South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-14

The poultry department Of the
farm establishment must not be for
gotten. When pruning or cuiling
time comes. spraying the orchard
Is no more important than spraying
the hen-hodse or busting or greas-
ing the hens and chicks. Early
Matching is one of the prime essen
tials for success; but early Matching
is only the beginning. IL you want
good strong. vigorous. We'll matured
pullets TO do the laying for you next
fan YOU must see that the chicks
hatch out at the proper time and
then keep them growing, and prune
and Gull vigorously. The success of
the future depends on the work Of
today.
Many people think that because
they paid attention TO details and
got things going" last year they
don't need to bother much this sea
son. This is a big mistake. The
real results this year were caused by
attention to details last year. and
next year will depend on this year
which means that careful attention
is necessary every year. Those
baby chicks. too. must be looked
after. Ask your county agent or
home demonstration agent for a cir
cuIar on First Care of Baby
Chicks
When planning to raise standard
bred chicks, many people mistaken
lv think that different methods
should be used. This is all wrong.
To those who have made a success
in raising mongrel or mixed poultry
the common "barnyard flOcks"-it
/ is necessary only TO suggest that the
same methods be employed with the
standard bred chicks that were used
/ in raising the mixed or mongrel va
riety. To those who have not raised
+ poultry. the best advice is. give the
chicks a good chance and they will
do the rest" Do not hamper them
with needless restrictions.
Baby chicks are easily trained and
will naturally seek places that are
warm. but they have no power to
/ regulate the heat or ventilate the
room or to supply fresh water. Keep
charcoal, grit, etc, before them all
the time or when needed. They
naturally love TO scratch. and If
given a chance will make the litter
/ fly in digging after tiny morsels.
Keep them scratching This can
/ best be done by not overlooking.
/ Have an outside room that is a lit
/ tie colder than where the brooder is
kept or put the brooder in one side
of the building or room. Remem-
Der that sweating or damp brooders
or house are more dangerous 20
chicks than cold but chicks must
have a sufficiently warm place to
hover whenever they wish.
To those poultry raisers who breed
| by the hen all there is to say is TO
/ let the hen do the broOding Keep
the hen free from lice and also keep
i her dry and keep the coop clean. 1t
is no difficult task all that is need
ed is thoughtfulness and careful
attention. Baby chicks will get un-
der the old hen whenever they feel
the need of a little warmth. 1t is
therefore. very important that the
hen should be kept dr.. Do not al
low the hen her liberty with her
brood for at least four weeks. This
will give the chicks plenty of OppOr-
tunity TO become. strong. Unless the
grass is short and conditions favor
able, Il is better not to turn her out
as early as four weeks The first
two weeks however, are the most
important in he life of the chick
and the most important factor is
brooding during that period The
hen will do that properly if given
the proper place and let alone To
those operating brooders the best
advice that can be given is, Watch.
and follow instructions" Don't be
too big-hearted and overfeed the
baby chicks the first week, as il is a
we'll known fact that more chicks
die as a result of overlooking the
first week or two than from any
other cause. Many poultry raisers
do not realize this because many
chicks, owing 10 their strong vital
ity. do not die during that short pc.
riod OF one two or three weeks. but
hang on for a longer period and then
die The death of these chicks il:
ttributed enormously TO other
causes when in reality il is due pri-
mariIy 10 overlooking during the
first week.