Show mate Making w ivi ional V on the farm XII poultry management by G C V GREGORY author of home course in modern copyright by k press pre association i blood counts in i goultry as well we if is ili hi any other bais ot of hie stuck stock it if the chickens and eggs ire produced fol foi market wi boniv mar be lin ironed by bv pule brall male of the desired breed lvery ivery year kt best however the he fluck flock can cal munir lie be made ill high 11 gradt by bv this method tue enterprising till bill soon lie gin to long ions tv for a dock ol of pure dure brills trills I 1 ri tl such a flock it if selected and bred furnishes ti splendid source of in tome conie that ali it la Is lar 01 diedt of 0 the market price of csor drasil ibi denland fur for choice pure I 1 bred arld acri for setting etting and fir pine pille bred males Is iq good and the i ale veri satisfactory V 41 trade of this kind when enec vi hilll add COD to the income from the farm getting a start in pure brods brads een thee the aes ues e the flock is kept for market purposes anin it PITS to hae pure bleds look better ind give el more economical returns for the food eaten the chea cheapest hea poat way to set get a tart start in n pure bleds is to bur i sitting of orl two of egge it is of utmost imbor I 1 tance that hit they be aurclia cd or of sorn some reliable breeder other ot nio disappoint ment meat la is almost sure eure to follow follot in that the eggs be not more than fire days davs old that they be well Ni wrapped rapped and that file t ill lt be coaled have the eggs shipped hipped b J I 1 ls ck A J ria ami chornen cori Eit is in lard jard express and refuse to accept them it if the beal haie hae been tampered with these precautions are hect ara I 1 3 aou on would be sure of getting in what hat you pay lor for A basket balet fill a handle 13 the lest best pa chaze for eggs as it will le lc carried instead of thrown it has ba been found lv IT repeated cpr ciper imenes that eeza hatched batched with au an m 11 cebator do not produce chicks bidek with ns as much vitality as those hatched ulder hens beas this Is not very noticeable notice ible tle ile first season but if continued beir after year will ly the of the flock it la Is a beneral deral practice amons among to set a few of the boat best ts egge under heris and use tho the chickens thus thui ob talked to replenish the bredin brec dias uok cock value of a brooding breeding pen tho the alan of having a breeding pen from which to select eggs for hatchl bat ebing ns is a very verv hotl one ode in this thin pen a doz en or thirteen of the bet best hens hem in the flock are kept if trap rift nt records have been kept this will determine to a large lar t extent libich hens bens tire to 13 1 3 put into the breeding pen R 1 ith tho ho meat I 1 reeds the size and confirmation of the bens are arc tte important points por for a breeding pen of thirteen lens one r nale Is all that Is nece ne crary wary but he be should be the best that cau can bo be re cured some rome I 1 reeders practice keep ing two tivo males putting one in with the lens cne ne day and the other the next in this wiy way tho the males are kept ili ID a better condition find and the chickens are to be a little stronger no 0 o ers at hlll ill ie t e dt C lied in ID the general nork indeed the eggs will keep all the bit act ter for not being fertl llred the care and feed of the breeding flock should bo be much the iam gain is a out outlined lintl for laying laving bern bens in article no 31 11 the main thing la Is to keep them houltby ro do not overfeed but kap jesep I 1 them in vl vigorous orus condition if pass lie the brelding bret dlug pen ici should be ba large enough noo ih so as to include a little green feed hurh is s cliar or rapo rap it if this cannot be ba done a little forage rat and put pat in we the reu eiery day will ulli ito bo rel asbed tho the sitting liens should have i leowe or compartment to them sell echea es this will avoid the great an kosance of biens nests brolin up lind and fresh freih ggs laid in with those ni al mot mo t arcady to hatch this ibis house boue should be d nith ith chir charcoal coal grit and oyster sh A lust beth in ill falih filth the liens hew cm can roll will help to leep them free fro from lie II P oats oaf vib viboit cit and toine borne if r irean reen tuo food millu a gord ration infill in n very expensive eggs egg ire art tit elt it Is best to I 1 cop cep elch hen in ili I 1 i by herself as there thare i ill I 1 ie e leis ils resl of la ing the list brol broton en up soon con after the chili ans ris are arc hatched liate hed they can lie mark marked by 1 i I hole bole through the wel web of I 1 the he toe loe t n that jhc thc cn can lie be out from tl the real rea of the floal in the rail fall selestino selecting tino tho the incubator Alt although hugh are not vell tell to raising chickens for the brec breeding dIng are to the who Is rit for ili arket tbt are more r lia lilt and more e L 1113 liili cared for or than liens hens they trl art radl to go to i ork ut fit ani time lime so BO thit that carl carli can be raise 1 crumbs of tiry dry or toasted bread tik to rood feed for the first brat few days they nina ma b 1 with a little milk or fed irv chlis will do better it 11 most if their food la is ely alren n in a form forin one of the not common nils takei made anade in ili fredin fieda chickens