Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-04
GET FLOCK's MEASURE
BY USE OF THE TRAP NEST
Spot Good Breeders anu Bad
Breeders.
ENACT RECORD MAY BE KEPT
Breeding for Increased Egg Pro-
ductiOn Is Based on known Data.
Ways 20 Obtain That Data.
Traps OF Simple Construction.
by 6. H. SMITH.

loahing on the job is hurrying toward
tronhle. II you can't tell how many
how many are shirkimg, YOU viii be
certain TO stall some day when YOU are
least looking for it.
So the pcnl,ryman who does. not
know what fowls lay and what fowls
merely play. on their job is walking in
the so dark He needs the trap nest for
well and have helped much 10 throw
ray OF light into the heart OF the
poultrynan's. business. The trap nest:
h2wercr. is the only certain measure .:
what the individual is doing day by
day and year by year.
The American hen lays an aver
age Of less than so eggs every twelve
months, ON ,hs. other hand. 500 in
laid an average OF more than 10
eggs each.
This latter record shows the posi-
able conditions 1t proves that the aim
and financial salvation OF every Amer
Gan poultry keeper must be the douh-
ling Of that scandaious average OF so
We are reading also of large Hocks
Nth average egg productions. Of more
reaching The two hund dr marx aaI so In.
dvidusls arc being reported with re-
momihs ThSse records s are m No I Ionssr
matters of doubt They are reported
agsLn and again from dependable
VIA; is the twentieth century poul-
'rT ma pT,e,pa;rins TO do about It?
dsEng The Ame THur i0 hen i thro tss
down the challenge TO every one Of us
she has The POSSIBILITIES within her
out but if we will not employ down
io-datc methods 10 discover the strong
producer and multiply her kind, she
VIII go on at the old average OF 50 cggs
II year.
The high records must not be Lest
lions and TO few high class poultry
men. Every person who keeps hens
should get the heavy production bee
stations and contests and agricu-
daural ScnoSls show US what hens can
mp to light. our candles At their torches
ana then forge ahead with more Ger
,ainty as TO possibilities and clearer
negligence as to means and methods
ne secret is out. We can do IL AS
we'll as they can. Let's go to III"
Trap-Ncst the Great Idea.
color s s1" Of somn 9es
and will continue TO do much toward
a ndreS bmndrs sTg rrodae'ion But time
the, trap-nest is the only thing that
Wi! tell YOU TO the dot just what each
iherefore ns f0v whr 5ef Il q9inF y"
must breed from TO strengthen your
eF su Sirsin' Won ,,,a co., o,.
from len YOU are to get your eggs
for Matching. DO your best by any
are hound TO be more or less uncertain
h as 20 . me egEg-iaying qualities, OF the
he 9eu 'T %, I Sa,s you are haiehing
nave laid 100 or more eggs during the
year, and You Will be Just as certain
10 hatch from others that have laid
only nifty or seventy-iive eggs Test
ing out your layers by the trap nest.
however You know beyond the shadow
OF doubt eXacuy how many egss
were laid by the hens from which YOU
are r,, to prodnGe next years LAYERS.
This must he clear to every one.
Get Rid OF tho Bonrdcr..
boarders. Now and then they con.
tribute an egg or TWO Tor. their keep;
is so small that they arc dead loss
10 the business, on the other Iand,
viduals ina, far Exec! pG the cg rry; in '" erc
production. They lay from $50 10 100
s sggE syerE yfar They. therefore, moi
their owner a large proh, If every
hen in the flock were OF this class
b nt i Gh o moGid pc "a , nr9t srinE%r
unit Of layers cutting continually into
The hood OF the profits which the other
two-thrds make. it is not strange maj
rroposiion .' sn% Doaltr SiTsH"rI hoW
into his native make up.
The trap nest vii! remedy this deadly
N8St " tFNiE anu patiently year alter
ear. it WIN weed out the loafers and
f. leave only tho hiEh-class birds The
ovlirymhn Mil thus be proceeding in
Of TIE pG,iy business. 'i By seem, iG fc
mHjh3ds ne d%iryman can tel hf;een
whether ne butter Il, in her milk is
q sufficient percentage to warrant
him N keeping her How unwiso il
would be for him TO neglect this test.
iJiUd ~ uNHlSt *
10 neglect reliable tests which science
ms furnished 20 detect the egg pro-
ducinS qualities OF each of our fowls
Simplicity Of Constructions
The trap nest is an exceedingly sim
PIE me%hanism Il YOU vii send 10
me Cnited states Department OF Ag-
rlcui Mre, Washington, = e. request
Nest for Poultry" YOU Viii ma a tran
nest Clearly described and The making
o. II fully illustrated. The bulletin is
SEM Tree or charge.
anyone VINO can use a hammer and
saw is ahio TO make these nesis,
quickly ana with case
Inc principle Of the nest is the same
In all forms The box is so fxed ,bti
as the hen enters for tn" purpose of
lsyins an egg her back, or the weight
catch. causing the door TO close. thus
max inS h!ddy prisoner. Shc pro-
ccenS 10 lay her egg, after which the
her out Of the nest, gives No. go,
for one egg laid and then sets" the
rap '9r the next hen that wishes 10
The nest recommended by Tho de.
partmcnt at WaT'lilgton is r,y.ivc
inches Wid. by nineteen inches Ionr
Three or more can hc made in one
long box They may be placed undnr
the dropping board or ANYWHERE oiyc
just ne other nests. The material
needed in INC making or them is chcan
thin pine boards, a :cw mans and
sore VS. and piece Of -sjxtccnths-
inch Wire uHon which 70 swing inc
door An Ingenious boy can make
them.
There are other kinds of tran nests,
but thiS one. recorlme nded by our
Agricultural Department, is probably
the SIMPLEST TO make and the casicsi
In It's operation. There is no need OF
anything better.
suggestions to Help.
The nests should be visited bv The
attendant at least three times 4 dan
10 release the hens that have Iaid. and
to set tile traps for other birds ,ha;
wish to lay This Is tho only Objection
that can be made 10 the trap nesting
principle. IL requires :, good b,.l r,