The ranch., December 15, 1902, Page 11, Image 11

About The ranch. (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914

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S^l THE POULTRY YARD <
Warmth and Laying.
Every farmer and poultryman knows
that when there are several days of
very cold weather the hens stop lay
ing, while during the warm weather
they all seem to begin laying at once.
The fact is one which is a problem to
some, as it is not always due to the
kind of food or the quantity that the
eggs are reduced in number or in
creased. When the quarters are warm
in the winter and the fowls are as com
fortable as they are in summer, the
hens will not be so quickly affected by
the changes in the weather, but there
is no flock, no matter how well man
aged, that does not fall off in eggs to
a certain extent when the weather is
severely cold. This is probably the in
stinct of the wild hen, though only par
tially so, which prompts her to bring
forth her young only under extremely
favorable conditions, but it is safe to
claim that as the hen will work under
summer conditions the best mode of
securing eggs is to have summer con
ditions in the poultry house all the
winter.
Strictly Fresh Eggs.
Some dealers will sell all eggs as
"strictly fresh" if they can do so. They
carefully "candle" the eggs received,
and the majority of customers are un
able to distinguish the good from the
inferior. But customers will buy the
best when they know the eggs to be
fresh, and it is in catering to the cus
tomer's wants that a trade in choice
eggs can be established almost any
where. It is not necessary to ship
eggs to a great distance to sell them,
as there is a market the whole year
round for strictly choice eggs, but the
farmer or poultryman will have to take
pains to let the customers know all
the facts and his work will then be
more than half done. There is always
a higher price for the best article.
A Mode of Preserving Droppings.
There is nothing that parts with its
ammonia sooner than poultry manure,
and a short period only is necessary
for it to deteriorate. In the process of
drying the evaporating moisture has
tens the loss of volatile mater. The
TWO—RANCH AND RANGE—Smith
fat acid bears a direct relation to the
alcohols, and are capable of forming
compounds, which result where the
droppings are kept moist with suds
(for they must never be allowed to be
come dry), and during the time the
changes are occurring in the mass the
insoluble portions are reduced and the
whole rendered more available as
plant food, as well as retaining its val
ue as a fertilizing agent.
Lice-Proof Nest.
A good lice-proof nest, and one that
is cheap, may be made from an old
kerosene oil barrel. Cut out two
staves between the middle hoops. Cut
the barrel in two, exactly in the mid
dle. Make a board cover for each half
and there will then be two nests that
the lice will give wide berth. The
barrels do not cost over 75 cents, and
will last one year without giving an
other soaking of kerosene, and may
be used continuously if well sprinkled
with kerosene every spring and fall.
I enclose to you an order for four
boxes of Lee's Egg Maker. I get from
three to four dozen eggs per day, while
my neighbors get one. I had a fine tur
key almost dead with cholera when I
sent to you for my Germozone and Egg
Maker, and I just put the Germozone
in the drinking water, and today he is
just as fine as ever. I just simply
could not raise chicks without your
remedies. They are just wonderful.
I never had so many pullets to lay in
the fall. Every one admires my chicks,
they are so pretty, with bright red
combs. I. will close, wishing you the
best of success for the new year and
a long life full of prosperity.
MRS. ROBT. H. CASTLEMAN.
£££a THE VERY LATEST
V«aiS*j»n]HL Don't buy an incubator until you m-o the
Bg^ff *tJBS newreemlator'on theSur«- Hatch, (ire nto»l
If Id»Ti I i improvement ever made. fatal free.
I * fr« If SURE HATCH INCU"ATOR C 0.,.
»- total L Clay Center, Neb., or Columbus, >.hio.
*%*%.* li^ O. A. Clark, of Amagansett,
KUUr N. V., writes: " The Uermo
__,_ . zone tablets have been the
AMD most successful in treating
AIIAI ritl fowls for diseases in the head
liHIILtnA. ;""' throat of anything I huve
**■■'*"■■■"" ever tried. There may be
other remedies just as good, but it really seems
to me there can be nothing much better. I have
been using it on a flock of hens that were the
sickest lot I have seen in many a day. They
were in all stages—some had died, others were
nearly so; it is a fact that I cured the whole
flock-no half-way work about it. I did not
think it possible at first, but it was a, success
that I consider worth mentioning."
Germozone is our home remedy for dis
eases of skin, scalp, and mucous membrane.
It is the best cure for poultry diseases.
Easily administered in drink.
Liquid form, 50c a bottle; tablet form,
50c a package, postpaid.
CEO. H. LEE CO., Omaha, Neb.
MIDLAND POULTRY FOOD
is used in England, Australia, New Zealand,
Hawaii. Mexico and Cuba. It is used ex
clusively on the largest poultry farms in
the world, because they find it economy
to do so.
LILLY, BOGAKDUS & CO., Seattle.
Coast Agents.
