Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-17
Poultry, Pet and Live Stock
Concerning Range
Fowls Should Have
Free Range Has Its Advantages and
Disadvantages. Read tile Fol-
lowing Article Careful Wy.

JUDGE MARSHALL heur many
conflicting oupions about range for
fowl. Some contend that they will do
but little good without it wlioIe 9th
ars say that they ar, better confined
To yards where one can have better
control of them and manage them
lat will am at loss to know what
TO do i'm the matter. Whether to
arrange no have IL or to depend upon
the yards ! would like to have your
opinion about it if you please, sir.
THauEug you, ] am, your truly
r. j. S.. Cogngton, Ga.
ANSWER Range is good and it IS
not good. Hree range has its ad-
vantages and its disadvantages. For
the quick growing Of young stock
free range is the very thing. They
need all kinds Of exercise for the ex-
orcise Of their rapidly developing
muscles.
In order to get the very best there
is in these little but rapidly ex-
handing bodies it is necessary that
fuey shall be on the go from NOM
iup TO night. There is no other way
tu get such exercise out Of them but
tom the free range where they are
jumping from one thang to another;
first a bug on the spring and then
the scratching out Of the worm and
so IL goes form mo rning to night.
Ina addition TO what they get In the
shape Of grain that is furnished them
bv the keeper they aI'e filled up with
hugs worms. seeds and every con-
ceiyabis thing that is Intended by
Nature 10 make them grow. They
come in nj night filled 10 the neck
land are SOON suMgly asleep in their
coopa Is il any wonder that they
are ON tin toe arsl ready to get out
| long before the old hens think OF
! getting off the Eoost. They grow
| Ike weeds How different they VIII
/ he from tC lttle fellows that are
/ closely vard,Vd. unless the yarded ones
have had unusual attention. by un-
usual 1ttcnfioU we mean that they
| have had Am t'deir little wants sup
1 plfed from start to finish I'm way
! maj few persous a. tend to them. We
/ have seen Brah.n az ana Coch'ns
! Matched in June .1nd July large
enough and good EN- 'ugh looking I,
/ take prizes at our la ST ma winter
poultry shows 1t was\ no boy "oIN
however. 49,
II was accomplished NY the bes
chicken raisers in this CuL ntry. An1
| the secret was free range oh the very
/ finest kind; apple orchards noWHlt
with blue grass meadows .tulI Oh
/ grasshoppers, grain fields o. various
/ kinds where they could find Me STUN
/ that stuck to the ribs at al " lim'
! from dawn to dark Nothing Slof
! of such conditions could have pI oduC
/ ed this phenomenal growth. + or /
really was phenomenal growth v pei
/ YOU Think what Il meant to grow ~
eight or nine pound Brahma fr, w
! June to the first of February. Aisle y
| from the great growth In avoirdupois
! they had the finest plumage that one
could ever dream of seeing. Almost
/ like silk velvet To the touch, and
| every feather In its place. For con-
/ ditioniug old hens or cocks for the
/ coming breeding season the wide and
/ good range Is the very ideal place;
| nothing can take Its place. They win
/ not lay S., many eggs while doing this
/ kind Of summer outing business. But
! next years results in better and more
/ fertile eggs, stronger chicks from
| those eggs an down the line win well
repay for any lapse I'm the egg laying
| Laying that is the con side of the
! question II il is eggs you are after
/ day in and day out avoid the unlim-
| tied range. Hens viii not lay so