| Show POULTRY EXPERT GIVES CHICK BREEDING TIPS TO STATE POULTRY MEW MEN records kept on egg production mortality feed consumption etc by utah poultry raisers during the past nine or ten years give us positive evidence of just how important are problems of breeding feeding and rearing of chicks according to professor byron alder of the utah state agricultural college colleg poultry department high egg producing pullets pullet or well developed market birds aro are result of tile the the correct lambina com lom bina tion of three important factors first breeding and incubation 8 cund cond conditions under which the birds are brooded blooded and reared and third management or housing and feeding during the laying paric ceriol low egg production in the flock n the result when any one of these important factors is faulty in any way where po possible the poultry in man should select the best hens of hi hia own flock mate they with goo goob pedigreed male birds and got get the chicks through the local hatcher hatchen y from birds of his own the eggs sent to the hatchery the brooder should be made up of two parts the house and the heating unit at least one hu hav square foot of floor space for each chick should be provided to reduce over crowding where soil conditions are arc kept sanitary the flock may improve by giving them more freedom this practice of 0 supply ing outside runs decreases heavy lo 10 losses ases from cannibalism when the chicks are placed in the brooder the temperature should be from 95 to degrees fahrenheit and should be held n acar ear this point during the tha fu first week by the end of the second week the temperature should be t reduced to about SO 80 to 10 85 degrees sudden changes and overheating over heating is often very dis dicastro astro us to a small chick artificial heat should be continued in the brooder for four to ten weeks depending on the time ot of year and weather conditions bhea en the chicks are ten to fourteen days old they should be let out of the brooder whenever the weather is favorable but should be confined to limited outside runs later on they may be allowed to run out into a range such as an orchard with plenty of growing 1 eed when the chicks are six to eight weeks v beeks old the cockerans cocke rals should be separated from the pullets and forced for rapid growth for market by extra feeding but pullets should be allowed to grow steadily I 1 ervin range examiner employed by the county A A A committee will be available at the county agents office in the federal building in cedar city to assist range men in making applications to participate in the ISM 1940 range conservation program iron county ran range gemen men rna may yearn earn by fully participating in the program this year according to pr present indications 1940 will find a larger percentage of range conservation cooperators than any previous year since the beginning ul the program if you want a good showing of sweet peas this season sow the seed as early as possible make a trench as soon as the frost is wl out of the ground it may be 12 to li it inches deep if the soil is well dr dram drain am fd ed enrich the soil with manure end plant the seed in a trench about 3 or 4 inches deep half 14 inch apart good support clean clea cultivation and plenty of water in insure sure a bumper crop of hanl plants the farm family that gat gathers hersl round a d dinner inner table loaded ath such good things as meat poultry null milk butter cheese eggs vegetables and fruit does not suffer too from rickets or otto pellegra scurvy troubles coubles caused by lack of P food |
