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POULTRY
ROOST WILL DESTROY MITES
Plan Outlined for Completely Clear
ing Poultry House of All Thirsty
Blood-Suckers.
One successful way to rid poultry
houses of miles Is to use a roosting
pole that will harbor them during the
day, so that it <an be soaked with hot
water to destroy them. The roost
shown provides a place on the under
side where they may hide It consists
of a lath held under the roost with
siimll nails to make the hiding place
inviting for them. You simply lift
the roost from the holder*, slightly
loosen ttie pieces pf lath, and pour
boiling water between the lath and
the roosts. 'l'his will kill all vermin
nnd destroy any eggs that may he
there The roosts will quickly dry If
the water is hot.
In this way a poultry house can bp
completely cleared of all blood-suckers
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A Hiding Place Is Provided for Ver
min in This Poultry Roost to Catch
Them During the Day.
nn the place. The Iron ends arc cold
er than Ihe wood, and the vermin will
not crawl over them.
Mites do not attack fowl in the day
time. and it ir difficult to discover their
presence. Roily lice remain on the
fowl all the time, and they may be ex
terminated in the following way: Hang
tlie fowl head downward in a barrel
nail rah a small amount of tlouride of
Hida well into the feathers for half
the length of the fowl. This is a harm
less powder and it can lie used on
-hicks as well, -George W. Smith. In
.Popular Science Monthly.
PREMIUM FOR GRADED EGGS
Fact Is Due to Strict Grading Prac
ticed by Shippers of Far West,
Say Specialists.
Eggs from the Pacific coast in large
amounts were first shipped aeross the
continent to the New York city market
two years ago. Now they are bringing
premium of from 1 to 2 cents, ac
cording to market quotations.
That this is due to tlie strict grading
practiced by the shippers of the far
West is the belief of men in the bu
reau of markets. United States depart
ment of agriculture. The reputation
for careful grading which the Western
ers have attained In other products
shipped East lias spread to include
eggs.
PTOMAINE. POISONING CAUSES
Oecaying Flesh When Eaten by Hens
Is Harmful—Dispose of Carcasses
of Dead Fowls.
Carcasses of dead fowls if not prop
erly disposed of will decay rapidly In
hot weather. The by-products of pu
trefying bacteria, accumulating rapid
ly, attack the digestive systems of any
chicks which are rash enough to eat
their unfortunate brothers. When
enough of the decaying flesh is eaten
by the birds, ptomaine poisoning re
sults.
FEED SUPPLY FOR CHICKENS
Grow Oat*. Vetch and Rape for Sum
mer U*e—Cabbage and Mangel
Beets Good for Winter.
Green feed Is excellent for poultry
nnd can be substituted for a consid
erable amount of the grain ration.
Grow oats, vetch and rape for sum
mer use; cabbage ami mangel beets
for winter. Store cabbage and beets
in a dry room or bury In a pit and
cover with straw and earth.
Feed a dry mash.
Keep house and yard clean.
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Provide roosts and dropping hoards.
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Provide a nest for each four or five
bens.
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Make the house dry and free from
drafts, but allow for ventilation.
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Keep hens free from lice and th'
house free from mites.
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Kill and eat the hens In the stun met
and fall as they begin to malt uud
cease to lay.
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A clean cellar, two-thirds below
ground surface, makes a good place
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CLUB WORK PAYS BOYS WELL
Many California Membin Repale
Loans for Pure brod Animal*
Out of FI rat Llttora.
Agrlou Ifural club boy* lo Eldorndf
jcounty, f’allf., borrowed $592 In March
1918, from local bank* to start theli
pig clnb projects. Tn August, 1919
go Inventory showed that these boy*
f iwnad or had Hold $6,826.25 worth of
Iswlne. Eight gilts, exhibited by fhi
[Eldorado hovs at the State fair brough'
jin average price of $56.50. Tliey wen
j''rom the first litter out Of the orlghia
[sow*.
Owing to the high prices of pork
j'BHt year, 68 per cent of the 1919 en
l"o11 merit In the California agriculture
clubs went Into either the sow and lit
i'er or the pig feeding contests Manx
club members In (lie State paid big)
prices with borrowed money for pure
fired animals, and In most cases hav
'more than repaid the loans out of tin
Iflrst litters, says the United States d<
jpartment of agriculture.
