The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-08-23

(. Keep the chfck quarters lperiect'
" clean, too much care can not
be given 60 this
ADo not allow piles of lumber or
rubbish 20 lie about, as they
harbor the ',varmints.'' e
N Keep the chicks growing this
month, by providing good, pure
food, and do not overfeed.
Look out for rats, minks, weasles
and 'possums. I his is the month
they will be fou nd prowling around
As soon ss the chicks are done
eating, it is Advisable TO turn the
feed troughs upside down. in order
to prevent the chicks roosting on
them and befouling them.
In the markets of the larger
cities dealers do not care TO have
taeldressed fowl beyond the pluck
ing Of the feathers, and in some
markets they demand that the
feathers be left on the neck and
lower legs. IL is surmised that
dealers get much higher price
than they pay for undressed fowls,
and with their iceboxes the car
cass is easier to keep than when it
ia. drawn before shipment. You
can educate the consumers if you
deal directly with him, but don't
try IL educate the wholesale deal
ers, else you will be the loser
thereby.
Many poultrymen have tried the
So called Van Dresser plan of fore
ing fowls to moult early and have
met with varying degrees of sue
cess. The plan consists of placing
the fowls in a run of rather limited
dimensions and giving them as
little food as possible and yet sus-
tanning life for two weeks. The
plan of feeding is to scatter in the.
runs some small grain like wheat,
mixing with 1t small quantity OF
c::ii meal. The quantity is sufficient
to give each fowl about the equiya-
lent Of ;easpoonful of grain, pro-
vided she gets her share. AT the
end of two weeks the hens are
again fed literally and on the
usual variety of ratioDs. The
month of August is the best time
to try this experiment, which
seems to work better with some
breeds than others.
The keenest of British poultry
farmers is, as Mr.. Cham berlain
once said of himself in another
connection, "a child in these mat
tersv as compared with the poultry
farmers of China. A traveller pas
sMg through the province of Che
kiang few weeks ago was struck
with the enormous number of
young chickens carried in the
farmers carts he met in the
T'int'sl country. He made in
quiries on the subject, and at
length he was asked by poultry
farmer to 60 and inspect his rear
ing arrangements. The plant
deals with 10000 eggs at a time
and the average product is 5000
chicks. The arrangements are
simple and inexpensive, but they
include opportunities for the scien-
TIC examination of the eggs in the
course of incubation, and it is
amusing to hear that where the
eggs on examination through the
testing holes do not show signs Of
fertilization at the end of the
fourth day, "they are Immediately
discarded to be sold cheap"
In case the fowls must be con-
fined in limited space, one should
not consider the Leghorns, and
particularly the White Leghorns,
for they are nervous and require u
range OF considerable area to do
the best. On the farm, where
they may have this rasge in COL
o1ies, they will probably produce
&ore eggs than any other breed,
but if poultry is raised on the
4 Ho~vo FIR thu nnrnnaA of selling