The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-11-30

a simple surgical operation, TO pro. |
duce a crow.ess rooster. As a matte"
of fact the suggestion for putting tho
soft pedal en- the rooster by the re
moval Of vocal cord came from
IN outsider and was referred to Uucl, |
SANS poultry annex fer what it wa
worth In simple justice be It sal +
that all Uncle Sans poultry cEperi
ments are Of a thoroughly practice |
character. There are no high brow
technical studies unless such re-
search work has direct bearing upon
the solution OF a practical problem.
New Wrinkles in Poultry
Paraphernala
But for all that Uncle Sam is aim.
ing TO be SO intensely practical in his
object lesson poultry raising there is
no denying the fact that he has in
troduced a number of new wrinkles
in the industry For example not
ony has the type of colony house
that is employed at Beltsville as a
CnlChen udDiNullon D''u opSNidllS HN
signed but It is mounted upon run
ners which allow it to be readily NOV
ed from place to pace. The reason
son for this is that Uncle Sam Is
making a study of the best locations
for poultry shelters under VARYING
conditions.
The Government also goes to eX-
| tremes i'm the matter Of keeping close
watch on all the conditions that have
to do with the health and laying ahil.
ity of the birds All the chicks in
Uncle Sans flock are eXrcnents Of
the fresh air cult, being practically
raised out of doors and good many
Of them enjoying free range but
that does not mean that the Fedora
poultry fanciers do not have weather
eyes for changes OF temperature ana
climatic conditions That might exert
influence upon the poultry. To this
end there are stationed throughout
the pou''"v plant, thermcgraphs that
mechaniC"'ly trace a record on paper
OF all the temperature changes dur.
ing twenty.sour hours. Not only are
these g'orified thermometers installed
in the poultry houses but they do ser.
vice in the open poultry yard, being
installed in locked boxes sheltered In
tiny pavilions.
In his present day effort TO help
the hen Uncle Sam is giving a trial
to ALI the mechanical devices that
are designed TO play part in poultry
farming. Incubators. for one thing
are coming in for deal Of attention
and when | visited the Beltsvill'
farm no less than eight differcn
types OF incubatOrs were in operation
IN the incubator cellar. Variou'
STYLES OF trap nests are being triet
out and up to date feed hoppers ant
water pans are used in tiny shelte'
, houses that look like miniature Chi
nese pagodas.
A grain sprouter insures a supnl,
, OF tender shoots for the youn'
chicks when other green food is I'm
, available and various standard typo
, o. breeders are given en- opportunit'
, 20 show what they can do in consery
, ing the feathered population,
5 Making Chicks Select Food
$ For some OF the activities incident t
: the Federal campaign fo~ better pcu
! try, ordinary poultry equipment In
Q to be used in manner very direren
g from which it is employed by the az
s erage man who keeps chickens as
i source of pleasure or profit For g,
: ample In some of the chicken run
{ az Beltsvil'e the visitor notes su
r prising number OF food hoppers c
v Feeding troughs. II looks like a stu,
a led effort to make Commands of tn
chicks. As a matter of fact II Is mer
ly an ingenious way of making III
c birds tell what sort of food they lil
/ best.
g In the respective hcvpers are pla
y ed equal quantities OF corn, oat
| DlWU, uluullllBS anu Z ct oNuHudl
e articles of poultry diet At the en-
:. Of test period the amount OF eac
5, class of feed remaining Is measure
), and by this means the poultry eXpert
g are able to Ruage pretty accuratel
e what sort Of food is preferred by the
y charges.
1t Ably assisting the Government
a. bringing about an era of better co
II ditions in the poultry industry al
4 the Boys and Girls Poultry Clul
Is which are being organized under Il
le auspices Of the U. s. Department
Agriculture in order to arouse on !
s, terest in poultry on the part OF Il
re farm boys and girls. As yet unc
e. Sam has had opportunity to promo