Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-09

pers are used drive long nails through
the dish of the hopper about five
inches apart, which will prevent the
fowls throwing the grain out.
Another great waste OF feed is In
indiscriminate feeding. Chemists have
analysed grains and have ascertained
the properties of an egg. If one
wishes a hen to lay. she must be fed
grains containing the properties
needed for egg production.
Composition of Feeds.
No dairyman would feed his milk
cows the same ration he feeds when
fattening cattle, yet many poultrymon
feed quantities of fattoning corn to
their hens and then wonder why they
do not lay.
They are wasting their corn as well
as their time. for corn alone has not
the properties that go TO produce eggs.
lrrcgularity in feeding Is another
waste. 1t has been proven both by
individual poultYmen and at cNperi-
| ment stations that a fixed quantity fed
az stated intervals through the day
and every day will produce eggs
enough to pay for the feed and profit
| besides, while the same amount when
fed only once through the day or
twice one day and not at all the next
would be a total loss. for the hens
| would not pay under such conditions.
Injudicious care is another source of
waste. 1t is OF little avail that the
birds arc fed right IL other conditions
are not right Hens may be fed
| balanced ration approved by the latest
poultry experts and yet not lay eggs II
they have not clean quarters, warmth
at night, access to fresh air and sun
shine, and If they are not provided
with means Of exercise and plenty of
clean drinking water. A great deal of
good feed, valuable time, and good
money can be wasted through neglect
| of these essentials.
It is usually waste to feed dwarfed
| stock. mongrel stock, sickly stock or
except in the case of valuable show
specimens, stock that is in their fourth
year.
Young birds intended for market
| should be disposed of without delay
when they reach the proper weight
| and condition. If old fowls are to be
sold, sell in the fall before the moult-
ing period; don't feed them half the
| winter. getting eggs, and then sell on
a cheap market. Old cocks that are
| not needed for another year should
be marketed as soon as the breeding
| season is over. Save on the feed bill
wherever possible.
Economy i'm Land.
Every inch of land should be utilized
on a poultry farm. Americans are
| just beginning to know and realize
I some things about soil economy. The
crowded countries across the sea have
| been compelled to cherish every foot
| of soil as precious possession almost
as precious as life itself, and it would
! make us open our eyes If we could see
| how much they make from little. The
| poultry farmer has an equally good
| opportunity, limited only by the time
at his disposal. He has the chance to
| improve his soil as has the worker in
no other branch of farming He has
| the golden touch of Midas that en-
ables him to take the obnoxious hen
| manure and with natures wonderful
alchemy convert 1t into abundant crops
| OF grain, hay. roots for stock. or de-
| licious fruit and vegetables, all of
which have a marketa BILE money value.
Rye is a good in-between crop to
sow in September. BY keeping the
| fowls away from 1t through the fall
| until it gets a good start it will make
an excellent feed for poultry during
the winter and early spring. and will
| enrich the soil when plowed under for
the succeeding summer crop.
The poultry farmer can learn much
about land economy, raising several
| crops during the season, and utilizing
| every corner. If he studies the methods
| of harket gardepers near the cities
If space will permeit his keeping a
| COW. she will convert coarse fodder
| into the equivalent OF beef scrap--for
| sweet, skinned milk is in every way
! as valuable to poultry as the best beef
scrap and the butter fat from the milk
will make butter enough to pay for
| the cows grain.
Care of By-Products.
The poultry droppings on many
| farms are considered a nuisance to be
| got rid of the easiest way possible and
of no value whatever. AS matter of
fact. poultry manure is one of the rich
| est fertilizers in the world if properly
cared for, but quickly deteriorates
when exposed to rain and weather.
1t should be taken directly from the
hen-houses to the land, or else stored
under shelter. If quantity Of manure
gets wet, very soon one can detect
strong smell of ammonia, the active
terlizing element that is set free by
the action Of water. In freezing
weather the droppings will not lose in
value If stored in the open, but care
must be taken to scatter it well on
the plowed land, before 1t loses in fer
tilinzing value.
If poultry Is sent to the market |
dressed, save the feathers. If a little
care is exercised in picking, the feath-
ers can be sorted and most of them
kept clean. There is demand for the
clean ones, especially If they are white |
Poorly planned buildings engender
much waste of time and energy Have |
your buildings so planned that the
greatest amount of work can be done
with the least expenditure of energy.
Then have system about your work
and each day follow the same routine. |
You will do the work and do ii well
almost automatically. This is a saving
of much nerve force-and a few steps
and little nerve force saved each /
day means much when multiplied by
three hundred and siXty-five.
Thus watever Is of value in or about /
the poultry farm should not be
thought too insignificant to save /
though one need not be quite SO eco
nomical as was the little girl who, hav- !
ing been taught never to throw away /
anything of value, one day Mortified /
her mother by rushing into the house .
trailing . dead cat by the tail
Look Mamma" she said, what I
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