Show MV STR NEEDED IN CHICK RATION liberal use of milk quite essential for chickens A vi tamine required by poultry and hitherto unrecognized has been discovered by L 0 norris 0 F heuser heaser and 11 S jr of the cornell university agricultural experiment sta eta tion this lne which Is contained contain eI in milk la is essential for the growth of chicks and for the prevention of it a peculiar type of paralysis which may result in incurable deformities the discovery was in part accidental and resulted from an attempt to get a chick ration low in calcium and phosphorous us which would be suitable to study the requirements of chicks chicka for these minerals casein a purified milk protein was used as the main source of protein in the experimental ration when it was used in place of ml milk lk the chick ration was found lacking in this vi tamine which prevents paralysis the experiment demonstrates that the use of liberal titles of milk Is essential where chicks or mature birds are confined indoors and are not provided with succulent green teed feed to conclude from this experiment that milk should invariably be used in all poultry rations would be unwise they say any as good chicks have been reared in the past with little or no milk and good winter egg production has also often been obtained with wadi rations which contained no milk it Is IA probable therefore that this unknown factor Is present in slight amounts in meat products cereals and cereal byproducts and in large amounts in succulent leafy green feeds barred plymouth rock favored to caponize one of the best breeds of poultry for capon caponizing IzIng Is the barred rock as the sex sek can be determined at an early age the cocker els will be light and the pullets dark and when the alie chicks are about six weeks old and weigh close to one and a halt half pounds each the can go into ills his colony houses with a spotlight and collect cockerels cockerell cocker els as fast as he can pick them up in caponizing capon izing such breeds as rhode island reds or white Wyan dottes it Is more difficult to pick out the male birds at an early age says a writer in the michigan farmer considerable accuracy la Is possible by studying the heads the male birds soon appear more coarse and have a harsher voice than the pullets pullets of any color soon develop what might be called the feminine type of head it Is smaller and more refined than the head of the male bird the heads beaks and even the undeveloped combs on male chicks have hae a different appearance from pullets some breeders bleeders bre eders caponize white le legi 1 I horn cockerels cockerell cocker els and make them weigh neigh as much as six pounds but bul in general the Is confined to tho the heavier meat breeds like the barred plymouth rock jersey black giant or light brahma various good points of the african goose the african goose has lind had at different times limes several names among which were china goose swan goose chinese swan guinea goose spanish goose and others its origin Is unknown but it Is quite probable pro lable that it originated iu in a cross between the goose gooce we now nov call the china goose find the he toulouse tint anil from tills this cross MIS ivas perfected until il 1 Is now tin an enlarged kind of a brown china goose the african goose lays las better than uny of the other larger breeds and it grows aws to be as large as any other specimens that were given the best care have grown to weigh 25 pounds but the me standard weight for a full grown african goose is 20 10 pounds they are very hartly hanly an and I 1 easy to balze they are ver very watchful and know strangers from those whom they see every day when a si stranger ranger comes among am ong them they set up a clamor that notifies every one within with n hearing that something out of the ordinary has happened plenty good features poultry houses that are built today are sensible though they have hae plenty or of fresh air they have no draughts though they contain more hens hena to the square foot there Is no dampness which Is so fatal two essentials that can be had for the taking are provided sunlight and fresh air rind with these there Is tio no reason why v hy we should not have the healthiest race of fowl found on the face of the globe and as a result an increased production of eggs ventilation essential ventilation Is another essential of modern modem poultry housing A good ventilation ti system supplies fresh air in tio the poultry house without making it subject to sudden temperature cli anges ventilation removes dampness and eliminates foul odors making the flock healthier lieal and more comfortable for table automatic ventilation systems arc now on the market which consist of intake flues in the back of the house and a cupola on the roof to carry out foula foul air lr |