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Show IMLMI I RUNTY HENS NOT DESIRABLE I Investigation Shows at Least One Fov m In Fifteen Is Undersized and B Hence Unprofitable. (rreparJ by the United fitstes Dpartmat H ot Agriculture ) H Ituntlnes3 Is not so conspicuous 1st M tho poultry flock us It Is nmong other H farm nnlmnts, yet It Is a factor to b M considered, and It Is possible that In H somu cases It Is rf grout Importance. M Certain It Is that undersized fowls ure H not desirable, nnd It has been Um M experlenco of many furincrs smS M poultrymen thnt they can bo almost, H If not; entirely, cllmlnntnl, This Is the conclusion thnt may be arrived at after H a study of tho figures and coniRinUi H obtained by a preltmltinry Investlga- M T iiTsjrTirsirfTn ",r ifrSiw "rTM H cJsBjVflbnVVH3 bH Good Feeding and Care Will Practically Hj Eliminate Runtlnee. K tlon of runts and their remedy cow H ducted by tho United States I)prt- B ment of Agriculture. M The Information wns obtained from M nearly 1,000 farmers to Whom ues- M tlonnntres wcro sent. Although thesa M farmers wcro considered to Ito better M than tho average, they reported that m 7 per cent of their nnlinnls wero under- M sized to such a degree as to be calle M runty. This means, If tho pcrcenta 1 holds true for nil farms of tho country, M thnt mora than 14,000,000 nutmals, not M Including feathered slock, are rutita. M In addition Gtf per cent of the pttrjr M on theso farms wns undersized, w&Ich M racnns that there Is, perhaps, wen v M higher percentnge for the toial fans M of tho Unltod States. Inbreeding and poor nwitlngs, nt . M cause, nre tho principal factors dls- M tlngulshlng runtlncss In fcatheretl M stock from that In other farm animals. IH It Is tho consensus of opinion of 471 M poultry owners, In nil parts of Xlio H country, Uint th& following causes r H itiletly j-cnponMMo for tho irunts fount jH In feathered Hocks: M i j iPsr cent. Toor feeding ,.,. I7J m Inbrcedlns: Rtid poor mntloes Hit M Infrrlor breeding- stock. 0111 H rnrasituii, esiwclally lice M..m. rlt B Nenlect , , Ut Poor housing i ,,,,, A' iVi Iate hatchlnir , , ct M Overcrowding ,.., &j jV Disease (roup, diarrhea, ate.) ........ S3 Iw vitality of chicks , m ssbh Betectlns poor t-tfgs .......,..,.,,.,.... J.4 H Total .100.0 Knrly hntchlng Is of more Importnncts, H nccordlng to the comments of poultry- LB men, than the figures In tho tnlile In- B dlcnte. It uppeuru that relitthely few H flock owners nro fnmlllnr with the nd- H vnntiiges of enrly imtchlug, but tlios H who do their hatching enrly find It a illstlnct benefit. For Instance, one H farmer sit)s, "Lnst year all of my H chickens hatched uftcr tho first of June H wero runts. Those before that were? V normal and were laying in October. WM The snmc care nnd feed wcro given t nil of them." Another observes, "When I get my chicks hatched In April nnd H Mny I do not huvo runts In my Hock." m KIlll nnother estlimites that oiie-thlrel H of into hutches nre runty. "Hatch n M chicks Inter thnn May 1," ho snys. am Of cquul Interest are tho warnings H ngulnst Inbreeding. "We hnvu ca runts H In our poultry" is tho statement of a H Virginia farmer, who nddH. nve bnjr H purebred tcks from n different strain iH every )enr." "Keep purebred fowls one) H cbiingo the slro every yenr" Is the In- H Junction of nnother poultrymnn. and H his experience Is typlcnl pf many othem. H Fnrmors' experiences with eari H hutching tnlly with thu results of ex- H pMiments by the btirenu of nnlraaJ H Industry of the United States Depart- H mont of Agriculture. In theso expert- H inentM the early hntched chicks showed H n marked superiority over those pui. H posely hntcheil lato. There wns H noticeably stonily degradation in !. H nnd type of tho late chicks compared H with tluxo hatched early. (H From fhiihp sldo lights It U easily jH seen tluit tho fuestlns of mnilnnw nnd good live-stock mnnngemenf are H closely related nnd nro tied up wtui Hf economic fuctors of great Importance. H DETERMINE EGG PRODUCTION I Much Depends on Kind and Amount jB of Feed Qlven Hen Must Be M Fed Flegularly. H mi.n n ...AA, , & ... . IStfr |
