The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-11-02

: POULTRY JoTTlNGs.
BARRED pi XMnIi1A

AtSe BARRING with bright red COMP are
wattles, rich yellow legs, feet and beak,
makes an ideal bird. Their fine points
all combine to make them II of the
most beautiful OF all birds. AS one
cannot live by beauty alone. we will
look along the line for their usefui
qualities. We FIND them excellent la
Bile fowls; as hroilers they are easily
grown TO the broiler size in a short
period of weeks, for we do not have to
reckon by months. as they grow sc
quickly. and are always nice, plump.
rat; although OF a rustling nature. they
are a coEtented, happy chicken to grow
and keep fat and in good condition for
the table at any time. From broilers'
age to full maturity their carcass pre-
sents a neat appearance, skin yellow,
liesh light, rich and fine favored. AS
layers they cannot be surpassed. Tia,
Ken the year around, they lay every
month-winter as Well as ummer. This
Is a most excellent quality. How many
Of the different laying breeds of poul-
try can claim the one good quality
eSgs-eVery month of the year? This
Is enough to allow them a scat in the
front row. Some claim for their fowls
winter layers, others su1nme layers,
put II can be said of the Barred Plym-
outh Rocks all the year round layers.
Yes. they become broody. but are cas-
lly broken of wanting to set If taken
OIL the first day they remain on the
nest. latch them and put in a small
YARD, where there is plenty to eat. but
no nests. Soon they will forget their
setting and be singing and scratching.
should You desire to raise a brood of
chlckens, the Plymouth hen is an ideal
setung hen. Give her fifteen eggs in
a nicely prepared nest and she will
cuddle the eggs under her with conf
hdenc and she will not break them,
either, for she is not restless or easily
frightened, SO can be cared for and
led and no fear of her leaving her nest
and the Eggs to chill and spoil, but
SUCKS TO her nest and eggs until all
are Matched, for Barred Plymouth Rock
Eggs match We'll. Then she is a true
mother; seldom is there one that weans
her chicks until they weigh nearly two
pounds. This alone makes them much
sought after for Matching and raising
chickens. How many broods of chick
ems are ruined because the hen left
them too soon? When little chickens
get their feathers and until they are
mother hen to brood and lead them.
They are more c%ontented not to have
to watch for danger, so the grow
SO much faster il the mother hen goes
With them until we'll %feathered. The
Barred Plymouth Rocks are a healthy
chicken. They range over a big lot
of ground If they have a chance to, and
have good appetites. so must be we'll
fed IL one wishes to gain best results
from them. They are easily fed, are
fond of most all grains and vegetables.
u carefully cared for and fed regularly
shey 90 not become too fat. The hens
VII give excellent returns in egg pro-
auction for two years. and will lay
more than their cost of keeping the
-hlrd year, and when they come to
market they weigh so heavy one is
sure to be pleased with the returns,
u the poultry buyer has been buying
mixed stock he is sure to weigh them
and look the crate of chickens over
and weigh them again, for they seem
10 be Weighing so much.
1t pays best to keep them pure bred.
NO c~ross-breed chickens ever paid any
one. One variety is enough for one
person. Give them all time and money
and they will be a success.
The Barred Plymouth Rocks, one Of
the Oldest breeds of poultry, are as
much sought after as ever. 1t seems
they are the leaders, for never vet has
Lnere been enough raised to go around.
How many times we order stock when
we cannot get any? All gone, SO we
must take eggs, for one must have
some stock next year, and eggs are a
good way to get new stock. Then we
nave more of a chance. May the
Barred plymouth Rocks ever, as now,
be found in the front row.-Nrs. j. r.
Jones in American Poultry Journal.
Another old notion that is still adj
nered to by many old fashioned people
is that geese will kill a pasture. Some
say they pull up the grass by the roots
thus killing the grass entirely out.
others say the droppings will kill the
grass. Both of these notions are err
roneous: Geese if confined on small
plots will eventually kill out the grass
.or the simple reason that they are
grazers as much so as cattle or horses
and II confined on too limited a range
will eat it so closely as to cause it to
die out just as a COW OF hog would do
under the same circumstances. Given
unlimited range geese will do no harm
to pastures.
Turkeys can be confined for %fattening
with the common woven wire farm
fencing forty inches high or even
thirty-six If the right wing is clipped.
II you do not wish to disigure birds
for selling alive cut every other flight
feather on the right wing when the
wings are spread for flight the open
spaces cause the same difficulty in nv
ing as if all the feathers were cut while
.he wing when closed presents very
much the same appearance as when the
full number of Gathers We're remain
ing.
Chicks Matched the first of October
will do we'll if provided with about
such quarters as We're given to make
Matched chicks. If they can have a
hen with them they do better THAI in
. brooder unless you are especially pre-
pared for rearing fall brcilers these Oc-
tober chicks make fine spring frys and
will even be of some use as egg pro
ducers by May and June. Their chief
value, however, lies in their eating
qualities, coming as they do at a time
when frys are carce
Do you need cockerels for next wears
breeders? Now is the time to buy them.
The breeders. most of them, are anx.
lous to sell at this time to make room
for winter, n ii you buy early YOU
will get the cream of the early birds.
while if you put it off till winter Won
will perhaps have to take the leavings
at the same or a higher price than If
you had purchased earlier. And while
you are about it don't be satisfied with
the cheapest birds a breeder has to
offer. Get some good ones. The cock
erel is half the flock. An extra dollar
or two paid for some good cocks win
| mean a good many extra dollars added
to the real value Of your flock next fail
If they are good ones and you provided
enough of them for the size of your
flock Of lens you may safely keen them
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