Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-06-26
FEATHERS AID EGosHELLs.

Y Ia ~ GttO At.O ESOST1 Lilo.
Poultry Is certainly becoming a
worldwide industry. and all professions
seem to he c.iug INFO it.
Chickens should hang head down
while Icing picked. This gives blood
the chance to drain from carcass, the
body isn't bruised in any way, the
picker does not "Lreak his back" and
the bird isn't continually rubbed over
dirty, bloody surfaces rs when held on
the lap.
In Australia the cold storage facili-
ties cannot take care of the surplus
eggs, and thus egg prices are moderate
In this country there is too much cold
storage and. coupled to the greed Of
cold storage eggmen Weggmen). The
combination puts the consumer be-
tween the devil and the deep sea.
An English poultry firm offers a hen
house. six pcdigreed pullets. food and
bedding for Il month and a book Of
poultry instructions all for $25 and
money refunded if unsatisfactory
Hen No c 543 Oregon experiment
station. that laid POI eggs in 365 days
would pull straight for the water yes
sci as soon as she was released from
the trap nest. AS chemists declare an
egg is 40 per cent water there's a rea-
son.
1t matters not how vigorous the par
ent stock, if the chicks are kept in bad
environment they are bound to fizzle.
Stock changed from wide range to re-
stricted quarters seldom do as well
also.
New England is the special section
of the country for breeding fowls of
the Asiatic class these being used
much in the soft roaster business, so
profitable in that territory. There were
467 of these big birds entered at the
late Boston show. Two hundred and
twenty-five of them were Light Brah-
mas, on which alone $500 in cash prizes
were offered.
It's SO easy to make a shade for that
water vessel. Warm water is detri-
mental to the hens and as distasteful
to them as to you when you have eat
en- too much and have to drink it to
make you disgorge.
One way to pick the good layer is to
note the activity of the hens. The good
layers are always on the go, hustling
from morning to night after something
to feed their active physical machinery.
A young fellow goes to show and
wins his first blue ribbon and then
knows it all and his rooster is the best
on earth. Then he goes to the next
show and gets licked like "Sam HILL"
and after recovering from the shock
he begins to see that he's not such "big
punkins" after ALL
The laying hen is generally the roos-
ter's favorite. Watch the hens that
receive little notice from the male bird
and you will find they do mighty little
laying unless you have too many hens
in the pen or your rooster is an an
tique.
OF course sulphur thrown in your eye
would blind you for time If not en-
ttrely. Sulphur sprinkled on chicks
the chicks sight,
The English Red Sussex certainly do
resemble Rhode Island Reds in half
tone. But handling shows them heav-
fer, surface colored fowl and with
white legs and white skin and pinkish
white meat, market points the English
are so stuck on.
DON'TS.
Don't hold a grudge. A little bitter
ness, like gall. can kill much sweet
and spoil a whole life. Hate hung
Hannah.
Don't expect to raise many of your
chicks If you keep them on rank
ground. Their runs should be clean
and green.
Don't abuse the broodies. The hen
that matches and broods a bunch OF
chicks gets natural rest and lays bet
ter for it.
Don't let the lice get your chicks.
They kill and stunt much young stock
that louise killer will save.
Don't put on task because it's dis
agreeable. II hen is sick treat her