Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-07-09
THE POULTRY
INDUSTRY

State University.
SWAT THE ROOSTER-or bet
ter still, can him; write for Farmers
Bulletin 839, "Home Canning" All
roosters should be penned or sold as
soon as the Matching season is over.
IL the bird is a valuable one he can
be kept over by putting in a jail or
coop. In most cases the rooster
should be disposed of. Young males
make better breeders than old ones
and the shortest and surest path to
breed improvement is to buy a high
grade cock for next season.
Roosters are not necessary for egg
production. Thousands of eggs are
lost every summer because they have
started to incubate before reaching
the consumer. A clean infertile egg
will never rot. 1t will dry up if left
in the sun long enough, but there
will be no odor and no decaying. If
eggs are to reach the consumer as &
clean wholesome food the rooster
must be eliminated.
FEED YOUR CHICKENS A
GOOD GROWING MASH = It is
just as essential for growing chicks
to have a balanced mash as for hens
to have laying mash A good mash
may be prepared as follows:
2 parts of cornmeal.
2 parts of shorts.
parts of 6ran.
y part tankage or meat scraps.
If chicks have all the milk they
can drink the meat scraps and tanx-
! age may be eliminated or reduced.
I Bone meal or fine. granulated bone
should be fed in self-feeding hopper.
This latter is very essential for use
Ivy the chick during the entire grow
ing season. The mash should be fed
i dry in a self feeder open at all
times. Do not be afraid the chicks
will overeat of this mash. Feed
lightly of grain in the morning and
force a. large consumption of mash
II is good for them. Give them all
the grain thew will eat at night.
i Remember that your poultry bust
ness is an eog business and if YOU
get your pullets matured and lay
ing for winter high prices. you must
feed them the necessary elements fo1
! their growth. Unless YOU follow this
suggestion the Poultry Specialist
ran be of very little service to YOU
in the matter of producing winter
eogs. The proof of the pudding is
the eatino. If Won doubt the good
ness Of this advice trv it out anC
] prove that we are wrong.
! ELIMINATE LICE AND MITES
These two pests not only annoy tht
hens and reduce egg production. bu
the writer has himself emerged
from some of our Demonstration
houses with so many mites on his
} neck that it felt sandy. You car
easily eliminate the lice by apply
: ing a Small amount of Blue ONT
ment to the skin and feathers JUS
below the yent. 1t need not be an
!, nlied to anv other part of the body
: The lice will all come there fo-
/ water and meet their waterloo
J Mites are in the house and ma!
, eliminate by painting the roostins
!. poles and support with crude oil
Coal oil may be used. but as it sool
dries it is not as effective as heav!
otI.
BREAK UP THE BROODY Hen
Every hen that sets on the mes
hens should be put in a broody cool
with wire bottom. They will fin,
this uncomfortable and as they can
not get a warm nest will sool
> change their mind. Feed then
well and get them back into layin,
condition.
CLEAN { AND DISINFEC7
: YOUR HOUSE THIS SPRING.
4 The writer has found nearly all tn
/. houses in first class condition, bu
in most cases questions have bee
asked about disinfecting. All tn
roosts, nests, boxes, etc., should b
removed from the house and allow
. ed to sun. Spray the inside thorol
with some good standard coal ia
: disinfectant such as Zenoleum. TIL
important point is to make a clear
ing while you are at it, be thort
then put some clean straw in tn
S house and forget about it until ne1
d fall. Too many people insist 0
f doping their hens and the HOUS
l. continually. This is not necessar
or advisable. The house shoul
r. have a couple of thoro cleanings
y year and the hens should never
given medicine unless there al
,s symptoms of disease, and even the
care should be taken.
Remove your windows and let
the fresh ain By no means shou
- muslin curtains be allowed to r
:. main on over summer. A dan
dusty muslin curtain will permit
more air to pass thru it than W
pass thru an oak board. If W
haven't window or opening on Il
east and west Of your house put o.
there. You cannot get too mu
fresh air for poultry. This is e
pecially true during the SUNNI
L ,o,o,othc