Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-21
POULTRY
CONSULTING DEPARTMENT
Poultry Items

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Poultry Items
II you ind a dead chicken in the
morning investigate, 1t may DE caused
by lice or mites.
The man who allows his chickens,
ducks, turkeys, and geese to run to-
gether in one flock, does not, evident
~ know the harm such company is
TO each other.
A turkey hen will lay from twenty
TO twenty-seven eggs at a lutch when
she becomes broody. She may then
be shut in roomy well-ventilated
coop and fed we'll for three or four
days, then liberated
The killing of poultry should be
done by bleeding in the mouth with a
sharp knife. Make sharp cut length
wise i'm the mouth, TO make them
bleed; then "A slot upwards, which
penetrates the brain.
The poultry industry has increased
more rapidly than any other branch of
agriculture. The annual valuation of
poultry and eggs produced I'm the
United States is reputed TO be at least
one billion dollars. The gradual i'm
crease in our population and decrease
in the beef supply will guarantee an
unlimited demand for poultry pro-
ducts for years TO come and al lucra-
tive prices
A good many troubles i'm raising lit
/ tie chicks can be overcome by keeping
the water dishes clean and sweet
/
The chick is an early riser and the
attendant should also be, and if he
can not get up with the chicks, bet
ter prepare their breakfast the night
before after they have gone under
the hover or into the coop for the
night
DO not plan to build the most ex-
! pensive kind OF poultry buildings. nor
to have them too warm. but to get a
good looking and comfortable house
! for the fowls as cheap as possible, and
/ have the buildings uniform in size and
I shape. This will make a better APP
/ pearance and will be better Paint
/ is cheap, and adds TO the looks of the
Y
/ buy paint. you will find the White
! House Whitewash extra good and it
lasts long time, This receipt is in
this issue.
/ The following whitewash receipt
viii he found a good one and is called
the White House Whitewash. IT is
made as follows: Slack one bushel Of
good stone lime in boiling water; three
pounds Of ground rice boiled to thin
/ paste; one-haif pound clear Spanish
whiting and one pound clear glue dis
solved in warm water. Mix this all
thoroughly with the slaked lime and
! let il stand for several days. Apply
as hot as possible with a clean brush
I This is a good preventive against lice
I Seventy-five farmers in Crawford
county, Ohio, maintain hocks of pure
/ bred poultry to supply eggs to the
] large cooperative hatchery located at
the little town of Trio. At present this
J hatchery is turning out 1000 chicks
! a week 10 various parts of Ohio and
other states. The hatchery plant is
/ so constructed as to permit the plac-
/ ing of two rows OF incubators, which
are 500 feet long with a capacity Of
$4,000 eggs. The heating is done by
hot-water boilers, which automatically
] keeps the temperature at one hundred
and three degrees. Before being put
! in the incubators the eggs are care
( fully tested for fertility. Each Tues
day Of the Matching season, which eX-
tends from the first of March to early
October, bunch Of chicks is taken
! from the machine and Immediately
shipped TO customers.
Net profit" in the poultry business
is what is left after all expenses, in
GLIDING labor and interest on the
whole capital invested, are paid. What
is your met profit?'
Send for premium list for Michigan
Greater Fair held in Grand Rapids,
September to T. Offerings in pre-
miums for the poultry department are
better than ever and the premium list
contains an egg standard and score
card that will be used to score the egg
display.
The Silver Laced Wyandotte was
the first originated in the Wyandotte
family. The White came as sports
from the Silver Laced The Buff
through the union OF white and buzz
fowls. The Wyandotte is one of the
best of the American breeds, about
the right weight for the general mar
ket demands, the cocks weighing from
s to 10 pounds and the hens to
pounds. They dress with the best.
nice. clean, yellow legs and yellow