The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1919-08-22
THE FIGHTER IS J.
BEST ROOSTER
n. n. Crane Says Pick Out
Early featherinq viaor-
Gus Bird
MUST HAVE sIR0hG LEGS
Specialist Gives Much hnterest5no In,
formation In Regard to Breeding Up|
Flock and Caring for il During Lats
Summer.

(By X. N Crane, Poultry Specialist
Division of Extension. University 81
Tennessee.)
The earliest niatured eoekarei that
shows the most vigor- that feathers
first, and is disposed to fight, is neariy
always the best breeder, and should
be retained
The cockeret should have strong.
understanding apart legs. He should
have. a strong back. be wide across the
shoulders. and back to the hips. He
should haze "a deep, full breast, short
neck, short sbloeky head, medium sizeA
comb, and streng, bright eyes. This
type of eockeret isSeasily kept fat, aud
Will transmit this easllty to his on
spring -
Summer Care Of Poultry.
When eockerels attai, marketable
ages they should be sold and the pub
lets transferred TO roomy quarters
which have been thoroly whItewashel
Roupe and tuberculosis will de,elou
IL they are allowed 10 stay In crow ded
coops. '
Pullets which have their early
growth hindered by close conditions
never develop into profitable egg-pro
ducing hens.
Need Fresh Water.
During August and September, pout.
try must have plenty Of fresh waierr
grain night and morning, and IA dry
mash al all times. An excellent mash
can be made from ingredients proper.
toned as follows:
200 pounds of ground corn. aOa
pounds of ground oats. 100 pound.
each OF wheat. bran and shorts. "a
pounds of old process llns-ea meal.
100 pounds of meat scrap: add Ia this
one per cent of fine salt. Ave per cent
Of oyster shell, grit and charcoal
July Noting.
Tennessee fowls begin moltlng auS>
until -NeNt
Re PITS Of observations as complied by
US Rof the trap nest have proved that
early melting hens produce fewst
eggs.
Pullets Matched curly will lay dur
ng the fall and early winter. Heavy
producing hens will continue To laJ
Until November. The deep yellow In
he legs ot the best laying hens viii
'ade considerably as the laying season
advances. Great width between the
,elyic bones also Is noticeable In the
biggest producers. The bones also are
,liable. There Is also great width be-
ween the keel aud these bones
Usually on the best hens this distance
viii be- the width Of the hand
The spread between the pelvic bone4
Il the smaller breeds, such as Leg
orns, IN about the width of two and
Ialf fingers. In the larger strains AZ
'lymouth Rocks the spread Is abou
he width OF three or more fingers
Hens In any strain having this suaf
icatIon should he carried over for use
h the breeding pens.
The early melting. yellow legged
ems sSould be marketed during JUN
august and September. the time whes
heir laying period IL most likely "a
nd.
With corn settling at Sss2J a bushsl
nd other feeds equally as expensive
he few eggs that light producing hens
" from July Is untIl January rs will
oi offset the feeding cost. Further
lore, the room they win occupy crn
p more profitasly used IL early hatch
I pullets are keps in their space.
Pullets that develop slowly shoule
. sold nj the time cockerels are placed
n the market. Only strong. vigorous
irly Matched pullets should be kept
" egg producers. A fiOck thus pick.
I. kept in = comfortable house, and
ell fed. will produce the maxinum
therwise vitality. production and
lofts win be low.