The Atlanta constitution., 1901-10-14
Colonel Ed. L. Wight and His Wonderful
Poultry Farm Near Smyrna, Cobb Co., Ga.

1 secting every 30 feet. This gives to each
house two plats of ground into which the
poultry is permitted - enter alternately.
the one plat being worked and planted
with barley ar rye while the other Is In
use BY this means the plats are always
kept green and clean. Close by are larger
Enclosures. irto which the birds are placec
as they grow larger or are To be sepa-
rated for some special purpose selec-
tions are constantly being made so as to
develop the finest strains. The leading
strains to b.. found are the Plymouth
Rocks. white. bun and barred. which are
r. ,..lr,lcd as the general utility fowl. In
that they are at the same time good lay
erS and flesh makers. grown Plymouth
/ Rock or the same feeding as common
men. will give from one-third to one-half
NOR. weight To put IL in the form sug-
f,esied by AIr. Brown;
"A Plymouth Rock dash thrown into
100 common chickens will yield log pounds
NOR. IN the year.
Tin, Ieghorn follows with it's admirable
laNins qualities But few days ago
Colonel Wight was offered Sl.50o FOR l.JVo
I.e.harns. They lay from lJo TO 22' eggs
during the wear.
Vatvy..u these two strains lie the con-
/ test for SUPREMACY. To meet the demand
for eggs. tn. I.eghorn is undoubtedly the
| money maker. but for the table. as wSi'
as for ..e.;,s. the Plymouth koch. es-
naclsllv the barred and the buff. hold the
leading place With eggs at % cents a
dozen. each Leshorn would yield from
& 20 81 per year not 10 speak OF the
,s,,l.nishment To- be gained by pro-
creation. In fact To The average farmer.
! without any reliance upon fancy mar
Let for a sale Of birds. the l.eehorn would
lse worth s. a year. The Plymouth ROCK
also shows Il wonderful record AS a
H.asaHH HNnanHNN Faf X
iutroiucins. a Plymouth strain. the FARM
.r can gain more profit than is 90 be
masl.. out If the cotton crop.
BESIDES these two strains. there are a
dozen others. prominent among which Is
the Wvandotte. possessing the flesh
making onaliti.s of the Plymouth Rock
and the Brahna. The fact is that almost
any full-blooded hen will he found proiit-
able. all possessing some quality recon-
mending them which appeals differently
L. different people. In addition. there are
Muscovv ducks. bronze turkeys. geese.
and many varieties Of fancy pet stock.
some titnc ago Colonel Wight sold "A pair
81 fighting cocks to gentleman I'm Mar
shall. Tex. The day after. their arrival
there "A telegram was received in smyrna;
shin two more The two here have
whipped everything i'm sight
The Brood House.
Ev an odds the novel feature. the one
repI-t,. with interest and life. Is the new
brood house Just completed In the in
s.ubqtor cellar there are twenty machines
~ slf-egg capacity each. To follow the
process. we find 6.Ool eggs placed I'm the
incuiators i'm different stages Of devel-
ourrant. from the egg placed therein to-
.lav To tho one already broken. the in
mate ~ which is awaiting transfer TO
The nursery The heat created hy oil
r.nv,s- Is kent as a regular temperature
II IL: degrees. ON the fifth day each egg
is taken out and subjected to an impro-
vised g0entg.u ray test by which II ls
Soo-, whether il is fertile. II not. IL is
set aside IN this way there is no lost
time on uuf.rtilc eggs. OF the eggs
r,Ie.-cI in thu ineubators 81 per cent are
Ts-susl fo o., fertile. hat there Is - per
cent u assured utility of the machine
b,- the test which throws ont the useless
az..-s on the nineteenth day the chickens
have broken the shell. after which they
are permitted 10 remain twenty-four
no lrs when they arr removed to the
nursery on tho main noor This is heat
80 by pipes ~ lesseniug heat as the end
is aursroarhed. The pens are cut into
seventy compartments. from the first OF
which there is constant daily change
~ the next until on the SEVENTEEN day,
they are turned out ready FOR market as
hroilers. From the l0 degrees of the in
sui,stor room they are transferred To ~
=. r-rees during the first thirty days in the
nursery and - degrees during the last
forty This nursery. with it's capacity
Tor G.oo chickens. an the way from the
startled youngster ~ the first day. 10 the
trembling victim of the SEVENTEEN, is
lively Scene II sound and motion. The
constant stream ~ 6,ee. from egg To
nursery and nursery to market, suggests
the triumph of SCIENCE and of skill. and
makes Il an uncertain business one Of
absolute reliability
-.-sh.. necessity for q constant supply
said colonel Wight. ''is the first essential
L. succoss- : merchant cannot calculate
1srton either sale or profit from an un-
certain crop. wrote 20 Congressman
Grig-.s To- sre II could place my broilers
IN Washington TIE went to q large dealer
there. who said. I Will give higher
price than that II the market for Ger
tain number day. aud Of = certain quail
iiy Unless this IS assured do not want
them The merchants meaning was
plain Tie had customers To serve whose
demand was regular. II I could give
this regularity nv sales were assured.
IL Is fnr this reason that | have built
such an extensive brood house. Georgia
can sell millions Of dollars worth of
pouItrv To the cities of the northeast the
moment she engages TO keep UP the sup
ply
Georgia has done something in this
limo already" suggested Mr.. Brown.
The express train for Atlanta is often
So full as il reaches this place that
are pushed for accommodation We have
shipped poultry and eggs 10 Cuba py
the cargo
And to Honduras also" said Mr..
Wight
Yes went on Mr. Brown. "and the
Georgia hon has been called for i'm Hon
oI,slts. whittier we have sent shipments.
The trouble is with Georgia. that her
farmers do not realize the money there
is in poultry raising. His idea is Ia get
"a few chickens. turn them out in the yard
and let them scratch for themselves.
They can roost in the tree tops and live
or die IS best they can. Granting all
success TO the raising Of common chick
ems the introduction Of blood would
double I'll. result. What man. spending
S-sl to raise S5.ea worth Of meat, would
hesitate TO turn that same quantity OF
feed into n channel that would produce
him sin.u0A instead Of S5.e0?''
ION that same line" said the junior MIR.
Wight. we offered last year TO furnish
eggs 20 n number Of farmers to hatch and
raise the chickens to four weeks of age.
I v hen We would buy them back at 80 cents