Show f L VENTILATE TO GET COMFORT FOR HENS simple methods of admitting fresh air hens enjoy summer breezes but the cold raw walnda chill poultry as they do persons yet the pol tryman who tries to make his hens comfortable by doting windows in the poultry housa only adds to his and their troubles or he sooner or later gets a wet pen say prof P L fairbanks of the new york state college of agriculture ventilation should provide air con dillons in the laying house which will be comfortable and healthful it may not be possible to measure a heni comfort but all good poultry men do know when their flocks are contented lie says in most poultry houses it Is possible without expert labor to improve air conditions cheaply most tops of windows or other open ings are from one to two feet below the highest point in he belling an opening at the highest point approximately one square toot tor each bens seems enough to relieve the holstun conditions the air intakes should aft near the floor tor then the air has the greatest distance to travel before ltv reached the opening and more chance to mix with the air in the pen and absorb and remove moisture given off by the birds the bottom opening should be baffled to prevent drafts I 1 systems of this type with the exit at the highest point in the house and with baffled openings near the floor have been in use tor several years and are giving satisfaction professor fairbanks says i pays to raise broilers for special marketing special broiler raising Is the latest development in the poultry business it came mainly as a result of the adli covery that chickens can be raised on a quantity basis with special equip ment and special feeding both battery broaders brooders bro oders and continuous hot wata ter brooding are employed m raising broilers as are also the colony broaders brooders bro oders the broiler ralser Is not interested in breeding he buys his baby from a breeder or a and when the birds have reached one and a quarter pounds or two pound size he markets the pullets and cockerell cockerels cocker els alike in most cases the broiler ralser has a special market which he has de most of them sell their broilers dressed to a special trade there are a few things anybody who contemplates going into the poultry J business should always keep in mind and they can be summed up in the following sentence start moderately work hard and be sure of a good market poultry house floor A cheap and very satisfactory cyp of poultry house floor can be mada by building the poultry house in aba usual way with the concrete foundation walls extending up about 12 inches above the ground surface then tamp in firmly a layer of clayey soil then oil this thoroughly with used crank case oil then tamp in another layer of loose soil and again oil thoroughly and continue until tha floar is at the desired height this should then be covered with a thin layer of gravel well camped tamped in and p this shape Is warm and dry and has a firm enough crust so that the fowls will not scratch holes in it 1 later it can be covered with concrete the oiled earth insuring warmth and dryness wisconsin agriculturist 7 poultry increases between 1919 and 1929 average production of eggs on farms in the united states increased 63 per cent according to a report made by wallaces farmer the north central states including iowa gained at the rate of 65 per cent washington led with a gala of per cent followed by utah with per cent and california with per cent next in rate of increase were massachusetts new jersey and delaware poultry hints crippled chicks malformations and dwarfs have no place under any brooder hatched from hens laying small eggs will not produce eggs that top the market symptoms of bronchitis are cough ing sneezing and rattling sounds in the throat athla disease runs ilg course very rapidly deaths being sudden wheat does not contain as much vitamin A as yellow corn therefore when a larger proportion of wheat la fed poultry more green feed should be ced to make up the difference leafy alfalfa hay Is recommended peat mos makes one of the best hacken litters many commercial poul thymen use it it Is practically dustless it absorbs manure and can go from the henhouse floor to tha impost heap it Is tha ideal humus or gardens j |