li is in giving too much 1 ahey I bey ifould never be fed more soft food fond ahrin they wll wil e tit I 1 t up if p clean in fifteen or twenty min utes pry dry grill led in straw cl 0 cut closer cloner will of course lust longer plenty of mater ater grit crit and cher foal coal should be provided kny ny scheme that will compel the chlola to exert them clineb in getting at their food will he be to their health T h e I 1 lebi eia they are permitted to bolt their food the tha lest liable to dlee digeRt tiro ivia trouble will they bero become crile the may conti continue flue tr forni form a considerable pirt of the ration f for or trio or tareo abreo weeke ace hard boiled egge line alno find and mixed with the bruni crumbel lie are arc good it if not fed in too large amounts oatmeal la Is one of th the c best mriln graan foode but i 1 too to feed Cru crushed bd corn or w cheat bent li iq a rood good feed to scatter in the litter an B the time the chicly are three weeks old grain ca cm cai i replace rellice the breadcrumbs bread crumbs entirely a an later it a little beef scrap can n hp be addeo I 1 to the ration SUm mill cn can le ie from the time they are it re a week spec old the beat nir ar to tn feed I 1 Is to let it our until it becomes curdy thol whet and feed the curti curd fresh of 01 dried it li gre atia liked INN I 1 chicks in either cither form the chick should lie he fed thice times i I 1 day and oftener if they anro not al allowed loed to run out k s they row older the oats may mar be cut down in amount and met cheap er r gialas fed more liberally feeding for egg production if winter feel are arc desired desirre it Is 19 im portent that the liens hens and pullets be fed in such euch a way as to stimulate er es production the animal food pirt of the he ration which lich I it Is t terr ve important mit consist of either lieff scrap or dri dried I curd this should be put in a eci felt f feeding hopper where the liens hens nn in get to it tit at ill times hopper con charcoal grit ard oyster shell should also bo be provided and hept full fresh water li Is Import important lint ard should tt te supplied plentifully kuto automatic matic fountains fount ians are the I 1 c ot ct t means of water ing when the weather veather Is nut too cold in ili cold beathel should lie given in troughs at least twice a n day thi matter of giving laying fowls i I 1 prat amount of water Is not is as well attend ed to as it should hould he be the breakfast for the laying hens bells may consist con lt of shelled Iel ld corn con ol in the litter in the s scratching crat ching shed this will keep the hens itching ill all the forenoon and will give them the exercise which they need to keep healthy and in laying at al noon a arv feed ct cf mixed oats find and alie wheat lt can be s scattered in the straw this I 1 epps the lens scratching two or three hours loncer thi the jiin fled fied of the day dav Is given it t nl ait in the furm form of n mash A mish consisting or of me do part bran or cut clover clorer or one part g ground bound corn one part ground oath and one ODO part is 13 nerv erv rod od although altho uRh there are many orbr in alt 1 I tures that can be used in rod cod pr er the mabb should be fed is w irm ell tim the mash the hens will still 1 tu to warm and comfortable comfor talle tat ie lad and with full cromb condit condition ioni which favor a high hl h egg ege yield in feeding lavina lav iiii hens tho the film aim be to gieg all they will ett cat e tt up clean in addition to the th rations given toma some of the green feed mentioned should be bcd if they can he be obtained in the summer the heng hem ba hie tree free ranze ran and can set get plenty of green croon food and insects this together with the loyer loner price of e ega go males makes it it al no FIG XIII CAPO CAM for M able to glie ele much high priced feed td at this season of thi year 1 abe he charcoal and grit be fed all abo year round fattening it la Is the common to t lot the tha clil kana run butil along toward tall fall the Is are cau caught ht and old did without iny acy ip clil preparation tor for marlot market at the usual fall fail prices the lo 10 ol ercla yield a fair print ibis crofit ran lily bo greatly by fat at thaing them for a bevi bev li bi furo fore marketing k bunch of or abir ty clin can be dibut in a avard yard ti gether anti and fid i 1 grain mixture con 0 of ano parts corn ind one 1 I r art shot is U abet hey hlll v ill pain gain ripoll mp on sucu such fedl fed mj ind in two three icks i bv belins nadi 13 lo 10 lobe bi mith alth ft a increase in i 1 rl ri 0 c rind might inhere here a inclan barlet fur high class chills can call iw in it to crate n this Is dot do i liy liv conlin ins ing the birds in slatted crites crite altred up under a blied ire fed simi such i a as ground oats oata tc mc 1 lara iri ground 1 barlev arlet on part nud and ground oin coin one part I 1 with 11 lini nill 1 I III his Is fell fed in troughs three times a diy daiy ahing lh ill ens all OILY will ackan up 1111 in thirty minutes I 1 rom one ti if 00 to i cin can tie be tut rut on oil cah no ne in ili necks clis ind and th the annl ity rt if the mit Is bratly it 1 l cie time neligh to drible di uble the prier if a bilth class marl nair et ct can be se cured i hilll higher blotter of men can be bt ined if the chlela s are eft ca is lian they are three or tour four months old |