Show CULL EVERY WJ TWO WEEKS UNTIL FALL get rid of for poultry success the success or failure of a poultry enterprise may depend on proper culling according to the poultry depart of the diew lork state college of agriculture should cull regularly regul aily every to weeks from june to september 15 hut if only one culling Is to be made wait until sep ten ber 1 A first cass culler can tell three about eich hen lie handles whether she la lading how long she has or has not been arid what Is the rate of egg laying 0 o heng should be kept longer than three beirs close culling limits the number of old hens and raises the average egg production of the flock the and most satisfactory way to catch hens 13 to pen off a cor ncr of alie house with a piece of chick en wire fencing about feet long and 5 feet wide attach the end of the win to the side wall about 2 feet from a corner and unroll the wire toward the center of the room ahls acts as a b to arlo the ans into the correr the end of alie wire can then be brought around to the side wall rolled up and fastened enough space for the bens one person remains on the inside to catch and hand the birds to the inspector on the outside another good ft ay Is to build a crate with n sliding end an I 1 an opening on the top the end of this crate Is placed a runal ly hole of the building or in an opening pens on the inside scatter grain on the floor of the crate drive a few liens quickly into it and close the sliding door fach hen id then easily caught and remo cd germ responsible for blackhead in turkeys it has been recently learrou that if the chicken has been infected with a certain round the worm may carry the germ responsible for blackhead in turkeys by using the senu confinement plan consists of placing turkeys on virgin soil drably sown to alfalfa and not inhabited by chickens for at least two years the possibility of infection from chickens will be eliminated and keys cin be raised without the danger of blackhead from this source the name Is n very poor one for the disease for are many diseases in turkeys in which the head of the diseased bird turns dark blue or n dark color just before death use infertile turkey eggs for shell pattern to break a fresh turkey egg for the pattern of the shell would be dandil ism but if an infertile egg Is left in the nest marked alth alie hens num ber it Is well to blow it out string it and keep for a guide since the turkey hen may steal her nest in a different place next time so two turkeys lay eggs that are exactly alike the early clutch Is slid to be invariably of n darker tint than tho laid later but the spots are the same one enthusiastic turkey woman used to cut cardboard eggs and stipple them as nearly as possible like the model as a sort of for her small flock K K ht H 4 poultry notes K t HH early chicks require good brooding accommodations hungry hens usually arent profitable layers they need a full feed of grain in the afternoon to last them through the long winter night chicks need exercise pieces of potato mangel cabbage or meat tied to strings hanging within reach of the chicks will often keep them from pick ing each others toes during the last thirty years the heu has risen from merely a side issue to become a basic part of our agricultural wealth many men on the farm tune taken over the farm poultry business after their wives have demonstrated that it Is a paying proposition clean healthy young stock Is the key to success in poultry management breeding for instance can be but sanitation must be lived practiced and continued cod liver ell Is usually fed to adult birds in the proportion of one quart to pounds of mish and for chicks one pint to pounds of mash clean chicks clean soil clean feed and clean management work wonders in raising thrifty young birds and in suring their future as laying hens when breeding stock or chlotea are purchased be sure that they have been produced by flocks which show outstanding vigor and gho of rood health |