Milford chronicle., 1907-05-17
MR.. COMPTON TALK ON
POULTRY FOR THE FARMER.

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c. E. Compton, of Redden, Delaware
gave a talk to Milford Grange last Sat
urday on Poultry for the Farmer
Poultry includes turkeys, geese. ducks
guinea fowls, pigeons, and chickens
but Mr.. Compton raises chickens only
and confined his talk to them. He ba,
Rhode Island Reds, Wyandottes and
Plymouth Rocks. He thinks Leghorns
need more care and are harder to keen
In yards. Chickens shut up from No.
vember to June do better and lay more
eggs than if allowed to run out. The
WyandOttes are doeile, good sized and
lay a large number of ePga. He has
but seventeen pullets Of Rhode Island
Reds. They began laying October first
and are at it yet; some days laying
seventeen eggs. The Plymouth Rocks
are liable to get too fat and not lay we'll
A scrub flock can be brought up by
buying a pure bred cOckerel and select
ing the best hens to lay the eggs for
Matching. Be sure all breeding stock
is healthy and vigorous, that is more
necessary than warm houses.
Chickens can be Matched easy enough
in an incubator but the trouble is to
raise them Mr.. Compton had two
matches in February and all but one are
living, while a hatch since, receiving
the same care, has had a death rate of
fifty per cent. and he can not tell why. |
In buying an incubator always select
a standard variety, we'll made, aud
never get one just because it is cheap. |
He thinks an out door brooder is better
under a shed than without cover. He
advocates dry feed for young stock.
He uses chick feed but others have as
great success with cracked corn and
wheat. Farmers are too busy to feed
every three hours so put plenty of feed in
the litter and let them help themselves.
Disease is easier prevented than cured.
Damp houses cause roup. A kettle Of
boiling water poured on the roosts will
kill the mites and spraying with chlore-
lapthOlen will get rid Of lice. Dust the {
iittlng hens two or three times with I
obacco dust and sulphur and there
will be no lice on the chicks. &
Keep oyster shell and grit where the q
lens can get them all the time Mr.. d
uses the formula of the Maine !
Experiment Station in feeding a dry \
nash to his old stock. 1t is composed t
I bran, corn meal, middlings and eef
crap and fed in hOppers. He also feeds il
Orn and wheat and mangle wuIzle Il
eets. Use no mOldy wheat nor any b
Jher mOldy food. Wheat in the sheaf +
exercise and is liked by the S
ems Mr.. COmptOn's hen houses are a.
gxl2 but he favors a house 16x2O feet
ide and advocates the curtain front. d
fresh egg is from three days to week ty
d according to season. Eggs for hatch n
g can be keptfrom two to three weeks al
2 turning daily. Mr.. Compton raises T.
nhOwer seeds to feed his flock at time th
moulting and thinks them of great tn
'nefit. One man by giving all his time m
it can care for fifteen hundred fowls. m
Charles Sackett is successful in rails.
g eggs. He does not try to force his
ms but feeds we'll and gets eggs. He
eds corn ON the cob, wheat, some
elled corn, warm mash summer
d winter and meat scrap all the year. G.
is fact that most hens rest at least Nj
rec months Of the year. no
E. Hopkins wants his hens De
rest at mOulting time as he finds yei
nter eggs profitable. sht
Dr. Ruhl is depending on hens to do He
Matching and has an improved coop on
h small run way for setting hen. we
}. +. B. WoOdall knows that hens Br'
, on small farms. They should be
! fed all the year. \
Text week the subject will be "Dis- the
ss Of Stock" Discussion led by DR.. the
al. Rey