Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-21
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Club Leader Rrundaae Offers Suages- tions Regarding the Care of Poultry Other Bulletins Sent Out.

menu NonnecIlcut AgrIcultura1 Col lege:
 If previous instructions have been followed, you have separated the sex es, you are providing an abundance of range and shade for the growing chickens, you have kept them free from lice and mites, you have culled out the weaker ones and have sold them as broilers or consumed them on the table at home and as a result Of all this, your work with the chick ems from this time on to maturity ought to be easy.
 There are, however, one or two inn portant things to keep in mind. Your chicks are now probably from twelve to fourteen weeks old and you may | have put them into a rather comfort able roasting coop so that they are well taken care of as you receive this letter. You must, not, however, be unmindfuI of the fact that in only a few weeks from this time your chicks will be twice as big as they are now and therefore twice as crowded in the coop that you have provided. This is a common mistake made by a great many poultrynen and one that you
 now have an opportunity to avoid
 because you are warned to watch out that your chicks do not automatically become crowded because they are growing bigger and stronger every day.
 Along in September you will get letter about the danger of fall colds among your chickens but now is the
 time really to accustom your chicks to an abundance of fresh air and well ventilated sleeping quarters. In fact, our September letter may be too late to do you much good if you overcrowd | your chicks all through the summer. | Your chicks will be better off roOst- l ing in the trees than in a house that | is too tightly closed.
 In house 6 X 8 feet, you can take
 good care of 50 to 60 bullets if you | will put in three rOosts the long way | of the house and put them from 15 to | IS inches apart. Your hen rOoSts are 1 probably not more than F inches | apart but you should keep the grow ing chickens spread out more Not
 only this, but if you have 50 to 60 l birds in a house this size, you must have it open on two opposite sides, | preferably front and back This
 means, of course, that the chicks are l virtually roasting under a shed. The | house then during the summer be- | comes simply a place to keep the rain l off and not a place to keep the air 1 out.
 l We hope you are going out to your 1 GOODS once or twice a week on hot
 nights and seeing for yourself whetth- | CT or not the chicks are perfectly l comfortable
 l The following bulletin has been sent 1 to Now London County club members 1 by M. EsteIla Sprague, assistant club l leader, through the New London l County Improvement League: | Remember your success in selling 1 your product depends upon the way 1 in which you meet your trade. Sales | must be uniform, reliable and prices l fair both to you and to your custom 1 CT. The Golden Rule is a pretty good | one to follow if you are selling goods | and desire to keep your customers.
  l. Pick all vegetables when at the | right degree of ripeness. Do not sell | OvergroWn vegetables but pick them | when they are tender.
 1 2. Pick only as you are to use l them, PeOpe will not buy a second 1 time if the products received are stale. l 5. Give fair measure and charge a
 fair price.
 f. Have vegetables clean, and free 1 from dead leaves, etc.
 l 5. Grade for ripeness, frmness, | size, etc, and have all in the same 1 measure uniform.
 Suggestions. 1 Punches of mixed vegetables for | soups called soup punches" often i meet a ready sale in home markets. 1 Gather when the sun does not shine ! hot on the vegetables. Never gather l beans of any kind when the plant is 1 wet either with dew or with rain. ] INOOt crops, lOuldIOeS ana a I9W or | the vegetables may be gathered the 1 day before, but spinach, Swiss chard, l peas, beans, corn, should be marketed | directly after picking. These vegeta- | bles must all be tender. If selling I near at home, tops may be left on l beets and turnips as many use the | tender leaves for greens. | All root crops should be cleaned and | free from dead leaves. If the tips of | beet leaves are cut off, leave 2 or 8 l inc of | Never cut the crown of beets. | Pack tomatoes without stems as l they bruiSe the fruit.
 | Cut cucumbars, leaving about one | half inch of stem. You may be able l to sell small CuCumbers for pickles. | Cut everyday. If a large crop of l pickles is desired, do not allow any to | become large.
 Gather early cabbage as soon as the i heads are solid.
 1 Summer squaShes should be gath l cred when young and tender. 1 In picking Swiss chard, pick only | the tender leaves and more will grow i from the plant.
 Miss Sprague has also sent out a | bulletin to the garden and canning 1 club members. The bulletin follows:
 Harvesting. 1 For AIarket-If gathering for a near market, the fruit should be ripe but | | to be shipped some distance, they may | be picked when the color has turned 1 but are not thoroughly ripe. l In either case, grade carefully. Pack l those of the same degree of ripeness, l size and frnlness in the same shipping | box or basket. Pack no leaky, soft, i potted or deformed fruit. Remove all | stems for they are liable to bruise and l puTl+Eture the fruit in shipment Fancy l tomatoes are too often wrapped in l tissue paper, for shipping. Six bas-
 kets Georgia peach carriers or one
 third bushel Climax baskets are good i for shipping early tomatoes. The 1 latter Is better.
 Marketing. l If possible, worl2up a trade to sup
 ply private customers and so sell di- i reCtly to the consumer. You will us
 UaIly obtain a better price. Next try
 to supply your local markets but it
 will be necessary to contract for a
 certain amount each week as the
 merchant must have a reliable source l to meet his trade.
 l If there seems to be no opportunity | in these ways of marketing consult l the county agent, local leader, the | state leader or his assistant.