Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-28
POULTRY MANAGEMENT
S|MPL|F|ED FOR FARMER
Tho Farm Flock Arc but Little Ar.
footed by Expensive Grain and
Costly Good Equipment.
COLUMN OF SOUND ADVICE
Improved Methods Arc Always Better
to Secure the Best Results.
Every Farmer Can Make Poultry
Raising Pay, and Pay Well.


Every Farmer Can Make Poultry
Raising Pay, and Pay Well.
When waste products are converted
into marketable foods through poul-
try. every cent obtained by selling
these foods eggs and poultry is a
cent profit. High cost of poultry
mashes and grain. or low price OF poul-
try products. which have put out of
business many specially egg farms.
nave no effect on these wastc-conSum-
is not the primary objec, in Keeping
chickens on many farms They are
Kept TO provide two meat foods. chick
ems ems and eggs. for the home table.
Without these palataDlc neats-eggs
being liquid meat-many farm fami-
lies would have to subsist on fresh
and salt pork.
Fifty laying hens should do we'll
on the waste grains and meals
around any farm where stock is kept
From 100 to 200 hens can live on the
breed for these conditions is one Of the
utility breeds like the Rhode Island
Red or Plymouth Rock In only one
test has the scrub hen any chance o:
eIualling the pmre-o bred. That is in
the production Of eggs.
Pure bred chickens grow more rapid
~ and uniformly. and they can be
fa;tened for market at less cost than
scrubs; they look better. are more
easily sold. and frequently bring ).
scrubs. Some OF the eggs and pure
bred stock can be sold for breeding
purposes a, AN advanced price. I, Is
possible TO increase the poultry rev
cnue ~ Matching and selling day-old
CHICKS And the cost Of all these adj
vantaSes is a. mere tr!fc. Only the
icw dollars that YOU pay for the initial
breeding stock or pure-bred Matching
eggs.
When pure-bred poultry is Kept on
the farm. the mature fowls and Older
chicks should have free range and be
encouraged TO forage for their food.
IT II is necessary. one or two feeds
this case. the grain should be grow,
for the chickens. Corn wheat. oats
baric: and buckwhca; are desirable
grains for most sections. Peas Is the
best eEg-producinS grin in tho South
There is nothing better for poultry.
including. pigeons. On this food alone
and live happily at the same time
Farm, Hen. Need n House.
Do not allow the chickens to become
a nuisance. Provide = suitable house
h,ept clean and free OF parasites Spray
the roosts and nests frequently with a
mixture OF one pint or crcsol in :, pail
y, water TO kill the mites The Size
the number % hens. Allow each hen
four square feet OF floor space in TIE
north. two square feet OF iioor space
L
hcient.
The house should face south. The
rear wall is usually made six fee; high
with ;hc front sufficiently higher IT,
throw off the rain No house should
be less than eight feet deep. From
twelve to sixteen fee, is best for not
over zoo hens. The upper two thirds
OF the front should be covered with
There should be a hinged board one
foot vide near the roof in the rear
Mea,her far b y, be %nsned IN warm arm
small hen door and the large door can
be in either end. The roosis are level
fourteen INCHES apart. and about three
feet from the ground. Concrete is tho
best noor. then We'll packed coil laid
over big stones for drainage. and las;
wooden floor near tho ground. Cover
the walls tight to prevent draughts in
winter Nests should be inside, OF.
outside under cover; Both nests and
cleaning and spraying
Feed the hens in the new house be-
them roost in il. II you wish to in
crease egg production try the follow
ing egg mash: Equal parts OF corn
round oats. and either meat scraps in
the North or SOY bean meal, peanut
meal; or prime cottonsced meal in the
South. SOW. peas for your poultry this
summer and then use the pigeon food
mixture of one-ihird peas and two
cane seed. The Southern pea is known
as the cowpca in other sections
Use Incubntors nnd Broodcrs.
Select :or hatching only the large.
smoci h-shelled eggs in order TO hatch
i recommend the use Of ncubators
and brooders this year. Every mail
this line. II you want TO be boss OF the
chicken business YOU have 10 use ma
chimes 10 hatch and rear the chicks.
a. you cannot make a hen set when
YOU want her to. I'm Incubator with
capacity of 100 eggs and two portable
hovers is the smallest practical outfit
drod chickens it is we'll 10 have Two
large incubators of a capacity Of about
800 eggs The new oii-burnlng mann
work with these large machines. Two
OF ne broodsrs should be oomht. While
it Will be found that $50 chicks are
sufficient in one lot.
While the incubator can be placed
cellar, place the brooder in a house
about eight feet square. Have IL hing
ed window In front, wooden floor
raised eight or ten inches above the
ground TO prevent rats living under
meath, and build the house on four by
siN-inch runners 1t can then be haul
cd to desirable grassy rearing
ground.
Successful Natural Methods.
Use n separate room or house with
an earth floor for the setting hens
Set up siN-inch boards two feet from
the walls. Fill this space around the
walls with garden or moist top soil,
and hollow out nest every two feet
Twenty-Five OF more nests can he made
in the room. Construct light lath
or netting covered frame fifteen inches
square and high for each nest. The
lathS should be spaced one inch apart
netting.
The sitter is first busted with tho
new lice killer sodium houridc and
then placed at night on the nest pre-
pared for her. The lath frame is set
over her. and She is left to herself
until the next evening. The frame
kneDS the hnnS on The ncvt cNrnnt