Catalogue free of the best Brown and
White Leghorns, Mlnorcas, Brahmas, B. P
Rocks, White Crested Polish. FKED A
JOHNSON, SJB S. 35th St., Tacoma, Wash
Blanchard's Poultry
A high average egg record has been the
chief aim in building up this poultry plant.
Some of the pens are netting us as high
as 98.00 per hen per annum, at market
rates for eggs.
An exceptionally fine lot of Cockerels and
trios of the following breeds for sale at
reasonable prices:
B. I. Hocks, White Hocks. S. C. Brown
Leghorns and Black Minorca*. — Satisfac
tion guaranteed. — Eggs in season. The
Poultry Book free with each order.
11. L.BLANCHAKD, Iladlock, P. 0., Wash.
Barred and whlt« i^^^k
MAN'S iBBr
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS.
We have a lew choice Single Comb
White Leghorn cockerels for sale at
$2 each. Our stock is second to none
in the Northwest. Correspondence
and personal inspection solicited.
Birds guaranteed to be as represent
ed. Ladd's Estate Glendale Farm,
Chimacum, Wash.
THE RANCH.
¥ x/OUKfBIBBBB^^r HURRY-UP
%, W^^m> PORK
<jW^''"" ■miJi*""*'^'^ TTfiiHSklfc'? '" it" that in born in March or April and
IT \\m9^ltStml[KMmM^l&WrW P°es I" market before Christinas, is the kind
; \^gff^m^ms«>^mj\^j^mi<^ hat makes money for tho farmer.
BM^E^These conditions are a o. Prussian Stock Food.
surercsultofthcfccdingof rrUSSian OIOCK rOOP.
This does not mean greatly added expense, for it only requires a small amount of the Food
to be mixed with the regular feeding ration. Tho returns wi (be simply surprising. Hogs
will take on growth, fat and consequent weight in a way entirely disnropor Honed to tho
first small cost of the Food. It conditions the stomach and bowels, begetting a healthy
system which is enabled to consume, digest ai d assimilate the greatest amount of feed and
turn it to good account. Because of these things, hogs fed on Prus- jBtBB&KZSKBmatMB
sian Stock Food are less liable to |HnpTr- """""InflW
Cholera and other Swine Diseases. ft —rg=«i^==gr^Jj
Ask your dealer for Prussian Stock Food an 1 inside upon getting it, Ik>J STOCK?FOOD h^fA
for nothing else is so goo lor will pro, I such satisfactory results. M L »i«-» \M
50c and $1.00 pkgs. l:a. I, 1,200 heeds, $3.50 If there is no agent in ■ k ,^<—;f^ X
your town, write us direct and wo will sen th.it you are supplied. We M P^Tj-J^CT"' fl
send aOB page Book on Stock Feeding Free. Write for a copy at once. H r-^^^Jr*] ■
1 PRUSSIAN REMEDY CO., St. Paul, Minn. ||^lc|§g|^! J
Portland Seed Co., Portland, Or., Coast Agent.
ill OUR BIG NEW
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\ is now ready for the new season, and is undoubtedly the best
' | book of information ever offered to the western people.
I \PPIff Q Our lino of seeds is better this year
[I 99%M%Mmm^9M than 'ever and embraces everything
' j you may need in the way of'garden, field, and flower seed,
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I | will find them especially adapted to the coast country.
l;| SOME OTHER GOOD THINGS.
' i Our catalogue fully describes Prairie State Incubators and
'j Brooders, Darling & Go's. Poultry Foods, Lee's Lice Killer.
;|| I Dairy Association Goods, also very complete line of Poultry
I I Supplies, Bee Supplies, Fertilisers, etc. Our immense capacity
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■ I I these lines. You can find out;all about these good things by
li! I simply sending us your name,:and getting one of our catalogs.
l| 1' Remember it is free. Won't you write ?
ll g I LiLLY, BOGARDUS & CO., SEATTLE, WASH.
Flood's Roup Cure
gB?% ABSOLUTELY THE BEST.
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p-ffibM^ Cure Guaranteed.
MWlh
mAvJQ 1 (i\ Easily administered. Simply put the cure
Illjj^— nil in drinking water and the fowl takes its own
||« f^\o\\ medicine. Especially adapted for the climate
W/'m SI of the Pacific Coast.
ipljg (Pity
MtL§@ W Price 5O cts and $1.00 postpaid
LILLY, BOGARDUS & CO., Agents. SEATTLE, WASH.
COLD STORAGE.
Newest and Best Equipment in the Northwest. Brick Buildings. Low
Insurance Rate. Wharf and Rail Connections.
WASHINGTON COLD STORAGE WAREHOUSE.
Oriental Readman and Occidental Warehouses. Oriental Dock.
30,000 Tons Capacity. U. S. Bond and Free
UNITED WAREHOUSE CO. SEATTLE.
T m! 1 IV /I 111 and its Products $1 Postpaid: Address
leSting Milk, The Ranch, Seattle.
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