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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-20

Although brooding with hens is the
easiest md simplest method of brood
ing, artificial breeders are necessary
where winter or very early spring
chicks are raised, where only non
sitting b oeds of poultry are kept, or
where large numbers of chickens are
to be raised artificiaily. To operate
a brooder or hover so as to insure
comfort arc safety for the chicks
requires U1r emitting care on the part
of the poultry man.
Temperature in Brooder
The best temperature at which to
keep a brooder or hover depends upon
thermometer, the style of the hover,
the age of the chickens, and the
weather conditions. Aim to keep the
chickens comfortable. AS the opera
tor learns by the actions of the
chickens the amount of heat they
require, he can discard the Their
mometer if he desires.
When too cold the chickens will
crowd together and try to get nearer
the heat. If II is found in the morn
ing that the droppings are we'll sea-
tered under the hover 1t is an indi-
cation that the chickens have had
enough heat. If the chickens are
comfortable at night they will be
spread out under the hover with the
heads of some protruding from un-
der the hover cloth. Too much heat
will cause them to pant AM gasp and
sit around with their mouths open.
1t is impossible to state for each
case at which temperature the brood.
ers should b. kept to raise young
chickens; however, it will 1rn from
80 to 100 degrees in some cases, as
some broods of chickens seem to re-
Quire more heat than others. The
average is 9S to 95 degrees for the
4lA
temperature is gradually reduced to
IS degrees for. the following ten days,
and then lowered to- 20 or rs degrees
for as long as the chickens need heat.
This depends somewhat on the sea-
son of the year and the number of
the chickens; ast1t can be readily
seen that the heat generated by fifty
chickens would raise the temperature
under the hover to a higher degree
than the heat given off by a lesser
number, consequently the amount of
heat furnished by the lamp or stove
will have to be regulated accordingly.
AS the chickens grow larger and
need less heat, the lamps may be
used only at night. and later only
on cold nights say poultry specialists
in the United States department of
agriculture. Care should be taken
to prevent chilling or overheating
the chickens, as it weakens them and
Need a Cool Place, Too
Chickens need a cool place for
scratching and exercising, in addi-
ton, to heat. Indoor brooders and
hovers can be used successfully in
most sections of the country in I'M
heated brooder houses except dur
ing the coolest weather Outdoor
brooders usually have a cool COM
partment for exercising. where the
chickens are fed in cold, stormy
weather. If winter chickens are be-
ing raised, it is advisable to heat
the brooder house to a temperature
of 60 to 20 degrees, regardless of
the temperature of the hover, which
often requires placing brooder pipes
around the outside walls of the
brooder house.
The need of this heat depends en-
tirely upon the brooding system and
the weather conditions; but it is alb
necessary that the heat be
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-20

cable in some degree in every part
of the country, is that farm wages
this year will average IA per cent
higher than they were at the begin
ming of the war. Estimates from $50
f~rmers in all parts of New York
sthte indicate that experienced farm
help, hired by the month, will be
paid this year about $50 a month and
board, as compared with $3.50 last
year. Experienced married men, not
boarded but provided with a house
and farm products, are expected to
receive on the average about $685.
month in cash as compared with
$50 last year.
Numerous letters to the depart
ment of agriculture from it's field
workers or from farmers indicate a
widespread disposition to cut down
paintings so that the work of culti-
waiting can be attended to by the
farmer himself or by members of
his family. The assertion that farm
ers cannot pay the high wages de-
manded in competition with other in
dustries and make a profit on their
products is frequently made. Many
farmers also declare it is unfair to
them to be under the necessity of
working ten, twelve or more hours
a day when the tendency in other
industries is toward a shorter work
ing day, and decreased output.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-20
Summer Squashes
Require Plenty of Heat;
Look Out for Insects

