The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-13
WAYNE POULTRYMEN
MAKE ANNUAL TOUR;
SEE DEMONSTRATIONS

Eleven auto loads of Wayne county
poultrymen and women gathered at the
courthouse accompanied the annual
poultry tour conducted Friday. Gather
ing at the courthouse In the morning,
start was made at $780, under the
leadership of County Agent J. L. Dol
an, who was accompanied by Prof. p
g.. Riley, poultry expert of Purdue.
Two poultry houses near Richmond
were visited first, after which the tour
swung out along the National Road
west to Centerville, then north to Will
liamsburg, from which it turned back
TO Green's Fork and the western part
of the county.
Poultry culling demonstrations were
conducted at Williamsburg and
Green's Fork, the proper type to select
IN cocks for laying flock, being IL
Illustrated at Williamsburg, while Gull
ing demonstration with pullets was
conducted at the Steers poultry house
in Green's Fork.
The itinerary of the tour, as planned
was as follows:
Elmer Duning, south of Richmond;
E. F. Murphy National Road west; B.
C. Gaiser, Centerville; Mrs Porter
Pike, Centerville; James Thompson,
Williamsburg; Grant Watkins, Will
liamsburg; William Steers, Green's
Fork; Elmer Sittloh, Green's Fork; L.
E. Kinsey, Green's Fork; Thomas Keep
Ter, Cambridge City.
See English Leehorn.
At the Duning farm a large flock of
English White Leghorns were seen, in
modern laying house, % by 100 feet.
There were 875 hens in this house,
425 pullets and $50 laying hens in
separate compartment. Mr.. Duning
is keeping a total of LOO chickens.
A concrete floor, self feeders, good
ventilation, warmth provided by ceilcd
and walled roosting space, were feat
ures seen in the house.
In the Murphy house attention was
called to the ventilation, cooler" for
broody hens. and the easy construction
of the building, ideally adapted to
farm sized flock of 80 heavy chickens,
or 100 to 100 of the light breeds. The
house was 20 by 20 feet
Mr. Gaiser, at Centerville, had some
early developed pullets to exhibit,
Matching of March IS, which were lay
ing by Aug. 3. These were Barred
Plymouth Rocks, which had been fed
special mash, to which Prof. Riley
gave credit for their early develop
ment
Good feeding was strongly empha-
sized by him as an essention to devel-
opment of pullets, and he advocated
heavy grain feeding at the end of the
growing period. Mr.. Gaiser's ration
contained corn, bran, oats middling5,
beef scrap or tankage, oil meal, char
coal and salt. and is kept before the
chickens at all times A small amount
l. FoI 81 ,frrIf oil
Go to Williamsburg
After a stop at the Porter Pike farm,
the caravan proceeded to Williams
burg, the next stop being just south
of that town. Here White Rocks and
Minorcas were seen, and in Williams
burg, a good example of reworked
barn which had been converted into
a poultryhouse by Grant Watkins, at
tracted considerable attention. Mr..
Watkins housing facilities and equip
ment, and his flock, both came in for
extended inspection. A small group
of cockerels had been penned up for
display and Mr.. Riley gave talk on
the proper selection of sires for the
flock
A short stop was made at Williams
burg to eat a basket dinner, after
which the tour proceeded to the Will
lam Steers farm in the edge of Green S
Fork Here Buff Orpington, Rhode
Island Reds and White Leghorns were
seen, including some examples of good
White Leghorn cocks and a pullet cul-
ling demonstration was given with
birds provided from the flock. Barred
Rocks were seen at the Kinsey farm,
including some specimens of we'll bred
cockerels.