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Hi 1 I lj' ' THI D E S 3SRET rARME Saturday,' September to 1908 I ; Taf t or Bryan Which? f But there is no question about H I Incubators or Brooders I FOR I "Mandy Lee" HAS WON I mmmmm mmmmmmmmmtmmammmmmm With the new models there is absolute- ly no GUESSWORK Heat, Moisture I and Ventilation, measured and regulat- 1 ed to a Scientific nicety J j 1 J wmmmmmmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm m I Porter -Walton Co. 1 I i Salt Lake City I II 1 Agents for Utah and Idaho 1 II FRUE CATALOG UPON KEQUEIT . 1 i f : 1 Hi film I I M & I I I I H k mB M Vs I4 71 m I I J h V HI V J "Jl H Hxv I H THE LEADING COMMERCIAL SCHOOL IN K I, THE STATE. FINE EQUIPMENT, ELEGANT I ROOMS AND GOOD TEACHERS. H I I GRADUATES. NO FAILURES. I I I SCHOOL ALL THE YEAR; NEW STUDENTS I I M CAN ENTER AT ANY TIME. WRITE FOR FULL I I I FORMATION. WM I I BUSINESS COLLEGE I B 322 South WestZTempIe St. M H I Hi MHMHHHiaHaHaBHaaBHB PO.U UT R Y 1 Imiii iihi .i ii.i u W II mil" mm mi I J ii I I .ill ,, . I THE DUST BATIJ. The dust bath to the fowl is what ; the wash bowl is to the individual. With the dust bath the, hen cleans ' her body. . She comes as regularly to dust herself as she docs to feed, in' stinct teaching her that it is the besV '. method for ridding herself of lice. If she has fr.ee range where there is plowed ground or soft caxth she will find a place to dust herself, but if I confined) to pens she must be provided I with a place and material wherewith k to dust herself. Some provide ashes of cither, hard or soft coal, some use, l dry road dut. These arc all good, ! though some object to the road dust because it may be filthy, but this is not necessarily so. We have noticed f that the hen has a preference for a , moist earth rather than for a perfectly ' dry lingrcdicnt. There is nothing as i good as a deodorizer as mother earth. ' Therefore see that the yardls arc spaded up quite frequently so that the hctiSj may wallow in this dirt, or go to a plowed field and haul a load of fresh earth to the poultry yard. If you will sec that -the hen has proper material wherewith to clean henselj, she will- avail -herself of the means, and thus solve, in grcat part at least,, the lice problem, Thomas O.wen in Kansas Farmer. V POULTRY NOTES. 8 , . i Commercial Poultry claims thaj geese come as near being, all profit as any stock on the farms. Thcy make1" their living largely on grass and nrc practically self supporting. They do, not require a large pastute field, bu$ one that produces a good yd eld. Add1 a little grain, occasionally, and you? will have no trouble raising geese. They only require water for drinking purposes, same as the hen. They are" louse and mite proof and arc seldom' subject to any kind of discas'c, Jnd" hawk scldum. prey upon 'the young; gosling. Some complain that -a goose is a nuisance; so a.rc.hog& if ttycy are not confined to thoir pasture. A Gaj?0,a, poultry raigor who raises poultry for the egg and mea nmrkcts ,ofr San Francisco ;aind Los Angeles gives -the following as his combination ok-ieed The, mornings food is mash of bran and dry cut al falfa, equal parts, to which s per cent meat and blood meal and the same amount Of crushed charcoal arc "ad ded; also'cnough -salt to season. Dur ing the winter a lit,tlc corn meal is "used. The alfalfai n's boiled1 and ad ded to the other feeds, which have been mixed dry. The noon uveal is the same as the morning meal, except that meat meal and charcoal ait: omitted. The evening meal is two parts wheat and one part barley. Lime and coarse sand, mixed as for mortar, dried and crushed, r-akc an excellent and cheap grit. He advises . that where alfalfa is not grfown to supplement it with red clover., . , , m The United States Department of Agriculture guves the following as the standard ration for growing chjeks: Digestible nutrients per day for cc'i . ' loo pounds live weight: For first two weeks, ten end one-tenth pounds; two to four weeks, nine and six-tenths pounds; four to six weeks, eight and; J six-tcntlis pounds; six to icight weeks. f I seven and four-tenths pounds; eight to ten weeks, six and four-tenths I pounds; ten to twelve weeks, five and I four-tenths pounds. After twelve I weeks the same ration as for laying 'hens, for pullets, and a fatlcnlhig ra tion for surplus cockerels. A simple ration is: Cracked wheat, four pounds; granulated oat meal, two a pounds; wheat middlings, one-half 1 pound; cnimal meal, two and one fourth pounds; young green alfalfa, two and three-fourths pounds. This amount will feed from 8oo to 1,000 j chicks a day. Young chickens require plenty of i ground to range over; some con- venient shade, such as fruit trees, or growing corn, or artichokes; tcnd?r j green food md insects. Many grow- ' crs of large numbers of chickens on limited areas crowd the birds far to 3 much, the result being a large pro- portion of unthrifty chicks. The las; ; mentioned chickens have beenvery - much in evidence on pearly all the I large intensive chick poultry plants J that I have visited. The chicks fre- j quqntly outgrow these conditions to such an extent that they are very djf- J ficult to pick out when mature, but A arc readily seen when about half