Occasionally the purebred pig chile
jtn California have found difficulty In
fseourlng adequate prices for the stock
(hey raise. To eliminate this trouble
‘they have resorted to the means used
A iv other purebred breeds, and hnvt
rorganl/.ed nuctlon sales. Two wen
jheld In the past year, one at Lemoore
[Kings county, and one In Fresnr
(County. At l.cinoore .‘5B animals brought
in total of $2,751, or an average of
'about a bend, which Is about tin
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Pigs Distributed to Club Members.
'market pi lot' for purebred animal.* In
'Onlifonila. In Fresno county 29 head
of purebred Boland Chinas brought a
(total of $981.50, or an average prior
of $68,30.
TREATING PIGS FOR WORMS
Sanitary Cement Wallow Should Be
Provided and Oil or Dip Added
to Kill Vermin.
Before starting spring pigs on sura
jmer feed, the entire lot should he
[treated for worms unless the owner
;!s certain that tlie premises are clear.
'Santonin or American worniseed oil
treatments are good.
Hogs should have a sanitary cement
'or frame wallow. Into the water
;t*houhl he put some crude oil or a dip
to destroy lice, keep the skin in good
condition, and promote gains.
A maximum use of pasture Is desir
able. If present pastures are poor or
Insufficient they nmy he supplemented
'.with rape. A good rape pasture should
carry ‘JO pigs to the acre for the sea
son, according to It. O. Ashby of the
(Minnesota station.
Wherever pig* are given n full
'feed of grain the self feeder should
be used to save labor. Corn should
be supplemented with i feed rich in
protein.
The hogs should hog off enough corn
to tluish liieiu for the market, unless
;they are to be put behind cattle.
SHEEP AS SOURCE OF PROFIT
Close Grazing Animals Will Thrive on
Short Grass and Rough Land—
Worthy af Trial.
Sheep would be n source of profit
ou many farms where they have not
been given attention. They are close
grazing animals and as such will
thrive on short grass and rough land
where other animals would find it dif
ficult t' live. Why not get a few
sheep anil give them a chance on yout
farm?
EARLY PIGS REQUIRE GRAIN
Young Animals Cannot Be Expected tc
Qet Heavy Enough for Market
From Cornfield.
Pigs farrowed In late April, May
and June can be fed on the same gen
eral plan but cannot be expected t
get heavy enough to be marketed tc
the best advantage from the cornfield,
[.ut will require grain feeding up to
late December or January at least
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THE BARROW TIMES, WINDER, OEOROTA.
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PULLETS MAKE BEST LAYERS
It Seldom Pays to Keep Hens for
Eggs After They Are 2/ 2 Years
Old—Young Fowls Favored.
There are people who have the
right variety of fowls, w-ho house and
feed them properly, and yet who can
not obtain eggs early In the winter
because their fowls are too old. It
aeldoni pays to keep hens for laying
after they are two and one-half years
old; riot that they will not <#lve a
profit, hut that younger fowl* will
give a greater profit, says the United
States department of agriculture. A
great many poultrymen who make a
specialty of winter egg production
keep nothing hut pullets, disposing of
the one-year-old hens Irefore it is time
to put them In the winter quarters
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Flock of White Leghorn Pullets.
The cnampion of the girls’ poultry
clubs of Mississippi keeps nothing but
pullets.
Early hatched pullets, if properly
grown, ought to begin laying in Oc
tober or early November and continue
to lay through the winter. Yearling
hens seldom begin laying much before
January 1 and older hens not until
Inter. II is the November and Decem
ber eggs thnt bring the high prices.
The laying breeds should begin lay
ing when about from five to six
months old. general-purpose breeds at
six to seven months, and the meat
breeds at eight to nine months.
VARIETY OF FOOD FOR HENS
Fowls Easily Obtain Different Things
Necessary to Make Eggs and
Maintain Body.
Constantly feeding one or two grains
tml.v compels the fowls to eat more
than llio.v ought to and make Uieir di
gestive systems work too hard trying
to get all the different food elements
|n sufficient quantity out of this mate
rial. By feeding a variety of food the
fowls are not obliged to consume so
great an amount and they can more
easily obtain the different things re
quired to maintain the body and make
eggs. .-<#s*.
SIMPLE REMEDY FOR WORMS
Give Twenty Drops of Turpentine In
Milk or Water and Mix In Mash
for Morning Feed.
