Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25
FIELD, FARM AND FLOCK.
for Pouymen Gardeners Stock Raser Orchardsts
Cleaned From of Experts
POULTRY YARD NOTES.

The following homemade dininfectant.
tested and recommended by the Maine
fexperiment station, is suitable for general
disinfecting purposes about the poultry
plant 1t should be used often. especially
4 in warm weather. A years supply can
| be made at one time. Follow the direc-
| lions carefully.
Measure out three and one-fifth quarts
! of raw linseed' oil in four or nve GAL
lon stone crock. then weigh out in dish
| one pound six ounces of commercial I've.
| Dissolve this I've in as little water as will
!, completely dissolve it. Start with one
half pint of water, and if this will not
| dissolve all the I've, add more water
slowly. Let this stand for at least three
| hours. until the I've is completely dis
solved and the solution is cold. then add
the cold I've solution very slowly to the
linseed oil. stirring constantly Not less
| than five minutes should be taken for
oh ehe ao''"s u ''''S
| After the I've Is added continue the STIR
ring until the mixture IS IN .ne hnrnon
and has the texture OF smooth mono.
geneous liquid soap This ought nUt ~
| take more than half an hour. Inen;
| while the soap is in this liquid slaee anu
\ 10
with constant stirring, eight and one-haIi
| narts of commercial cresol. The cresoi
will blend perfectly with the soap SOU SOU,
| ton and make a clear. dark Drown nun:
! The resulting solution will NIX IN any
| proportion with water and yleld Clear
! solution.
Two or three tablespoonful OF the ere
| sol soap (Which is what the above sou,
| ton isl to each gallon of water VIII
make satisfactory solution. ms may
be applied through any kind OF spray
| pump. or with brush.
Select eggs for Matching uniform in size.
! Extremely small eggs or exceptionally
| large eggs should not be used.
The small outdoor brooder is practically
| thing of the past and 1t is well that II
| is so, for they were both unreliable ana
| inconvenient to attend to; especlahy IN
| stormy weather. 1t costs but little more
| to build cheap colony house and equip IL
with either adaptable or portable hover,
| or better still, the colony brooder stove,
than it did formerly to purchase an out
! door brooder that would really give rea-
| soma BILE satisfaction. The colony mouse
| plan is much more satisfactory and the
! investment can be made use OF the year
round Clean the brooder frequently and
| use plenty Of disinfectant
| Be sure to fill the plumage of sitting
hens full of good lice powder once a
| week. the last time three days before
|
Whether farmer will raise better poul-
| try this year than he did last will depend
| primarily upon the kind of stock that Is
| used for breeding. Every baby chick is
| entitled to be well born. Unless its par
ents are strong. vigorous. hardy and re,
| sistant to disease. a poor hatch ana
| weak, puny chicks will result. say the
| poultryinen at Iowa State College. The
| use of low vitality breeders is the most
| frequent cause of poor incubating success
| and high death rate in brooding. Chicks
Matched from poor breeding stock never
! The pullets do not begin laying until the
| following spring and then hardly enough
| to pay for their feed. II the flock is to
be improved. only those birds that show
size. vigor and egg producing qualities
should be used as breeders. Twenty-Five
good females in roomy pen with
couple Of good males will furnish eggs
for incuba ton that will produce chicks
worth while. ones that will grow into big
fellows worth a good price on the mar
ket. The pullets from such mating
| ture rapidly and are In condition to LAY
| the winter eggs"
i Hens suffer from overlooking as much
| as from half starving.
| Owing to differences in the vigor Of
! parent stock. age of eggs when incubated
| and other causes. there are always differ
ences in the vitality of the chicks. and
1
| The stronger chicks shove the weaker
| away from the food, crowd them out of
the sunniest spots in the brooder and
| take the best Of things generally. Since
| the most vigorous chicks are the most
| valuable, we do not like to discourage
| this disposition to thrive, but strong
| chicks should not thrive at the expense
/ of the weak. AS soon as there is
| perceptible difference in the size of the
| chicks in the brooder. Yes, and a little
| to size or fix things so the weak chicks
| can eat by themselves.
| Don't mix stale eggs from any source
with the fresh eggs unless you are will
| ing to receive stale-egg prices for the
whole lot.
| II. as II has been said a chick in the
brooder is worth two chicks in the she'll
then pullet on the range is worth two
| chicks in the brooder. Yet and a little
bit more. because we have assumed that
| the second fellow is a cockerel and both
| were raised without fatality. which is
rare good fortune. II one wishes to make
conservative estimate of next winters
| layers one must consider the element OF
mortality; therefore. the computatio
| should be somewhat In this wise: Two
eggs equal one chick two and a half
let equals FIVE eggs. Still another view Of
| the equation-we start with five eggs
from which we obtain one pullet: What
were the casualties? Two eggs failed TO
|
or another-infertility death in shell. etc
which represents a so per cent hatch;
one chick died in the brooder. the Gus
tomary mortality of 80 per cent; one
chick developed into cockerel. the usual
| 80 per cent run Of males. and the re-
mainder-one pullet-survives with the
I cockerel and Is available for the laying
| house.
| The above estimate may seem rather
radical to the layman. or discouraginglv
low to the beginner. for there are many
! exceptions. perhaps; nevertheless, on large
| commercial farms these averages prevail
and are considered highly successful Con
| sequently. II such ratios exist. as they
most certainly do, why try to delude our
| selves with the notion that. to be success
| full. we must raise nnety-fiv chicks from
every 100 eggs set. and that eighty. of
POULTRY. DOGS, PET STOCK.
| MAGNIFICENT salmon colored Persian male cat.