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Show Oood Toultry Talk. , 'The greatest tood to the greatest number ' Is supposed to he the lira, of all legislative bodies, bo far as our great Industries nic concerned this meaning does not hold good The greatest great-est Industr) of the United States Is the poultry Inlustr) In value each )oar the poultry pioduct surpasses either wheat, corn oats cotton, tobacco to-bacco or the output of both gold nnd silver, )et our poultr) Is the most neg, lected Industry wo havo and nt the sumo tlmo no other Industr) today ro-qulies ro-qulies proper leglsl-itlon so badl) We havo tame wardens In every county Iho aluc of all the fish and game Is so Inslgnltlcant compared to domestic poultry Hint comparison Is Impossible I do not wish to convey the Iden that we should not have game wardens, on tho contrary we need them We have n horticultural board and ever) one will admit the necessity of tho same, when wo lemeinber that the h in Jose scnle and other pests must bu combat-ted combat-ted Intelligently nnd propinptl) If we wish our nichnrds to bo of an) value Wo also havo fruit tree Inspectors notices no-tices aic sent out each spring advls-Ins advls-Ins the owners nf fruit tiees when to spiny nnd the formulas to use, let the ravages of the Sail Jose scale and coddling cod-dling moth and all other fruit treo pests combined are of small consideration consid-eration compared to the damage done to poultry each searon by chicken lice and red mites During tho next three months there will be more dumage dono tn our poulti) Industry thiough the rnvnges of these pests than hns been done nny industiy wo have during tho past )car. These pests are much moio easily tlcstro)ed than Is tho San Jose scale ou can kill eveiy louse or mltc on a flock of chickens without ever handling one nf the row Is, yet how few who are breeding chickens know how to proceed, ho soon as warm weather comes the veimln begin lo breed When the )oung chickens are hatched n great per cent of them droop nnd die when a few da) to two months of age, then when we begin to have cool evenings In the fall of the )ear what chickens have survived tho ravages of the lice and mites catch cold unless they nro properly housed, and If the cold s not cured they soon have roupe, which Is bad as diphtheria among children, what few survive this sickness are compelled lo roost In coops with six Inches to u. foot f droppings under their perches Vet . heic can the farmers wife learn how to rid hei hens of lice, or how to cleanse the coops what to srpuy the coops with to destroy the red mites how to nvold colds among the half grown chickens, what lo do for seal) eS'eChave no poultry Inspectors, no notices nre sent out. no help Is offered of-fered tho man or woman who depends on poultry for all tho troceiles the) purchase Probably the reason Is no rich man or wealth) corporation cull control tho loultr) business We prob-ubly prob-ubly have tinea people engaged In breeding poultry wheie we havo ouo engaged In any nf the other great Indulges In-dulges nnd In man) cases on l hull-dred hull-dred engaged In breeding poultr) where cine is engaged In Industries that ret Stnte and national aid If one man or cnrpoiatlon was to Invest u tow hundred thousand dollais In poultry breellng our dally paiers would havo long editorials telling of what vast Importance Im-portance our iioultry Industry was how man) pests were destroying millions of dollars worth eaih year, and how necessary It was that the greatest In- dustr) wo had should receive proper leglslatlvo aid and we would get It iThe sheep and wool Industr) of the United Stntes amounts to about one-third one-third of the poultry product In lSOi tho production of (.old nnd silver was not one-half the value of our poultry product A few States have awakened to the fact that the greatest revenue they havo Is derived from poultry and the) have given the Industr) encouragement encour-agement and al 1 notnhl) Nebraska, Kunsas and Missouri Toda) the Halt Lake Tribune a)s editorially. 