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THE POULTRY YARD
The Brooder and How to Run It.
Hot-Water and Hot-Air Brooders—The Necessity of Fresh Air
and Cleanliness—How to Maintain an Even Temperature—
Feeding the Young Chicks. _
CO RAISE chicks as well as does
the mother hen, the brooder
must maintain an even heat
and supply an abundance of fresh
air. Most brooders will keep the
chicks warm but many do not force
in plenty of pure warm air to the
chick chamber. A brooder that de
pends upon the change of air that
may, or may not, work its way
through the cracks or cloth seldom
does good work and fails when it
comes to raising first quality chicks.
Hot-water and hot-air brooders
are both popular, are both doing
good service, but the demand seems
to be for the hot-air brooders. Some
times a hot-water tank is used for
the top of the “mother” to radiate
heat to the bodies of the chickens,
while a tube around the lamp chim
ney is used to force a current of hot
aid into the chick chamber.
Various Details of Management.
The brooder that is giving good
results is so placed as to hold an
even heat day and night. A thin,
sinirle-ca.se brooder should never be
placed in the open air at any time
of the year. It needs protection from
the heat of noon and the cold winds
of night. A brooder that is too hot
at noon and too cold at night will
not give satisfactory results to any
one.
Do not try to run your brooder in
the open air. The common brooder
of three feet square, with the fifty
chicks committed to it, needs a house
of some kind that contains 3 6 feet
of floor room. Less room than this
may do if great care is taken in the
management of the flock.
The floor of the house and brooder
needs some scratching material to
feed small grain in. Chaff from the
barn is the most satisfactory mate
rial for the purpose. Whatever you
use, have it short enough to be han
dled by the little feet of the newly
hatched chicks.
The lamp or stove should be filled
at night, the wick trimmed and set
to meet the expected tempature of
the night that is at hand. An hour
after attending to the brooder lamp
A Yard for Breeding Flock.
Will Uncle Jo give me some
advice on my poultry? I have
White Leghorns, running at
large. 1 also have a nice It. I.
Red cockerel, and wish to get a
mate for him. Would you get
it now or wait until spring?
And how large an eclosure
should I make for them, to raise
a dozen hens, and let them run
in it during the hatching season?
Could it be made with wire
on posts so I could fold it and
move it if I wished to? I also
want to get a pair of white
guineas. Should I get them now
or wait until spring?
PATIENCE.
(Answer by Uncle Jo.)
By all means get the mate for
your cockerel before spring. It takes
fowls some time to become famil
iar with a new home before they are
at their best. A roll of 5-foot chick
en wire, 150 feet, 2-inch mesh, will
make a yard 37 feet square. Eight
posts will do. Put a small house ic
center of enclosure. A yard of this
description can be moved in a few
moments, or it can be taken dowc
and put away for future use. A yard
this size will accommodate ten
heng nicely, though all food will have
to be provided them as well as grit.
aB there will ha.Jly be enough of
the latter to supply their wants.
And as to the white guineas, get
them now; coop for a few dayB until
they get familiar with their sur
roundings, then turn them out.
Money in Xut Growing.
There is no class of people more
favorably situated for easily profit
ing by the growing of nuts than the
farmers. They have the land In odd
corners of Helds, along lanes and
public roads and about the farm
buildings, where trees of any kind
could be planted to improve the ap
pearance of the farm and really en
hance its selling value. In the selec
tion of trees for shade or ornament,
nothing fills the requirements better
than the nut trees suited to the
locality. Along mountaiu ranges,
the chesnut is well adapted; in the
great river basins, the walnut and
hickory are important native forest
trees, and along the South Atlantic
I and Gulf coasts, the pecan Is at home.
it should be visited again to see that
it is not smoking and that the chicks
are comfortable. If the following
day is warm and sunny, the lamp is
to be turned down to meet the in
creased heat of the warm house.
The Brooder Must Be Kept Clean.
