El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-01
Poultry Department
Contributed By an Ell Pasoan For Ell Pasoans.

is made at the incubator cellar, q
brick building with cement floor, six
feet below the surface of the ground
to insure a natural even temperature.
containing a Hall Mammoth incubator
of a capacity of 5000 eggs at one
Matching. The incubator is composed
of 40 compartments of $50 eggs each,
which can be used separately or col
lectively. as desired. The process Of
incubation is regulated by a perfect
hot water system. kept to an even
and unvarying temperature by a heat
er, automatic IN regulation. The heat
er burns hard coal, and requires from
five to six quarts of coal in the morn
ing and six to seven quarts at night
the only attention that is given the
heater.
Card Index System.
The incubator is run under a per-
feet system Of card indexes, showing
the date set, date to hatch, the num-
Der of days each compartment has been
incubating, so that the attendant can
give to that compartment the attention
that it requires on each and every
day. as there is something different to
be done each day to each compartment
1t takes q days to hatch and the
chicks are left in the machine As hours
after the Matching without food or wa
ter. except that which nature supplies.
before being moved to the brooder
house. On the 23rd day they are
moved to the brooder house, where
they are given their first feed, con-
sisting of grit charcoal and finely
ground grains Of seven distinct kinds.
BrOOder House.
The brooder house is 24x150 feet,
and is built with a row of 81 hovers
on each side of a four-foot passageway.
in which runs a little carrier on
track which enables the brooder house
attendant to scrupulously clean each
and every hover every day, as 1t re-
quires but from three to four minutes
with all the labor saving DEVICES in
stalled to perform the work. A card
system is installed on each and every
hover or pen. on which a complete
record is kept, showing the date Of
hatch. number of chicks put in, NOR
tality first, second and third week.
and period to transfer. from which a
quick inventory can be taken. All
doors are hinged with spring hinges.
so there is no forgetting to close the
doors
The capacity OF this house is 5000
baby chicks at one time. The chicks
are kept in this house for a period
OF six to seven weeks. and are then
removed in colonies of 100 to cold
brooder house or colony coops. those
going to cold brooder huse being those
birds to supply the demand for broil-
ers and fryers for the market. and
those to the colony coops being the
ones from which the next fail layers
are selected.
The colony coops are SKIS feet built
On skids, so that they can be hauled
to any part OF the farm. all having
wood floors to prevent dampness. open
front. so that the poultry gets all the
fresh air that it needs to produce a
healthy chicken.
Perfect Feeding Arrangements
Passing from brooder house to first
floor of feed house, there is found an
excellent equipment of milling machin-
cry, to provide poultry food of every l
variety. This machinery is operated
by a six horse power gasoline engine,
and with this equipment all the grind
ing and mixing OF poultry foods are
carried on. On this floor also are large
bins containing all the mixed feeds !
which are mixed under the personal
supervision Of manager Franklin of the
farm. Also there are three large bins
containing charcoal Of various sizes
for various ages Of the chickens. which !
is the only medicine used on the farm.
The upper floor contains stora ge room
for 100000 pounds of feed
In the shop is a complete equipment
of wood working tools, a complete
blacksmith equipment, plumbers tools. /
with which this farm was constructed
with Mexican labor, the only kind to |
be procured.
Breeding House.
The breeding house Is a building Is !
by 240 feet. containing 80 pens Sx16 |
feet. each pen containing a self-feeding i
hopper for grit, charcoal, shell, beef /
scrap and ground feed and watering i
devices, four nests, roosts above drop |
boards, which are hinged to make l
easy, a Slated bottom break !
ing coop to break up setting hens 1
quickly. The house faces south is OF /
the open front fresh air type, and has !
a run both front and rear Of Sx9O feet. /
which is planted 10 alfalfa and fruit.
at all times shade and green /
feed.
In these pens are placed 10 females
TO one male, and the eggs from these
are used for Matching pur-
poses. In addition to this breeding
house there are 10 smaller houses for
the very cream Of the flock. from
which show birds are produced
Next In line is the laying house.
building 20x200 feet, with a capacity Of
1000 laying hens. In addition to this
laying house there are two more lay