'The people In New 'Jork State are pretty slow, but the .hens of that State seem to be up tn date They sent Into New York Clt) In one day, probably In cele-binllon cele-binllon of St. Valentines day, IS 009000 eggs " Nearly a quarter of a million dollars worth of eggs alone for one city In one day shows how valuable our poulti poul-ti y Industry It The American hen pin-du"es pin-du"es $300 000 000 worth of eggs nnd poultry a )enr, Shall we eniouiage this Industry or keep Importing from Kansas Nebraska mi I Missouri each winter? Breeding Counts in Poultry, Illy James Drydcn, Ltuh Station In thinking about tbeso matters It occurred oc-curred to me that a discussion of the dlf-lie dlf-lie ultle a of commercial piullry kcei lug, modern oultr) keeping In other words, poultr) keeping en luri,u Bcnle woul! bo a prolitahle subject for dlneiissliin It Is a subject In which wi arc all laterested I know Unit wo all exiect sinin time In the fillure to count our chickens by the thousands and our winter ckgs I tlite c ue Wei all expect to conduct somo time In the near future a mliiy business nf anywhere from one thousuil to ten thousand thou-sand JOO-egg stunduril tired fowls Hnd do It piolltably Wu have all gtadiutcik I believe as oriilniir) everv uiy chicken men and like a certain libiorlcal personage per-sonage we uro stghlug for moro worlds to cunriuer hi 1 h ivu noted el nvll some of ihe dlfriculllrs of common I il poultry keeping 1 will not i resume to say they are diniculiies to von nor will I iitlfini t to glvo )ou remedies for all those iilifi cullies I will do a little theorizing anl after all the grent mass ot the poultr) Information of toili) I of the theoretical klni and If my theories do not agree with )ours 1 hopi J on will discuss them anl mate wherein ou think the) are wrong THE LACK Ol" linill DIM! One great difficulty-one of the tlrst dlf flculiies Ih that tht average flock f hens lads hreedli g I do not mean I reeding as It 'atts to tho requirement!) of the Ame' i andard of perfectlii itmuUi I ac uld Improve the uppearance of i ie Hock If It could be lired up ldird of uhout "J lolnls I let i (tiling for utlllt) If )ou choose Ih, ins leu doubtlea a treat ud-anco ud-anco ii the breeding of exhibition poultr) poul-tr) or famy poulirv That purl of iho poultry ludustrv has licen leaking ad voices bit II Is tnl) ver) rectntly that 'cut Inn of utlllt) the ca, adl) of tn hen lias receive 1 an) attention It has onl rcientl) been Inouulit home to the i oultrs kteper that the inttrnal mrchnn Ism of hens varies us nuiiti In productive tapatltv as does the appenrante of hens In leathers anl form ll a s)sttin tif icrord keej Ing, al leti b u simple mechan leal devlee, It lias been found liosstl Ie not on I j width urn the u" d In) era In a Ho nf hens but also It Is hoped h) earetul breedliii, through man )tnrs lo tstah llah a strain of funis wlikli eau ho counted m on with cerlalntv to transmit its characteristics to Its offspring It nil! bo a slow process but 1 believe thu reward re-ward will K sure anl certain lu tho end Poultrimi-u are asked cverv da In the vear 'What are Hie hist laeraf What Is tho best breed I sometimes feel like saying thut theie Is onl) ouo breed, and It Is true si fir as egg proluctlnn l eon eerned Thei" are mail) breeds If we take the standard or I erfecilon for a guide, there are msu) breeds If we ore to Judge alone b) ihe e)e but so far as ? radical vouttry keeping Is conrcrnei meaji for cjtg production there la no use In splitting lnirs there Is only ono breed I ought to qualilj that hy sit). Ing, so far as i now know It may turn out after tho fowls hive been carefully sintllril Indlvlluull) Hut there are t liar-aclerlstlc liar-aclerlstlc dllTrrrnrcs In im liylng capacities ca-pacities nf the dlfterent breeds, but taking the breeds as we fliul Hum tola), vvllh the evidence at hand, there is only ono brfed The question of Individual record keep, big t pens up a wide and Inteiestlng tlel 1 The number of eggs lit I will nit Ie tho onl) feature of the wi rk I or Instance, It Is well known Hint the size and color pf the egg ts an Important matter when It comes to marketing ecus Iteeords of weight of eggs Isl I by eath lien will give us some nf irmstlon as to how much eggs from Individual hens