The brooder should bo kept free
of droppings. This does not mean
daily cleaning when the chicks are
small, but the droppings should not
be prominent in the litter of the
brooder floor.
The brooder calls for a thorough
cleaning twice a week. Not only get
ting rid of the filth that has collect
ed, but a sunning of the chick cham
ber. Fresh air and sunshine are the
best disinfectants that the poultry
raiser has at his disposal and ought
to be more often used in his work.
Whitewash, with carbolic acid in
it will be serviceable in filling
cracks and sweetening the brooder
and its house. A brooder that be
gins the year's work with cracks so
filled as to shut out all access to the
red mite carries with it a good prob
ability of doing a good season’s
work.
Feeding the Very Young Chick*.
Tho well hatched chick In the
carefully cared-for brooder will
amount to little unless the food is
supplied in proper amounts and at
right intervals. The growing chick
that is confined to a brooder house
or bare yard needs mure attention
along food lines than does the bird
I w ho has constant access to green
grass. The brooder chick that can
get onto growing grass whenever it
pleases will stand methods of feed
ing that would spoil the ordinary
brooder flock.
Fine grit and cracked grains and
seed should be kept in the litter at
all times, with a small vessel or hop
per piled with granulated dry bone,
charcoal and meat scrap. Green
stuff must be fed daily. Lettuce,
beet and onion tops are good. And
lastly, water, fresh, clean, cool,
sparkling, wet water. And do it
twice a day. UNCLE JO.
HARVEY BOLSTER SPRINGS
BUFF 1UR*EYS, R. I RIDS. One two rear old
Buff Tom. very fine In color. f*0; H*J8 Toma
ft.00 and fr>.(0 each. A lew lltnial |4 00*nl
SI 00 each. K«d Cockerel*. II 60 each, dark j
cherry red l'.gg* In icaaon from R. I. Bed*. ;
S, C. White l>-ghorn. Itarred Hock*. ll.OO lor
15. Turkey F.gg*. 1260 and St.oo lor II.
J. W. UPCHURCH. Ilencvola. Ala. Route S
M B. Turkey* ol the
large type
Witte me your wants
W. H. IMPIC.
■— Vaaow*. - - Mi»*
“PURE BRED POULTRY”
R I. Rod*. White Wyandotte*. Partridge Cochin,
Barrwi Rock* and Game* Cock*. ll"0 to S2-fkv
Pullet*. II.Olt. White Holland Turkey*. $6.00 pair.
Pekin I>uck*. 12.60 trio.
SAM I1KLM,
IlrooWaxille, Miaa.
tljQf from large pure White Wyandotte*
LU JO Heavy Ian • • for netting.
C. H. GOLLOBER. Gkwter, Mia*.
Pure liarrcd Plymouth Kock atid
M hite Leghorn Chick- na.
Price* right. Satin fact km guaranteed
W R COOPER,
Route 2. Quitman. Mim
EGGS1 EGGS II EGuSIll
Fro n the Beat ThorouRhbted
White Wyandotte*. Black Wyandotte*. Ramd
P. Hock*. White P. Rock*. Single ( ■ >mh R. I. Red*
am) Row Comb R. 1 Red* VA on in IWh* at four
leading *how*. II regular ami 6 *i-c i»i prt*e* ami
|KS.n» inclid canh. 16 egg* fmm Pn*e Winner*.
tl.fr'. 15 egg* from other mating** *2.0'*. A lew
Cockerel* at J2 '«' and *3 (• each W e have the Beat.
The Southern Poultry Yard*.
W. A. AVERY. Sacy. A Treat*. It* HC Yarden. Mum>
EGGS! R. C. R. I. REDS.
Rrcd t i Gay. Weigh and Pav.
Four yard* mated. Egg* 11..*1 per 15. 14 <*• t-er
46. f7.«'prrl<«* Satisfaction guaranteed Wnteua.
