Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-11-20
THE HEM NERY.

THE HeNNERY.
| The turkeys intended for Thanks
giving should now be on full feed with
all the examining they can stand be
ore the 26th inst. by which time the
last OF them should be on the market
| The following wash or paint for
rough work. such as hen houses, lasts
several years. No more should be mix
ed than is used In a day: stir into
one gallon of whole milk about three
pounds of Portland cement and add
sufficient Venetian red to give u good
color. Amy other color may be used
The milk holds the paint In suspen-
sion, but as the cement Is heavy 1t
VIII sink. so IL Is necessary to keep
the mixture well stirred with paddle
| This feature of constant stirring
makes n Job unsuited to untrustworthy
help. Whole milk sets the cement bet
ter than skinned. Six hours after
painting. the coat becomes hard and
very protective.
An incubator man named Briggs was
in Denver lately and discovered this
to he a wonderful country for the
chicken business. for In an interview
he said: This is the greatest chicken
market In the country today and fewer
chickens are raised here than should
| hn IN al
that chickens do not thrive well here.
but | believe It can be exploded as
many other theories have been. The
demand for poultry is always great
and people will not take kindly to the
cold storage product Eggs also sell
at premium here most of the time
and there would be a fortune in egg
production alone. have always be
lieyed that by careful propagation and
care chickens can be made to thrive
in any climate. and expect to put the
matter to test in Colorado As soon
as can find a piece OF land that does
not cost too much and ha fair water
supply. expect to open up an incu-
bator farm and try 1t out"
| In preparing chickens for the mar
ket, 1t must be remembered that dif-
ferent towns call for different sys-
tens. One market will take a bird
which has been bled with knife,
while another prefers them with the
neck broken. All the fad buyers call
for chicken with the neck broken.
One advantage Of breaking the neck
is that this system is much cleaner.
No blood is spilled to damage the
feathers or the clothes. Furthermore,
as there Is no cutting Of the flesh, the
way is not opened for germs or putre-
faction to get In and cause decay. The
bird is thoroughly bled In either case.
BY breaking the neck the jugulaT
veins nre severed aud the blood runs
into he cavity formed Just back OF tho
neal by the breaking Before killing
the bird should he deprived OF food 80
hours. and Its water supply should be
cut Off for two hours If the bird Ii
killed shortly after feeding, non-assim
Hated food will decay. the process o.
which Will extend to the carcass anC
spoil the flesh.
, The growing of turkeys seems Il
. have improved within the last few
, years as a result OF n determined ef
fort on the part OF producers of wha
is termed standard bred or exhibition
stock. to demonstrate that It was NOR,
| IurDntublp To uaa eIich llrIa than th,
: smaller and less vigorous stock of by
[ gone days. Their efforts to lntroduc,
. throughout the country several stand
: ard varieties OF turkeys has great.
/ benefited the turkey growing industr
g of this country. This effort has sur
+ piled rich, new, vigorous bloc
1 throughout the West, adding strengtl
and yigor to innumerable hocks an
4 thereby. to some extent, building u
g the stock that had become deteriorat
4 ed through the carelessness and ina
8 tontidn OF the producers themselves
The fact that one formulation Is suif
@ Client 10 render fertile all the eggs c
d one laying has made possible the III
dermining of the health and vigor {
the presentday domestic turkey. b,
a Ing advised of this, hundreds OF peopl
depend upon their nelghbor's foc
"a attention to the matter OF breedin
Y stock except TO keep one or two tu
o key hens.-Field and Farm.