Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-06-23
Poultry Pointers for june

Double yolked poorly shelled, and
Uniformed eggs, are from hens that
are too fat.
Cats are quite fond OF little chicks
and once they get the habit they can
destroy and devour as many chicks as
any other animal that preys on the
feather tribe.
Land sloping TO the south or south
east, which dries quickly after a rain
is preferable TO locate the poultry
plant on.
OF late years linseed meal has be-
come an important part of feed fed
poultry. II is rich i'm albuminous mat
ter, which is essential of growth and
eggs. II can form ten per cent Of the
mash for laying hens.
In an editorial comment in Poultry
Success, the writer remarks thus:
The question Of producing eggs at
fair margin Of profit is the all-absorb-
ing question of the day. Many poul-
try raisers are to eNtravagant in their
method of doing business; that is 10
say, their overhead expenses are
greater than the possibility Of profits
will warrant. We feel safe i'm saying
that the most important subject for
thought i'm connection with the poul-
try business now is economy of labor
and feeding"
The National Barred Rock Journal.
i'm an editorial, says: Recently we
noticed that suggestion in regard 10
placing the exhibitors names upon the
coops before Judging We have al
ways assumed that all judges are
honest and would believe this 10 be
true until proven otherwise. There
fore, why cast the shadow of suspi-
cion upon them by so carefully con-
cealing the identity of the birds while
being judged? This appears rank to
us on the very face of the deal, as il
assumes that every judge is a crook
and that we must keep him i'm igno-
rance until he has passed upon his
class. Why should the poultry Judge
be thus held up for criticism over
the judges OF livestock and other de-
partments of the exhibition game? DO
not the owners of the prize horses.
cattle, etc, lead them personally be-
fore the judges at our largest fairs
or stock shows? Why then should the
poultry authorities be branded as UNI
trustworthy when they don their dus-
ters and endeavor TO pick the win
ners?"
Utility does not mean mongrelsm,
but breeding with the object point,
better poultry for eggs and meat"
Some hens are born layers others
acquire the laying habit, others get
credit for being good layers when they
are not. The trap nest picks them
out and leaves no guess work.
a few inquiries have been made of
| late which SIIrn m ed nm fntfayxS-
why do my pullets go on the nest
day after day and / do not get any
eggs?" The answer TO this question
we learned by the use of the trap nest.
Many times pullets will sit on the nest
at intervals during the day for sew
eral days before beginning to lay, and
sometimes this will be noticeable ten
to fourteen days before any eggs are
laid by the pullet.
It's but a few years ago that the add
vent of the Reds caused some merri-
ment in the minds OF fanciers as to
their staying qualities. The result of
a few years of experiment has proven
them to be one of the greatest fowls
that as yet has been produced and
their increasing popularity is fully at
tested by their splendid exhibits at
every crossroad poultry exhibit up to
the big metropolitan affairs. Their
popularity is based largely on the fact
that they are an ideal market varie-
ty, the kind that the poultry buyer APP
preciates and is asking for, the fact
that they stand above the average
in egg production, and that they are
an American variety. made in Amer
lea, and sold round the world. AS a
fancier's fowl they suit the minds of
a great many of the leading fanciers
and they meet the requirements as to
the care and study necessary to pro-
duce good ones. They have proven
wonderful profitable breed and have
won their popularity on merit. Orig
mated i'm the east, their popularity
spread like wildfre, but i'm no section
of the country have they made great
er progress than i'm the central vest
here their rugged vigorous nature
has won for them place that places
them at the very top wave of popu-
larity. They have won without
boom; are staying because they fit
the demands OF the utility breeder, as
well as the fancier. They are here to
stay despite the fact that earlier in
their day there was considerable OPP
position. The central west is the hot
Western Poultry Journal.
Hens well bred with good care will
produce from one hundred and twenty
10 two hundred eggs a year. IL pays
TO get the best and give il good care
We are firm believers i'm the trap
nest, and its use should be i'm far more
breeding pens than IL is. The trap
nest does things along breeding lines
that the individual could not do and
he learns things that he could not
learn except for their use.
who brings sunshine into the life
OF another, has sunshine in his own"
MANY PEOPLE I'm This Town