Show PO altas CHOICE OF CHICKS IMPORTANT FACTOR high producing stock best guess for success ry py prof pr 0 f V E brott br ott 0 of the cenda agricultural aspy agry asri ri axien lon corvle service farmers who bought healthy thick a from high producing stock have taken the initial step toward making money in ili the poultry bustness business this year it if your flock has hag produced vi well ell with a comparatively low death rate take a lot of credit yourself for having done a good job at feeding cleaning houses and arcq and keeping up the health of flock but also give a lot of credit to the hatchery which litch supplied you w kith ath chicks and put la in a repeat or dor der ihle should be a fair benr for who know how to kelp keep dars ep rises and at the same tinie time to keep up lip good production pio arid tile the selection of the right kind of S Is an important part of the problem in addition keeping the chicks healthy hy by mearis means of clean brood eis being sure to never overheat or chill them and not the quality of 0 f tile the feed are important about chicks for every hens now on hand are needed by the poultry man to provide for or nor sual mal production next fall I 1 there here Is no good reason for not buding the usual number of chicks more money will III be made with houses filled to their normal ca pacify mth ith storage stocks below aver age there should be a brisk storage this ei ring g w N alch should prevent a serious slump tn in prices tells of green crops best for the turkeys forage crops are ar e essential to the steady health and development of turkey i enormous quantities of green feed are consumed by thorn them several severa I 1 of the gheen crops that are suitable as forage crops are alfalfa glass rape bluegrass red closer cloer oats or barley rye or wheat and wild slid lettuce advises a corre corra spon dent in successful farming alfalfa Is considered the front rank forage crop on which to run turkeys it Is perhaps the most N widely used sudan grass Is a good iry dry weather eather Ns and Is suitable for areas where dry summers are frequently experienced tender shoots are constantly forming and this provides the growing turkeys ft ath timple ample feed when nhen it la is usually scarce otherwise rape napp Is 19 sometimes used as a sup ph ment green feed 9 have the run of a cornfield it 3 cowed sowed in the field the chief objection to it Is its ita tendency to become coarse too soon bluegrass Blue grasa la Is good hut tt it does not contain as ranch much forage per acre as does at al falfa good bluegrass pasture however ho weNer will hlll solve the green feed problem clovers are also desera ble except tweet cheet clover cloner which be comps comes tough aud and fibrous too quickly the four grain crops oats bar lei rye and wheat are good as early forage crops they ripen soon hoN however Never and thus become useless as a source for green feed chese crops are spring bowed sowed sona ed mild lid lettuce Is excellent where enough of a crop can be raised to amply supply vie the birds their wants new york former fanner gets mass egg production L A igaard ard a farmer living near north 11 danns N Y claims to have found the secret of intensive egg production he says that he frequently gets two eggs a IRY day from a hen and that he has reduced ti tie e cost of operating his plant to blont ill out 8 9 cents centa a dozen eggs ills method Is to confine each lien hen by itself in a small cage about 10 16 inches deep by 12 inches wide the hen Is provided with ample food and water nater but Is never released all the energy valc which h the fowl generates Is devoted to egg laying the hen Is kept from exposure to any of the numerous contagious of fowls and from the fatal quarrels common tolien to hen yards As no e eser clie Is permitted the fowl fol never toughens its musel muscles ind grid even as fin an old hen still pro vides tender meat for the pot when tt it no longer la Is prof profitable table as it a layer of eggs I 1 new sew york times feed potatoes to hens ding of cooked potatoes to hens improves the ration by ing variety and palatability ta tie e entourage eno urage consumption of feed find and tl 11 is s increase egg production product lon un marketable potatoes can ann be used adana for poultry paw kaw potatoes are not satisfactory for hons hens A good way to feed the potatoes Is in a hot potato mash by steaming or boiling potatoes poti toes until they mash freely they can be mashed nin and rolled mixed with equal por eions of laying mah find and fed to the hens while warm six to ten pounds of potatoes for each hens will ill be sufficient tor for one feed ing a diy daiy which can be either at noon boon or night inight prairie farmer |