| Show WORK TO INCREASE POULTRY PRODUCTS R fam 7 FEED HOPPER DESIGNED TO PREVENT WASTE very few farmers practice a a plan ot of disposing of their fowls after they have ceased to be productive although it Is well known know 0 that fowls of the hoarier heavier bl breeds cla such as the plymouth back crits cease to pro once duce a profitable numbs number ot of eggs at the end of their that second accord lading yen year and it that fill thia held bolda true of the lighter bree breeds s such as a the soghome leghorns Leg horns ut of the end of their third laying year con it if efforts were mere made to ills dis pote lose of all virelles f Vi males reales when their best baving laving days were over met a large quian nuan ot of poultry meat would be placed on the market mark all poorly developed chickens should likewise be culled out at and ad used and a as meet meat this way of ills dis posing poking of unprofitable fowls would al low law the to farmer to food feed his grain to younger and more productive fowls the cockerels cockerell cocker els that are not act intended tor for breeding purposes v w III not only increase their size but win will place a more mom desirable poultry robit f ow on the market another alic plic ties tice 1 bat should be adopted more widely I 1 la that of fattening alt 11 thick chick sea ens that are to be mirk marketed or eted d before they leave the farm this cart can be done easily by confining the birds birda for a week or ten tea dava class and feeding them 1 good ration ratio they wilt will come to macket then in better condl condi ban and the farmer wilt will receive a profit tor for their added weight increasing poultry supply the great greater production of turkeys turkey a ducks geese and guineas all of can be profitably raised and a ready market found in I 1 most at sections ions would in creasa case the supply of poultry meat ahe ot of ducks espe especially dally should be emphasized ut of this time because ot of the rapidity bith which t they ey grow ducks due I 1 a of most of the meat breeds properly fed and in ged frea fly weigh tie aiom five file to six 1 pounds pi at to ten weeks IS of if age go it Is 11 estimated by making a 9 a specialty ot of growing ducks duck that the teed feed cost per pound of producing duck meat ranges from eight cents to twelve cents depending upon the c cur uz rent real prices of grain and othor other fea feeds the number of marketable eggs cm can be increased i by following a few practical suggestions among the most important of these are the pro friction ot of tile the infertile egg after fit the IS breeding bleeding season Is oer 0 er and the proper handling of eggs egg by the farmer at before sending them to market the firbert infertile Is egg is obtained when all male farrare dare far birda are team removed ed f from fan an the flock this does not of tie decrease crease the number of eggs produced but it does ine increase areaSe greatly their keeping qu fleties the prodoc tie alon of the infertile egg and the proper handling and marketing of eggs by the producer would increase bously the number of marketable eggs each year by diminishing the quan quantity if ty the that t are rendered unfit for food cleanliness 9 la essential the poultry house should be clean and anni sanitary tary and the for jowls ile free frome from insect posts pests thereby preventing ch dia ease case and mortality it 1 la estimated I 1 white leghorn cockerel that nearly worth of poul pool fr try y 1 Is lost each year through disease alo alone ne special attention should a blat it be given to the feeding suit and fi housing ing of laying fowls of at 1 of f t the be y year I 1 or who when thur their natural source of food sup ply I 1 is cut at off broody hens greatly reduce the egg yield bad and in this time if 0 egg shortage har tain it is important that each he hen be kept busy bear it Is a mistake to let them sit simply because they want to if they ore are allowed to follow thir their I 1 inclima tlona they will sit indefinitely it they are broken up they will begin lay ing again in about ten davs provided that they are in good andt mn condition dt suh iauch methods method as a dipping the broody bloody he ben 1 in water us are c usei eiss in breaking her up and they may im impair future egg production product um As soon aa the he him hen shows rhona signs of broodiness she should be removed to a slat or wire bottom coop she will mot be easier enair brok broken so up at first than later broodiness is quite 7 largely acly a state of mind if the fatally broody coop is put where the hen can aee I 1 tile the rest alst of the flock sao will grow a restless I 1 I 1 0 Is after four days let fb hei to the flock by this time she will mill have changed her bar mind led and ad will 11 go 0 o mel hick to in ilg ile be bure or to feed hi hei liberally while to in the mop coop for laying hecq he must most have a surplus api I of at fat A he hen in poor flesh rarely lay abit A little attention alleluia to the broody bl nin will make a great cIff difference muce in the looks IS of the balance sheet hl h L 1 in these days of at high priced eggs it 1 la lawan tant feet that the lie lien take as little vace tion fill as possible keeping small flock the actual economy secured scoured by the keeping of a small flock of cl chickens ackers depends primarily upon their egg pro madi and this his t in ID turn ia I 1 largely a matter of f care r under favorable con n alliona dl liona however it Is ia estimated the that t eggs g the first year and it 20 the beconi and 1 is a fair fail rotor return fr from the clad caraben nary hen on the other hand at least from 25 2 to 50 cents a year must be expended for grain and other feeds the exact amount depending dib upon mhd the agui quantity of tible scraps tape and d green to and in insect t food available tl here all tile the food feed must be pul has f from to is ig allows allowed ew even u I 1 in Z the most thrifty household h however s there 1 Is aloo s a large quantity t of table scrape vegetable vege tible part parings and other left ift overs over for far the hem 1 so I that hit a considerable portion of their food consists of what hot otherwise otheron world be car 1 tied ned off air the place by the garbage man although of less le importance thau than the egg the supply of poultry I 1 for or the rob table a furnished furbish ed by the home flock is on an item to that cannot be o overlooked flogged in a flock of 25 width the owner mar 1 Is perpetuating petua ting there them will be approximately twelve or r thirteen cocke cocker reli els almost all of which can be used best for far food I 1 a barred plymouth rock cockerel half of the hens must go each year also so that allowing tor for lo losses lom m and for far birds bird reserved for breeding there still will be ba ene enough gh appreciably p to affect the butchers 6 beitl if fowls for ordinary family prom twelve to fifteen hens are suf sat to provide the ordinary family with e enough ah eggs 99 and ad meat out to render made the keeping of the b birds ards worth while th the moral amount of outdoor space the flock will require may faby be estimated at about 25 square feet for each bird there are lo instances I 1 in which chickens have thrived with much h less th than this but unless the soil is especially favor favo ible and the birds good care crowding is likely to prove un prod profitable t able poultry specialists do not at mom becom mend however that ever everyone vone with the requisite space at hla his disposal stolid should go in a for chicken raising un less there la is a natural interest to in poultry or a determination to make ean th the alc flock it a source of real economy even if it does doea take coke time and trouble the venture Is oot not likely to prove sue cess ful lack of care cam may result 1 in disease discuss that ill seep eop off the entire cattle flock and ad it 1 Is almost carta ceraio to cause an a reduction ired fimi I 1 in egg production that will baale the birds a burden instead of a help |
