Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-21

from cold and heat alike and do not
undergo any great amount of shak-
ing from foreign sources.
Mounting the steps again disclosed
view of the interior and main floor
Of the brooder A hail four feet wide
leads down the entire length of the
building and allows all of the chick
ems to be watered and fed from the
outside. Fourteen little'a rooms are
screened off by wire and each is capa-
BILE Of accommodating 10o young chick
ems. 4 tri tguos ad. egv
THE greatest liability TOT fatality
among chickens said Mr.. Poole fis
during the first three weeks of1their
life. If they fare taken through this
period successfully the chances are
that they will thrive with proper care.
and develop into fine specimens of
poultry.
The yoIk of the egg furnishes suf-
ficient food for the young chickens just
hatched to last them for at least three
days. No food should be given TO them
during this time but crushed shells and
grits should be placed handy for them
to eat II taken during the first three
daSs,-this passes to their craws, then
to their gizzard and when the time
comes for them to eat them digestive
machinery is in first-class working or
der. b~ ISL ee,e.,is b-r zq5vtl
Many people make the great mis-
take of feeding the young chickens
right after they are Matched. This food
passes to the gizzard and ! becornss
caked into a hard mass. resulting In
most cases in the death Of the chicken.
Where the chickens are being rails
ed by a hen, I'm feeding the her corn
should be used . exclusively. The
chickens mouths are too small to pert
NIT them. to eat the cOrnr and the hen
can obtain suficiept@ nourishment from
it, tts -@'7a as (
After the frat three days they
should be given easily digestedf food
and in three weeks time. they will be
on the road to a rapid and healthy
growth" it rsT Pcs
The chicken brooder and incuba7
tor house is located on a knoll which
allows a fine view of Mr.. Poole's COD
ony of chickens and poultryo The best
specimens Of his birds are Kept in runs
about. as feet wide by $50 feet long.
Each of these runs contains a living
and laying house which is kept as
scFupuIously clean as a good house,
keepers kitchen. In each of the runs
one cock and eight. hens are aIIoWeo
free range and green plants or ee-
reals of some kind are kept growing
to furnish them grazing food.
THE COLONY SYSTEM.
1.-THE colony system Is one of the safest
guards against the spreading of conta-
gion known TO poultry raisers, - said
Mr.. Poole. by keeping all of the poul-
try separate and apart in this way. IL
q disease breaks out among pen, the
other poultry is not exposed to the dis
ease. and is in practically no danger of
contracting it. Where the colony system
is not in use cases have been known
where an entire poultry farm has been
wiped out by one epidemic.
II also take precaution with the va
rious birds in each run. If notice, one
Of them is droopy, a sure sign of sick
ness. it is Immediately taken to the
hospital This hospital is located in an
isolated spot and is divided into runs
of small sizes for the accommodation of
20 or more. BIRDS
The houses in each run are Il feet by
10 feet and about feet in height. They
are whitewashed. with a special prepa-
ration, inside and out, three or four