Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-06-20


Poultry breeders, particularly those
who have just started their farms are
easily found. especially in this section Of
the south. but beginners who admit that
they are breeding chickens on theory
are few and far between. One of these
beginners. who admits that six months
ago edidn't know a Black Minorca
from a Barred Plymouth Rock is E. M.
| Freligh, the popular cashier of the Ca
BILE Piano company, when he is in town,
and the manager of the Piedmont
Heights Poultry company after office
hours.
Mr. Freligh very logically declares that
II doesn't take a man of lifelong expe-
rience in the poultry business to make a
/ success as long as there is so much
chicken literature floating about, and so
many men who have had plenty of ex-
/ perfence and who are very willing TO
give the beginner the benefit of their
knowledge.
Mr.. FreIigh accepts of the word of
experts, swears by Loring Brown. And
that his way Of going about starting IN
the poultry business is good one is
shown by the fact that without the pur-
chase of a single bird he started into
the business on March 27 of this year
and now he has over 1000 healthy little
White Leghorns scratching about the
place.
CAUGHT POULTRY FEVER.
i About Eve months ago Mr.. Freligh be-
came inocculated with the poultry germ,
which has been raging about the south
for some time now. He read quite bit
Of dope" about chickens and determined
to start a practical poultry farm of his
own. Then he told several friends about
his plans and they offered to join with
him in establishing the Piedmont
Heights Poultry company. The location
secured was the rear of the residence
OF G. w. wilkins, president OF the "a
bic Piano company, at s East Nintn
street. The situation is excellent as the
land is upon a high Hill, near Piedmont
park and is always touched by 2 breeze
II one is stirring.
when the chicken lot, which Is exactly
100 feet square, was well fenced in with
regular poultry wire netting, Mr.. FIRE.
Iigh took a trip to Smyrna and consulted
Loring Brown He returned with three
incubators. each with capacity Of 100
eggs. or a total Of $50 eggs. In addition
he had three outdoor brooders
A barn situated by the side OF the
chicken house had a room in II well
fitted by construction for an Incubator
house, and Mr.. Freligh had started the
Piedmont Heights Poultry farm.
prepared four, large outdoor brooders In
addition to the three smaller brooders
which cab be used either in or out doors.
Cleaning out his ,incubators well, he
started another hatch, and when that
was made he had filled all OF his brood
ers. A third hatch was then started
and when that was off he had a large
colony house ready to move the older
birds into while room was left in the
sr1aa
PLACE is FULL.
He made still another hatch and now
colony house, big brooder and little
breeders are well filled and there are
I over / 900 chicks on the place, while more
than 100 have been sold.
The first hatch was made on March q,
so IL can be easily seen that the Oldest
birds on the Nplace are just about ten
weeks of age. Mr.. Freligh expects TO sell
about 100 cockerels as broilers during the
next few months, so when his birds start
laying he will have just about $50 pullets.
Although Mr.. Frelgh admits that he
didn't know a thing about chickens a
half a year ago, he knows lot today,
and the birds are being brought up upon
the most scientific principles set down
by experienced breeders. His houses are
being constructed after plans agreed upon
by many poultrymen as very hard to
I
this beginners farm will be upon a pay
ing basis in another six months-already
it is a success.
SO far Mr. Freligh has lost remark
ably few birds through sickness, and the
I reason for his success in this line is
easily shown. since the chicks upon his
farm are handled like babes (when they
have them) in a millionaires nursery. A
negro man is in active charge of the
place as the nurse, and before departing
for his Office each day Mr.. Freligh, the
DOCTOR" leaves a chart prescribing the
diet OF the chickens Of each Of the
several ages, and the time of the day at
which they shall be moved and fed and
died. The negro follows instructions and
makes reports. t
THE DIET CHART.
The diet chart follows: For chicks un-
der weeks OF age: at a. m. handful
of certain baby chick food for every so
chicks. At 10 a. m, a couple Of eggs
with toasted bread crumbs. At IL m, the
chick food again. At 2 p. m, another
handful of the chick food. At D. M,
the pampered birds get eggs and toasted
bread crumbs again. and at 6 D. m
they get the chick food again, with a
mixture OF one part meat scraps and two
parts bran. with a dash OF grit and char
coal
Then comes the diet of birds from to
weeks Of age. At q. m. they get the
prepared chick food, but 1t is scattered
around In the litter so they have to
scratch for IT. At 10 a m. they are fed
mash consisting of the chick food
charcoal. grit, bran and orn meal, the
whole dampened with milk.
At noon they are fed a quantity of