vary In size and weight It win n llino lell, us whether It Is losslble for a hen Hint lavs I il ckgs to bo as gool a lajer as the 2i'i-egg hen, when wHght of I roduet alone Is eniiMll-ered eniiMll-ered If the notiltrymau has two sew-cag hens one of them liylng a smill egg and the other n large one he will breed from the hen laying the large em, and persist lu breeding from such unlll ho has estnh. llshed a strain of fowls that will lay uniform!) uni-form!) Isrsa eggs 1 hut will take )ears to accomplish but Is It not worthy tho attempt" So In regard to color of eggs If the Inrge nnd whlto egg Is the most dem inikd In tho market thru It will he to tho poullrymins Interest to seltct the hens thnt lay the largo whlto ekgs, nnd lerslsi lu breeding from such hens until ho Ins establish!. t a sllaln ef fowls that will Ity uniformly largo and while cgs Systematic recor 1 keeping wlih iho nM of the trap nest offers opportunities for studies In ' henology not now tlrenmed of The breedrr of fincv poultr) alio, with a record sileli as will enable lilm lo trnto the anrentry nf nr... I Ird lu his Hock, will be able lo mato hie birds better and accomplish moro certain results Ho In discussing the difficulties of commercial com-mercial poullrv keeping wo havo at tho outset th difficult) of securing u Hock that Individual!) averages up lo a profit ntle standard In egg production Phis difficult), of course, con onl) be overcome over-come after several jears of careful In-dlvlduil In-dlvlduil record keeping If It should I rove to be the ftct that hens transmit their la) Ing qualities to their offspring there Is ni computing tho ndantii(,e It will bo lo the poultr) Interests Tho onlv troublo Is thnt It requires moro work than thn average poultr)inan cures ti do What we need la reallv two or three millionaires mil-lionaires who will devote their money to tho work and for tver) nlllllon the will spend we will guarantee that the value nf the i oultry Industry will be Increased ten It in ly be necessary for us to tiro luce a Utile evtdenre liri jou all know htc-retnri htc-retnri Tnsum of the Poultry assorl itlnn, and the n ore jou know him the m ire )uu wish his fame lo s, read until it takes lu seven States lie his lien very goo 1 tn the poultr) rifpartmtnt t f the Lxprrlmcut Station vou know that he has been making at least live dollars for ever) ono he has Invested In chickens nnd di )ou know what kind of chickens he mikes It with? He sent some to Iho rollege nnl from these somo chicks wero hntche and a pen of four were put through tho trap nest One of them came out of the trap nest with Jin eggs Inst )ear Think of It, 210 eggs frem e ne little hen Ihere was another pullet hatched t.n the same day lis the sam. Incubator fel the same ra tlon put through the same course of training confined In the stmo ten given the same caro und nourishment she was Just as fair tn lock upon In fact more so jet sho brought out of the nest less than "no hundred The 2lf r,g hen I as made her name anl fame ller recor I and her flcturo are I sing preserved for futuie generations as an Insilratlon her sons and her daughters ind gran Isons and granddaughters will each h ivi a page In the blue IkioIc ' an Inspiration lo nil worthy h'ns and n terror to tli robber hen Alfalfa for Horses. Alfalfa has many friends among horse-raisers horse-raisers A Colorndo rnnchmin lit lug ln ono of the vntle)s near Denver sas I or moro than llfteen )enrs I havo hnd experience. ex-perience. In raising horses frcm birth lo sale, from )outh to etbr on nlfnlfn pas turc and ha. excrit mu)bo giving them some vnrlet) In winter, consisting of torn fodder and straw All animals and men llko a vnrletv In diet 1 feed un grain except to teams in harness and ni) horses are not'! for their size s rength nnl loauu I sold two I ercheron colls In Maich three and four vears old weighing 1700 and 1K00 Di.unds. ihat did not know the taste of grain I have wintered horses from Ihe ctt us mail) as twtntv Hve at n time exclusive!) on alfalfa to the per feet satis factli il ot tho owners I have never noticed no, known spy injurious effect from well cured, good ha), cut at tlfsl bloom.' |