| Show CLEANER RANGES VERY ESSENTIAL system of rotation advocated by one specialist the difficulty of raising young stock free from intestinal parasites year after year on the same range has become so great that many are finding it necessary to abandon the old ranges and provide new clean ones reports J C taylor associate poultry specialist at the new jersey state college of agriculture rutgers university mr taylor defines a clean range as an area of ground on which no chickens were raised last year and on which no poultry manure has been scattered for the last two years where lucli a range Is not available he advises a system of rotation so thit clean ranges will be available in the future in the rotating system one range Is used for the chicks one year while the others are cultivated and cropped A two year rotation is good but a three year rotation Is much better in this three areas are available thus mak ing it possible to keep the chicks away from each range for a period of two years corn clover and chacks male a desirable rotating arrangement by providing a clean range the mor from and intestinal worms Is greatly reduced extensive experiments have shown grades for chickens on chicago poultry board Poultry men who sell live birds on the chicago market will be interested in the grades as provided on that mar let by the chicago poultry board live poultry is graded as prime or no 1 medium or no and canners or no 3 each grade being defined as follows no 1 poultry or prime shall con alst of vigorous fleshy healthy birds free from tumors downers T B gaps swollen heads or eyes bruised leg or wings hunch backs heavy indented or crooked breast bone no 2 poultry or medium shall be vigorous healthy and free from to mors downers T B gaps swollen heads and eyes and culls but may consist of indented and crooked breast bone hunchbacks hunch backs bruised wings and legs also scrubby bens and all bens under 24 pounds no 3 poultry shall be such as hlll not qualify as no 1 or no 2 except ing diseased birds not fit for human food feeding young chicks after the first month most people teed their chicks well for the first month when the little need careful attention in the brooder or with bens but after they get older and do not need to be watched closely many lose interest in or at least allow the to rustle for this common mistake Is hard to overcome tor it Is natural for one to become more careless with the after they have a good start in life chicks are not so apt to die us before but they are still apt to become runts and therefore unprofitable chlola should have access to a well balanced ration throughout their life pullets that are matured are the ones that lay during the fill and winter when eggs are high in price it takes proper rations plus earla hatched to raise this type of pullets poultry hints kill all and undersized chicks at the start when goose eggs are to be kept a while they should not be wished depth and width of body are char of good breeding stock oyster shell sunshine and green feed are all necessary for high give baby go slings water from the start but do not let them get their bodies in it or trample la it good breeding stocal la the foundation of success the combination of heavy egg production and beauty Is the ideal toward which we should strive remember that your success in pro ducong eggs depends on the vigor and vitality of the breeding stock complete rations containing and minerals and the prop er care of eggs before setting dandelions young clover or alfalfa or even lawn clippings should be provided after the ducks are a old As lo 10 the case of insufficient ine D the egg shells become much thinner which increases the chances of loss by breaking select your breeding pen or pens from among your high producers preferably from hens only thus cecur ing longevity continued high prodoc alon as well as stamina 3 |
