The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-12-31

IT is unwise to go into winter quarters
with n flock too largo for the house 40
combinations. Gull out the unproT.s-
ing cockerels and put them by them
selves and get IN good condition by lib
eral feeding Get them ready for market
so as to dispose OF them just before or
a week or ten days after Thanksgiving.
Better prices win be realized At the time
mentioned than when the Thanksgiving
glut is on Sell them by the pound. II
In good condition and properly dressed
and sent to market in an attractive pack
age or manner they Will bring a price per
pound that viii be quite satisfactory for
all the extra pains required 70 place them
thus. Appearance IS a wonderful selling
factor. and when one, after inspecting
the pile of scrawny, shruaken-breastcd,
varying size chickens, comes to a lot of
clean, plump specimens they are eagerly
snapped up.
1t IS just as important to keep the
drinking vessels thoroughly cleaned ev-
cry day in cool weather as It is In sum-
mer. Cleanliness at all times IS impera-
tive; It's neglect opens the doors for vari-
Gus troubles.
Clean out all the nest material from the
boxes and burn it: then take coal oil
and a brush and paint inside and out
with a brush and coal oil the same as If
you were painting. See that the coal oil
is well soaked into every crack and crew
ice When dry replenish with clean
nesting material, among when should
be q few tobacco stems. DO not put ii
too many tobacco stems. Gather the
eggs several times 4 day. TINS is espe-
cIally advisable where there are many
hens in a flock. Attending 10 this viii
often prevent the hens from forming the
habit of ogsg-eating. Keep the nests IN
the darkest place n the hen house.
Ii YOU are going to be late in feeding
the flock, let it be ut the end OF the day.
instead Of the beginning.
Remember that so-ca,led luck IN poul-
try raising Is misnoner- FACTORS that
promote success in any occupation are
equally as necessary in the poultry bust
ness.
10 secure winter egg laying favorable
conditions In housing. good Judgment IN
the selection Of a varied diet ana a
healthy flock OF hens are three indispen-
Let the best male Of the seasons rails
ing head the breeding yard the coming
season. When the farmer, Ike the real
poultry expert. has nerve enough not To
sell his best because they viii bring
big" prices. ne is on the road to sue
cess IN building w the desirable quail
ties of his flock The very foundation OF
success OF the poultry business Is a
strong, vigorous flock Of poultry
The New York Farmer in q recent issue
tells of a flock Of 1000 hens near Balm
bridge y. Y. which yielded profit of
$1,000 the past season
Movable roosts are not only the most
convenient, bat they are by Tar the best
that can be used in any henhouse- They
should be 50 arranged on weil-secured
rests that there win be no danger of the
Stats or poles slipping when the birds
are using the rOosts. else they may in
jure some fine birds. In many Of the
poultry houses constructed in late years
roostfng benches are exclusively used
These are made IN the form of small.
light trestIea. the legs being put far
enough apart ct the bottom to insure
freedom from uDsetting These benches
can be changed about in the house at
will. while thew can readily be taken out
when il IS desired to overhaul and clean
It. which is quite an item, for perTna-
nent roosts afford a comfortable place
for lice. as they like to he where they
viii not be isturhet-
EEhAe sor-e make high roOsts or roost-
ing benches, we do not see the neces-
sitv of It. for about eighteen inches
from the floor Of the house is fully high
enough for the birds, rs ii raises them
above any draft which NAV come IN un-
der the doors and does not compel them
to fly so high 10 reach their beds"