Show Poultry Industry In Manti Monti As Viewed By Student I ll By Harden n Brienholt 30 the animal husbandry data made an excursion to the anti Hatchery and aUd the tho Imperial Poultry Farm At Al the the- hatchery Mr J rung rens fully explained J all the l ui i consideration tion ia iu th the hatch hatchic ice ic of chicks Tho Tine flooks front from which eggs for hatching are arc obtained are arc culled t t. Every tn ery n fall and only the very best Jest stock Hock i is retained Y Yearly carl there thoro are nearly cockerels imported with egg records on tho tine part of the sire dam of or eggs or better which aich build up the breed breer Many of the original fowls Cowls of tine the hatchery hatchEr hatch hatch- cry ery Er came from tho the Hansen Hanson flock Clock in Oregon The fhe first eggs used were vere purchased for 50 each with the assurance of ever every good quality chicks The capacity of or the hatchery I is very iry great A J As many as fort forty thousand eggs may be in Hog at one ono time It requires three weeks for the eggs o 0 o hatch during which time thoy they arc aro watched vcr very closel closely One week after QUor they are arc put into the incubator the thc eggs aro arc aroI I candled and the sterile ones are arc aref f culled out ont After the tenth day the thee the e eggs are arc again candled candied candi- candi ed and aud the unfertile ones are arc dis dis- dUi carded carde About the nineteenth oil oi twentieth da day the chicks begin to chip clad and shell and after the tho twenty h 1 first day they thoy aro are all ha hatched There are three basic principles Which bleh must bo ho followed if one Islo Isto is isto to lo hatch chicks If th these ege are a re fo followed fol I. I lowed closely there ia is no reason why hy one should fall to succeed In hatching The three principles aro are temperature correct venti- venti hUon and correct humidity or mois moty- moisture ture The TUO temperature turc throughout out the lino Period o of incubation varies slight ly Iy There here 1 is also a difference intine Inthe in tine the t tt temperature of the two docks oCt of oC t foe llna l cu ator The tipper nuner deck Should hould bo be o one degree degroe lo lower loer er in tente tern tem than is tho the lower d deck The correct temperature for tho tine upper Iler to start is and finish at l 1021 and thc tine lower to start at n. n and finish a at t r degrees The rho heart hearl of tho tine chick Is the j first organ to io develop This finis beats Inside Bide the lie egg lute the speed speed slIced varying I I pith Ith uh the Uio temperature P Pe The Tho higher lh the e temperature the ra faster tor beats heats the li 3 heart j I Tine The rooms room lu In which tho tine incubators a are arc contained well must roust bo lie heer er very and there must ho bo moil mola- lure ure in Q the atmosphere Often OCten to kf k ep to up the tile humidity it Il is well winkle the tune ground or floor witha with a aler a at ler fhe of the tho ogg egg ir is the thc food I Ar itch m maintains the lire chick for fat tho the pert period yolk olk od of its it's life The fortis are around and the Intestine and the food 1 in t bus Care must I h f too ton Taken to io avoid old feeding the chicks I a soon after hatching It II Is IB I a ed I ad to walt wail from G GO 60 to lo 7 72 2 I I hours h rf fr feeding eding the chicks When you Jou commence to feed reed the chicks a mixture of bran and oatmeal oatmeal oatmeal oat oat- meal is about tut best For mols truo true it is IB well to use milk but is not Hat well to feed first sweet and then linen sour nor visa versa Feed either cither sweet milk all the tho or sour milk all the line lime time To Io avoid ptomaine poison polson foed toed milk In other than metal containers From rom tho the hatchery wo we went to the Imperial Poultry Farm which Is la becoming a largo enterprise in Manti anti It is continually growing u and covering more moro acreage A stop inside the coops discloses many of the secrets of poultry raising We Ve notice that tine the building has a aI aI I cement floor and foundation which I J ren renders ers it absolutely vermin n proof roof I. I No o destro destroying animal can enter the build building Ins The walls are built hullt to insure proper ventilation and to lo prevent such drafts as ag may effect the tho poultry Thero Is a switch which is controlled by an all alarm clock This turns on the ho lights at any desirable time lime and also turns lurns them off ocr as Is desired I The rune platform under the roosts are cleaved cleaned off ever every m morning ruing covered with wire i The They Piney aro arc also j netting to prevent pre the line hens hUlls from Crom walking on Iho lino droppings The nests are aro of tr trap tap lp style stylo They close whenever a hen hell enters and at reg ular intervals someone goes through and lets lota out the hone hens In Inthe Intine the tine meantime when whon the line hens arc are let out they are credited with one egg This is done by hy taking the tine number from the egg band and rand marking it on a chart Sometimes wizen when they arc are chicks they mark the manger number num man her ber of tho hen hell upon ullon the tho egg and during in- in thus keep them Cu nation n j I I j I I I I I I I compartment wo we saw a alien a d ahen dhen In one ono hen lien with a record of more than eggs In six months This brought a gross Income of 37 G for Cor tiles the six months One rooster is la usually kept kepl in Inn with 15 16 hens Tho The roosters roost roost- com company pan stock All Alla em ers g are aro o oC of very good and record pedigree a very ery good gool behind them Ono One high bred cock was purchased by the concern for of oC than somo a n. price better bettor our cattle or sheep ar are individually worth Tho The record for or tho tine entire mouth flock Is la isA 72 12 or 22 eggs ebS'S per pOl tho lino to have havo A con Con way cau bo be bC which grain Is in bins bons it will be beh t tween two coops SO go I h handy a nth for both weeks chicks were very The nine nine- I have been boen few n lost loat active and thoro thero 60 GO out of 1050 chicks distinctions of oC a good rood egg Tine The apparent The skin Skill layer are arc or very The Tho stomach is soil rand and pliable 1 Is 15 big hig d denoting denoting large larso feeding I I are area and legs Tho Tine feet feel capacity the tine comb a I intend blood color and white white- a u sand ard be he clear cigar c Tho rho eye CC should 1 red well wen well wellI feather feather- shiny und and tIle the tail shiny shIn back backI Tine The h. h rough a and rou worn nest and bo be long would land underside and capacity broad showing ing egg ogg laying I 1 |