| Show ri L HOW to t j l j A Raise iA J Poultry I 1 I 13 By Dr L L D ar V S Sf SSt Ss SSt SSt s f St Louis Mo r i Dr LeGear is a graduate of o the s I E Ontario Veterinary College I 1892 1691 Thirty six Thirty ix years of veter eter veterinary eterI of livestock live cs inary practice pr on stock tock and poultry Eminent au- au authority au authority I on poultry and stock tock known poul poul- poultry poultry a try breeder Noted author and I popular lecturer ARTICLE X LET A LITTLE SUNSHINE IN t Ordinary Sunlight a 3 Vital Yi 1 Factor inthe in inthe inthe the Development De of Chickens Chickens- Chickens What the Ancients Worshipped d Blindly ab as a Deity Deily Science Proven Pro To Be Truly in Deser Deserving of Rev Rev- Reverence I i t Editors Editor's Note Note- This Note This is another story in a series of 52 62 stores on poultry raising raking written by the well known hown national poultry authority Dr L L D LeGear V S of St St Louis The en- en entire entine en- en entire tire tine re series iCs will appear in this paper Our read readers rs are u urged to read them carefully and clip them out for or future reference The of many nun races wor wor- shipped the sun as a god od For cen turks it has been sude as a symbol of purification and even in Christa Christain in churches today we find our children sin singing n Let a Little Sunshine In Until comparatively recently how how- however however ever it was not suspected that there was a real basis in fact for all this s reverence for all this sym reverence for the sun Not Nw Ow science tells us that the ultraviolet ul- ul ultraviolet ul ultraviolet violet tra-violet rays o of of the sun perform at least two very verr important services for humanity t and for animal life gen gen- generally generally crall Certain harmful germ erm life cannot survive sun e in the presence of oC these ra rays s 's and certain chemical pro pro- processes processes pro processes necessary for proper physical development cannot proceed without them Perhaps the most important service rendered in this way is the aid given gi to the growth of bony structures inside the bod body This is particularly important to poultry raisers We hear a lot about vila mines these days No one seems to know now just what they are arc but quite a lot lot is known mown about what they do and that thatis thatis is the important thin thing Of Oi the four fOUl known 11 Vitamin D U is the theone theone theone one needed t to transform certain cral oral eral elements el ments of food into bone and ande e eggshell shell This important vitamin is manufactured l rj right ht in the bodies of fowls by th the direct action of tIe tle violet rays in sunshine This is one reason why I am al- al always al always ways insisting on open front poultry houses and plenty of ran range e space for fowls Every Ever possible means should be employed to expose their bodies to the helpful action of sunlight Of course this does docs not mean that they the themay may not seek shade on extremely hot day days Too much of anything is not good Even in the shade in some cases the violet ultra rays can reach reuh the fowls owls in sufficient measure mc-asure to continue their good work Chicks Chick that get plenty of sunlight ht will not develop Ie leg disease or and soft shelle shell e eggs gs will be rare rate among hens of whom the same thing is true Not the least st of my reasons for so ardently sponsoring the open front type of house previously menti d din in this article is the antagonism D of sunlight to unwelcome bacteria Here a agai ai nwe find the violet ultra rays responsible The They can penetrate many substances which will not ad- ad admit admit ad admit mit other light rays but the they cannot go o through h ordinary window consequently if iC it should become ne- ne necessary ne necessary to close up an any part of the front wall space ordinarily intended to be left open use a glass substitute over a portion and thin white mus mus- muslin muslin muslin lin or cheesecloth over the balance This will admit the violet ultra-violet ra rays s 's and considerable fresh air f Be-f Before Jre going very far with inclosIng inclosing ing lag hen houses however it is wen well I to remember that the less hens are pampered the better off oT they will he be Pity for fowls merely because e they are cold is pity misplaced C Cold fres hair that has been purified by sunlight is always alwa's preferable to the warm stagnant nt air tir usually found ina in ina ina a closed house hout Besides it must never be forgotten that the closer closet a ahouse ahouse ahouse house comes to being on all sides the more it is excluding the t indispensable elements clements that only sun sur- sunshine sun sunshine shine can provide in full measure It should also be bo remembered that there is less sunshine in winter than at an any other time so all the more reason for foJ taking the fullest possible ad- ad advantage advantage ad advantage vantage of oC what is available Finally we must not overlook the fact that without sunshine all of oC the food products so necessary for bodily development and e egg production production production tion would be valueless it if not non non- nonexistent nonexistent non nonexistent existent It is quite plain therefore tha the value of plain everyday sunshine we cannot afford to take for granted It is a bi big important sub sub- subject subject subject and for that t reason I shall be glad to go further into it with any poultry raiser sufficiently interested to Tit write me in care of this newspaper Cop Copyright 1929 1 by D Dr L D LeG car V S |
