Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-10-18
YOUNG POULTRY
NEED BEST CARE
changeable Weather Affects Fowls
Unless Given Pr"per Housing
and Attention.

for from now on in a careful manner
During the warm summer months and
early fall. when the weather is sea
sonable. they grow under natural con
ditious to a great extent, but now the
weather is changeable, one night cool
the next warm; then a long wet spell
Weather conditions affect poultry the
same as the human race, and the bet
ter condition the young stock is In
the better they can withstand the dlf
ferent changes OF weather Stock
grown from healthy parents, and
kept growing by proper feed and care.
win reach the laying stage in good
shape, and viii produce goodly mum
Der of eggs throughout the winter;
but if they e not from good stock,
have not been grown properly. or
cared for at this time, they will not
as a flock prove profitable
4 On the we!l-conducted poultry plant
/ a regular system is in use end strict
| " adhered 70. and results are oh
tanned The average beginner as a
rule has no system, and jumps from
one thing to another, feeding one ra-
| ton for one week another ration the
next, and IN this way upsetting grow
ling pullets, and instead Of getting
them in laying condition, retard them.
\ Pampering and fussing over a flock
of growing pullets will never bring
good results. Poultry will do well un
der many different conditions II
/ handled in a safe and cane manner
This, and little later viii be the
time that the beginner will realize
\ that the very late Matched chicks
4 Zone reads about so much) are not
the ones that will shell out winter
eggs. no matter how well-cared for
eggs, no matter how wellcared for.
Cold weather comes on before they
have reached maturity and the result
\ is no eggs until February or March,
and about this time the price usually
commences to go down, Puliets
that were Matched in April and early
May when properly grown and housed
are the ones that VIII prove to be
the payers the ones that viii lay a
good percentage of eggs while the egg
market is at its highest.
The beginner raanet expect To
grow the fowls as we'll as the more
experienced breeder, and hence should
always allow one more month for ma
turity in his fowls. Like every other
business experience cannot be gain
ed in year or in several, for that
matter, and when those. entering poul.
try keeping for living commence to
realize this there will be far less fail
ures.
The mere throwing out of few
handsful of grain to a flock of fow's
is not all there is to the poultry bust,
ness, yet. many seem TO think that,
and poultry house is all that is re,
auired. The pullets at this time
the year should first be properly
housed in a we'll ventilated poultry
building. A poultry building properly
constructed is one of the first essen
tjals in successful poultry, for with
out perfe health all else Is at
lnaught. With wellconstructed
poultry building, free from lice and
Mates, and the fowls having at least
three to four square feet per bird,
they will be free from colds, crowd
ling. dampness, and in healthy state
Ito consume the food given them and
ito turn the same into hen fruit; and
this food should consist of good dry
mash made up of bran middlings,
ground oats, alfalfa meal and beef
scraps. and should be so that the
fowls can eat whenever they feel like
doing So A mixture Of grains made
up of wheat, corn, oats and some
barley can be fed morning and night
This, with clean, fresh water oyster
she'll and grit and a good supply OF
green feed, will produce results If
the pullets are old enough to lay.
Don't make the mistake Of CHANGING
feeds, but be willing to wait. One
cannot force nature with good re
suits There ale thousands of poul-
try raisers in this country that have
no trouble in getting a fair supply
OF winter eggs, but in all cases they
have complied with the proper es.
sentials to obtain the results.