Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-19

The backlotter and the small farmer
never saw better opportunity 1or
poultry profits than right now. Every
| one of them is a poultryman-at least
every one of them ought to be. Patriot
ism and the pitiful appeal of a famine
threatened world should thrill US Win
a great inspiration to do our utmost.
Intensive and extensive methous ahu
systems ought to be mastered and put
to use in the most efficient fashion NO
| truer service to humanity can be per-
formed No finer form of loyalty 10
our flag can be practiced.
| Our President has appealed TO US 70
do everything possible to produce and
conserve the food supplies of the ma
| ton The summons is especially TO tne
people of humble conditions in NE II
10. 600 600 small farmers and backyard
ers will heed this call, and double their
ordinary poultry output this year. now
much it will mean to our own country
and to the great warning world,
We can do 1t. We are just beginning
to catch a glimpse Of the possibili'le ss
of poultry culture. The secret of our
! power is to turn nature inside out and
| wrong side up. Fall Matching is as
feasible as spring Matching. Inc vii
derness bird is unprotected from the
merciless frosts of winter. She is there
fore dependent upon the whirns of ell
mate in the Matching and rearing of her
young But the domestic fowl should
be as independent or climate CONDITIONS
as her owner.
It is true that eggs will be fewer and
egg prices higher than in the spring.
But the meat produced VIII also be OF
higher value, and the demand both at
home and in the markets Will be great
err in midwinter than in July and Au
gust. 1t will thus be readily seen II
examined from any point of view that
the poultryman, like the dafryman.
ought to make little differences be-
Of
sunshine in the pursuit of his business
Equipment means everything for any
kind of business. Conditions should be
made as favorable as possible 1t pays
to get ready. Failure here will mean
failure all along the line. This is as
| true in spring Matching as in fall
Matching.
The weather conditions are likely to
be fully as favorable for this work in
September. october and November as
in March April and May In fact. the
autumn quarter has the warm weather
at the better end of the line 1t viii
be much easier to handle september
Matched chicks than March Matched.
Every variation of temperature that
may with reason be expected ought to
be prepared for in the natural season
of incubation. Nothing more man ,hls
same sensible standard is required in
the unnatural season Chilly days and
nights may be looked for after the
middle of September. Mother hens with
broodS should nave Wen IiotettSu dua.
ters If breeders are used instead OF
hens, heat ought to be ready to be
turned on at any moment of day or
night This is matter of prime I'M
portance with newly Matched chlcks.
The large amount of fresh green
food available in early autumn FUR
nishes a great advantage in the rear
ing of chicks at this season 1t Is
truly amazing what a large proportion
OF a growing brood's food may consist
of tender green stuff that is worthless
for any other purpose. SUCH diet Is
most natural and therefore best for
| them. They are especially fond of
cabbage lettuce, tender grass clip
pings, and many kinds of weeds that
grow very rank and rapidly as the att
ermath Of the summer crops. The
most possible should be made of this
,, costless and yet invaluable food source
Such vegetable roughage keeps the
digestive processes In excellent tone
besides furnishing much or the most
wholesome nourishment.
Table scraps should be also care
fully conserved. Much material of this
kind can be gathered from the kitch-
ems of neighbors who keep no animals
| of any kind, and are glad to dispose Of
the table refuse in this way. If every
thing of this kind were gathered and
used in the feeding of poultry 1T would
mean the saving of millions OF dollars
worth Of food for this great world
crisis. Care should be exercised. how
ever, in the feeding of such garbage to
young chicks. Much of 1t Is richer than
poultry food ought to be. Some OF 1t