Evening star., 1916-06-18
4 FIELD. FARM AND FLOCK.
Pouymen Stock Rasers Orchadists
Cleaned From Researches of Experts
POULTRY YARD NOTES.

Of green food is provided. which stimu-
lates the appetite and increases digestion.
Natural shade Is needed to protect tne
chicks from the hot sun and 70 create
lowed to roam over an extended area
the birds secure large quantity OF looo
material in the form OF gruos, insects
and weed seeds. These not only 1nouce
the cost of other purchased feeds Fur
thermore, free range furnishes sanitary
conditions which are essential to the oest
health and development
An attempt to mature pullets in small,
bare yards without free range, Will. IN
the great majority Of cases. result In rail-
ure. The poultryman will appreciate that
in all of this work the ultimate aim is
vigor and natural inherited strength
and vitality. Unless he is able to rear
each year a large number ol puliets o!S 70
after they have passed their usefulness
for egg production his chances for sue
cess in the poultry business are slim.
GUS parent stock; by the early separa-
ton of the sexes, that each may be given
every opportunity for development, and
by the furnishing Of proper range during
the summer range period.
If you do not grade your eggs some
one else will. and you will pay him Tor
doing 1t.
Grit should be supplied to chickens
at all times. as it aids digestion. Lime
In some form must be supplied to the
laying hen to keep up her supply, which
production. Grit can be purchased In
commercial form or coarse sand and
small stones will do. Lime can be pur-
chased in the form of oyster shells.
though old plaster or dry cracked bones
are fairly good.
Have light poultry house admitting
plenty of fresh air without producing
direct drafts of air. The germs Of most
diseases cannot live in fresh air or very
strong light.
The dry. well lighted henhouse is a
pretty good guarantee against roup.
One of the most successful poultry
raisers in the United States remarked
recently: There is hardly week
passes that some part of our plant does
n0t receive good dose Of disinfectant
Houses, coops, incubators and brooders
all get their share" This man realizes
that an ounce of prevention is worth a
pound of cure, and that the best way of
getting rid of mites. lice and disease
germs that chickens. are heir to is to
fight the pests consistently.
The idea that the presence of lice and
other parasites on poultry is a natural
condition, efficiently taken care of by
nature. is fallacy. True. they are found
on very young chicks, because the
mother hen unavoidably distributes
them to her brood. Every nest is
refuge for them, likewise perches
dropping boards. brooder houses and
yarding coops. II the poultryman is
not careful baby chicks start life
handicapped by these bloodsucking
There is no better way to success
fully combat germs and parasites than
through the use of a good, strong dis
infectant. One that will not only kill
tralize foul odors: but at the. same
time, one that will neither stain nor
injure the birds in any way. Many
breeders have been using crude and
This is not. only dangerous. but ex-
pensive. There are many commercial
disinfectants on the market three to
five times stronger than carbolic. be-
sides being safer and cheaper.
No poultry plant, whether it con-
sists of six birds or 5000. should be
without a sanitary schedule. At stat
ed intervals. preferably once a week:
thoroughly and sprayed with disin-
fectant. Care should be taken to reach
all corners, cracks and crevices, for
these are the breeding places and har-
plan is to have perchesN and dropping
boards removable, so they can be taken
out and washed. in a solution OF dis
infectant.
Houses should be well ventilated and
admit plenty of sunshine. Nothing ia
vors the increase of lice and mites so
easily as dampness, filth and darkness.
Two or three times a year, as condi-
tions demand. the inside of the houses
should be whitewashed, mixing four or
FIVE ounces of disinfectant with the
whitewash.
The birds themselves may be sprayed
with a solution Of disinfectant or, If
the need is more urgent. the bird can
be dipped in a solution. The general
practice of dipping. however. is hardly
practical where there are great many
birds.
Excellent results may be obtained by
daily sprinkling a good lice powder in
the dust bath or applying it to the
birds by means of a powder bellows.
This may seem like great deal of
trouble and expense, but 1t will soon
prove an excellent investment. In
creased vitality and strength mean
more eggs. the elimination of disease
and a much lower mortality among
young chicks. The poultryman will
quickly realize the truth of the state
ment: Clean poultry means greater
profits" ..-'-