Arizona republican., 1922-04-09

than some other of the intensive sys-.
TENS. Some experienced poultrymen
are of the opinion that this is not
adapted to the summer temperatures
Of the Salt River valley. Mr.. Weber
however who has had as much exper-
ience probably as any one else in the
valley is well satisfied.
The Tupper System
A Salt River valley man who has
given much thought and study to
different systems of intensive poul-
try raising methods and has acquired
considerable experience with poultry,
has devised and put into operation a
plan for keeping large numbers of
layers on a small acreage. which
seems possibly to have less objections
so far as climatic adaptations are
concerned and which probably re-
quires no more labor. if as much as
with the Weeks system. Unlike the
plans previously mentioned this plan
provides for yards, something which
many experienced poultrymen of this
valley believe to be essential. The
yards on the Tupper farm are 12x30
feet and are built in series. Two
y
fence of which is a feed hopper for
mash, rolled barley or grain if de-
sired, there being several compart-
ments and the hopper is built large
enough to hold about a weeks sup
ply. Underneath this hopper are
two pans or crooks, one for water and
one for buttermilk. The hopper is
built double so to serve the fowls of
both yards and the fowls from both
sides have access to the water and
milk.
The houses are small and inexpen-
sive, they are made with a shed roof
Of roofing iron, enclosed on three
sides with burlap which may be re-
moved during the hot weather. These
houses are six feet square. and 61a
feet high to the top of roof on the
open side. A floor is put in one foot
from the ground, and the roosts are
about s inches above the floor and
are hung on wire supports made
rigid with guy wires to each corner
The floor serves as a droppings board
and this is cleaned daily. Thirty lay
ers are Kept in these yards. The
houses serving for roosting purposes
only, except that the space under
meath the floor is available for shade
The yards are well covered with
gravel which is raked frequently
Green feed of some kind is supplied
daily, and mash and grain is fed as
other poultrymen feed. The yards
on the Tupper farm are located in
an olive orchard, and shade either
Of an orchard or of some kind would
be highly essential in plant of this
type.
Much In Its Favor
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fowls on a small acreage, with a
minimum of work, there is much that
can be said in favor Of this plan fol
the Salt River valley. The cost oi
fencing is of course a considerable
item as many small yards are re-
| quired, but on the other hand the
cost OF the houses Is comparatively
| low.
The difference between the inten.
1 sive systems and the usual free range
| or large yard, long laying type o.
houses. is that more birds may b,
| kept on smaller area with the in.
tensive plan, but on the other hanC
more work is required to handle ths
same number Of birds. and usually
! the cost of either houses or in tht
case Of the last mentioned system, tn,
| yards. means an expenditure thai
would equal in many cases the cos
| of a larger acreage of land.
Sometimes there are reasons which
warrant the practice of intensive
| poultry keeping, and for this valley
! where the summer temperatures
make outdoor life for beast, bird and
! human kind something desirable. a
| plan closely conforming to that de.
vised by Carl Tupper seems to be as
near ideal as anything so far put into
| practice here.