Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-25

/ to get as good results from an incubator
hatch as from a setting hen Out of 100
leggs placed in an incubator from 60 to75
chicks is considered a good result. Under
the system, which l use here-having the
hens make the hatch upon the ground
and then sheltering the little chicks by
the board underneath the nest, the aver
age number of chickens raised out of 100
eggs is generally IS.
Another advantage in favor of the
hen against the incubator is the amount
of trouble involved. Under my system
you put hen in the coops, and there
is nothing left to do except to wait UNI
til the eggs are Matched. With an in
cubator you are constantly worried about
the temperature. You have to turn the
eggs so many times. and, in fact, you
practically need some one to watch the
incubator all the time. This farm, run as
it is requires a minimum of time and
trouble"
While upon the Slaton farm at present
there are only about 300 chickens, the
number is being constantly increased and
Mr.. slaton expects to have about 600
chickens and several dozen turkeys by
the middle of next June.
To prove that the McColloch theory is
having the desired result for the present,
at any rate the chickens now on the
farm are producing from 20 to % dozen
eggs per week.
The chicken farm has now been run
ming only a short time, and it iuctuates
in size as so many of the chickens and
eggs go to Mr.. Slatons table and the
tables of his friends.
Mr.. slaton DECLARES that the only trou-
BILE which he has had so far with the
chicken farm comes from the hawks.
"There is one remedy for the hawk
nuisance" said he, land that is what is
- ,I@ Hn
very simple A large pole, TT shaped
is placed near the center of the run fire.
quented by the chickens. From both
arms of the TT shaped pole number OF
gourds are hung. Martins will invariably
leone and build their nests in these
gourds, and that is the end of the hawks
When the hawk comes around the mar
tins leave their nests in covies, and flying
above the hawk, they will light on his
back and make life miserable until, in
desperation, he flies away or until he is
finally killed.
"A few rats have bothered some of the
Lyoung chickens, but they have beer
quickly killed off, and our trouble with
4 them and other chicken pests has been
too slight to be worth of mention.
Generally speaking my farm, without
any of your improved or fancy methods
is run like any little chicken farm in the
country just so L can nave the pledSuie
of knowing that l can always have plen-
ty of fried chickens for myself and
friends, and so that l can be sure that
/ never get a cold storage egg.
NOT A BUSINESS.
"The poultry farm with me is by no
means a business. 1 have never sold a
chicken or an egg, and do not expect to
sell either. However, / know that when
ever l want setting of eggs of certain
stock for any of my friends, 1 can always
get them
\ my game chickens have taken any
number of ribbons at poultry shows, and
at the last show here | won silver cup,
but ! don't go in for prize or fancy stock.
have the games principally because the
game hens make, in my opinion the best
mother of any other stock, and always
when two hens are setting, 1 place the
eggs, which come from the best stock,
under the game hen"
While Mr. Slaton's game cocks have
never been allowed to fight, Mccullough