Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-23

1eeQ tnan TO run the FISK OIL luJui III
or sickening an entire flock OF chicks
| by using such feed with the idea of
Saving" 1t.
There is virtually no danger Of over
| feeding chicks after they are month
| old and are running at large. The
chicks at this age should be induced
to consume the largest possible quanti-
ty Of feed in order to insure the rapid
and satisfactory growth and develop
ment of the youngsters.
Every effort should be made to elm
mate weddings from the f1ock-to do
away with any and all fowls that at
any time have been infected with any
poultry disease. Only by rigidly fol-
lowing such a course can a strong and
thoroughly healthy flock ever be built
up. Perhaps the best way to eliminate
and permanently. every chick that does
not make satisfactory development or
that has ever suffered from disease Of
any kind. This is about the only way
to keep the breeding or foundation
stock from receiving recruits that
never can be anything but unsatis-
factory and sources of loss and dis
couragement. If such a system is
rigidly followed it will within a year
or SO eliminate absolutely all Infected
liable. by reason Of slow or unsatisfac-
tory growth. to attacks of disease.
Such marking should be done as soon
as chick is seem to be Ill or a weak
may seem to have recovered. Every
bird that has at any time Of it's life
shown even the slightest indication of
disease must be absolutely excluded
from the breeding stock, II proper re-
suits are expected.
Breeding stock for next season should
be selected now. Last years pullets
that have shown their ability to pro-
duce plenty of large, good shaped eggs
during the last six months, and that
have continued to develop into strong,
vigorous hens, are the ones to set aside
for breeders.
Avoid damp brood coops. If you are
using an old coop inspect the roof and
walls carefully. A poorly constructed
brood coop is worthless in heavy rain.
Visit other poultry plants. the large
as well as the small ones. You will
get many ideas of which you never
thought by such visits. Most poultry
men are glad to give beginners infor-
nation and to help them along in their
work.
Remember. the busy hen is always the
best layer. Plenty Of exercise is the
secret of big egg yields.
All June awards in the laying contest
at storrs, Conn. went to single comb
white Leghorns. A pen from Walling-
ford. Pa. won the blue ribbon with a
June production of 254 eggs from five
hens Singularly enough. the second
pen. with 2S7 eggs for the month, was
entered from Wallingford. Conn. Pens
from Bridgeport and Mount Carmel
Conn.,. tied for third honors with 235
eggs each.
An effective method of keeping down
mil IN ha n0pr1f Ioe
developed in the insectproof perch.
These are of various devices and en-
ployed not only to keep the pests off
the roosts, but to make it so unpleasant
drop of. One of these perches which
has given excellent results. Is made
from two 1x2-inch strips. Half-inch holes
are bored one foot apart In one Of the
nary lamp wick two inches wide is tackled
to the fiat side Of the other strip. Then.
after rounding of the upper corners
OF the strip containing the holes. this
Is nailed securely to the other strip
with the wick between. Use fiat-headed
nails. being careful that their heads do
not protrude. When the perch Is placed
upon its rests in the house take an oil
can filled with petroleum or any sim
liar form of oil and fill the holes In
sorb the oil along its entire length by
capillary attraction. One application
Of oil will suffice many weeks. after
which more may be put in. The heat
from the fowls bodies when at roost
will cause the oil to throw of an odor
that Is obnoxious to lice and mites and
they will soon get beyond its range.
Another good device along similar lines
is the strip of cotton nailed to the I'M
der side of the perches. The mites will
hide in this cotton during the day, and
by occasionally burning of this cotton
and replacing 1t with fresh great num-
bers of the pests are destroyed.
Poultry raisers who can spare a little
time sshould study the art Of caponiz-
ing. Capons command a good price
upon the market and are always in
good demand. The operating process
Is easily learned and is so profitable
that it pays any poultryman to try his
hand at 1t. The slips are not lost. and
II you kill a few by practicing you
can sell the carcass on the market or
use 1t for home consumption. OF course,
1t is necessary that you have the prop
er tools to do this work. but these can
be purchased at poultry stores any
where Capons sell best In February.
but also sell well during other sea
sons of the year.