Washington telegraph., 1927-04-22

DOESN'T MIX OWN FEED
Thinking that perhaps his chick
raising methods would De unusual. I
asked Smith to explain them. His ex-
PLANTATION ran as follows: ~ do not
feed my baby chicks foF so hours
after they arc Matched. | used TO
feed them ea.i iier, but I'm inclined
to favor the so hours. because our
chicks grow bette. They nave plenty
of time to digest AL Of the unabsor-
bed yolk, with which they match. and
when we get rcady to feed them our
GOOD wholesome mash. lhey do hot
have digestiva trouble.
eve start chem on commercial but
ttImilk starting mash. | certainly
wouldn't bother to mix my owu mash.
Commercial masnes for ne every
time" The second week we feed
little grain in a hopper, but 10 not
feed it on the tioC.. You cant !eaIe
Grain on the floor 70. little chicks
fac Il becomes contaminated l." the
litter droppngs, and disease IS easily
spread that way.
The third week we feed u little
grain in the morning, and at night
in the hoppe.c. Tho fourth week W.
feed grain and masn in hcnpers all
tho time"
There is norh'Ig unusual about
that, " | said Nov what luck io you
have raising you. chicks >"
This year we ha 5lol chicks IN
our February hatch. and at eight
weeks we nal lost onl. 202 rhi'ks
I'm our NAV hatch we mad mortality
of r per cent. Tine h"t days and
warm nights maze It mD-e difficult
to raise the April and May PATCHED
chicks. | would urge everyone TO
raise their chicks as early AS possible.
"With such heavy egg production
and mammoth incubator TO hatch IN,
many people think II is impossible
to get good hatches," came back
"I wish you'd tell me what percent
age of your eggs hatch"
"You would be surprised" he de-
clared, " my hatches average better
than 80 per cent of all eggs set"
"More than 80 per cent Of all eggs
set," exclaimed, "Man, how do you
do lt?"
"a complete ration throughout the
year, with careful attention to the
storing of The hatching eggs and de-
tailed attention to the incubatofs
during the Matching period is the an
swer," he said.
"Mrs. Smith and | take care of all
The Matching work ourselves
"Why do men fail in the poultry
busness?" implored of Smith.
"Wen, in the first place." he re-
piled emDhatically, "I am not SO sure
chat so many men fail, and anyway
The percentage of failures is rs high
in other fields as it is in the uoult,y
business; | am sure ofthat.
"Those that do fail are weak in
some place. The four big factors in
successful poultry production rs see
them are Management, Interest, Pat
ience and Will Power. 1t is only
those men who have a ack of mana
cement, interest, patience and will
power that fail in the poultry bust
ness.
at, Of course, is a 365-day job, To
be a successful chicken man, you
must consider yourself one Of the
floc. When | go through my chick
en- houses and feed. l don't feed by
rule Of thumb, / feed by actual reeds
and by what my judgement tells M.
When asked about the prospects for
the future, Smith said, Il feel ihpt
we are on the tight way TO feed birds
successfully. | believe that we are
feeding them the right ingredients
and that we don't need TO have them
on the range at all. am WORKING
on this hunch in laying out my new
poultry and egg factory unit.
"But it's not only the money that
counts, it's the satisfaction of know
ing that tomorrow's income Is secure
as well as the TACT that this poultry
work offers the finest opportunity
know of for n man and wife to work
together. It, more than any other
kind of farm wo-k, think, commands
the attention of the whole family,
and knits them together in one un-
breakable unit. The poultry busi-
ness is a true exponent Of sound
American ideals.
Montapue Love is to have an i'm