Evening star., 1915-02-07

ana best results, from utility as well
| as from every other standpoint, will
! be obtained.
Poultry Yard Notes.
| little extra attention to the breed
| ing stock at this time will result in
largely increasing the hatchability of
the eggs a little later. Plenty of fresh
| green feed, in the form of sproute ed
oats. cabbage or other green vegeta-
bles or scalded alfalfa or clover, will
keep the hens systems toned up and
on edge. Rations Of green cut bone
twice or three times a week will fur
nish the animal food that Is absolutely
necessary to the wellbeing of hens,
though the beef scrap should not be
| left out of the dry mash ration. Plenty
OF clean. sharp grit and crushed oystAr
smell. clean fresh water twice a day
to exercise by working for the hard
grain. these things will do wonders
toward enabling the breeders to pro-
duce strongly fertile eggs that will
hatch into vigorous chicks
In selecting breeders choose those
hens which in their pullet year were
| heavy layers. Such hens proba bly, are
not now laying many eggs; In their
| first laying season, however, they dem
| onstrated the fact that they possessed
the ability to lay plenty Of eggs. If
such hens possess the coloring, mark
ings,, etc, required for the particular
| breed by the American standard of per-
fection. in addition to their demon
strated egg-laying capacity, so much
| the better. The average poultryman.
| with both eyes on the commercial egg
market, however, will not sacrifice egg
laying qualities for show points. al
though a combination Of the two is
| highly desirable. Hens that laid heav-
| lily in their pullet year mated with
cockerels whose mothers were heavy
| layers will transmit the egg-laying
tendency strongly intensified to their
| offspring
| Pullets that are laying now are the
ones that began to lay before cold
weather set in, and they are the ones
| that may be depended upon to lay all
winter.
1t is the early Matched pullets that
produce eggs in the fall and winter,
| when eggs are highest in price.
While it is always advisable to get
out the first matches In January or even
| in December for early spring broilers
or squad broilers, the bulk of the
! chicks should be hatched during Feb
ruary. March and April. Pullets hatch
! ed during these months, if properly
brooded. pushed right along and never
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the heaviest layers next fall and win
| ter.
Poultry specialists in the Department
of Agriculture prophesy high prices for
| eggs next fall and winter. Many farm
| ers and poultrymen, they say, have
marketed practically their entire flocks
| because of the present high prices of
| feeds of all kinds. This is expected to
result in a great shortage of breeders.
| q III N mo n doNr 40
| in size of the focks of layers next fall
and winter. Therefore, these special
| lists say, If farmers and poultrymen
wish to profit by the high prices that
eggs are certain to bring next fall and
winter they should begin at once to
get ready for extensive Matching op-
| erations.
The way to have eggs in the fall
the department. 'is to hatch pullets
early. 1t is the early matches from
which pullets are obtained that are the
! biggest moneymakers for the poultry
producer. Early Matched cockerels can
be marketed in almost any market in
America when they attain a weight OF
three-Quarters of pound to a pound
and a half each. The cockerels should
reach these weights at from six to ten
| weeks old, and if disposed of at those
ages they yield a greater profit to the
producer than at any other time OF
their lives. The early Matched pullets
if properly handled and well matured
will begin to lay in the late fall, al
the time when eggs are scarce and higl
in price. PulIets must be well matured
however, before they will begin to lay.
Now is a good time to Gull out and
send to market the hens that are not
laying or that are laying only one OF
two eggs a week. Such hens, in al
proba bility. will not lay well until some
time in the spring, when eggs are
plenty and prices low Meanwhile the
hens are consuming just as much feed
as are the paying layers. Unless they
were heavy layers in their pullet yeal
and are reserved for breeders sent
them to the block. The money they
bring will help to pay for the feed o.
the remaining fowls.
Spray the inside of the poultry house:
with "a properly diluted solution o
crude carbolic acid or some kindred
ratus that will force the solution int
all cracks, crevices and crannies o
the walls and roof well as th
roosts and roost supports. This will
serve two purposes-lt Will prevent tn
Matching of eggs of mites, etc, and tn
development of dormant larvae, and a
the same time. by it's germicide action
will aid in preventing roup, chroni
%colds and other poultry diseases. !
I good serviceablc spraying apparatu
may be bought for as little as 50 o
even less. Such a device has a scor
of uses about the poultry plant an,
will pay for itself in less Chan a singh
season
In planning quarters for the chick
to be hatched this year try to locat'
the broodcr houses on ground on whic
poultry has never ranged; also try t
have a crop of clover, rye, oats or SOM
such growth up and ready for th
Youngsters when they are old enougl
land when the weather is warm enough
for them to be allowed outside th
broodcr houses
Forest Notes.
II Is estimated that the government
Grand Canyon game refuge in Arizona
contains about 10000 deer.
More than 100000 young trees an,
10000 pounds Of seed were planted ir