The Pulaskian., 1921-09-01
MAKE POULTRY
 AREALBUSINESS.
MISS MINNIE T. ALLEN, COUN- TY DEMONSTRATION AGENT, CALLS ATTENTION TO THE NECESSITY OF WATCHING THE BLOCKS.


 Miss Minnie T. Allen, County Home Demonstration Agent, is anxi- ous for everybody to make money from their poultry. This is impossi- ble unless we WATCH. If we are careful and make poultry business we can be successful and make mon- ey. Mir. Lansden, our State Poultry Specialist, gives some fine hints for these hot days. Read every word and profit:
 Tn this hot weather, poultry keep CTS are prone to neglect the comfort of their fowls, especially in proyid- ing shade and in looking after the fresh water supply. Many flocks suffer severely while the owners are away on summer vacations, picnics and the like. The owner pays dear ly for this neglect.
 One of the important things to avoid is crowding in coops where growing stock is kept. Make 1t a rule to leave in coop only as many birds as can have plenty of room. If low trees are available, the grow ing stock will do better if coops are closed and the birds compelled to roost out of doors. Roasting in trees is preferable to crowding in stuffy coops and houses. In hot weather it is practically impossible to get proper air circulation in a house that is tightly closed on three sides and open on one side only. The best place to provide extra ventilation is under the rear caves.
 New grain, such as wheat, oats and new corn, is now becoming avail able and the grower should use eau ton against feeding this new grain too freely, as it is almost sure to cause diarrhoea.
 In almost every flock of growing chicks, especially the late matched, there are many birds that fail to de- velop, that are slow to feather and otherwise show evidence of low vii tality. It is economy to kill such chicks and get them out of the way because they will never pay, even though they survive.
 The warning against leaving dead chicks or any other dead animal or particle of meat in the yard to be picked on by the fowls, published in July Poultry Hints, is again repeated. Such purified matter is certain to cause Timber neck. The best plan is to burn all dead fowls. When buried they are in many cases scratched up by the fowls, especially at this time when the fresh earth is an inviting scratching place.
 Please remember that 10 to 50 dozen eggs put down in water glass will come in very handy next winter. Ask the woman who knows.
 It will pay to caponize a few of the late matched cockereIs of the larger breeds, such as Plymouth Rocks, Wyandotes, Rhode Island Reds and Orpingtons. Capons grow to be almost twice as large as roosters and the price for capons during De cember and January usually reaches as high as Soc to 60c a pound.
 Produce Infertile Eggs.
 Infertile eggs, the best for market, are simply produced. All that is necessary is to separate the males from the flock of layers as soon as the breeding season is over and after 10 days or two weeks all eggs pro- duced will be infertile. The flock may be freed of males by selling those not desired for breeding pur- poses another year, by killing such males for immediate use on the table or by canning them for use later, or by penning separate from the hens such males as one wishes to save for breeding another year.
 There seems to be a rather wide spread idea that the presence of a male with a flock of hens is necessary in order that the hens will lay heav- fly. This is not the'case Hens run ming without a male will not only lay but will lay just as many eggs as though male were present. The only difference is that the eggs pro- duced will be infertile and, therefore, will keep better than fertile eggs. and Disturbances Retard
 Laying.
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