feed and produces bone and flesh. de-It is one of the best feeds for proper velopment, being in Itself almost a balanced ration. During the summer months growing chickens should have as free a range as possible. If this cannot be had the pens should be well provided with shade. Fresh water should be given at least three times a day. It is advisable to add a little bicarbonate of soda to the water in summer. This has a tendency to counteract any acidin the crop, which is likely to ocity cur If growing chickens are overfed. It is better to feed more sparingly on The hot days than at other times. the should watch poultry keeper weather. Importance of Good Food. During the summer months, when chickens are expected to grow rapidly, the chickens should be fed corn more feed sparingly. This is a carbohydrateflesh-One which develops fat rather than of the functions of fat is to produce warmth, and this is not required so much in summer as in winter. For therefore, it Is good growing chickens,corn to the minimum polioy to reduce in all rations during July, August and the early part of September. It is more important, however, to know that the corn which Is fed to from "green growing chickens is free mature. If heart" and thoroughly there is any doubt as to its equality, corn should, be discarded altogether or should be thoroughly heated in an oven before it is fed. Corn that is immature may prove fatal to young birds. By following simple methods of care, d feeding and management, chickens may be maintained in good health. If chickens are kept well from the time they are hatched until they reach maturity, not only has their development been rendered normal, but they ought to lay eggs in the fall when older fowls have practically ceased egg production. The hardleart bird to' manipulate commercially la the pigeon. Anyone for pleasure or profit ran In th bumlneaw In the most restricted quarters. Sqnabs are a year-roucrop, and the Industry Is on a sound basis. Myra Kelsey Cox has prepared an Interesting practical article on this subject for next week. early-hatche- en-Cm- are nd CENTRAL PLACE IS PROGRESSING IN VAL VERDA Opportunity Is Offered for Turning Spare Time Into Money. The great 250.000-gallo- n reinforced concrete reservoir at Val Verda. filled with a splendid supply of pure, sparkling water, is sending a flow under 1S2 pounds' pressure down the water mains to the on Main street at Val Verda, the beautiful tract of land seven miles north of Salt Lake. Further improvement work is being and the laying pursued satisfactorily of sidewalks and grading of streets will be finished within a few weeks. In the meantime, the officials of the Bettllyonannounce company, owners of Val of Verda, that purchasersmake on the tract may connection with the water mains at any time they desire, to begin the improvement of their ground. The fact that the soil at Val Verda Is so fertile that it will grow every kind of vegetable and fruit, is a big feature of the tract and one that is a deep impression on those making acre homes there. have bought who And here on this rich tract, where a fine waterworks provides water for irand domestic purposes, men rigation women are beginning to realize and the opportunities offered, for turning spare time into moner. is seven Verda Although Val Salt can be Lake only miles and north of reached in twenty-fiv- e minutes by street car on the Centerville line, it is to be doubted if there is any feature connected with this property that is comment and attention causing more at than the "man and an acre present and independence" idea, which is preand senting such money making money saving opportunities at Val Verda. For the expenses lessened by tract and the produce raised on theman of the the money earned by the house from his position In town enables the family to get ahead as they could not do on a little lot in town. V. A. Bettllyon, president of the Betdetllyon Home Builders company,at Val clares that'each some day succeeding new opportunity Verda presents for financial independence for the men and women who have purchased home-site- s at Val Verda and will make their homes there. Centerville cars leave Second South and Main streets at thirteen minutes of the hour and this line runs directly Val Verda. past Automobiles will leave the offices of the Bettllyon Home Builders company, 340 South Main street, this morning at 10 and 11 o'clock and all those interested in Val Verda are cordially invited by the company to make the trip as the guests of the company. acre-hom- acre-homesit- I L A, V- - - innify-f- V,y. ll II r 1 i i.mw iHDn iliiillrrm lining fii hbmi MARKET REALTY ' HW " v""" f ill 'l"-'-- " "i n V t i L .'M'li'WWai Mir HAKE GAU YOU STRi can " es IH ill mii iIim, mnn mo opponMrriES fMJEY-YO- U SEISES SAVE HONEY acre at in the help you save it! You go right v ahead wltn your work in town while out at Val Verda the rich soil VV .grows your vegetables and fruit are laying your cow lyour chickens produces milk and butter. VI There is to but clothes luxuries buy less than $10 a and a fewnothing Duff lUUAt month The money you make in town plus what your acre at Val Verda earns will make you in dependant. Prices low terms $25 down, $10 a month. Seven miles north of Sn.lt Lake 25 minutes ride by Centerville l i car line. Our autos will leave our offloe at 10 and 11 a, m. Ride to Val Verda with us today. without charge or A" .r obligation. year your Every day Vaa Verda will help you make money I1 i es JluA' 1 t mm k 9 t a Si"''-'-v--'"- BETTILYON HOME BUILDERS COMPANY South Main St. Telephone Was. 2030. 