Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-02
Copyrig Int, 1914.
BLUE ANDALUSIANS
BY Louis Paul Graham.

I'll Graham.
raising chicks like hot-house plants
has long since been proved a sad mis-
take. But a chick cannot endure Sc
we're cold and provision must be made
gainst that
Another point is light. Chicks will
not remain in dark location IL they
can get out OF 1t. 1t is noted fact
that adult fowls, rather than remain
/ in dark gloomy poultry house. will
brave out in the worst kind of stormy
weather. The chick is of the same in
clination. When it leaves the dark
! brooder and comes into the light, il
VIII return only when driven to it and
! in consequence Is very often chilled.
Therefore the only safe plan is to have
the temperature of the room, in which
is placed the brooder, at about 60 de-
grees.
Next comes exercise-and this is
very important. The floor of the
brooder pen should be Uttered with
cut straw or hay, and fine seeds or
| cracked grains scattered among it so
that the little ones will scratch. This
| exercise warns up the blood and
sharpens the appetite.
SQUAD BroiIers IL Fad.
OF late years the SQUAD -broiler has
oScoHlc IL ldu III market. IneSe are
chicks hatched during the winter
months and which find the best mar
ket in January and February. They
must not exceed three-quarters of
pound in weight They are grown in
about eight or ten weeks. On some
farms this branch is carried on quite
extensively. The demand for squab-
broilerS has been made on account of
the stringent game laws, preventing
the sale of game birds out of season.
The squab-broiler and the squab- pig
con seem to be in strong competition
on this score.
The foundation for success in broil-
ers must be laid to the breeding stock
The eggs should not only be we'll fer
tilted, but the stock birds should be
strong and vigorous, in order that the
Offspring may have that rugged con-
dition so necessary for a quick and
healthy growth Hardness is n prime
factor and a good start with strong
stock is half the battle won. Under
no circumstances should eggs be used
that were laid by inbred stock, or hens
subject TO ailments, or having defor
mites. The parents should be in the
best of health, not overfat, and the
sexes not related to each other. This
is one reason why cross breds We're re-
sorted to some years ago, but there
is no need of that now since our fan
ciers have bred stamina, and all the
other desirable qualities in our pure
breeds.
\ mash feed should be fed in the
morning and afternoon, all they will
eat up clean. This mush must be a
combination of carbonaceous and nj
troGenous material-the by-products of
corn. wheat and oats; giving corn
meal, bran, middlings and ground or
rolled oats. AS the chicks grow. or
IL after they n11
meat scrap should be added at the
rate of about 5 per cent Green
food, too, should be given daily. AS
at TINS season of the year it is more
| or less scarce, an occasional feed of
boiled potatoes will help along mat
| ters wonderfully. Fine grit, oyster
smell and charcoal should be placed in
small boxes so the birds can helm
! themselves. During the day some
finely cracked grain Goats, wheat and
corn) should be scattered among the
| litter on the floor so the little fellow
must get down to work
The question of best breeds for
broiler raising depends upon the class
! of broilers desired. For suuab- -broil-
ers the White Leghorn is excellent,
and on many of the large egg farms,
where the White Leghorn is kept eX-
clusively, the cockerels of the matches
are separated as soon as the sex can
be distinguished, and grown for this
purpose.
But where the regular broiler mar
| ket is catered TO. the Leghorn Is not
so desirable a breed. They do very
well until they reach pound in
| weight, but will require two weeks
longer growth than American varie-
ties, to give them the desired broil-
er weight of about one and half
pounds dressed In killing and dress
ahn bn1
pound, so that to have one and a
half pound carcass it is necessary to
have the live bird weigh about two
pounds.
For at least a week before slaught-
ering, it is best to feed cornmeal and
milk almost exclusively, giving only
enough of other feeds to keep up the
appetite. The cornmcal will not add
fat and weight but will gi"e that
yellowish cast to the flesh which is
tractive broiler is the one with a full
| breast, broad back and plump body,
so desirable in market. The most at
and must be quick grown.
! One of the famous Mediterranean
class, this fowl Is rated with the
Leghorns and Minorcas as an extra
heavy layer of large white eggs. Many
! individual hens have laid almost 500
eggs ir year, while one Of the fore
most breeders of the variety tested six
| puiltls loi OHS y ear anu luey lalQ
14O7 eggs, an average of 234 1-2 eggs'
each. These eggs are large and
and chalk white, equaling those of the
Minorcas, larger than those laid by
Leghorns, and should prove profitable
for sale in New York markets. where
an extra large white egg will bring an
extra high price.
4 All accounts seem to indicate that
the Blue Andalusian is native to
Spain and from a State in that coun-
try derives It's name. Some early ac-
counts point to the first importation
made into England of specimens of
this breed as coming directly from
Cadi2, Spain.
The breed is bred at its best in Eng
land and Canada, although very re-
Gently the banding together of the
American breeders of the variety has
had the effect of a decided advance