Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-19
Small Poultrymen Can
Make Appliances and
Repairs That Help in
Years Profits.
Sin g e Comb Brown
Leg'horn One of Am
erica's Earliest Breeds
BY MICHAEL X. BOYER
Poultry Editor Of The Farm Journal
Copyright 1914 by The Eugene McGuclsin
Company.


be economical about fitting up and keep
Ing your poultry plant in repair. There
are dozens OF home made devices you can
use that save not only time and money.
but are best adapted to your Individual
needs.
For instance. a spool is as good as q
pulley for many purposes Sometimes you
can't find your staples---a bent nail is Just
a good. Or you want to stretch wire
fence where there are few posts. A heavy
wire run through the fence mesh will hold
1t up with few posts.
Thase are things worth knowing, and
vet they might not occur to the less
experienced poultfyman unless pointed
out to him.
Mr.. Boyer has been through the mill,
and in his article this week points out
many wrinkles any one can grasp and
adopt
The Single Comb Brown I,eghorns
shown herewith are members of that ia
nous breed, one Of the earliest imported
TO America.
The small poultryman generally is
man of limited capital. He cannot afford
much expenditure of money, and conse-
uuently endeavors to manufacture with
his own hands what is needed. While
These "axtrres" may no Crude at tho
same time they serve the purpose.
Probably a nuIIav is needed to carry.
\ rome that Is fastened "a q window. and
which &c intended TO raisn and close q
window, ~, onen and eI,ut ,ba small door
that is used az an exit by the fowls But
there is no pulley to he found about the
place, and a spool Is used instead. 1t is
q oh 4
spool (Which comes with thread on iD
Is fastened to beam, rafter or some
other object by using a wire nail. This
nail is run through tho opening of the
spool and driven into solid object as
stated Nheh the rope or cord rs Drawn
over the spool the latter revolVes and the
same erect Is mad as with an iron pull
ley
IL Is necessary to put up some WIRE
netting fenclng' ana at the 18th hour 1t
Is discovered tHat the wire staples nave
peer ihsial" OF All uSeu up Hoihe''HiS
must De done' IL VIII ne FOUND that small
Iath nails driven In the post ana then
oeht over VIII serve the purpose OF staples
ana some people prefer this substitute TO
the staple
There is long stretch OF wIre-netting
ne purpose Will DC served Dy running
Ic"VS wire 'nrouSn the iHeSh anu lacNllS
II Onto the Top u the posts iHi9 VIII
1''iu ny 'iie "i'e anu 'No po9'S C'H We
from 10 10 % Leet apart Which win pe
great siVAhs'
HOW TO FIX A GATE.
Strong winds play havoc with the gates
In the yards. and every now and then they
continual shaking loosens up the buttons.
There will be no danger If wire is used in
place of the buttons. This wire should
be run through the frame of the gate
fl small gimlet hole being first made,
tIroush "hch the WIRE Is passed. ana
'heh pehc OVER Oh 'a'" sue oI 'he bt'tc'
80 aS ~ loiih Wv 'e''e' - l"c o"''oih
vi '"o 'e''el IeP''9e"'s me pa '''d'
S"es 'Hfoush '"o ii"'i'' Vi 'i'e E"te' anu
''e slues VI '"e ''''ei ii. '"e par'S t''a'
,o'iie "o"H "" e'Ou e''' VI '"' poS''
ms nous .he gaze HiH'
i-i'''e c''ichs se' ili'o ''e Ieeu trousHS
"nu ScTatc" out anu "d9te '0'Slu'r o'e
Va t"eir lieu HlS ca" We "Noi"eu ny
haNi'S iecu trou6hs 'ios'u 50 we '"'cNS
oahnot get on 'he InS'ue' me" on e"cn
sue VI TINS lrouth' men NOES are poreu
ana the NOES distance Oh an men apart
Nheh lhe chlch wants 10 Ieeu 1t runs us
he"u through one Vi 'heSe hoies anu heipS
lIseli
III 4eeoihs "aoie caopHses I'd 'he LOWS
~ 'i"oh 10 i'Sl ""'n the '''o""so !"
thrown Oh 'he hoor' | MS can DO OVER
eoiiie ny ''N'ie soIiie t"o-ihch wire ne.
'iis' anu iof ni's " Iesu'"r Poch''' iifo
o''' " I'm nc 1 10
ny r"pe' anu nuns a"o"t wv" leet iroii'
the iioor ~ 'ne mems mus jump UP at H.
Inc mesh peihs TWO 'i'cheS' the mems can
ieauiis so' ut '"o '"N''se' anu hoiie 10
"asteu'
STOP BOOSTERS FROM FIGHTING.
The cock birds get fighting through the
fence A vigorous male on one side of
the fence, and an equally spunky one on
the other side. are almost sure to have a
terrible battle. Coming with great force
against the wire they not only cut their
combs but very often 20 injure them
selves that their days of usefulness are
ended There is a way OF stopping it.
Have a double fence. On the one side
erect a three foot-high fence, about six
inches away from the main one, After
several unsuccessful attempts to reach
each other these 'lordly knights" viii
give up the CHALLENGE, and there will bC
no further trouble. It Is worth more thar
the cost of the additional wire netting tC
do this
The setting hen in the regular laying