J. D. MARSHALL ti«wr*wtow». Copiah Co.. Mt»*
Flora Poultry Farm
REDS —=5g— REDS
The kind you want deep rich red, long hr die*
■Irony, healthy, farm-rataed »tork Huy your
thoroughbred egg* now and get your chick* off
early. 16 my* fr-m l»t yard*. *2 f»': .V egg* from
l»t yard*. 14 . 16 egg* from 2nd yard*. 11 6"
Tiro Thtrdt Hair* l.unrnnlr*d let me j , -te
you price* per f!.<■'. or incubator Egg* If Mam
moth lrr.i>. rtaJ Pekin thick Egg*. (!.(*• PrUa win
ner*. A few nice cockerel* at |Z o and U1 *6
E. A. DOWNS. - * - Flora. Mia*
■ Rhode Island Red and Black ■
Orpington EGGS For Sale
I have not the brat chicken* In the Mouth,
nor the beet In Mleei**lppl. but I have
At (Mi At Cm Ii FnM AipAm.
R. t. M l ire |l.00. »i00. and *3 00 lor II.
Black Orpington* 13 lor U»ti*. 4 or 6 hl(h
data I’ullel* and lb kplendld Cockerel*, lor
aale. r. :: :: :: n
Mrs. N. E. Deupree,
KH>—HAKKlbl) KIK'KH—IDO
Mr bird* are beet I ever raleed.
Fen* speclaltr.
W. W. BOYD, - Weal Point, Mlaa.
rnrKFRFI t l1"**1 •*»**«• llarred Hock. Fa
tiuwntnug rttoueetraln of A C llawklna
IAucaeler. Nlau The lo ot of th* Heel.
K It. DUNLAP, mtma vii, Ala.
Mammoth Bion/a Turkijrt 1909 Hatch
Tome fb.UO | llena |4 on
Pair ..iMOITrto Jixfgi
C. C. 11A HI* W FI,I*
Htark vllle. Mlaa.
Write for price* on mated H4 O fvt K m
PIOEON8 Not in r ltf'*t iwjuab breed*
era on earth but a* good a* the beet Aleo Koee
Comb Rhode I* end Red Fgg* K N MIN*
HAM. Pontotoc. Mine
S. C. Whrtl laghoffil AwardtKl at Mlaetaalppl
Htate Fair IW«. let 3rd and beet, Cockerel In
•how let 3rd pen and »bO 00 apodal awards!
by W. 41. laylor Total IT.t.fjO A tew fine
Cockerel* lor eale Kg** tl.bu and (TOO per lb.
I*. T. HIMI*rg»N, 1 errr. Mlaa.
Bn DflPIfC I>o you want egga from aa
. I. HUUIw good aa can bo found lor 13 00
for lh. *100 for 30? Write me. Hava bred them
for tan year*. 3d cockerel, and 3d pullet at
Greenville Fair Have a lew fine cookere a for
aala. tl tola. J. A K<KHCRft. Amory Mlaa.
Buff - Plymouth - Rocks
Sot king Rif.
The choicest blood line* obtainable. Illoe
ribbon winner* and fine winter layer* Cboloe
breeder* for sale. Fun order* booked now for
February delivery ile*t mating*. W utility,
• SO per getting of fifteen Write for free cata
log and mating Met
r r. HOFFKBRRBT. Bn* Back BprrlaHrt.
QgflldtB. Ala
8. C. WHtTK OBPtSt:TOS8 The Great
Winter layer* an*1 the grandest "ail-purpose
tow.* in exigtenoa Select your breed with care
More money w| I be trailed on high grade
White Orpington* In the negt few year* than on
any other variety. boesuac It l» the c-mlng
breed • My Orplnolnnt are ungurpa*-ed by any
n the entire South proving their guperlo'lty at
the largest Southern *h«wa tbl* year. In
cluding the great Tri-State Show wlnn ng #t>
regular and • perta! prlre* Kgg* and Haby
Chick* Catalogue free S II STKKKT. JK.