CLEMSON COLLEGE, May.-Five
or six hills Of summer suashes
three or four feet apart will pro-
duce enough squashes for the aver
age family. Sumer squashes re-
quire plenty of heat and should not
be planted until the ground is rea-
sonably warm. If possible the hills
should be made up a week or two in
advance of planting the seed, a lit
tie well-rotted manure and ia
blespoonful of fertilizer being thor
oughly mixed with the soil of each
hill. Plant about seven or eight
seeds to the hill, cover one-half inch
deep, and thin to three or four.
Young squash seedlings are some
times attacked by the striped Gu
ter to protect few hills by covering
each one with a small piece Of wire
fly screen until the plants are ten
days Or two weeks old.
Cucumbers should be planted and
handled in the same manner as the
squashes. Two or three hills will
average family, unless a large sup
ply is desired for pickles.
Muskmelons require plenty Of
space, ana SO SnOulQ De pldCeQ oIlly
in the large garden. Ten hills OF
Rocky Ford muskmelons, spaced five
feet apart will generally supply
muskmelons for the average family.
However, the season of production
is comparatively short. The culture
is the same as for the squashes and
cucumbers. 1t is we'll to give them
a little additional fertilizer scattered
within two or three feet of the hills
at the time that the plants are being
cultivated. The same precautions as
to insects must be taken as with
squashes and cucumbers. A little
dry road dust or powdered lime
sprinkled over and around the plants
may keep the bugs away, but the
safest method is to cover them with
the wire fly screen or with cheese
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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-20
Keen the Garden at Work

By the exercise of care and fore
thought in planning succession crops
and rotations and by the utilization
of every foot of suitable available
space it is possible to grow consid-
cradle quantities of vegetables on
limited areas and so supplement the
family food supply. The principal.
factors in accomplishing this are
the use of seed boxes and hotbeds to
give plants an early start in spring
before seeds may be planted out
doors, the use of outside seed beds
to carry plants for main-season
crops while early crops are occupy
ing the garden space, and the plant
ing of late or succession crops as
soon as earlier plants have been re-
moved.
The United States department of
agriculture believes that the home
garden is just as essential this year
as it was during the war years and
is offering the advice of practical
scientific gardeners in helping to
solve the problems of those who want
to cultivate home gardens.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-20
WATCH THERMO ME TER CLOSELY
. IN AN ARTIFICIAL BROODER

kept at the desired temperature I'M
der the hover Breeders and hovers
should have from one-half to two
inches of sand, dry dirt cut clover,
or chaff spread over the floor and
in the brooder-house pen. The how
ers should be cleaned frequently, as
cleanliness is essential in raising
chickens successfully.
When chickens are first put into
the brooder they should be confined
under or around the hover by placing
board or wire frame few inches
outside. This does not apply, how
ever, to the small outdoor colony
brooders. The fence or guard should
be moved gradually farther away
from the hover and discarded entire
ly when the chickens are three or
four days old or when they have
learned to return to the source of
heat.
Young chickens should be closely
watched to see that they do not hud-
die together or get chilled. They
should be allowed to run on the
ground whenever the weather is ia
vorahle, as they do much better there
than when kept continuously on &C.
ment or board floors Weak chick
ems should usually be killed as soon
as noticed, as they rarely make good
stock, while they may become car
rierS of disease. Breeders should
be disinfected at least once a year
and more frequently if the chickens
brooded in them have had any dis
ease
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-20
Reduced Food Production Threatened

Serious risk of reduced food pro-
duction this year because of high
wages demanded by farm laborers,
high cost of farm equipment and
supplies, and because of pronounced
movement of people from the farms
to the cities is indicated by reports
and letters that are reaching the
United States department of agrl-
culture from many sections of the
country.
The most definite of these reports
come from New York state, where
records of the population on 3,775
representative farms on February l
this year and February 1 a year ago
were made by federal and state
workers. 1t was disclosed that dur
ing the past year the number of
people on these farms decreased
nearly per cent and the number of
hired men decreased more than IT
per cent. If the same ratio holds for
all farms in the state about $4,000
men and boys left farming to go into
other industries, while only about
11,000 have changed from other in
dustries TO farming. This is a more
rapid movement from the farms to
other Industries than took place in
the early part Of the war.
The same conditions in varying
degrees exist i'll ali sections, accord
ing to the federal bureau of crop es-
Inmates, although they are not so
acute farther from Industrial CEN
ters.
Another New York report, appli-
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-20
USE OF HOME MADE DEVICES
SMELLS POULTRY PROFITS

