The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-02-28
Miss Blanchard of State College
Talks to Very Large NM
bers of Men and Women
INCUBATION AND FEEDING
THEORIES ARE LISTENED TO
State College Lecturer Says That
Properly Cared for Birds
Should Yield an Annual Net
Profit of Three Dollars Each

That there are great numbers OF
people in the North Yakima part of
Yakima county who are interested in
the culture of poultry was manifested
twice Saturday when they assembled
twice, morning and afternoon, at the
Y. NJ. c. A. to listen to Miss Blanch-
ard of the state college talk on ca
rious phases of poultry production,
Many questions were asked and there
was much interest in every depart
ment of the business. Later in the
day scores of people went to the ex-
hibition car on the tracks of the
Northern Pacific railway, near the
express office. to inspect the sample
coops displayed therein.
Miss Blanchard says that flocks of
hens that average 200 eggs each hen
per year are not a myth, Such flocks,
she says, have actually been achieved
by careful breeders. While it has
long been known that the 200-egg
hen has ceased to be a rarity there
have been many people who, from
personal experience. have grown to
doubt whether there We're actually
1ocks of such birds.
Makes the Hens Work
Miss Blanchard believes in making
the hens scratch for every bit of grain
they get She feeds lightly in the
morning in six-inch litter, just
enough at noon to keep them
scratching and at night she gives them
all the food they want. She believes
to-. htnt nd !,
things. Shells, grit, animal food, pro-
tein they must, plenty of water and
clean water at that, all the green
food they will eat and dry bran. For
the grain, as stated, she makes them
scratch, She feeds no wet no cooked
foods, says there is no advantage and
some disadvantages in cooking the
food and vegeta bles and she doesn t
think much of apples as green
food. She likes kale and lettuce and
mangled carrots and alfalfa and
clover
People raising chickens should
breed from the best layers but if the
hens have been laying steadily
through the winter they should be
rested for a month before their eggs
are used for Matching. To make hen
quit laying she feeds her a straight
wheat diet The sexes are separated
at all times throughout the year eX-
cept at the breeding season. This
makes for better egg production al all
times and better fertility during the
breeding season. In Matching minute
directions were given as to the care
of the hen, when hens are used one
particular point being to use Persian
insect powder and see to it that the
hens are free from vermin.
Use of Incubators
In the use of incupators the first
requirement is n room in which the
temperature does not vary greatly
and in which there is a good circula-
ton of air The sun must not strike
on the incubators. The air in tho
room and that in the incubator must
be good. The temperature of the in
cubator should be 1919 the first
week, 1902 the second week and 1913
the third week. Moisture should be
put in the incubator the fifth day and
taken out the twelfth day but there
should be moisture on the ground or
in the floor or near the incubator
throughout the hatch. On the nine
teent day she puts hot water and a
saturated sponge, the water being
steaming hot in the incubator. This
softens the inner shell and brings the
chickens out popping.
Chickens die in the shell or hatch
in a weakly condition frequently be-
cause the heat has been hustled too
much during the first part OF the