Ito* 14, Oolutnbua. Mia*
SIN6LE “ Ftr*/ prlrt *f***rv #f \e*AW'/«, I
A*ti* IfwagXa Moarwa. In., MndUn
vUMB Jark•**. anti Crwrarifle. Ilrotber
„ , „ _ „ Fancier and F'arn.er If y <u» are in
RHuDE terested in the Great Hi I> fowl.
or If you are aot an*l*I*.«*d with
1(1 iyn your preeer.t *to< k better send to
Ijunu kmilQuartrT* and f"l !' " krm4
DmC i»*» ■ anew*, with unknown
Kill) breester* of unproven ap-ok I
have teen breeding am for many
year*, pal Amdr^ann'» Brdr are a
avnonvm over U<« %omiklmnd for tna
knot. My new Mff*f CaM***# la
Dow ready *or del wry Get one In
It you will find »otr,r ’.t.ir resting mat
ter under liUe " Htd Bom I aim.” In
writing for cat* o*uc give ts»a,« of
•ome of your friand* who are a wo in
teretted it. Had*. I«»* ro>*l broader*
at right price* on application All
aalea marie on approval of p*»rvha*ey
Write me at ooca
K F. A A fBMSt > V . Clinton. Mlaa
Buff Rock, Black Langshan and
S. C. Brown Leghorn Eggs
$1.00 and flUO per setting. None
I better. KOSA COLLINS.
Crew* Depot. Ala.
IAIK1 Eggs from lr»* rang* bird* I
M tumti li oo lor is. R» ao p*r ion
niBOQlR I ii* from mated pen* ftOO
tACKI tor ^ Km lor
Nle* Cockerel*. 13.00 and
..... each
Correspondence anllrltad.
**• tv W TlUfTMA.V,
(MS Bo* A. Ung Hear h. MUM.
BARRED ROCKS WHITE WVANDOTTtS
That won th* blue In lb* hot teat competition
At Jarkeon ItUt. ftoQfcg e<»n 1*1 < «>e k er*4.
tel. Tnd and <lh. Pullet iuo» t*t 3rd lien md
ful et 1*1 pen Whit* Wyandotte* tel Cork.
I*t Full**. Ind Itrn. Heal lock I Wat puilct
and ahlleal bird In show Whit* Wyandotte
Cockerel* It SO and El WyandoM* t>«|i from
beet pen It bO lor IS other mating* EJ lor th
Itock eggs from my wlr n re R> lor lb. another
escailant mating *gg* R ti>
K It. IlIHlWRiNO. Terry. Sllaa
IT S CONVINCING
. They are from W (' Taylor* It KMT r#ga."
■Nt V MKH” when you want to aell yo«r
■ urpiu* White Wyandotte* and leghorn*
You nan pay more, but you can t get more
QUALITY tcgy* Iron, h«at IXHIH t^n
RSBllRaB Man lb. RtCUper 90. I Hilly Mat
Inge EL00 per lb. R.cu per «L
w. a tayijok.
■lb Capitol Mt. Jaekaon Mlaa
CHEAP RATES TO
NEW ORLEANS
VIA
ILLINOIS CENTRAL R. R.
ACCOUNT
MARDI GRAS
FEBRUARY 3rd. TO mb. Mo
Tickets on aaie February lat. to7th,
incluaive. Kiturn limit leave New
Orlcaua Fetirurary l'>th.
Kate from Starkvlllc, round trip, $0.10.
For further information, apply,
A. B HAINES. D. I*. A.,
Jaekaon, Miaa.
H. K. WKHTON, T. A.,
Stark villc, Mi**.
EGGS! EGGS! EGGS!
.SUj k «l I for j or V 'it for 2tt, aim) I'on l. At *2 frfi for la. or M.<*> for M aim! |Vn i «t fl »*, f
or 12 .» for 2». •s,°* ► for «aU-At All KaU«f*rtiofi Guarantord or your »uoi>rv I*a, W wn» / *
^.“'C ..ci ,z;\zizt,. c:,.;;
F. E. BALLARD, Prop., Nettleton B. P. Rock Farm, Nettleton, Mia*.