would serve for two sides of the
yard. A few posts and some chicken
netting completed the Enclosure.
Quick growing vines were planted and
soon screened. the yard and poultry
house from view and the little shed
served it's purpose we'll. All the
equipment for house and yard was
made also from the useful packing
box.
Both focks were given 5000 care
and did we'll and the Black and Smith
families enjoyed the strictly fresh
poultry products. At the end Of the
year, however, Mr.. Black declared
that only a rich man could afford to
Smith: "Of course, strictly fresh
eggs taste better than any you can
buy, but heavens, man, their cost!
All we had cost me about 50 dozen,
not to mention my work in caring
yard poultry keeping for me. can't
afford it,
Then Mr.. Smith spoke up; "Your
trouble is that of many others who
go into poultry raising. You spent
100 mueh on the house and equip
boxes or coops made out of barrels
may not look as elegant as those Won
can buy but they serve their purpose
and cost almost nothing. My ac-
tollOW IIlciI TIE eggs my mock
produC ed cost us much less than we
could have bought them on the mar
ket. for aside from the flock itself,
you see I had little capital invested
In the project"
II guess you are about right" said
Mr.. Black, but / do like everything
around my place to be well built
$50 do l." retorted Mr.. Smith. "but
until | have a larger income T fear
I cant have everything I want.
When 1 built that shack over there
for my chickens" he continued, "I
didn't have any guide to go by. but
the other day [ picked up a United
States department of agriculture
farmers bulletin that tells all
about backyard poultry keeping, and
it gives instructions about making
just such a house as I made. I see
they recommend inexpensive hous-
ing for backyard f1ocks. 1t is bulle-
tin No. $50 and anyone can get IT
without cost by writing for it. Wish
I had had a copy when I built. for II
would have proven mighty helpful"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-20
WHAT YOU NEED TO START IN SQUAD
RAISING BUSINESS, WITH RESULTS

erect will accommodate eight to ten
pairs of pigeons for SQUAD breeding,
the poultry specialists in the United
States department of agriculture say.
The birds mate and begin breeding
when six to seven months old The
male shares with the hen the duty
of incubation. The young hatch in
about seventeen days. At four weeks
old average squads will weigh about
three-quarters of a pound each. Some
of the larger ones will weigh over
pound at that age.
A good pair of breeders will pro-
duce six or seven or more pairs of
squads a year. AS many as eleven
pairs of squads have been produced
by one pair in year. When produc-
ton is high the female lays and be-
gins incubation while she has young
still in the nest leaving the care Of
them to her mate.
Raising squads has been increas-
ing in cities in recent years. On
farms the tendency has been the
free pigeons o Z Not faF kept d t50G1 6 9F
killing off the increase, soon be-
comes nuisance. destroying grain
and doing great deal of damage,
especially on -new-seeded ground.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-20

The backyard poultry keeper can
hardly hope for success with tur-
keys. geese, ducks or guineas, but
for those who have lofts over ga
rage, stable or coal shed the OPP
portunity for SQUAD growing is well
worth considering.
For food purposes pigeons are
usually classed with poultry. Gull
turally they are in class by
themselves, producing meat only,
producing it very quickly, and able
to produce we'll under conditions that
do not admit, of growing any other
creature used for food.
While the ideal arrangement for
pigeons is to have their house on
the ground, and a small covered
yard, called a ely" connecting with
it, pigeon keeping may be carried
on quite extensively in upper rooms,
or lofts. with or without open-air
fys. Many focks of pigeons are
kept in large cities in quarters pro-
vided for them in the lofts or on
the roofs of buildings used for mer-
camille and manufacturing pur-
poses.
A space six feet square and high
enough for the attendant to stand
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-20
Rural Hauling as Side Line

