The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-02
Poultry Notes in Kansas
Farmer.

In addition to early ROD Us dnu poye
playing marbles as a sign or spring
you can place tn gradual reduction
in the price of eggs as enc or the
surest signs that "Spring is here, i"
The reduction in the price of eggs
is caused as everyone knows, by the
greater quantities furnished by tht
lavinq hens caused by the warmer
weather. The warmer The weather
the lower the price of eggs,
1t behooves the farmer to see thas
he gets enough more eggs to counter
balance the decrease 10 price. This
can only be done by feeding the fowls
Literally and give them tne proper
care and ate. tion incident to large
egg production.
The snow and tie cold snap we have
been having lately have been hard on
the newly Matched chicks, but II you
can save some OF them, even rev OF
the early-hatched ones will be WORM
nv fall. ten times the number OF late
Matched chicks.
Extra care and attention must be
given TO the early broods OF chickens,
such as to feed them. often and gee
that they are well protected from
cold and storms, but you will be well
repaid when the fall and winter shows
come, for it is Invariably the early
Matched chickens that carry away
the blue ribbons.
OF course, there are farms where
there is lots of grain scattered about
the wards where fowls can pick up
DECEIT living, bnt the quantity OF
them is small compared to the places
where the hens cannot live without
being supplied with a daily ration.
We are satisfied that stinting OF
proper food to laying hens not only
decreases the number Of eggs laid oui
decreases the size of the eggs as well
This is an observation that we have
noted lately, and do not recall seeing
IL noticed before.
Isasmuch as farmers receive no
more per dozen for small eggs than
for large ones, it might not be ohjec-
tionable to have small eggs, but We
are satisfied that when the eggs be-
come small through lack OF proper
food that the vitality Of the Egg for
Matching purposes is greatly impaired
inu that large, healthy chicks from
impoverished eggs Is an impossibility.
IL therefore behooves the breeder to
feed his fowls literally with good and
wholesome food.
A beginner often makes fatal mis-
take when he selects the newest OF
lew breeds to commence business
With. He wants something, he says,
that everybody has not already got,
Expecting to have lots OF calls for
them after he has large stock t"
sell But he finds out when 1t Is 10
late that the boom is about over when
he has stock ready to sell. or good
specimeHts OF the old, reliable breeds
there are never to many, and the prise
obtained for them is as high as the
price OF any Of the new breeds.
We have always been urging breed
ers to raise but one breed of chickens
and stick to that one KIND. LII you
do not discard all but one breed this
season, at least MAKE one breed prom
lpent and endeavor to raise large
number of chickens from that variety.
In the fall you will find it much bet
ter aud more profitable TO have a
large quantity of one variety, rather
than driblets of half dozen varietes'
IL Won want TO test or experiment
with some new breed, that Is all right,
but make it side issue; don't lev II
interfere with your principal variety
1t is in every way better for the ot
pinner in the raising of pure-oreo
poultry TO start on small scale anC
with a small capital. The mrs
stem ia TO select a breed, just on
breed. not half Dozen The cheic
should depend upon individual tast
and the accommodation that you cal
give your flock. Breeds that woul'
do we'll on the unlimited range on
farm, would prove very unsatlsfact
orv il confined on small lot. 1t ma
be we'll to add that the novice snoul
= select some of the we'll tried an
} nonular varieties rather than som
new ana much doomed candidate 10
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