Show MAKING MONEY WITH POULTRY aft F 70 p NO esl Z x A 44 2 9 ae k parne frame used to protect feed of small chicks from older ones in uso use at government poultry farm beltsville md I 1 prepared by the united states department of agriculture A recent farmers bulletin no issued by the tha united states department of agriculture entitled natural and artificial brooding of chickens contains somo some interesting suggestions regarding the feeding oe at young chickens the accompanying figure illustrates a frame cover with alro netting to protect teed feed ot at young chicks from the older fowls young chickens should be ba fed from three to live five times dally daily depending upon ones nos experience in feeding undoubtedly chickens can be grown taster by feeding civo times dally daily than by feeding three times dally daily but it should be borno in mind that more barm can be ba done to the young chickens an by overfeeding over feeding than by under feeding and at no time should they be fed more than barely to satisfy their appetites and to keep them exercising except at the evening or last jneal when they should bo be given all they will eat cat greater care must be exercised not to overfeed young chicks that are confined than those that havo have free range as leg weakness la is flable to result in those confined farmers who havo have no experience in hog raising but who wish to start a herd on their farms are urged by the united states department ot at agriculture to make haste slowly it will vill bo be real economy they say bay it the begin ner can secure the advice and assistance at 0 an experienced breeder whether he succeeds in this or not he should start with a small herd five saws will bo be enough tor for tho the first rear pear it if these are really good animals the cleat 4 I 1 sow so w aronat aro not forth inwood n ul letin of the ilia united st states tes a ot of agriculture published un ler far the title ot of pig measurement tho he sows bows Bolec fed should bo be nearly he same ame ago age and uniform in type tho the barehead ore head should be broad between the yes lyes tho the throat clean and trim the lock leek moderately thin and the ghoul lers lairs smooth and deep tho the back should io e fairly wide and straight and ample N 41 1 head of herd of duroc jerseys room for the vital organs should bo be provided by a good width and depth af 3 chest well sprung ribs and straight seep leep sides eldes a deep capacious body rom end to end depth of chest and tides are specially important in a rood sow pinched chests cheats and waists aus aust t be avoided brood sowa should f course show quality but this should d ot bot become becom 0 enned and delicate Ix extremes of refinement usually lead a 0 delicacy ot at constitution and often mccompany sterility the selection ot of the boar la Is even n nore ore important than that of the tha sows bows t Is in possible to obtain success from he be use of a goodboard good boar with inferior aws but nothing but disaster can pos pas ably come from the uso use of an inferior oar with sowa of high quality one ona method raises the standard of the tha lord the other lowers it it as Is apt to bo be the case the farmers herd at the bei beginning inning Is not ot of sufficient size to justify buying a high grade boar tor for his bis exclusive use it wll will be tar far better for him to join with hla his neighbors la in obtaining one in common then to attempt to got get results from an interior inferior animal one boar can serve fifty or sixty sows bows a season so that co opera tion will be found toune profitable in a great majority ot of instances A boar with strongly developed masculine characteristics should be so selected preferably p as a yearling or else as a pig that has baa been purchased at the same time as the BOWS and allowed to como come to maturity before being used lie ile should have a strongly masculine head and a well crested created neck ills ilia shoulders should be developed according to age but shields on art the shoulders in pigs under unde a year or eighteen months are objectionable the saine indications of a good pork producing carcass alit that it the sows bows re quiren should bo be seen in the boar a broad straight deeply fleshed back much depth i ind d length ot at aide and well developed hind quarters the boar should bo be selected to correct any defects that may bo be common to the sowa tor for example it if the bows sows ore axe tf cir coams t in a tone bone and loosely built tho the boar should havo bave high quality fine alne bone skin and hair lt it the tha BOWS tend toward rn a nt and dell delicacy bacy the boar should b bo 0 r rather a th a t rangy and strong boned once tho the herd has been established by tho the careful selection of 0 BOWS and boar it must bo ba maintained and ito ita standard raised by the tha exercise of the greatest care in the ilia selection of animals a n 1 for breeding purposes this selection should be made as early we a a possible pos one celebrated breeder used to select his show lambs and calves callea when they were three days old this of course Is unusual but tho the decision should not bo be delayed any longer than la Is al absolutely sol necessary no animals should bo be selected tor for breeding pur poses except for good reasons and 1 I 1 unless the breeder Is quite sure that i ho he ts to right in hla his selection |