The Holly chieftain., 1922-03-23

to testimony Of Messrs Carpenter
and Merrill of London. who declare
that their serious Investigations dis
cover that a domestic fowl has twen
ty,three distinct notes or cries.
Among these are cackling. grumb-
ling, scolding, clucking, grooming,
purring, growing, squeaklng lto
warn or alarm etc. With the. cry
goes posture of the body. twist
of the head or flick OF the eye.
that tells us as it tells thee hick
Who is going on in the fowls little
head. :.
No work is more interesting
about the bacAAlot farm or the
regular farm than the raising and
2 care of fowls. Only now and then
one makes a pronounced success OF
it as a regular business but thou
sands add greatly to their income
and vastly to their enjoyment
, When one is away during storm
and finds brood drowned in his
absence, or an unnamable nlght
y rrowler depletes his flock night
after night before he is caught, or
/, an epidemic OF roup or other DIS
easc decinates his flocks he mas
grief but this only urges him on to
! greater effort and care.
The proper time for hatchne
chicks depends upon local cilinate
conditions and the breed, but tc
insure, vigor, size and productive
: ness in pullets, hatch them early
Early matched pullets lay eggs II
the fall and winter while late hatch
ed pullets and old hens lay around
instead of eggs, producing nothing.
4 but fat. Eggs are always high prir
ed during the fall and winter. NIL
lions of eggs and probably millions
of dollars can be added to Coiofa
dos pultry income If the farmers
$ win batch their chickens earlier
The first hatch should be out by
the last OF March or the first o'
v snril depending on the equipment
IN hand for brOoding. THESE VIII
vaipb more when they are iour
months old than those hatched ID
AIav md June when they are taur
[ months old. Some day we VIII
Ir,Ip how to use electricity In rais
fling chicks and that will be the
.t1iT
Cdayo f big profits. On certain
poult,v farm in England there Is
,.,n extensive chicken house Wner'
die current is turned on ten minu-
les of the day. These chickens were
+sodv for the market in five weeks
instead of three months. They were
n,arv vigorous and SO highly chare
ell with electricity that If bird
npeI-cd at a finger, sparks flew from
tls, heak. Out of a total of 40O
O. only six chickens dieo.
June and July matches are seldom
very profitable and can hardly be
advocated unless for certain breeds,
..urh as the Leghorns, or where
added care is given. Thousands o.
1arc batched chicks die each year
-s che result of being infested.
with lice which are so prevalent in
1g,n gprnmer Then, too. from late
matches. bring low prices, and late
rgtchcd chickens lay fewer eggs
rfhc early puilets are the ones
(Which are ready to set first in the
spring. :.
is a good plan to nave special
7r ding pens with vigorous male
Fill mt the heado each. II the
rbr I'd chosen sor segregation Is
-yc,tk In any desirable points choose
- Ialc bird strong in those points
nnd breed mp your flock. Use only
1,lr eggs from these hens.
Though the breeding stock has
hrrn carefully chosen, often it is
Gdrisahle to select the eggs care
fully. The selection of the eggs
snculd be based upon the following
characteristics:
! Size. Size is very important
fhcrc is a correlation between the
.izo of the egg and the size of the
chicken Matched.
,. shape. Eggs for incubation
should be uniform in shape and of
thc characteristic egg shape. Ex-
crptionallv long, rounded or short
eggs are difficult to hatch
3. Uniformity in size and color.
these factors are important in
considering the market value o. the
pgrs which will be produced by the
offspring. With the increasing ten
dency towards greater discrimina
ton on the market regarding the