The Mena weekly star., 1922-02-02

cultural purposes .a i The county organization IS the reai unit and furnishes the real strength of the Farm Bureau. It may take up any question of importance to It's members. County organizations are doing excellent work along such mes as cooperative marketing organlza- tions, improved livng conditions on the farm, better roads, and central ized production along such lines as fruit, berries, truck, dairylng, pork and beef producton. County breeders associations among poultry ana otn- CT livestock are the leading features of the day, especially where the country centralizes its efforts to the production of only one breed.
 These are some of the things the Farm Bureau is doing As It's mem bership increases It's possibilities ln- crease. Polk county has only an imaginary Farm Bureau. It has never had sufficient strength to function as ar organization. Certainly the Farm Bureau activities are worth $l0 a year if we only put it into action. Polk county Farm Bureau needs the thought, direction and support ot our leading farmers. The way IS open for accomplishment It IS up to the farmers to make something Of It. The possibilities are certainly worth the effort.
 Lansden's Poultry Work Appreciated.
 During his twoday visit in Polk county last week H. B. Lansden, ex- tension poultry specialist, visited a large number of flocks and gave local poultrymen an insight into the poul- try breeding business which it would take years to acquire thru actual ex- perience. For those who are not in touch with the extension service it should be stated that Mir. Lansden's services are free to the farmers of the state and may be secured thru the county agent or direct. Mir. Lansden is licensed poultry judge for the American Poultry Association and be- sides knowing the fine points about fowls he has a wealth of actual ex- perience in poultry raising and breeding To see him work and hear him talk is ample proof that he knows the poultry business and is willing to tell what he knows about it.
 Mir Lansden's trip to Polk county at this time was for the purpose of i helping our local breeders in selecting their matings. He finds many excel 1 lent focks and our poultrymen are de- l lighted with the assistance he gave in employing their selections. Most amateur poultry raisers have not had the opportunity to become familiar with the breed characteristics and consequently they select off matings and do not produce standard birds. i If our poultrymen will continue the kind of matings which Mir. Lansden | has demonstrated we will soon build up a trade in high class poultry for we will be producing the best in the state.
 The following in condensed form are the leading points brought out in his talks:
 Don't waste your time raising mon- i grel or mixed chickens. Select some standard breed. Get the best blood you can afford and set out to improve your stock thru breeding.
 One breed is as good as another, there are good and poor fowls in all breeds. Select the breed that suits { your fancy but get good stock.
 In order to secure a high egg yield ] you must meet the following three re- quirements:
 1 First, your hens must be bred to ! lay; second, they must be properly fed and third, they must be properly ! housed.
 { Kill the mites by painting roosts with carbolineum, creosote prepara- tions, or used oil drawn from the au- tomobile. Dip scaly legs in used au- l tomobile oil. One application of blue ointment mixed half and half with vaseline and applied around the vent will keep the lice off your hens for six months. Dusting thoroly with so- dium fiouride gives immediate relief from lice.
 A good poultry house need not be expensive. It should face the south. North walls should be five feet high south wall seven feet high. The depth from front to back should be l fourteen feet. Make the length suf- ficient to provide three square feet of | floor space for each fowl. The floor should be raised six inches above the surrounding yards. Make the house tight except for three foot opening entirely across the southside, begin ming one foot below the cave. Pro- vide platform dropping board across the interior of the house at the back side. This should be three feet above l the floor. Roosts should be remov- | able and arranged one foot above the | platform. Nests may be provided ! just underneath the platform. The entire floor of the henhouse should be covered with litter and used as scratching space.
 l Feed balanced ration. Make a I good dry mash by mixing equal parts of bran, shorts and corn meal, then add fifteen per cent meat scraps.
 Feed the waste milk to the hens. It means more eggs. Semi-solid butter
 milk may be purchased at about a
 cent per gallon.
 I Allow the chickens access to the dry
 mash continually Feed grain at
 night Corn and oats; corn, wheat
 and oats or maze and oats mixed
 equal parts make a good grain mix ture. You cannot overfeed on grain
 IT you make your hens scratch it out
 of deep litter.
 Ninety per cent of the persons who
 sent off for fancy roosters received
 poorer individuals than they had raised at home. Mir. Lansden says
 we have as good birds right here in Arkansas as are to be had anywhere.
 When you want good blood ask for list of fiocks which he has accredited and inspected. You will then come nearer getting your moneys worth. ---------o---------
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