, 1927-03-16
News Notes From The
County, Agents Office

Us -
The beet special, a demon
stration train operated by the Burl-
ington railroad to promote the
sugar beet industry, is to be in
Powell Monday night, March 21st
at 900 p. m.
This demonstration train should
be of greatest interest to every far
ty, whether they are in the beet
district or not.
The sugar beet industry brings
several hundred thousand dollars
into the county each year and it
is growing.
The purpose of the train is to
show by demonstration the latest
approved methods of producing
sugar beets. Besides the train
there is a motion picture showing
the growth of the beet. 1t is q
picture upon which time and money
have been spent to photograph and
is highly educational and interest
ing.
Much can be learned about farm
ing methods from these demonstra-
lions, that may be applied gener-
ally, not only to sugar beets but
other cultivated crops.
Everybody is welcome and urged
to attend this meeting and see the
seven cars of demonstrations.
The poultry meeting held last
week with Mr.. Summers, poultry
specialist, were well attended and
enjoyed.
1t is true that a lot of the infor-
nation given was not new, but
nevertheless, it is important, and
il the chickens and turkeys are go
ing to pay their way, more atten-
ton to modern practices is neces-
sary.
Care and feeding of baby chicks
and poults was discussed at all the
meetings, and if anybody who did
not attend the meetings is interest
ed, the information can be secured
in printed form from this office.
The experiment station has earn
ed that intestinal worms in both
chickens and turkeys are respoa-
sible for a large majority of the
losses each year, 1t has been. known
for some time that blackhead in
turkeys was due to the work Of
these worms.
Roup or cold in turkeys is a
result of worms also. The run
down condition due to the action
if intestional parasites, leaves the
bird no strength to throw off the
disease. 1t has been found hat q
thorough worming with tobacco will
clean up the sick birds and will
strengthen the well ones so that
very little trouble may be expected.
Birds that are sick may be treated
with Li1lys Pulvules, a tobacco
treatment put up in capsules and
on sale at the drug stores. One
or two capsules will probably be
sufficient.
An extreme case of roup in tur-
keys where the head is badly swol-
len, may also be treated by dipping
the head of the turkey in coal oil
to relieve the swelling. The tobac-
co treatment is necessary to rid
the bird of worms.
1t is gratifying to see so many
turkey growers adapt the unit sys-
TEN to care for breeding stock.
This is especially rue at Powell.
The unit system consists of a
tom and from seven to eleven hens
confined in a lot, preferable on al
falfa pasture of about an acre. This
lot being fenced with hog wire
Nests may be provided by using
old barrels or brush. Where sew
eral units are used it is better to
have them separated SO that the
toms are not close enough to want
to fight.
By using this method the turkeys
and chickens may be kept seperate-
ly, and this is absolutely necessary
if We expect to raise turkeys year
after year. More will be said about
this later. Anybody may see this
system in use by visiting e. q.
Newton at Cody Or J.. r. Northrup
at Powell. There are a good many
others too, scattered here and there
over the county.
There is quite a lot of reliable
information available now on arti-
ficial incubation and brooding of
turkeys.
This practice is rapidly being ad-
apted in Wyoming and within a few
years will be a universal practice
where turkeys are grown on a
profitable scale.
Plans for the portable brooder
house for turkeys and chickens are
available at this office. The CON
struction of these houses is practi-
cal and chean.