Arizona republican., 1910-11-21

must be supplied with burlap to hang
down at night The room should also
be protected in the same way. Where
it is done on a large plan you can
transfer some old building into a
brooder. Some people heat large
brooder with a steam heat plant. You
can't use a fireless brooder in the
north. Keep the chickens in broOders
till put on the market for squads. You
want to force feeding for squads. How
ever little chicks should not be over
fed the first week. They should be
fed four or five times per day. After
that keep food before them all the
time. Put on the market at eight
weeks and they should weigh about one
and one-half pounds per pair. The
Leghorn and Wyandotte are the best
squads because they mature quickly.
In killing squad starve him twenty
four hours before killing and bleed him
through the mouth. After cooling
down a little pluck carefully and don't
break the skin. White variety are the
best because it is not so hard to clean
them. White pinfeathers do not show
as black ones. Draw carefully. Make
the opening as small as possible. In
packing put chicks in layers and cover
them over with straw in cold weather;
crushed ice in hot weather. Broilers are
fed in the same way. Broilers should
weigh two pounds per pair. They
should be fifteen to eighteen weeks old,
dressed the same way and shipped the
same way. CapOniZing must be done
when they are between two and three
months old. Go into the bird between
the last two ribs: If you have never
eaten q caponiZed cOckerel you can not
appreciate them. There is as much di-
ference between a cockerel and capon
az between the meat of the bull and a
steer. The meat is soft and juicy, a
good ration for chickens, is ten pounds
of food of which six pounds is grain,
two pounds meats, two pounds grain
stuff Don't feed any one grain all the
time but mix them up. Wheat is the
best grain but sho3id bs fed with 9th
ers Little chickens Should he fed in
the same proportion. Philo method of
forcing hens to lay: Building pen
about five feet by three feet and two
feet high In it put from five to eight
hens. The average hen is not profit
able after eighteen months old. Have
a row Of nests and have nests dark
and have il arranged so that you can
got the ecgs from the back. the roost
should be about one foot from the
ground. Put a nail in the side of the
coup and put a beet or potato on it.
Keep food and water before them all
the time. White LeghOrns under these
conditions will lay one egg every day
for eleven months. Never let them out
Do not use these eggs for Matching.
Arizona is well adapted to this bust
ness because it is not necessary TO
spend money in buildings. The only
thing YOU have to have in the shape of
buildings is a little shelter from storms
and a few boxes for nests. In the north
it is colder and a good deal of money
has to be invested in buildings. Dur
ing December and January is the best
time to put squads on the market. You
have a natural chicken country here
You can grow feed yourself here better
than in most parts of the country. the
alfalfa mill in Phoenix will get out
food that will be almost a perfect ra-
ton. 1t will contain charcoal, barley,
shells and alfalfa. II will be cheap also
its quality. Alfalfa hay
chopped fine will answer the purpose
for green stuff. Bran is a good food to
be kept before chickens all the time.