Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-16

Tho Inventor of tho trap nest was
the greatest hencfactor the pouitryn2n
IS possible 30 know Just which hens are
workers and which are merely board
ers which do not pay their way
| Just before geese are to he sent TO
iinariin; they should be confined in small
tqu1'tsrs and fed all the corn they will
cat. " they are given plenty of fresh
drinking water this treatment will re-
suit in plump. robust gcesc. the Kind
| buyers want.
Results of the ecg-laying contests in
| various parts Of the country are now
appearing in The nwspapers. and poul-
| t'ymcn who pin their faith to one or
another OF the various breeds are find
! ing ample grounds for a~gumeft in the
reports. Reports from the contest at
Storra. Conn. for the first week in Jan
nary show that the hens there started
'he 1"w year well.
In spite of the fact tina; tho SUN shone
| hu' one day during the entire week
aud that rain or snow fell during every
other day. the birds made gain of
! 1873 eggs over the preceding week. The
/ total Cor the week was 1907, as against
/ l.33i during the CORE spending week
/ last year. cain OF nearly 500 eggs.
! The gain was du" largely TO ;hc in
creased production on the part of the
heavy breeds. but i; will be noted that
the I.cGhorns more than held their own
in spite of the adverse weather condi-
lions. First honors for the week go
to Tom Barron's White Wyando:tes.
! with ii production of.i3 eggs Second
place is taken by the Rhode Island
! Reds OF Jacob T.. Jansen. North Haven.
/ Conn. with yield o: a. eggs. while
two pens. White WEandottes of 7: ":
/ E;ici.us. from Chatham. Ont. and VIII
! Elrrons White Le2norns from Bartle.
England. tie for third. with - eggs to
their credit. Hillview Poultry FARMS
/ Reds. from st. Alban's. VT. and Barred
| WeSt ii'Hi''o', fe,cli. Il. l. IoIio"
c tst. Mn.i aiao $3.50 o,nner
" tilu - - ,,!li- ''i' ;ii;di
( : ~ ~, ,,e,;, ", '5., 49,;
! I,ltit",ns ,,',e NV w H'"" ' 80 f ~
snnrcs TO-, Inc Vel,
1e' = ''' '"e
!
/ Much has oeen sad about the IN
fairness OF seillnG eggs by the dozen.
That weight only should be taken INTO
| CONSIDERATION. Quotations 10 appear al
so much per pound. AS law TO mat
erect may pc IMMINENT ana me Sna pc
anu SIZE Vi t-IS - '''ti9,'issipie ON
one generation 10 ahother. prceders
Shbuln CONSIDER TINS 'fdtacteiIstic car
fully when selecting their breeding
stock Al thc IisSoNri state expert
mem station eSt-iaEln= contest eggs
J or -the d'ffffht breedS We're weighed
ana compared WIN lHc WeiSntS OF inc
birds that laid them. 1t was found that
the SIZE ana weight OF the mems had Ut
! tie OF no influence on the size oil the
49, Pothos ia'u eSsS tidt AK"
80 ouu.eS' mr. .ne mems rhat 10
dSen 90" po"i'a rs, ,aIo eess nt o'liH ~.
ounces each. ii'e ga NE 'ohteH,
| mas nov p"sstu thiouSh 's SetolIu
thohIn' ".I'f eeSS having peeh ,'id dur
ing me "n"htii Oh LScetiipfr- y pc" OF
fthode island ltedS won the hohors iof
Inc month, iaEihS ia eggs. aiso oelhS
'he ie"deFS % 'he contest ~ na'e-
hens at the PENNSYLVANIA state College
School of Agriculture and experiment
station is AS follows:
Grain feed-Cracked corn. so pounds:
wheat. 80 pounds: oats. 3" pounds. Dry
ma sh-cornmeal. 200 pounds: bran. 100
pounds: wheat middlinGs. 100 pounds:
beef scrap 100 pounds
The grain feed is fed night and morn
ing. n lighter allowance being fed in
the morning than in the evening The
plan followed a: the PENNSYLVANIA sta
ton is to feed approxinla tely twice as
much whole grain as mash grain The
mash is fed in hoppers. which for light
breeds may he left open all dav. but
for heavier breeds should be accessible
only part of the day Some grit in the
form of oyster shell or ground lime
stone and some green food sucb .s
cabbage mansel wurzeIs. sprouted
oats, potato Earrings or ground Green
bone should he provided in addition to
the ration given above
|
I, is weu To ro,,ap,hor ,h., !, - no.
trary 10 na,ure for hons 70 I,,, IN oIa
weather. therefore ir ,-ou u,o,,,d ha,a
eggs in winter ,-o,, ,o,,s, ,p,l.o IN 90,
ditions as nnar SIMMER as nossihi., RI
pouItry bouse u,ust no warr, ,nd 60.
shiny Meat must he Given tn ranIano
the HUGS and incects III. h.ns -. =;
vided to replace the grass and greens
Wheuever you 600 , fov.I ,.
old male or female tbat b., a.. vi
isunken eve. long taperinp ne,d. y.,.'
little comb, fowl Thar waIi's
as though its legs were too bea,r 60
it to carry. and when if rms ,ioss %
las if il caused main 10 move ouicLi,,
that fowl should he discarded ar 60
from the flock If plumn and in So
tcondition il is fit for food 60 60 ~
il loses all its flesh and is trorh,ad
! with what is called .pojn. Iiaht., :.
should be DESTROYED and ire c.,,s
| burned or buried deem in rho yronnJ "'
! rheumatism or cont as il 10 c.IIaa
| is ant to attack fowls both ala -
! Young either in the snring or IN ~
| fall If these cases arc no, nrnn.i
! lead to loss Some advice on tho mar
! agenent of birds suffering from, This
complaint will be seasonabje TIL
symptoms are few. but easily not;ced
The birds seem to walk with consid.