Many Of the motor trucks on farms
adjacent to large cities are not load
ed to full capacity on their trips to
the city. Few farmers have their
business so arranged as to permit
the use of the truck to it's maxi
mum capacity regularly. Many such
farmers, according to the United
States department of agriculture,
have gradually begun to haul q part
Or all of their neighbors' products to
market. and in some cases this prac-
tice has led to the establishment of
regular route. Some farmers
have been enabled to purchase
trucks, because their own business,
coupled with that of their neigh
bors', has been sufficient to war
rant such an investment.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-20
Take Care of Summer Milk


The season of sour milk has ar
rived, and it will cost the country
a great deal of money between now
and frost. Milk sours, and the
family can not use it. Milk goes to
the cheese. In either case, the
and the country loses that much good
food.
The remedy is ice and steam, say
dairy specialists of the United
States department of agriculture.
Keep the milk clean and cool. Steril-
ize all the utensils. If you can not
get ice, use the coolest water avail
able in the tanks in which the cans
of milk are kept. If steam is not
available, do the best you can with
boiling water. See the. county
agent, or write to the United States
department of agriculture at Wash
ington, for information on how to
do
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-20
A BuSheI of Corn

The laws of most of the ! states
recognize 20 pounds of ears or Sc
pounds of shelled corn as a bushel
of corn. These weights are reliable,
says the United States department of
agriculture, when the ears or shell,
ed corn contain only Is per cent of
water. About one-third the weight
of ear corn as customarily harvest
ed in the northern states is water,
while that harvested in the drier
sections of the south contains less
than 10 per cent of water.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-20

a dozen and black-tailed rabbits
about so cents less. Persons DESTROYS
of marketing rabbits were advised
that those which had been shot were
preferred to those which had been
harried and killed by clubbing, and
that the carasses should be drawn
as soon as possible after they had
been cooled. The sales made the
past season were chiefly in Spokane,
Portland, Seattle, and Takoma. Con-
siderable interest is being shown in
the proposal to further extend sale
Of Jack-rabbit meat by trapping the
animals in Enclosures. properly bait
ed, and supplying certain markets
with shipments of a definite size
at stated intervals
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-20
Salt the FIeas to Death

Last year was an unusually bad
year for fleas about houses. The time
is again at hand when, though the
voice of the flea may not be heard in
the f1esh-unless the simple prevent
i've is applied Fleas usually get
into the house from the basement or
some place where dogs or other ami
mails have slept. Make a thorough
cleanup. Then sprinkle the floor
we'll with salt and wet it down-not
wet enough to cause it to run. 1t
may be necessary to repeat this
treatment two or three times at in
tervals of about three days.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-20
'Market Rabbits Shot in Drives;"
Wild Rabbit Meat Is Good to Eat

Besides killing approximately 35,-
900 jack rabbits which were in
furious to crops, the rabbit drives"
which have taken place in eastern
Washington during recent months
have helped to lessen living costs
by putting on the market a consid-
able amount of rabbit meat The
biological Survey of the United
States department of agriculture,
under whose supervision the drives
We're conducted. found on investiga-
for wild-rabbit meat. Trial ship
ments made to seven markets in
Dictated that white-tailed rabbits
would bring the shipper about $3.50
The Washington times., 1920-02-29
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

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|PATTERNMAKER wanted, first
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SPECIAL NOTICES

THE OFFICES OF ROBERT LEE
O'Brien, successor to Belt, O'Brien
& Co., Inc, have been removed to
ITO street northwest, where he
will be glad to see his friends and
clients. Telephone Franklin $685..
The Washington times., 1920-02-29

A LARGE corporation is being
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for colored people in this city;
exceptional opportunity to get
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ested, please communicate with
ATTORNEY, room 38, Century
bldg, 4t2 5th st. N. w.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

N. Eve pay the highest prices for ali
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In Warrington Write or phone Lincoln