The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-03-01
Experts Give Farmers Good Advice
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fairs when the means of production
in the Inland Empire are ample to
supply the hog demand and keep
the money at home.
Hog cholera becomes more prev
alent as the number of droves in a
section increases, for the malady
spreads with startling rapidity from
one farm to another. That bovine
tuberculosis is transmitted to hogs
is now an established fact and in
some sections of the state 4 percent
of all the pork marketed is con-
demned because of tuberculosis
faint.
Miss Lillian Blanchard in her
two lectures on scientific poultry
raising Tuesday and in her explain
atoms of the model poultry car,
which was open to inspection Tues
day from 1890 to 1:15 and $3.50
to 4, gave valuable advice to every
poultry owner who heard her.
Her instructions were entirely prac-
tical and her thorough knowledge
of the subject was evident in every
clear cut sentence. She is the
daughter of the we'll known dairy
and poultry expert, H. L. Blan-
chard, who has charge of the Puy-
allup station. She has worked with
him many years in the poultry bus
mess. In this way she established
the reputation which secured her a
position as head of the department
at the State College when the course
was opened last year. What she
teaches she has learned by practical
experience AMI she knows the
poultry business from A to z.
Beginning with the poultry house,
she says that these buildings should
not be located in a depression but
should be on a sunny southern slope
if possible. A building 12x13 feet
accommodates thirty or forty hens
comfortably and in such a house
there would be two fve-foOt OPEN
ings on the south side. These
should be covered by muslin frames
hinged at the top so that they can
be hooked to the ceiling and left
open during mild weather. These
prevent colds as they are warmer
than glass which promotes a damp
cold. The north, east and west
sides are sealed tight so that no
draft can strike the chickens. The
floor may be of boards or dirt and
should be covered with litter for
scratching. In front of the entrance
to the nests is dust bath which
promotes cleanliness. The roosts
are placed on a level and the drop
ping board built in such a manner
as to be easily accessible for clean
ing, built Is inches below the roosts
and two feet from the floor. Wire
netting placed just below the rafters
prevents the chickens from roostine
on the rafters. The feed hopper is
built at one side.
The incubator house faces the
north and the windows should be
directly opposite one another and
fitted with shutters to keep out the
sunlight, no ray of which should
touch the incubator. The building
is set four feet down in the ground
and walled up to ground level with
cement. The rest of the wall sur
face is double and lined with build
ing paper. The floor should be
kept damp and there should be a
free circulation of air.
The colony coops are built at
small expense with hinged floor
so that the house can be tipped back
and the interior open to sun and
air. The brooders are simple in
construction with compartments and
an alley way running behind. A
hover and ventilating device com.
pletes each compartment.
All of these buildings were shown
on the car built on a one-fourtI
scale and a pen each of Black
Minorcas, White Leghorns and
Barred Plymouth Rocks were ex.