Show a N ak r SOME GOOD POINTS IN POULTRY HOUSE ventilation one of biggest problems better insulation has brought the greatest improvement of all to tie tt e poultry house says successful ful farm parm ing insulation reduces tl ti e harmful effects of the extremes of cold and J J eat cat and makes the house more corn com for table at all temperatures the straw loft house became popular because it provided a cheap and ef roof insulation a I 1 0 nt large ly neglected in the earlier houses the half monitor q tape pe of I 1 louse ouse was never nener very successful because it lacked insulation in the roof ai d was consequently a cold damp house in winter and a hot one in the sum raer mer many of these mon tor houses lave t ave been greatly improved by the addition of a straw ceil ng A simi lar insulating effect can b be e secured by some of the insulating boards now on the market ventilation is another in problem in poultry house construe tion because of its effect on damp ness and the inside temperature the only way to remove the excess moisture in the house la is by bentila tion or change of air air movement should be very slow so that no draft drift of cold air is noticeable in n the aver age run of farm arm poultry houses the hens probably suffer more in severe cold weather due to too much venti lation rather than too little poth roth the nebraska and iowa ex pediment peri perl ment stations hai have e found that hens show no harmful effect from tightly closed quarters during the winter maier while ne ther of these stations rec ammend a tightly c closed poultry house their findings ind cate th the e tin of air purity may have been overemphasized in the past break up broodiness by feeding better rations broody hens should be cooped th first n they stay on the nest as any delay will increase the brooding I 1 period says miss bliss cora cooke eten exten s on poultry specialist minnesota un varsity fa farm rm in breaking up ness the sane way Is to S ve the hens humane treatment and feed them well ell so as to get them back to iab lading ing as soon as possible the case Is one for hosp tal treat ment rather than pun ashment such as starvation or torture in solitary con says miss co cooke ae build the hens up to laying by good feeding instead of starving or scaring them out of brood ness after all what Is wanted are eggs confine broody hens in a N well veil ven mated slatted or netting coop placed in the shade supply dry mish all the time in a feed trough feed a moist mash once a day and feed scratch grain lightly under such treatment hens will soon go back to laying if caught the first night don t stop with th s however breed ng brood ness out of the flock Is better than treating birds for the ailment band a hen every time she goes broody omit from the breeding pen hens wearing such bands and in time trouble from broodiness can be reduced to a minimum light yolks preferred poultry producers find that many buyers in the large cities especially the new york market prefer begs with light ligh t colored yolks the united states department of agriculture says certain materials such as green feed and find yellow corn produce dark yolks but when eggs are candled it Is often d mault to tell whether the dark yolk has been caused by feed or because the egg has been e exposed to heat thus although buyers prefer light yolks in order to be on he safe s de darb dark yolks do not necessarily me mean an that the eggs are inferior in quality feeds reeds such as white corn wheat heat buck wheat and oats result in eggs having light yolks to be classed as a quality product eggs must be uniform in color and 8 ze and light yolks make them mor desirable in many markets reducing tuberculosis in one county of south dakota where practically all the flocks in two mo townships were tuberculin tested only 1 per cent of the pullets reacted whereas 33 per cent of the birds over two years old re reacted isted this would andl cate that if a farm flock Is infested and the practice Is followed of d s posing of all birds at the end of the first year of egg production that in itself would reduce very greatly the losses from th s d sease spase successful farming chicken mites where small mites are abundant clean out the house demov ng and burning old nesting wite materials rials then spray the entire house w th tb coal 0 I 1 or a mixture of equal parts of coal coil oil and crank case oil be careful to force the spray into cracks this pest past attacks the b ads at night 7 an I 1 hides during the day one thorough clean clein ing up ai d spraying of the house wili wll usually ilav get r d of the pest in case it doesn doean t repeat the treatment in ten days M farmer |