The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-07-23

Jroilers and roast.
ers The broller trade Is attractive. as
hotels. restaurants and clubs require
an almost unlimited supply OF these
plump chickens about two months old
and weighing two to three pounds. To
make money reasonably fast one needs
two or more incubators and should
keep hens enough so that machine
can be tilled In three to five days
There Will be supply OF eggs to sell
each month. but the bulk OF them will
go into the production OF poultry.
Observe the principles OF uniformity.
freshness. cleanliness. Eggs for hatch.
Ing should he clean. II not clean they
should he washed In tepid water and
carefully dried with a clean soft towel
This washing does not inJure the egg
but II must be done quickly and care
fully or the Earring OF the contents
may ruin II for Matching As fast as
the eggs are washed and dried they
should be covered with layer of
clean cloth or absorbent cotton TO pre-
vent their becoming chilled. II Is a
n
cool. quiet place. each with the large
end uppermost. for period OF twelve
hours before placing for incubation
This balances the yolk In the center
and locates the air cell.
Eggs waiting for incubation should
be kept at temperature Of about 90
degrees f.. although they will stand
a variation OF temperature from 40 to
100 degrees. They should not be allow
ed TO dry out. nor should they be ex-
posed 10 a current Of cold air, steam
or vapor. During storage eggs for In
cubator use should be turned every
day.
Hens kept In unhealthful quarters or
too closely confined are not likely to
lay eggs that will produce strong,
healthy chickens. Hens suffering from
disease or infested with vermin may
lay. but eggs from such hens will
rarely hatch. and even II they do hatch
the chicks will not be likely to mature
into vigorous or growthy fowls.
Hence I'm order to secure hatchable |
eggs the hens must be healthy, have |
plenty of exercise and be fed upon an |
assorted or balanced ration. An exclu.
sive corn diet will not make for fertil- |
fty. Fowls In confinement must have
mixed diet and plenty Of ground
bone. with meats. clovers or other sub
stances In the line OF heterogeneous food
IL Is wise to aim at uniformity In age,
size. color and breed There Is great
deal In selection. and this goes back to
the parent stock before the eggs are
laid. if the flock is uneven the birds
ought To be separated into pens so that
the eggs taken for Matching are sure to
be fertile and from a good strain OF
hens.
The best pullets hatched every spring
ought TO be kept for winter egg pro
duction. They will begin laying when
prices are high. Pullets will begin lay.
Ing at Eve To seven months OF age, ac.
cording to the kind OF blood In them
Nearly all the pullets Matched In March
will begin laying In October or Novem-
Der, just In time TO furnish supply Of
eggs when prices are highest A good
paH u u brlHS pullels along stthullN |
without forcing. and they will be good
size at six to seven months. Keep the
dock divided and do not let males run
with pullets the first year or while the
eggs are wanted for market When
wanted for Matching let the males run
with them. twelve OF fourteen hens for
each rooster
IL Is obvious that the best results
come from chickens run.
ming at large on the farm. With bat
little attention they gather the greater
part OF their food. and II is properly
balanced az that.
In order to provide large grain sup
ply AT the least expense a nearby tract
say the orchard-should be planted TO
wheat the chickens being confined un.
II II has come up well TO prevent
scratching out the seed. When ripe
he birds will attack the crop. doing
he reaping and thrashing. with no at
ention whatever from the owner.