The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-05-04
ouIcK.oRowINe rouLrRY.
some Things Which Must Be Looked
After with Chickens and Turkeys.

some Things Which Must BE Looked
After with Chickens and Turkeys.
Sc much has been written II late about
growing poultry III ways not natural as
to lead people to Imagine perhaps that
Young clicks would grow sell in an ice-
box during the winter In response To
such Inquiries. 1t "a only Reasonable to
say that young ehieks can be grown il
what are known IS freless breeders, says
che Country Gentleman. Fireless brood
ers are built On the same lines as iireless
cookers. IN The breeders Tie chicks are
covered up closely with cloths or blank
cts which hold together tie heat that
passes over the body % the chick and
in this way thew keep themselves warm
The food consumed bv the Young chick
must build up the tissues Of the body,
make muscle, bone, blood and warmth on
heat. This heat i necessary 10 the life
81 Ire chick Il It "a kept Within the
body, Il helps to strengthen, mature and
grow The chick more quickly Il this
haat mnst he Fadiabed from the body
into the warming blanket 10 much IF the
value Of the food has been lost ami the
body must be weakened
Undoubtedly. chicks covered IN THIS
way become TOO warm AZ times, and this
overheating has A weakening effect. IN
a comparison between warm and cold
hroading one made in June Of last year
end the other during December and Janu.
ary Of This year part Of the chicks
Matched IN June being placed with hens
and part kept in fireless breeders, we
found that those with the hens were dou-
bic the size, at tha end 81 eight weeks, Of
those kept in the freless Breeders, and
their weight was maich greater In the
test Of December and January, the chicks
at eight weeks old weighed Just one.half
as much as aid the chicks kept In the
warm breeders. No one could deny that
chicks can be grown IN freless bYooders
without heat; hut no one can assert
that they can he AZ we'll grown ii this
way as they will BE if cared for by the
mother hen OF kept in a hroodeg with
heat
It has been proved here III New York
that turkeys can be grown quite as well
as formerly. and with as little loss as
formerly provided that The parent stock
II strong and vigorous Turkey hens
two years old that are absolutely healthy
and fall of vitality and Of good medium
size, mated to toms Of the previous year
or two years old and perfectly healthy
will produce poults that VII grow to
maturity; but II the parent stock has
been inbred until It has lost vitality,
there is little hope Of such All outcome.
Within the next few weeks. lice and
mites will begin to hatch and grow il
poultry houses, ard unless these are
watched and destroyed they win increase
80 fast 81 to take away from the hens
the possibility a profitable production.
Under no conditions should anyone so
neglect bis poultry houses as to permit
them to become infested with lice.
BroodeFs. coops and everything that Il
used should BE- kept free from an insects.
More young chicks and turkey poulss
are lost each wear as a result OF being
destroyed hN parasitic insects ar red
mites than from any other cause.
How to feed the young turkeys will be
asked many times during the next six
weeks. For the first few days, nothing Is
better than white bread or brown bread
soaked in sweet milk. al the moisture be
ing squeezed ont with the hands. and
enough Of this being FED 81 time to
satisfy the poulta. After three oil four
days q little corn nrits mixed with equal
parts Of rolled oats or small oats Of any
kind, IKE what Is used ior breakfast
food, may be given In addition When
a week Of 10 days old. they may be fed
on ration composed OF equal na1ts ef