Show New Trap Will Help Catch Deer for Restocking Ranges Stationary and permanent traps for or catching deer for restocking oth- oth other other oth other er ranges are being developed in co- co cooperative cooperative operative co-operative operative experiments between the Biological Survey of the United States D Department of Agriculture md and other agencies In a letter from the Wisconsin I t Conservation Commission to t the Sur Sur- Survey Survey I S v vey y a report by the State superintendent superintendent superintendent of game was on the results of the tho operation of a deer trap developed by the tho commission in ina a accordance ce with recommendations or of ofa ofa a field naturalist of the Biological Survey Surel and incorporating certain r Chicken is b yc yo L l ayin yin or is you youly ly n exclaimed i r PL cus as his one one- one hen hen p poultry floe burst forth into loud acclamation of o alleged performance performance performance mance That's n i n old oid joke its it's true but it suggest with graphic phie good I humor one of the basic principles of su success ess in in poultry raising Any who persistently I cumin eliminates i ates the liars from his flock will in- in inI increase increase in increase I crease his profits from the flock to toan an almost unbelievable d degree gree j The value of a regular scientific culling oit o t of drones frem a n poultry I flock is vividly illustrated in the re-I re re- re re results suIts of a n survey conducted not long I ago by the College of Agriculture ox of orthe I Ithe the University of Illinois and their I Ion The profit farm fann advisors average on flocks averaging 1 hens t teach each was 86 cents per h hen but the I average o 0 b t t two thirds tw thirds vo-thirds wail w as pe per hen Of course cUrs not all I of the Vat third one-third deserved de- de deI deserved de deserved served t ti be eHm but I certainly must have been an 4 aston large Jurge nua- nua rr th were we get get- getting getting get getting ting food and attention without l without giving giving what it ing an adequate return on cost to keep them Culling out and i making such hens can only l result sult in ina ina I Ia a decreased expense and a vastly increased average profit for each hen remaining There Thele is nothing difficult or mys mys- mysterious mysterious I about culling nc nc-hin nc hinr hin a per per- person person son of or average intelligence could II not learn leam in a short while First of I all start with the chick chicks chickas as soon as shell that i the they arc are out of the Any I obviously deformed should oe are arc should bJ be killed at once Culling made a continuous process from that time on At least once a month the grow grow- growing growing row row- rowing ing stock should be looked over md and the undesirable removed from the flock All thin undersized scrawny crow headed birds should be diS- diS diScarded discarded dis discarded their carded Such pullets will eat heads off ofT but will never develop in- in into in into to profitable profit 13 layers so 50 you OU arc are better better bet bet- in-I in off without them than with them Further ter will be in order when I the young J birds reach la laying age ago Those ag that are arc backward in m matur matur- maturity maturity i Those should b be dis discarded Two Iwo hun hun- hunI hundred I ity tired dred dl days s is a fair a age e for a pullet r of oC the h avy h avy breed breed- or l O to 1435 of the ht br broods cds to start lay laying o laY laY-I das da's day much taking more ing ing butt but tho those c to develop in- in into in into than thal that are ini in-I i to good In layers ers goo mature birds birda inh the time of oC the molt n For For is an important rr n indication of oC I other factors habits although laying should also be considered con General General- Generally Generally hens that molt late lat i ithe speaking ly ly la The fall arc ale the th best layers th the layer exhausts her energies ic poor early and may start m in anytime The fhe durin during June July or August beginning to molt moll hen that i is just late in August early in in I pr or of later 18 la fa us usually al Y t the one to keep kep ke p features the the I Foreit SU S rid rida p a by ill in Arizona traps used by t type e of trap pP Tho fo found nd P developed has been in n cr catching hin deer i iw Wisconsin in and ed d should when further i iy ct- ct prove a obtaining tr inin w these animals valuable Rid aid In ob- ob purposes in A for y- y try many parts ts of the coun A trap may be portable for tem tem- temporary use as for ing ing damage trapping deer do or stationary manent permanent use as for for per per- trapping deer on game a surplus sam preserves or Further I for improving tests are arc to be made in ing during the comin trapping