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★ THE POULTRY YARD. ★
MONEY IX FALL-HATCHED
CHICKENS.
Messrs. Editors: I have always
been an advocate of fall chickens. In
planning for late chickens, however,
1 have found it to be advisable to go
back of the egg set, and to look into
the condition and the care and feed
of the hen that lays the egg. In other
words, if we would have good, hardy,
fall chickens, we must select eggs
from hens in active and vigorous con
dition. To do this right, we should
know the exact condition of each hen
In the mating, and so we usually go
at night and pick up the hens to
note their weight and condition, re
jecting all light, or under-weights,
and selecting the heavy and plump
ones only. In doing this we find that
the hens that laid early, sat and
hatched a brood of chickens each,
and had the run of the place, and an
additional rest after weaning their
broods, are the heaviest and the
thriftiest, and the best adapted to
laying strongly fertilized eggs for
autumn and fall hatching. Such hens
as these, mated with an active and
vigorous male will produce chick
ens that will growr fast and mature
early, if started off right. In order
to do this, we w'ould recommend the
“‘Cleon uiuuuer, who an inner nover,
and about 25 or 30 chicks to a
hover. This number is necessary in
order to have sufficient animal heat
to keep them warm at night. Brood
ed this way, a mixture of little chick
feed in litter to scratch out, two or
three times daily, and some ground
dry feed, like wheat bran, mixed
with equal pa*rts of ground 'corn
hearts, or coarse corn meal, and a
little dried beef scraps, will give the
little chicks the necessary advantage
for thrifty growth. A small run
way in the sunshine is about the
only essential for success.
We would not advise raising the
young roosters above frying s'ize.
They should be disposed of then, and
the young pullets pushed to early
maturity. H. B. GEER.
A Step in the Right Direction.
The officers of the Tri-State Poul
try Association, Memphis, Tenn., are
bringing out a feature at the Tri
State Fair, September 27 to October
4, that should be encouraged. They
have decided not to allow the judges
in the poultry building until time for
the judging to begin. While the
judging is being done no one except
the officers of the show will be ad
mitted to the poultry building. This
is not meant as a reflection on the
judges, or on the breeders who at
tend, but is merely to satisfy those
who exhibit and are unable to accom
pany their birds.
keep the chicks growing.
Messrs. Editors: Old Mother Na
ture knew what she was about when
she gave to the chicks an appetite
for worms, bugs and grubs.
We wonder why such a noise and
fuss is made by old Mrs. Hen and
her brood over a nice fat, juicy grub
or worm, and perhaps those who
fail to stop and think do not really
know what this means for the chick
who is man enough to succeed in
swallowing him.
Now, it happens that the chick
body is made up very largely of the
same chemical elements as are those
worms, and the more we learn about
the formation and growth of our
chick’s bodies the more we see good
sense in the little fellow’s effort in
grabbing all the animal food that
comes his Way. Bear in mind that
each little chick is an individual,
striving to grow a perfect body, flesh,
bone, muscle and feathers, and the
raw product we feed them determines
the linished product. While wheat,
soy beans, peas and similar grains
are rich in protein, as a rule the
growing chick is not supplied with
enough of these feeds to furnish the
needed protein. To keep the chicks
growing steadily, animal protein
must be supplied in the way of fresh
beef scraps, green bone or skim milk.
Of course, animal protein is not a
“cure all.” It won’t rid the chicks
of lice, gapes, etc., but it is an indis
pensable adjunct to the farmer-poul
tryman’s feed bill if he expects to get
the best results, and have a well-de
veloped bird which will be plenty
able to reproduce him- or herself in
the breeding yards, or All next win
ter’s efg basket.
J. A. DINW1DDIE.
How to Win.
In the good old times when we old
er men were boys, we were taught
by our elders that “Early to bed
and early to rise, makes men healthy,
wealthy and wise." To-day the
youngsters are telling it to their
seniors differently. They say that
to succeed and advance the rule
should read: “Late to bed and early
to rise, pitch in, push and specialize;
work like a flend and advertise.”
UNCLE JO.
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BEE KEEPING FX>H FARMERS.
XX.—Diligence in Work.
Don't think that bee keeping is a
lazy man’s job, or, in other words,
that it does not
take the closest
work with faith
ful care and at
tention. Hiving
the swarms and
giving them a
start is by no
means the end.
All times and sea
sons have their
PBor T c. KARNS. gpwJa] d U t i e S
that can not be neglected.
Know what your bees are doing
at all times. That is, know their
condition—how much honey they
have and what the queen is doing
in the way of producing brood. Dur
ing the slimmer, look out for ants
and roaches, and moth-worms, and j
even for mice that may get into the
hive in either summer or winter.
Kill off all these pests and keep the
bee6 in good condition, so they may
always be ready to do good work.
In case of necessity you must al
ways be ready to feed your bees
promptly. Work may be obstructed
during time of the main honey flow
by rain or cool weather, as It was
this year, so that the bees get in but
few stores. Then, when a dearth
of nectar comes the little stock of
honey on hand is soon exhausted, and
if you are not on the lookout, one or
more valuable colonies may be lost
by starvation. Every hive should be
opened and inspected as to condi
tion once a week, and sometimes
oftener. during the summer.
If a colony gets into a run-down or
weak condition, go through the hive
and see if it has lost Its queen. If
it has, send off at once to a queen
raiser and get a new queen by mall
to be introduced according to direc
tions on the box. Or possibly you
may get a queen cell from a neigh
boring hive and graft it Into a comb
of the weak hive ready to be hatch
ed out in a few days.
Keep your Alexander feeders
ready so you can clap one under the
back end of a hive at any time and
begin to pour in the feed. This is
especially necessary in the early
springtime when stores are more
apt to be exhausted and dwindling
more frequently occurs It Is not a
bad plan to keep the feeders on all
summer.
The fall work also has its special
work. It will soon be time to se*
the aster and goldenrod nectar prop
erly gathered in. If the supers are
full and properly capped and ripen
ed. I prefer to take them off before
the later flow of strong honey and
let that go Into the brood chamber
for winter stores. Then see that
every colony has a sufficiency if u
does not, feed till it does and then
close down for winter.
T. C. KAHNS
-Mr. Clarence J. Owens, President
of the State College, Abbeville, Ala.,
has resigned his position in order
to aid in the labors of the Southern
Commercial Congress, as Commis
sioner of Agriculture and Immigra
tion.
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