Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-04-10
Missouri Hen Notes.
BY T. E. Quisenberry, Director Mis-
souri, Poultry Experiment Station,
Mountain Grove, Mo.


a day that will be long rsmem-
bered by those who are interested
in Missouri's greatest industry.
poultry raising. Although the
day was among the worst of the
season, enthusiastic poultry meet
ings were held in nearly every
county. and county branches of
the State Poultry Association orr
ganized. These county branches
will have charge of promoting
the poultry industry in their re-
spective counties, and will co.op-
crate both with the State Poultry
Association and the State Poultry
Experiment Station at Mountain
Grove. AS the result of the mem.
bership campaign which culmi-
mated on Missouri Hen Day. the
membership of the State Poultry
Association was doubled, the
number of members being in
creased from fifteen hundred to
more than three thousand.
Now that "Hen Day" il past,
the next big day in the poultry
world will be "Rooster Day."
which will be observed on Satur-
day, June 9th. "Swat the Roos-
ter" will be the slogan on Roos-
ter Day. The rooster is the di,
rect cause of a loss, to Missouri
farmers and poultry raisers alone,
of fully Three Million Dollars
every summer, q loss that could
be prevented by the simple expe-
dent of getting rid Of the adult
male birds as soon as the hatch-
ing season ia over. 1t is the fer
tile egg that spoils in hot wea.h-
er. An infertils egg will keep
for weeks, even when subjected
to a high temperature for weeks
at a time. A general observance
Of "Rooster Day" throughout
the State will make Missouri
eggs sought after in the fancy
egg markets of the world, and
will add millions to the income
of our poultry raisers.
Poultry raisers Of Missouri can
row 60 to school and stay at
home at the same time. A COM
plete correspondence course Of
twenty-four lessons in Poultry
Husbandry is now offered by the
State Poultry Experiment Station
to any resident of the State OF
Missouri. No charge is made
for lessons, but a fee of S7.50
cash in advance, or $40 in month
ily payments of 81 each, ia made
to cover the expense of grading
the questions, taking care Of the
correspondence. etc, This is the
most complete, thorough, and
practical course in Poultry Hus.
, bandry ever offered. and Mis-.
, souri, poultry raisers are fortu'
/ nate in having access to it.
"The Fool Proof Poultry
> House," is the title of BulletiI
No. 4, just issued by the Stat
Poultry Experiment Station a
Mountain Grove. AS a result o
y a series Of careful tests, a pJul
try house especially adapted h
a Missouri conditions has been de
4 vised. It has been named, 9Th
Fool Proof Poultry House" q
/. account of its extreme simplicity
n economy, and the automatic ma
d ture OF the ventilsting system
d This bulletin will be sent free
n ell residents of the State Of Mis-
souri,. To persons living outsid
of the state, the price is 25c,
% Millions Of baby chicks di
!. every year. due to improper me
% thods OF feeding. Some Of th
i most common mistakes in feed
'r ing arel feeding too soon aft,
'e Matching, feeding too freely, tesj
y ing wet feed or feed oontainin
o. too much corn, feeding CONNER
70 DIAL gri. at the start instead ,
II sand, etc.
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