devIces dur- dur coming summer in n Arizona Arizon by a t r e of the Biological Sun Sun-e Survey On some areas cas casas as on serves preserves game pre pre- deer cr under prot protection tion have in- in in inid creased beyond the carrying capacity of their range and in ln other sections as in parts of New England ranging rangin ran n deer have become free free- browsing teT killing illing iu in In your orchards orchal- orchal and pests thus tin by large An numbers ers of fruit trees effective deer trap may help solve sov some of the Problems in administration game admin admin- Survey ion on which the Biological Sur Sur- vey is working for where inhere present in cess e-cess c numbers or where doing doin caught ir and to 10 crops crop 3 deer ma may then be removed to other areas thus thug eliminating the necessity ol of killin killing then and at the thc same time building up IP stocks of these interest interest- ing ing interesting animals in in sections where origin origin- original al 31 stocks have been exterminated The Hie same principle alsoto may apply also beavers to other animals such auch as bears beav beav- ers and other desirable species that do serious damage locally but could be bo removed to areas where their presence would not in interfere with th economic interests but would constitute a valuable wild wildlife asset furnishing opportunity for hunting or other recreation All AU small undersized hen hens for the breed should be discarded The eggs they lay arc are usually r small and they should never be used as brec breeders ers During the normal laying season there are aru a n number of points by i which ich the la laying rin capacity of may be judged ore more more or less Th The e eye c of a n good layers layer prominent bold Lold bright snappy LWin tet et etin in an oval socket The comb comb kind lI wattles will be large e full sm n oth waxy to the touch and r ed in inI color Poor layers will sho shop show exactly opposite characteristics eh il in these thelle re- re respects re respects I The state of or the l V fc t is I another important moth I important indication ol of Of lay condition The The laying hen haS has a a large moist hInted diluted vent ent That of the non non layer 9 is small hard and puckered puckered The backof back of the good layer la will be belong belong belong long and broad all ill th the wy way out In Inthe Inthe Inthe the poor layer it will be ba narrow near the tail On either cither side sid 7 of or the vent may be felt elt the points point of the pelvic public pm pin or 01 lay bones In the good layer these bones are arc thin straight and flexible In the poor layer they are curved thick with layers of fat and rigid The meas meas- measurement measurement measurement of or these bones is taken at atthe atthe atthe the terminal or extreme end and in- in in includes eludes also the skin fat and over them If the spread between the pelvic bones is two fingers or oress oress oress I ess the hen lien is probably not lain laying If It is two fingers or more it gen generally indicates that she he is laying gen I To accommodate the extra food a good laying hen must cat eat and the expansion of the laying organs the rear of the keel bone of the good goodla la layer er will be a greater reater distance from the pelvic bones than it will be in inthe inthe inthe the poor layer This shows abdominal al capacity which is very important and measured by the number of fing fing- fingers fing- fing fingers fingers ers that can be bc between the bone and the pelvic bones With smaller breeds like Le Leghorns horns a spread of three or more fingers in- in indicates indicates in indicates aying cO condition With larg largo larger larger er breeds the pread spread should be four fingers or more Other things being equal a long bodied fowl measuring three fingers is equal to a short bodied fowl measuring four Absence e of yellow ow color around the vent and a I whitish or pinkish color of the skin indicates that the hen is laying If we also find n a bleached eye ring white legs and beak she has been laying for sonic some sometime sometime time I have discussed in as great detail as space permits some sonic of the more important points by which to be guided in culling cu Further information information information tion will be gladly given to anyone writing to me in care of this news news- newspaper newspaper pape paper Do not depend on anyone any one factor in judging your hens but form an opinion based on all aU consid consid- considered considered considered ered together Cull care carefully y per per- perI persistently I and and before II lon long you will have a flock of real I realI payers It kes kes time and patience to be sure but the le reward vard I is thy f the effort tC Copyright 19 1929 bY D DL L DL D LeGear V S |