The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-05-07

Be aILiffIe Careful.

Is pretty good ADVICE. Inere are qulIe
number of WAYS In which the
poultryman can be careful, especially
In these spring days.
Be careful to be honest. II you are
starting Ia the poultry business, re-
member that there are lots of other
years to come after this one. If you
have thoroughbred flock, as you
should, let every egg and every bird
you sell be exactly what it is repre-
sented to be- Give everyone square
deal.
Be cIreful about the stock with
which you begin. A few dollars spent
at the start will save you many dollars
later on, and several seasons Of ex-
permentlng. If you Invest on the
30 cent plan, your plant will look like
30 cents. You might better spend $50.
Be careful not to let the Incubator
lamp 90 out, Buy good Incubator
while you are about it; then look
after the details. They are not as
trying as you think. If you are not
reckless, you will be surprised at
what a chick will stand sometime 4,
while it is still In the shell,
Be careful Of the sitting hen.
Grease Der head, that the depluming
mite may not be housed there, to give
you lot of base-backed chicks later
on. Set grou OF hens where they
can get off the nests themselves, with
access to whole corn and water, grit
and charcoal, and without too much
liberty. Then you can let her alone
and she will do the rest, coming oil
with more chicks than if you are
continually fusslng with her.
Be careful for the chicks. Locate
the hen and Der brood so that they
will be sheltered from sudden storms
/ The driving hail or rain storm may
force some of the little fellows into "A
corner or against some wire netting
and it will be all over for them when
Ulle sUOT Ill is UVcT.
Be careful in laying out the poultry
plant. Do 1T Systematically. Build
by system and you can feed ny system,
clean your houses by system and
water by system, and the labor of the
plant will be cut in two.
Be caseful in culling our f)ck. The
reasons thoroughOreds lay better,
grow better, and pay better, Is largely
because the culls go to the flock as
soon as they are big enough TO eat.
The selected bunch of chickens car
ried over winter should be the hest
Won can raise, and the standard of
your flock will get better right along.
It's better to breeu up than down.
Be careful, if a fancier, to breed for
type and stamina rather than for
color and minor points. Especially
keep type in MUD. Don't breed Reds
of Wyandotte shape or Rocks that
carry themselves like Langshans.
Put type above everything else.
Be careful Of the feed supply. Don't
keep so much on hand that ID will yet
musty. Don't keep cracked corn or
corn meal where IL will heat. The
little chicks especially are likely to
get upset by bad feed, and then yoa
can look for trouble; rather, you won 7
need to look forit, for it will find you,
Be careful Of the health Of the
flock. Plenty Of fresh air Is just what
they want; but a draft can do lot tt
damage,
Be careful not to run lice plant.
We are told that there were only two
lice in the ark. That was fine foI
Noah. Since then the lice tribe have
increased wonderfully. Noah got
along without lice paint, but if he
were alive now, he wouldn't be caught
mapping. Neither will anyone who
wants to stay in the poultry business,
BE careful, therefore, to provide a
dust bath as a preventative of body
lice, and roost hangers to bar out the
mites, or little hen bed-bugs. Fol
heavy roosts, where roost hangers
would be too light, L invert empty
sardine cans on tvo-by-fours thar
run along bhe sides of the pen, and
rest the roosts ON them. The bottom
Of the can has a rim around it that
will hold a generous quantity Of
kerosene or lice paint, insuring the
saturation OF that end of the roost
and the immunity Of the birds thai
rest on them from mites. A hole il
bored into the roost about five inches
from the end, and a little pest sci