The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-31
THE FULL EGG BASKET.
uodern Methods of Handling Poultry
FOR Profitable Egg Production.

THE FULL EGG BASKET.
uodern Methods of Handling Poultry
For Profitable Egg Production.
From now On the problem that will
confront poultry growers is the ques-
,ion of fresh laid e--s. When property
housed and sheltered from the weather
in buildings thar Lave dry floors that
are well covered w.Jh dry earth or sand
or litter and if well looked after the
hens should prove very profitable dur
ing the coming winter months in the
producing of fresh laid eggs. Where
you have full supply of fresh laid
eggs you have evideIce that the poul-
try is well housed, led and looked aft
er. Whenever there is a short crop or
failure in the prediction of fresh laid
eggs in winter it is prima facie evil
deuce that the hens are either poorly
housed and cared for or else they do
not belong to Il family of hens that are
good winter egg producers. The great
secret OF success with the egg basket
during the winter months is to have
hens that have been bred and reared
for the winter egg production and then
properly cared for and fed so that they
are able to produce the eggs that they
never will produce if the conditions are
not such as TO foster a good egg pro-
duction.
Too Much Ventilation.
One of the several drawbacks IL
keeping poultry is the scourge of dis
eases that attack them at times, espe.
claily during the wet or inclement
parts Of winter. \ draft through the
house of a cold wet night may in
fuence the health OF poultry, even to
the extent of closing many of the eyes
of those that must rOost in the draft.
Too much draft and too much ventila.
ton i'll poultry houses during winter is
very injurious. II the houses are clean
and the air of a healthy condition no
ventilation whatever is then needed.
especially at night. If the houses are
ventilated at all let this be by letting
down the windows ut the top on the
side of the house next to the sun, so
that the suns rays may come in
through the window. Where cloth or
muslin curtains are made use Of there
is always sufficient circulation to fully
satisfy the demands of the poultry.
No Winter Outing For Fowls.
The very best winter egg yield Is
gained by those who keep their poultry
confined continually in the henAouse
from the beginning Of winter to the
coming of spring. Thousands and
thousands of the most productive hens
are thus kept in houses built for the
purpose. For this nothing is better
than the connected apartment poultry
house, all apartments being built I'M
der one roof, with divisions between
the separate colonies Of hens, allowing
about loo square feet of floor space
to every thirty hens. In other words,
a house that has floor space of 10 by
l. feet would furnish room enough
for thirty hens to prosper and do well
therein all winter providing there were
dry floors. dry interior and a good thick
covering Of dry sand or earth beneath
eight 10 twelve inches of litter. Slch
q house. # ke. reasonably elem,
would provide ii tisfactory, heaJAy
Luaar Tor Tie hens rough the wiz r.
even Il tlyT never I'D the opportul.v
T.. -j.ua,.yt.e.
fs-aS Freezing Gods.
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$40 eSyMc W..e ana 4ulled .
u.&k,S al ,t.-...s, rect arain rat,
for laying neas ring the w.u,,
months When yyu ,annot have hule,
oats use capped o..,s if you can SCI
them. The less hui of oats that hens
are compelled to srjud and masticate
the better results will be obtained
Ground green bone is valuable because
II contains the raw meat, the gristle,
the marrow and the best quality of egg
forming material in the bone itself II
is the best kind of animal food when
the price will permit of its use.
The Question of Grit.
The question of grit does not have
nearly enough consideration. When
tue ground freezes up and becomes GOV
cred with snow it is impossible for
fowls to find sufficient grit to grind all
the food naturally for the formation
of eggs in winter. For this reason they
should have plentiful supply of both
grit for grinding and oyster shell for
forming tho 0gg Satisfactorily Gen.
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The King of Bardsey.
About mile distant from the rocky
promontory of Braich-y-Pwil. the eX.