Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-04-28
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, special work Will be taken up with them.
Each poultry CLUB member is expected
/ 10 write a composition on Poultry Man
! agement," set at least one sitting of
eggs OF purebred chickens preferably
| three or more), raise all of the pullets
! 10 maturity for winter layers, keep the
best cockerels for breeders. keep records
| on the raising of these chickens, and
| make a display of the chickens and eggs
| at the county exhibit. In case the club
| member is old enough, capable enough,
| and can get permission from the mother,
she may take charge of the entire farm
flock, and IL il is not too large. can keep
| records of IL. If the chickens are not
purebred. II is advisable that ca few sit
tings of eggs from purebred chickens be
bought, and enough such chickens raised
| so that the majority, If not all eggs set
the succeeding year will be from pure
bred chickens. Only one variety OF
chickens should be kept by each club
| member.
Application cards for membership in
the poultry clubs will be sent by the
county home economics agent to the
teacher in those schools where poultry
clubs are to be organized, and these
/ will be given by the teacher to those
boys ana girls who wish 10 become
members. These cards are to be filled
/ out and returned to the county home
/ economics agent. These cards should be
/ returned as soon as possible. All boys
/ and girls who wish to become poultry
/ club members should first get the con-
/ sent OF their parents. since all OF the
work will be done at home. The home
| economics agent will then list these
/ names by schools on the membership
/ record blank and send two copies to the
! state gent.
A record book will be sent to the club
/ members in which are to be kept all
| of the records of Matching, brooding'
rearing, feeding, eggs laid, chickens
and eggs sold, etc. All club members
are advised to buy a notebook In which
| 10 keep daily records of the work done,
so that they will be able to keep the
| records accurately and neatly. Dupli-
| cate copies of these reports are to De
/ sent TO the county home economics
agent according 20 the directions on
/ each report blank.
| ANY standardized variety OF chickens
/ may be raised by the club members, but
/ the following varieties are recommend
| ed: Rhode Island Red, Barred Ply
/ mouth Rock White Plymouth Rocks,
/ White Yyandottes, Bun Orpingtons,
White Orpingtons, Single Comb Nhite
/ Legons.
A list OF poultry breeders who will
sell eggs TO the poultry CLUB members
| at reasonable prices will be sent 10 the
1 schools where clubs are organized, so
/ that in case the members are unable TO
/ secure eggs of good quality near home
| they will know where to send. rms
! list will contain the name, address, va
I rietv OF chickens raised. and price at
u hich the breeder will sell eggs TO the
/ poultry club members. All eggs shoulo
/ bs set by the middle of March
.Fr,wu -
in Matching the chicks. All club MEM
bers should raise as many chickens as
they can take care of properly. Thls
will be a few or many sittings Of eggs
/ depenting on the age and ability of the
club member. Every club member
/ should get enough eggs so that he VIII
have enough good pullets left in the ran
/ TO make a good flock Of winter layers.
Do not feed tne chicks until they are
from thirty-six 10 forty-eight hours old.
I The yolk furnishes a good supply that
will suffer for this length of time and
/ TO feed too soon is overlooking and may
cause digestive troubles. Directions for
/ feeding are given in Farmers Bulletin
/ 60 pages I2 and Is and 2S7, page 81
/ Feed the chicks something besides corn
Il meal. grits, and corn meal dough. Skim
milk and buttermilk are very good. Try
/ feeding a dry mash as recommended in
/ bulletin ga Keep a record of the feed
j used in the daily record book and place
/ the total in the record book when the
chicks are all weaned.
/ Every poultry club member should
Il have a house for his chickens before
winter sets in. This need not be ex-
pensive but should be sufficiently large
Tor the number of chickens kept and
should be well built. The types OF
houses shown i'm bulletin 500, pages s
and { are types that can be easily and
cheaply built. Farmers Bulletin 57i,
Poultry House Construction contains
many good plans Of poultry houses and
should be used in building a house.
The proper handling and marketing
Of eggs during the hot summer months
calls for the greatest care to prevent
spoilage. one Of the greatest causes
for this loss is the termination of the
fertile egg. We want you to produce
infertile eggs during the summer. Re-
move, contine. or kill all Of the male
birds after the breeding season and the
loss due 10 the spelling of eggs viii be
greatly lessened..
Every poultry club member is expect
ed to make an exhibit of the best chick
ems raised anu of eggs laid by these
chickens at the county club exhibit.
The composition written in the spring
and the duplicate reports of the poultry
club records will be exhibited as part
OF the club work.
More of feeds good for poultry should
be grown on the farms. The following
grains are good poultry feeds and should
be grown in addition TO corn, wheat and
oats: Russian Sunflower seed, kaffir
corn seed. sorghum seed. cowpeas.
POULTRY FEEDS AND THEIR COM
POSITION.
Digestible Nutriments.
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