Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-30

does away with favoritism, one of the
prime reasons for infertility.
Broiler raising is branch fitted for
spring, and the months of January
and February are the best for hatch
ing out the chicks. During these
months 100 good yearling hens should
easily furnish sufficient eggs to fill an
incubator of from 100 TO eco egg ca
pacity each week. Ii machine is set
each week, a hatch will come of
weekly, and after the first shipment is
sent to market there will be regular
shipments weekly throughout the
season.
To have a uniform lot of chicks only
Il single breed should be kept. The
eggs from mongrels will produce broil-
ers that will not he uniform in weight
size or condition.
No time should be lost i'm placing
orders for incubators. hrooders and
what supplies are needed. as delay in
ordering is very apt to postpone ship
ment causing a loss of time.
In mating for future breeders the
stock should be either one or two year
old hens that have been tested in their
pullet year. In this way. especially
where egg farming is the specially,
the improvement is noted in the next
generation, while in the case of using
stock of unknown quality it often re-
quires a number of years of careful
mating to reach the object desired.
Age of Pullets for Breeding
No pullets should be used for breed
ing until they are at least nine months
old.
1t is not advisable to hatch for stock
birds before March 10 as pullets
brought out before that date are apt
TO go into mott in the fall and not
again start in laying before the latter
part of December or January.
\ great point in the growing of
hardy stock is to keep the parent birds
in the best OF condition. Everything
must be done TO keep them in good
health. Exposure to cold rain or
heavy wind storms is often the cause
of bad colds, which develop into a
more serious disease if not nipped in
the bud. Compelling fowls to tramp
about on snow is equally as bad. The
man who has plenty of room in his
house and has it so provided that the
sunlight and fresh air can freely en-
ter will get far better returns from his
hens kept indoors the most of the win.
ter than he who compels his stock to
face all sorts of weather.
Stock kept healthy and active are
sure producers of rugged offspring
make il a rule, as near as possible not
has been sick a day in its life. on this
score | might say that poultry are
naturally hardly. It is only the abuse
of man that makes them delicate.
\ very important matter in getting
ready for spring is to see that no yer-
min exists either on the fowls or in
the houses. y good work can be ex-
[ peCted when hens are pestered with
lice and mites. For this purpose a
very excellent spray is recommended
composed of five quarts of lime. one
pint of zenoleum Ga coal tar product)
/ and one quart of kerosene. This mix
ture should be well agitated and
diluted with equal parts of water. ap-
piled thoroughly TO the interior of the
house with force pump through q
. peated each month throughout the
year.
How to Prevent Mites
For mites there is nothing more
effective than painting the roosts, nes
+ boxes and cracks in the wall with pure
/ Zenoleum. In addition / use nothint
but tobacco stems in the nests-nC
hay nor straw.
The legs of each fowl should b,
carefully examined to note their con
dition. If there are scales. or the leas
suspicion of scales on the legs, the,
should be carefully washed with no
water and soap. so as to clean out al
the dirt. Then wipe dry and anoin
with carbolated vaseline or a mixtur,
of equal parts OF lard and Kerosene
one or two applications is general,
all that is necessary. If the scales ar,
not attended to the trouble will sprea,
to all the stock in the pen. A singl,