The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-11-20
THE CARE OF POULTRY.
How to Get Fertile Eggs-Feeding Birds
for the Market.
PFOseer Areffcau


Prosser American.
The month OF November Is the moulting
season in Eastern Washington, and IL IL
an excellent plan. If you have one or more
separate yards for raising young chickens
in. to confine your roosters that you in
tend to breed from, each one in one Of
these small yards during the time he is
putting on his new piumage. II you have
one separate chicken yard it is easy to
construc. small. temporary Enclosures
from ten to fifteen feet square.
Then in December. when the flock has fin
ished mouiting, the hens and roostsrs
should be run into Yards at the ratio of
thirteen TO fifteen TO one, and as soon as
the hens begin to lay the eggs will ali be
fertile. This Will enable you TO obtain
fertile eggs for an incubator IN January,
aud while there ~ no market on the Coast
for flyers and broilers at present, spring
chickens, weighing three pounds each, live
weight, will bring good prices at Easter
time april to i5) on the Sound From
then on through the summer good prices
generally obtain for choice poultry, both
live and dressed. Ii should be understood,
however that b-oilers. a. understood in
the East and especially in the nsighbor-
hood of Philadelphia, are not . paying
proposition here at present Spring fryers
and broilers are a luxury and unless some
large and wealthy cities are near by, will not
pay for the extra expense and trouble en-
tailed in raising them. Up to the present
time the Sound cities call for O larger
bird, and it has been the writer's expert
ence that choice capons in July, August
and September. shipped into the market
dressed, fetched better prices than any
other kind. Often 50 cents a pound has
been paid, and never less than Is cents,
giving $3.50 for each six-pound capon.
-. -. lad - a
dressed for IS cents a. the farm at the
present time. To raise, however, capons
weighing six pounds when dressed re-
quires stock specially selected for flesh
forming qualities, and careful raising and
finally practical knowledge of when and
how to caponize. For the benefit OF those
who have no knowledge of this i'm portant
branch in raising market poultry special
article, with illustrations, Will be pub
lisned later on.
In the month Of December eggs reach
their highest price. On the Sound during
the week before Christmas they gradually
go to As cents and 80 cents per dozen, and
three wears ago they reached Is cents, fall
ing away rapidly after the New Year. when
80 cents is good average price through
January.
Nov i, is obvious that il by careful and
systematic feeding during the mouiting
seasons the hens can be made TO lay by
credit side OF the poultBy account. Unless.
however, the feeding is backed up BY good
warm and chserful quarters, the rations
will ali be consumed IN keeping up ami
MAJ heat instead OF starting up the dor
aant oyarles OF the hen.
For the purpose OF egg production there
Is nothing equa. 20 a hot breakfast of
cracked wheat or corn mixed with bran or
shorts feommonly called mill feed1 into
stiff paste. seasoning the whole with al
the scraps OF meat and clean, cooked refuse
from tas hoGse and little black pepper.
Feed this every morning when they are
let out and a ration OF wheat before going
20 roost and good results viii soon show
fhemselves
Those farmers who have raised corn this
season would do we'll TO substitute IL for
wheat ia the morning ration. Ii should,
however. he cracked or coarsely ground
before using.
enc OF the mos, useful and effective of
modern appliances in the poultry yard is
the green bone milL The first cost of one
OF these mills is considerable, but with q
fock of Zoo hens IL will pay for itself in .
year. All kinds of coarse meat and green
| bones can be reduced to the richest OF
poultry focd In these mills. Not q piece
OF boae or gr.stle need be wasted With one
OF these mills AZ haEd. Heads aud feet of
sheep, shankS and trimmings Of heeyes,
Jack RABBITS and other animal refuse car
be reduced 70 valuable poultry food IN
these mills.
r. W. Mann, Of Milford. Mass, was the
inventor Of these mills ard ne still makes
one Of the best on the market todAy. They
cost on the Pacific co2ss about SO aud
can Re run ey either hand or horse power
Finally. during freezing weather give
tbs poultry fresh water 90 drink the first
thing IN ths morning with the chill taken
of, say 70 degrees temperature. and on
cold damn or fa-rv mornings do not fae
them out 10 forage until or y O'Clock:
they wiA. lose more than they vail gain
forsg.ng around ia the dswy and possibly
fFcxg-coYeTe<G grass