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Show POULTRY EXHIBIT IS MOST SUCCESSFUL HELD i UTAH (Written for the Standard by C. F. Williams, Editor Northwest Poultry Journal, Salom, Ore.) The poultry exhibition, which came to a close last Saturday night, was the most successful ever hold in the state, according to Weber County Poultry association as-sociation officials. Tho proof of this success was the great interest manifested mani-fested in the various birds by visitors. Hundreds of questions were aslcod und answered by judges and breedors. Men md women went away with the conviction con-viction that they had learned something some-thing worth putting into practice. Those who could not afford to buy The Call Of the Hen, Walter Hogan's system sys-tem of selecting the layors and weeding weed-ing out the eaters pnly. were shown enough about the method to be able to go' into their own flock and at least select the birds that were laying and that would bo worth keeping. It is utterly unbelievable that so many folks have chickens in their back lots or on a small acreage and I know littlo or nothing about tho selection se-lection for eggs or the proper mating of such breeders that do show good results at the egg basket. One would naturally think that people who are feeding high-priced grains and mashes to their fowls would mako an attempt j to grasp the fundamental principles of feeding, housing and selection for egg producers. Show Exceedingly Instructive. Some man took the trouble to wolk from tho poultry show Saturday over to Mr. Bramwell's store and tell him that he had learned more at the poultry poul-try show in an hour from some of those explaining tho Hogan system than he had ever learned from all the poultry journals he had read. Now we do not knowVhat poultry publications he has i read but we venture the assertion that he was and is taking the largest in the states. The poultry Journals of the country cater too much to boosting boost-ing their adversers' winnings, birds and farms and too littlo space to telling tell-ing how to build houses, poultry appliances, ap-pliances, and how to se'ect layers, feed and breed them. The fact is many of) the editors have no chickens, never did have and as long as they can bluff their way along as a poultry editor and make a living wage they will not have any poultry-It poultry-It is not my purpose to And fault with poultry journals in this space and nt this time; in fact It would be rather out of place inasmuch as I edit one myself, but the fact remains that too few of our farm and poultry papers pap-ers really have the interests of their readers at heart. No judgment is used in selection writers and asking for articles ar-ticles that are appropriate at the va rious seasons of the year. Have to1 Destroy Vermin. A question that was asked by a lady yesterday and which I answered as . follows, may be of interest to others J who havo similar conditions to fight. I This lady said she had an old poultry, 'house and runs. The house was in-1 I fested with mites and lice and that the I I runs had been used for years and years ' without a renewal of dirt what was she to do? The first thing is to remove all fowls. Buy at a drug store a sulphur candle for every ten feet square of house. Close all windows and doors : and apertures if you have no win- j dows just hang some carpets or sacks ; over the windows and make the house as air-tight as possible, so that the, sulphurous smoke will penetrate every crack and cranny. , Better notify your near neighbors of what you intend doing, otherwise there may be some alarms sent in to the Are department and you will be blessed by j the chief. t i When you have let the house smoke ' from early morning until the last whiff ' of smoke has wafted away, go out and i remove the dropping boards, perches. ' nests and every movable section of the house. I forgot to state that the drop-, ping boards should be cleaned before the fumigation ,was started. When ' these perches and paraphernalia have i been removed, take a solution of four( parts water to one part zenoleum (this , may be purchased at any poultry sup-1 ply" store) and spray the nests, perch-' jj es, etc., and the Inside of the house. I i It is then a good idea to paint, using' j the straight zenoleum, on every nest ' and perch and dropping board. This i cleansing will last for three months In ! Ej summer and six months during the h cold weather, although I do not ask it P to, for I spray everything inside my K houses every month, for I cannot bear the thought of mites and Hco crawl- L Ing around over the hens. Just imag- F ine asking a ben to lay when it takes most of her time during waking hours J to scratch and fight lice. Right here I J 'want to compliment exhibitors at this j I late show upon the cleanliness of fowls ( I shown. -j I Now about the yards. This is a ques- J I tion that few poultrymen give enough 1 attention to. It is best to bo able to K turn your fowls from one yard to an- ? i other and while in one yard sow tho 9 i other to barley, oats, vetch, or what- ijver meets one's purpose or Idea best Some name barley because of the wide j blade. Anyway this Is the best method 2 of purifying the soil and besides it I gives the fowls a green pasturo when a you turn them back and sow the other yard. Another way to treat a foul I fowl yard when It Is impossible to re- I move the birds for a time and sow I grains. Is to throw lime over tho E ground. This removes disease germs W and sweetens the soil. U How to Feed. H A little point about; feeding. The 1 writer happens to be a member of the H Oregon 'State Co-operation committeo j for enlightening the people of thatJJ r state as to how to caro for livestock to tho best advantage on the least possible pos-sible feed. It Ib amusing to learn from folks how much thoy are feeding thoir fowls and still cussing them for not laying. A fowr can be fed too heavily especially tho largo "breeds. A lady said on Friday that she fed three times a day, and fed the grain upon the ground! This Is wasting feed and wheat and other grains are too precious prec-ious to throw out like that no results will result that is results that amount to- anything. Grains. Feed grain once a day. Just as much per fowl as .you can hold in one hand with tho Angers touching the base of the thumb when closed. If you aro a late riser, that Is arise after daylight, throw the grains upon the litter in your poultry house the night before after the birds are on the roost and wade through the litter in order to get tho grains at tho bottom or mixed into it. I Dry straw, about a foot or fourteen inches deep, makes the be3t litter. In this manner you will have tho feed ready for your birds to dig Out early in the morning before you arise. The exorcise will beneAt the fowls almost as much as the food value itself, and your birds will not become too fat on this grain ration. A dry mash may be kept before the birds all day so that if hungry they may eat. At noon something green should be fed, either cabbage, kale or sprouted oats. The person keeping groen food from his birds is overlooking overlook-ing the cheapest feed and the best fbor' ogg production. If you haven't an oat sprouter and want to know how to sprout oats without one, write me at my home address and the. Information will be cheerfully supplied haven't the space to give the method here, though very simple. It is bost if you feed oats too either sprout them or pour boiling water over them and lot stand twenty-four hours before feeding. feed-ing. This swells the oat and gives you much more feeding value for your money. . Feeding Wet Mash. A wet mash should be fed at night or about an hour before tho fowls hit the roost. This takes the place of a grain feed at night and is more easily digested and far more concentrated concen-trated in food value. At egg-laying contests it has .been found that to produce pro-duce the maximum eggs a fowl should eat 50 per cent mash and 50 per cent grain, or thereabouts. If mash Is fed dry the bird will not consume more than 20 per cent which is not enough. These things are facts and not "guess its right." The statements may be ver-iAed ver-iAed by writing the Missouri Experimental Experi-mental station, Mountain Grovo, Mo., and asking for bulletin giving the results re-sults of their 1916 contest. Always send postage when asking a favor. nn |