The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-09-10
POUL r Y
..DepArfment..
Lakeland. Fla.
Edited by j. II. Wendler,

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most everyone else is thinking of he"
vacation, yet it is the time while
hens are moulting TO think OF the
little things that can be done to add
to the comfort OF your flock and
while there is nothing else TO do it
is well to see that the birds have
ample shade as they will need it to
protect the new young feathers COM
ing on especially SO with white fowls.
IL you have not sufficient shade
around the pens or premises, it can
easily be supplied by lacking a piece
of canvass or old burlap at some
convenient place to afford shade for
them
At this time it is we'll also 10 look
after the poultry houses and do any
little repairing or patching that may
help 10 keep the rains and the damp
old winds out during the winter
months, for, while the climate in
/ Florida is the most delightful the
world knows, there are nevertheless
times when it is decidedly uncom-
| Portable for fowls as well as human
beings and by looking little to
the comforts of the flock you vii.
be doubly repaid when they are over
their moult and will be- delighted
10 hear them sing for you during
the winter months and Smelling out
the eggs, for really there is no sweet
or music than the cackle of the hen
or the growing Of the rooster It's
swcctcr than grand opera and cost,
! nothing 10 hear it besides furnishing
vour breakfast for You also.
While this is the dull season and
he hens are laying but little, too
many Of us may be disinclincd to d.
much repairing or building and pay
ing out good hard money, but We
must look to the future and be pr
pared 10 meet the requirement, fen
he coming season and while We ma
dislike 10 lay out the cash now. i
i far better to do SO now and %
tie returns during the win,c.
months when eggs Will BE- hi.h. thar
&c save the money now ana be min
us the results You should have oh
tanned later ON.
! When the hons are conn2 ON q,
he monll which la, been 4 lery
trying ordeal Tor them il is
well To see that they have plcntv
G. protein foods such as wheat,
Sr"rnS. beef scrap and sunlloWol
s' ed mixed with the corn feed. az
these protein make feathers GLOSS.
and greatly assist in the rapid
! growth OF young feathers.
Any birds thar are intended fos
exhibition this fall should be placed
III individual coops and trained and
conditioned. They should he hau-
died frequently. 50 rs TO allay any
ncrrousness and put them in sueh
a shape that the judge can look them
over al his leisure and pleasure
without them trying TO fly on, o.
the window If there is anythine
that Il judge dislikes it's wild
bird that cannot he handled. and
have seen many good bird losn
ribbon for this cause only Woth
with your birds. teach them to lo}
You and you Will have nothing t8
fear in the exhibition coop on thar
:, ore
Weigh Your birds frequently an
sec that they came III t. standard
weigh, il their combs are 700 >mar
for the breed or undevelop,d Q IN
dicious feeding three times u we,
W wan hHf 'u' h'tl eHSNf - ohtt-
come this defect, and this shou'a
also he given to corkercls with UNI
developed combs
Ii Nonr white fowls ha,. It t-n
dcncN 10 hrassircss. coop ta.m ts
before the new feathers ,om, or
some authorities claim that hraSsi
ness is nothing more than >uuhurn
hut my experience has always been !
and my observations also that "a
brassy sire will always throw i bras I
sy bird. 81 | am inclined 10 -hi,.k
that ii is not altogether sunhurn rof
have known pure white src> 70
have nothing hut pure white pro
senN and right here in sunny Flor.
ida AT that
y little care OF your birds nov
will be- his dividends later on ana
cont he discouraged if your low,
arc rot LAYING now even though ya9
do have 10 pay pretty high fcr fenG.
Tor ii is better that they do nor Law
now and conserve their energy .a,
He later months
NnH questions pertaining Ia This
lie partmcnt will BE- answered in III
ntNt issue. il reply by mail IS de-
sircd enclose two cent stamp