Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-18
Questions and Answers.

| Question-Have been much interested
| in your articles on poultry raising and
farming in The Sunday Star. Would
you kindly tell me of d good book on
poultry raising and farming-that is, q
book to which I can refer when in
| search OF Information on either of the
two subjects? L have quite a number
OF pamphlets from the government and
from dealers. but in case / want to
read up on a certain topic l have to
! look through number of these PAM
| phlets, and then perhaps not find what
| ! ann looking for. Also please let me
! know what solution to use for dipping
eggs for incubation. What tree Is best
for shade for chickens ! am raising a
| lot of chicks. but there are no shade
trees in the runs, and l should like to
plant some trees that will grow very
| rapidly. How are sumac bushes. re-
ferred to in The Star and where could
l buy them in Washington?-H s..
Maryland
Answer-There is no one book treat
| ing of the two subjects: at least the
writer knows of none. Why not go
| through your pamphlets and bulletins
and make an index of their contents?
Then. when YOU want to read up on
some certain subject refer to the in
deX a. will have no trouble at all
in finding II.
y tno. -..ly good, cheap and unpat-
eEted fluid in which to dip eggs before
incubation is formalin. or formaldehyd.
which may be purchased at any drug
store. Dilute the formalin With about
ten times its volume of Water-that is.
to a teacupful of formalin add ten tea
cupfuls of water. Dip the eggs so that
| they are wet all over. and place them
| in the incubator while they are drip
ping. If the eggs are to be Matched
under hens allow them to dry before
putting them in the nest.
Sumac bushes make as good shade i'll
poultry runs as one needs and they
| make very quick and heavy growth.
You do not need to buy them. they
woodlots and along roadsides every
where in this locality.
Question-What is the proper tenn
perature to be maintained in an arti-
| ficially heated brooder" How soon
should chicks be permitted to run out
| side of the brooder, provided weather
is fine How long should chicks be
before removal TO brooder' S. II. X,
Maryland.
! Answer-The proper temperature for
newly Matched chicks is about 100 de-
| grees under the hover. When the
| chicks are week old lower the tenn
perature to about 80 degrees. though
it is better to decrease the heat grad
ually, say d degree u day. Chicks two
| weeks old require = hover temperature
of about 90 degrees. and this should
| be reduced to so to 50 degrees at three
| weeks.
If the weather is fine and the sun is
! warm the chicks may be allowed out on
the ground when Il week old. Be sure
the ground is clean and that poultry
| has not been yarded on it before the
! the chicks are placed there.
Keep the chicks in the lower part
i of the incubator until the hatch is
| completed and all the chicks have dried
/ out thoroughly. Usually this requires
| "A bout tweutv-fOlr to thirty-Six hours
| If the brooder is out of doors, as is
| usually the case. place the chicks in it
| In the forenoon. being very careful to
see that they do not become chilled
while being transferred from Uncut a I or
to brooder Baby chicks that become
chilled rapidly develop bowel troubles
that result, in lowered vitality, if not
in the death of many of the chicks.