Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-10-30

wife Il interested IN the care o.
,oultry. on many farms the tablet
~xpenses are practically kept up byi
no poultry and derry produce and
he pouitry is doing is share Il does
therefsre, pay to look afser this Dc
uartment Of the farm.
/ am gsad to present thu foliowing
art,c,e on FAN Care 81 Poultry. BY
Prof. II. Il Ksmpster who is head Of
The Poultry Department Of the Uni-
yersity. He y taking this means
Of doing good by working through
our Farm Bureau.
Fall Care Of Poultry
(Prof. II. L. KempsteF).
The fall care OF poultry - per
hans he most important Of the en-.
tire year. The success Of winter
ees p~roduction and the growing OF
next wears stock depends quite large
~ upon tho attention that Is paid
TO the flock during tho fall months
IN the first place. there should be
Ii very rigid culling. Only those
birds that promise TO Be profitable
producers should be bept- In the Old
flock there are present many hens
that had best find their way % mar
kes Unless the hen Is intended TO
be rsed as a breeder. It seldom pays
to hold her over for egg production
AN birds that show deformed feet =
hens with a surplus Of fat so that
they crop behind" indicating a
broken down abdomen and birds hav-
ing "crow" heads. should be sent 70
the market. Lack Of vitality in the
breeding stock is manifested in the
progeny and rigid culling Of next
years breeding stock at this time
lis not only economical but a desira-
bic practice.
with the young stuff. this same
process Of culIing should be
practiced Long headed, weak. back
ward stock should be sorted outThey
are not economical producers. The
poultry keeper should realize that
pullet should be laying IN November
and December. II laying by then.
there VIII be no trouble IN securing
winter eggs. 1t Is exceedingly dit
i. fcult to secure eggs from old hem
during January and February. Com
mercial poultry farms do not expec
them to lay. They depend upon pul
lets for their winter egg production
II It is impossible 10 develop young
stock so that It can be in condi-
ton to lay in the winter. II is bes
policy to send It TO market. A few
profitable hens in a flock are mucl
better than a large number with
small margin OF profit. The secret Q
success in poultry keeping is to cul
-cull closely and often-to keep on
ly the best
Preparations should be made nor
. relative to tho winter quarters. o
the farm the practice OF letting then
roosi II the trees until the firs
snow IL not conducive 10 efficient
esq production; neither is the
practice Of catching them every nigh
0or weeks andIshoying them int
Q the hen house. The hen house shou
be thoroughly cleaned aud disiDfect-
ed. II II is a dirt floor. all foul din
should be removed and replaced b
fresh, II the floor was damp las
Q year. now is the time TO remedy
that condition, for often the dirt
e floor is no higher than the grouni
outside-the writer has observed pou
try houses IN which Il was even
lower. 1t should be at least six
inches higher. A good dirt floor cal
be made by filling in four inches
E with coarse material such As cinG
en-, tamping hard, then covering witt
two inches Of heavy clay-also lamp
ed-and then putting in a couple O
inches of loose dirt or sand. This
floor will then be dry or can be rem
edied by 4 system Of tile drainage
outside.
a foot or more OF dry straw
should be placed In the house and il
Is ready for the incoming sock. The
practice of mixing pullets and hens
Is Objectionable. The hens do MOI
care for strangers and make It vers
unpleasant; also the pullets may re
quire forcing "a treatment which
would not be proper for the hens.
In October the pullets should be
taken to the house. They should be
confined there for at least si1
weeks or long enough so that
they forget their old quarters. Their
feed should be fed in such quantities
as to keep thom busy and satisfied.
Rations for Egg Production
Scratch food
Corn-i by weight.
Wheat by weight
Mash tfed dry)-
Branr-t by weight.
Corn meal--t by weight.
Middlings--i by weight.
Beef schap-1.2 weight.
Alfalfa meal--i-2 by weight.
Morning
Scratch feed IA fed by beiug bur