340 i 101 f "'. .XT' 2CRASi83 tfUliCJYSt'R ACRE 1 i NEW HO MESIN FEDER AL HEIGHTS home builders set a new standard for the improvement of residence tracts, and today the prices of lots Include cement sidewalks, curbing, guttering, shade trees, sewer, waterworks system,parking, system and vadrainage rious other things. David Wegg, manager of the Tellu-rid- e owner of Federal Realty company, a number of nethat Heights, reports now are under way for purgotiations chases of homesites in Federal Heights by other prominent Salt Lakers in the near Paving of Hubbard Avenue to Be Completed future. Prediction of Toronto Is for Five Will Be Completed This Week. Within the Next PRESENT THREE PLAYS Big Business This Summer The end of this week srwill mark the of the pavln of Hubbard completion avenue, the main thoroughfare street the middle of Central Place. Thisthrough when completed will mark one of the In the prettiestA short thoroughfares special form of curbing has city. been devised which enables vehicles to pass Into a lot at anypoint without the necessity of cutting away special of the curbing is a roadways. Inside five feet wide separating strip parking the curbing from the sidewalk and the Ashton-Jenkin- s company have made for the planting In this arrangements of a number of fir and other everstrip a springgreen trees which will give it the time appearance throughout entire year. Several new buildings have been Place during the past started in Central week and this close-i- n subdivision presents an appearance of activity that marks it as a locality lookedareupon with favor by those who great seeking homes in close proximity to the business center. Central Place. "Where Someslogan proclaimed thing's Doing," is the and by the signboard on the property firm of Ashton-Jenkithe enterprising company is evidently keeping up to the spirit ofarethenow slogan in the work which they with Residences apsuch diligence thereon. prosecuting comare already proximating $40,000 way, and several other pleted or under of lots in this subdivision purchasers evidenced their Intention of beginhave ning building operations in the near future. d of the entire lots in Nearly Central Place have been already sold and with the development work that the firm is now promising it will be but a short time before the entire subdivision shall have passed into private hands and be added as one more comof development work to the pleted piece credit of Ashton-Jenkin- s company. ns one-thir- "Business Is getting- better in the restl estate line and every indication Is for a good business the remainder of the summer," said Albert Toronto of Toronto & Co. yesterday. "During the past week we have recorded sales of both residences and vacant property. our "JU W. Maddox through on Milton firm a $2000 homebought avenue; a $2500 home we also sold to John S. Bales on Driggs avenue. "Another sale was a $3500 home on Princeton avenue to Charles Thompson. Still another was a lot in Liberty A. Kelson subdivision to Thirty Days. Clas - John is "The outlook from our as I have said for a lively viewpoint market and this statement is made for the reason that we are having more calls for homes than for several months." Heights for $750. SEVERAL HOMES SOLD Gannon A Cannon Report Real Estate Market Defter. "We have made several sales this week and the outlook in the view market is Improving." This is therealty taken by Lewis F. Cannon of Cannon & Cannon. "We sold," he continued, "to Elon Keding a four-roobrick house modern in every way on Sixth East street, the consideration being $2300. "We also sold a four-roorustic on Sixth East street to Henbungalow ry K. Clegg, the price being $1800. paid sold "On Sixth East we also another four-rooframe bungalow for $1800 to Clarence Krauss." m m m at Sunuuer IVttfc On-A- Entertains! Klere. Sfhool k The class in play production of the The next thirty days will see the homes University of Utah summer school last completion of at least five new in Federal Heights and the owners in night gave a very successful prescnta-tatio- n be posaesson. The homes which will of three standard one-aplays of G. H. occupancy are those ready for H. S. Anderson, H. B. Butterfield, before an Interested audience. Smith, I. C. Clark and Charles Smith. Arthur W. Pinero's "Playgoers" was & G. H. Smith's house of presented by P. Z. Hatch, Lucile HarLydia clinker brick was designed by him and vey, Anna Dulr. La Verne Tullis, Smith is characterized by a beautiful sleep- Schramm, Mary Lenaham, Gladys ing porch and porte cochere. The and Inez Scott. George Middleton's house has been given a great deal of at- "The Cheat of Plty" was acted by RobJane tention and each detail worked out ert Sharp. Claire Stewart and Davis' Richard Harding The plumbing is said to be Openshaw. carefully. was the last word in modern systems and "Miss Civilization" presented by the heating system will be the new Inez Clark, C. A. White,Z. Daail Smith. Hatch and vapor arrangement. Guy W. Brubaker, P. H. S. Anderson's home Is one of the Laverne Tullis. On Monday night the class gives a finest residences in the Heights. De Irish plays, inlocated, it combines manyj1 series fi' contemporary lightfully Sea" and features in home building. distinctive B. Synge's "RiderB to the cluding The II. house repre- L.ady Augusta Gregory's "Workhouse Butterfield sum and fs Ward." sents an' of a one of theoutlay handsomestlarge homes in Federal Heights. IS DELEGATE I. C Clark's residence ocoupies a very BAILEY desirable site on Federal Way, which commands a superb view of the moun- Will Renreaent State at Tax Associatains and valley. It is a tion Meet. house, Including music room, be will billiard room, library, dressing room, Utah prominently represented at the annual meeting of the National- :J four bedrooms, -three completely equipped bathrooms and other distinc- Tax association to be held at Indianaptive bathrooms, and represents a cost oils in August by William Bailey of the state board of equalization. of $12,000. memMr. Bailey, who is a long-terThe residence of Charles Smith, repwill address an executive is the ber of of board, $12,000, expenditure resenting one of the most pretentious to be built the meeting on the problems of state in Federal Heights this year. boards of equalization. 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