Show aj USES FOR DIFFERENT FOWLS poultry other than chickens have important place in increasing needed food supply prepared by the united states department of 0 Agri agriculture cultum the hen first and last Is the main depend enoa for increasing the supply of white meat and gg 4 but elie she requires the nid aid of turkeys guineas Rul geese and ducks just us ns on a dairy form tho tile co cow requires tho the nid ald of piga heep sheep and kata gats the setting of tho the standard nt at gliewe pr fann form Is afe iafe i hut but no such arbitrary standard run can I 1 lo 10 0 set for he the other linda kinds of poultry poul tr tri thu small farm farni with fill grain fields of farms in proximity to the I 1 arn and dooryard would perhaps ba be without turkeys the fana form through which no streams run and which has no large lurge pona would mould per haps bo be better without duck hut but the circumscribed furn on malch tur keya keys mould le be a disadvantage may bo be well supplied with mith streams and ponds so that ducks would bo too unusually profitable nud and tho the farm tint haa has no streams and ponds may have lareo largo range for turkeys each faria form family will have bae to determine for itself what poultry can con ho be profitably kept in ad dialon to hens liens bearing in mind that an adequate number should bo be kept of all the kinds for which free range can con bo be found turkeys ranging farther afield prey iroy upon insect forma forms that escape the attas irom tho the time the young aro old enough to abeln foraging for early in june until near frost turkeys take the hulk bulk of their food from front fald ld inette te devouring millions of grasshoppers and other injurious formis in meadow and pasture in regions where areas are mill fairly exten extensive elve roast la 18 an important ittin III in in tho the datt of the turkey IN inn hn tile lie insect tores be gin to fall fail the tile mast larden iii aro ore beginning to bo filled feeding on acorns chestnuts beech nut nuts und tind tho tile like turkeys wll I 1 V go a lone long way toward fattening themselves for the tauai Than tj giving or Christ christmas nino maralt and will not much feeding of corn or other ernin grain to finish them thern Gener generally speaking turkeys will require a larger finding of grain than chickens to alt them for markit but na nit they ut otiller illEr forms formis of waste maste that heni liens and their broods would not reach the keeping of ot a it mr number of Is gool economy glinea fowls utilize hlll still other kinds of aste that would mould escape both liens hens and turkeys taking a range than chickens and bet et not quite fo wido as turkeys keeping larkely to thickets and weed meed patches ind com miffing rolt ting fewer depredation against held and garden than cither either chick chickens bris or turkeys requiring little feeding nt at any time being prolific layer layers during I 1 their season of eggs that are thought by ninny many to have a richer end and finer flavor even than hen lien eggs tho tile guinea fowl fol Is an economic necessity on any farro firm where a serious effort Is mode to concert conert nil nit waste maste into meat ment and cam gemme hold still anothy r bator in ill the line of the poultry ormy that makes war aral rist music alicy touch flanks with ith tile chick chicken nn in utilizing waste grain about stal ard pens peni in a larger irk asuro tl ti aa an chick ens or any other bind kind cf of poultry they are grazing block stock taking their living in large part from front the he ordinary drw of the postures pa sturM the one kind of poultry of able economic status on farm in I 1 lie he pigeon almost exclusively a grata eater the pecci i ren dersi no notable ns as a conserver of waste ex copt it might be he hattrey shattered hat tred grain in tho fields and that in large measure ropa euro would bo be taken up b other poultry and liy fly pig the chcon has its economic place in the scheme of urban poultry production but except in isolated in stance stances conditions are ne pecullar cc ullar ly favorable its production on gen general crial fanna forms may not bo be desirable MARKING CHICKS MADE EASY toe too punch method enables to hens from the th young Pul pullet Wre prepared pared by the united states depart mant of agriculture toe tee punch or mark all tho before they a are re arar erred tn 0 o the brooder or brood brond bacri that belr ngo age and breeding breed log can be readily deter AA 1 A A AA A 2 A A ao A 0 A AA am A AA A 4 A AA A 2 ax AA 0 a A AA A a A AA N AA AA A 7 v A AA A a A AA 11 0 no a A AA A e AX AA AX I 1 sixteen DIffer different tnt method of marking chick chicks if ahls plan Is I 1 followed age of fowl fowls can easily gerold do td mined after they are matured farmers frequently keep old bens hens on their farms and kill the younger heru and pullets they ere are unable to distinguish between them after tho the havo have matura |