The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-28
POULTRY RAISING
IN OLD VIRGINIA
Continued From F,rat Pagc)


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NiioGShN - "oiuihE ~ 'hc
young people on the farm. Tor many
or them ar" best fitted by nature TO go
elsewhere, put there - every good rea-
son 70 prevent the vast minority OF
t".i' from running on 70 INC cities,
n.y. NM" ny "Hat my ere 20 lace.
"n' ".,"out ahN vel Hhth purpose
80 49, iu.us' ~ 'he CITY or 'he
ST., 80, 800 ~ W i'Nu
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oni1a,io, ar t,n. ,a,,t, IN IL
nc follov,s. ,rho s.,t 80, -,
with the countI. assivt,t,, ,.isit. ,na
schools in IN. ,otiniias INA, ma re.dy
I FOR the work. ana places the ,,lau he
! fore the entire school III m. form ar
an illustrated talk. II POSSIBLE. az sim
ply one by winch the children VIII
know what thsy VIII be required to
4 40 ant what they CON expect To realize
4 rom me WORK ~ thfy extend the prop
I - amount OF effort that anything
Mo', WHiie fepaites- NJ Inc close OF
| NJ, ~ - ~ IDS lh'eres'eu are sup
49, "i'' n.y. i'uFc 'ApiaiHihS 1ur-
I $50. r .'..H'iS =
,soJ in ,ha c,,,h 'p'''''
Win tI,ts infor,,atto, =, So, ,no,
are s,innns.d ~ ,.nd !, .,.','.,,,,,,,
4 ANA n, ,bn urs, onnor,,,,,,. 49,. ~
! teacher or E,n,.Itsb i,.r. -, o,,,,,,a
! covering tho s,1ht.c, IN ,o,,,,r,
! arcn.nt which IL .,,rnished ~. ,h,x
| d,n,riment b.ror, ,ho cnt,drnr 80
i N:tv. them write = connostt.on ~
th,irt o,r, 1vo,d. ,ali,nw ,.na, 49,.
have read ~ tr.4 v.a,. ~. ,n,orn,,
ron contained ii ,bc bullc,,ns i IN
/ pr, .sed upon lhern When these co,n
posi,inn. ar. euno,itt.l .rotbnr go,
| tx made rho school and ne u,.n,hcrv
| arc eurnll.d il ,hc naanttn,c 49,
ranp,,ncats are mad. with an tl,o ,oc,r
noi,ltrvmeu Ia finniab ,,,p.. for n.,cn-
/ ing from nure Drsa stock 10 inc NAM,
! pcrs nj reduced prices In several in
| stances these local breeders baye ar
| fered pens OF birds "a the member sab
/ mi,ting the best composition on poul-
try management. in this way crcoun :
aging then, TO do their best AS the
snrin; advances the members furnish
| themselves with the settings or eggs.
| which cost from 80 cents 10 81 for
/ fifteen and with the Information given
! them regarding the care ana manage
/ m.cnt OF the setting hen. proceed with
/ ;ac actual work During the Matching
! period the members are taught how TO
| candle their eggs. in order "a defer
mine those eggs that are infertile ana
! dead thereby saving time by placing
all the fertile eggs under the mum he ?
1 ~ hens that viii cover them and put
/ n new setting under the remaining
4 number of settins liens. During this
+ entire period. records are Kept OF the
number Of eggs set kind or eggs.
! method Of Incubation dat: sci mum :
| bor OF infcrt:l" and dead at the end OF
! seven and fourteen DAYS. the numh Der
of eggs remaining and the number OF
chickens Matched. together with the
time spent in attending to them. AZ
ter tho little ones are Matched they are
| instructed how L feed them. and how
the mother hen should be isolated un-
til the Chicks are Wcaned. thereby re-
ducing the amount Of energy wasted
in following their mother around. and
causing them to grow more rapidly
than If they had unlimited range
! Through this Period. too. records are
kept by the members, showing when
the eggs We're Matched, method OF
brooding. when the chickens were
weaned the number that died ana the
total u,,aiubi t1,a chiat.a,