The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-12-31
EEArAERa ANp EeesAELLs.

FEATHERS AND EGGsHELLs.
It is wise for the crate fattener to
be on the lookout for sick and dead
fowls, especially in the hot season and
toward the end of the feeding period.
The removal of a fowl that Is of its
feed to a grass run often restores 1t
quickly. When a dead fowl Is left to
putrefy in a crate the whole bunch is
often knocked out.
There is always wisdom in knowing
when to quit. We refer here to ex-
hibitors who start with big wins at the
opening of the show season and then
lose all and more than they have gain
cd in the end. One way to thus fall
down is to send the same birds to too
many shows. They start fine, get
worn out and then lose.
Musty straw is unhealthy for hens
to scratch in, and oats stored in the
sheaf, IL there is much of it, often
sweat and mold. Clean, dry wheat
straw is our favorite for scratch floor
litter.
Feeding hens grain in the sheaf is
not practical. While they get some
exercise tearing the sheaves apart,
they nearly always get too much grain
and much is wasted. 1t is better to
thrash the grain and make the hens
dig for all they get in the straw.
State bulletins give us much infor-
nation about the birds as insect de-
~stroye1s, but seldom do you read of
the destruction done by poultry to the
pests. Turkeys and guineas are at
the head of the bug killer procession,
and their propagation should be en-
couraged. What is more, they turn
these pests into pounds of fancy meat.
That the modern chicken thief is a
scientific expert Is shown by the
ner In which the whole flock of Harry
Bodine of C~ollingdale, Pa, was stolen.
The thieves simply threw a rag, sat-
urated with chloroform, under the
roost and skipped with the neon
scious birds.
In placing leg bands on fowls they
should not be sealed to construct the
leg, and allowance should be made for
future growth of shank. 1t is torture
for a fowl to wear a band that is too
small, and when this is allowed to be-
come imbedded in the leg the owner
should be pulled by the S. P. c. A.
A company has been organized in
Columbia county. Pa, for he raising
VI hogs and turkeys on second growth
sunderland that is good for nothing
else. Barren land Is considered ideal
for poultry by many until they try the
trick.
There is a canard going the rounds
that hens will double their output il
the house is Illuminated at night. and
market chickens will eat and grow
faster. Hens must have a regular
amount of sleep. like humans. or they
break down. and their egg machinery
and digestive apparatus can only do q
certain amount of work and must have
rest also or a collapse occurs.
The word "bilr' is applied to the
mouth of water fowl, though some
term this part of the duck the SCOOP
shovel" "Beak'' is applied to the
mouth of other poultry.
English fanciers are trying to revive
interest in the Game. As he dare not
be bred for cock fights, they are advo-
eating that this bird be turned loose in
the forests to breed Ike the jungle
fowl, and they claim that in a few
years he will regain the power to fly
and make as good sport as pheasant
hunting.
A two-year-Old White Rock hen In
the Missouri egg contest laid eighty
two eggs in eighty-two consecutive
days and up to date of report with her
179 eggs was ahead of the whole bunch
which contained many pullets. 1t has
been demonstrated that lens vary in
the time Of their top notch perform
ance, some doing the trick In their pull
let year and Others waiting to that pc
Rod when DR.. Osler would give 1t to
everybody In the neck.
One thing the egg laying contests
demonstrate-viz, that members Of the
same breed differ In laying capacity.
At n place a breed leads, and at an
other competition the same breed Is
the tailender. Thus it does not depend
on the breed name, but the strain of
that breed. for a good record.
Professor Lippincott of the Kansas
experiment station has been conduct
ing egg Gambling schools throughout
the state for the instruction of all per-
sons dealing In eggs. By the old plan
the wholesaler only candled eggs and
the customer eventually paid for the
rots. All the states should give this
instruction.
Some hotels refuse to buy ducks un-
lsss guaranteed not to have been fed
ON nsh. How different from the day
when the puddle duck was in vogueI
Il lived on mullets, tadpoles, frogs and
water shippers and was considered an
spicurean perfecto.
There is a marked difference In the
appearance and flavor of eggs preserv-
ed with lime and water glass. The wa
ter glass eggs are almost like new, and
then 1t is 80 much easier and more
pleasant for the operator than the old,
d~isagreeable, dauby lime method.
The old hens and pullets should be
penned separately. The pullets should
be fed literally, as they have not at
tanned full growth, but a lavish ra-
ton for old hens means overfat, few
eggs and disease.
Five thousand dollars was voted at
the American Poultry association meet
ing at Nashville for the publication of
a utility Standard" If this book is
prepared by practical poultrymen and
sold at a reasonable price 1t will have
an immense sale.
The Jewish holiday trade makes a
big cut into the duck population, but
some farmers will hold on to ducks
with the false idea that there is more
in them at Thanksgiving. They thus
must expend two months more labor
and feed, often must sell for less and
do not get the duck yards into rye to
renew them for the next season.
Henry Richardson, a negro Of Rome.
Ga. confessed to stealing 1000 chick
n in three months and making over
500 per month through their sale.
fifty chickens was often a night'e
haul.