Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-24


Take a peach basket. cut out the
hoops except at top and bottom,
sharpen the ends and place over tho
vessel containing the water for the
fowls The birds cannot get into the
water and it may be kept clean. Al
- ways use a vessel that can b, taken
out and cleaned every time before re-
filling.
vided for that purpose. II you con-
tinue to feed the chicks by hand when
you open the house each morning 10
let them out, they will wait and fol-
low YOU and beg you to feed them.
They will fill up on grain or fccd
which you give tn m. They then sit
around and wait until the noon feed,
and just SO again at night The resut
is that they follow around after you
every time you come in sight, and they
are never satisfied or contented and do
not hustle and get the exercise or de-
Velop as they should. But IL you place
the feed in hoppers when you turn
them out OF the coops and hovers each
morning. then pay no more attention
TO you than If YOU were not there.
They rush by you and on by the hop
pers containing the feed and out into
the clover or corn field or orchard In
search of worms. bugs, etc. They soon
when they want II, and they also learn
that the early bir.: catches the worm,"
and they go in search of them first.
They then come back to the hoppers
and fill up on grain and dry mash.
But II YOU hand feed. unless you are
an expert. the chicks fill up on your
feed and then sit in the shade of tree
until they see you coming in sight
again. The chicks know much more
about their wants than does the aver
age inexperienced person who attempts
70 raise poultry. BY actual test they
do not eat any more where they are
hopper-fed than where they are hand
fed.
Ncglectins the drinking pan, espec-
tally during warm weather, and allow
ing tho chicks to go without water.
sour milk or butterIni!k during the dry
hot Gays OF summer will cause greater
INJURY 10 the young stock than the lack
Of sufficient food Also the use of stale.
= dirty and stagnant water will often
lead I" u complication of chick dis
cases and digestive disorders. Water
: very S!Ie;p In price. and IL is pure
neSiecs- or the part of the poultryman
10 allow his chickens 20 suffer for wa
ter. man who neglcc;S to keep fresh
, water before his chickens at all times
, does not deserve to succeed. Moisture
is an absolute necessity In tho life OF
inc young CnlCk 1or the FOLLOWING Fea-
sons. % To soften the food in the
crop ~ TO dilute concentrated food
= 81 To regulate the temperature of the
body: go TO aid in the digestion ana
assimilation OF the food; t5) to carry
nourishtacnt throughout the body and
90 TO carry waste out of the system.
Much Of the loss Of young chick ems
in summer months can often be traced
10 The lack Of shade. If the young
sun on a summers day the chicks are
certain 10 be dwarfed to a great ex-
tent and deaths are sure 10 result.
The drinking vessels should be KEEP,
in the shade and tho fowls given pro.
lection from both sun and rain il
you can't provide for "a corn field near
The poultry yards. then SOW some sun
flower seed. set out some cherry trees
or place grape vines around the fences
surrounding the poultry yard. or pro
Nide shade in some other WAY thai
VIII not detract from the appearance,
of your place You had just as vel
grow crop of grain or crop q
fruit on the land on which you rails.
poultry as not. II YOU can't provid,
shade in any other manner. drive som.
stakes and cover them with a ligh
frame. and on This tack some burla n
canvas or something of this nature
This will give the birds a comfortabl
.estlnE place on hot summers day
There is nothing that IL more dctri
mental 20 The health and growth o
young chicks than TO let parasite
gain foothold in your fock If yo
notice them becoming l.tless. tibet
combs and wattlcs becoming pale I
color and the young birds losing I
weight. We advise making an eXaInna
ton Of such birds and also Of you
houses and coops TO see IL YOU ca
discover evidences of either lice O
mites. Chicken mites arc one Of tn
worst pests found in the poultry yart
The presence Of mites Is Indicate
by small! black and white spccks O
he roosts-thc excremcnt Of these in
sects. The first step is To get rid {
the hiding places 50 far a. possibl
TIE roosis should be taken down an
al unnecessary boards and boxes T.
moved. In heavily infested houses II
mites are to be found in All parts ,
the building. including the roof. Whc,
they are less numerous. the infcst;
Tons usually are confined 10 the roos
and nests and TIE walls immediate
adjacent. For small coops han
atomizer will suffice for applying IL
sccticidcs as sprays. but for !are
houses bucket pump knadsac
sprayer. or barrel pump Is dcsirabl
rather coarse spray should be a.
piled from all angles and thorough
driven into the cracks. The floor al
= should be treated, as many mites IA