For worms in poultry give 20 drops
of turpentine for each 12 adult chick
ens; less for smaller chicks. Put that
amount In one quart of milk or water;
mix In mash in morning. No other
feed; also put one teaspoonful of cop
peras in each gallon of drinking water.
POULTRY KEPT AS SIDE LINE
Hardly Any Activity of Modem Farm
ing Which Will Pay Better Than
Flock of Hens.
Properly developed and fostered,
poultrylng Is one of the most profit
able side lines In which most farmers
can become Interested and, at present
there Is hardly any activity of modern
farming which will pay better than
the maintenance and production ot
good poultry.
[MUM NOILI^
Spade up the yard frequently.
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Get rid of nil surplus cockerels.
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Feed table scraps and kitchen waste.
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Keep the hens confined to yeur own
lnnd. |
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Fowls stand cold better than damp
ness.
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Hatching eggs should be selected
only from healthy, hearty, vigorous
parent stock.
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Yes. sir, the poultry business ol
America Is more Important than we
realize.
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Two quarts of scratch feed twice a
day in the litter makes a fair allow
ance for 25 hens. If the* have plenty
mash and vegetables besides.
DECLINt IN PRICES OF ME.I
Bureau of Crop Estimate* Note* Drof
in Amount Paid for Pork, B*f,
and Mutton.
The advance In the monthly averag#
pile* of hogs per 100 pounds receiver
h.v producers, which began with Feb
ruary. 1916, comparison being mode
with the same month in the preceding
year, continued without a break ti
August, 1919, and the advance wa<
from $7.07 to sl9 80. Since August
1919, the fall from month to montl
was continuous to $12.66 in Decern
her, followed by a rise to $18.86 In
January, 1920, or $2.88 below the Jan
uary price In 1919, according to the
reports of the bureau of crop estf
mates. United States department ol
agriculture.
The average price of sheep per 10C
pounds received by producers through
out the whole year bad an upward
movement from 3918 to 1918, from
$4.54 to $10.94, the principal Increase
being in 1917. The average for 1919
$9.58, is r drop of $1.86 from that for
1918, or 12 per cent.
From 1915 to 1918, the average price
of beef cattle per pound to producers
invariably advanced from year to year
in each month and tire advance con
tinued from 1918 to 1919 until May
after which month the average price
in 1919 fell below that of 1916 in each
month, and the average price for Jan
uary, 1920, was $8.99, or 06 below that
for January, 1919. In tire upward
movement, the highest monthly aver
age price reached was $10.84 In May,
1919.
Veal calves gained in average price
In every month of every year since
1915, the comparison being with the
same month of the preceding year,
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It Costs No More to Feed i Purebred
Hog Than It Does a Scrub.
and the price being per 100 pounds to
producers. The yearly average price
rose from $7.(53 iu 1915 to $12.74 In
1919.
FEED VALUE OF BUTTERMILK
Slightly Lower in Protein and Car
bohydrates Than Skim Milk—
Excellent for Pigs.
For all practical purpose butter
milk has about the same feeding value
for hogs as skim milk, although It Is
slightly lower In protein, carbohydrates
and fat than skim milk. Belug high Id
digestible protein and rich In mineral
matter, especially calcium and phos
phorus, buttermilk Is admirably suited
for growing pigs, brood sows and
breeding boars. It Is an excellent sup
plement lo corn because It furnishes
those feed constituents that corn ta
deficient In.
ACCURATE RECORDS OF EWES
Aa Lambing Time Approaches Animal*
Bhould Be Separated and Given
Extra Attention.
Some fairly accurate record should
he kept when the owes are bred In or
der that when lambing time approach
es the ewes may be separated from the
main flock nnd given extra feed and
care. If ticks, lice or scab appear in
the flock, the sheep should be dipped
even though the weather Is n little so
vere. This Is extra work, but the
flock will be more healthy and thrifty
A warm place should be provided foi
the sheep until the} dry off.
FIND MILLET HAY INJURIOUS
Fed Liberally to Horses It Causes In
creased Action of Kidneys and
Other Aliments.
The North Dakota Experiment Sta
tlon several years ago found that millel
buy fed liberally to horses for a long
period of time was injurious to the
extent that it caused Increased action
of tl a kidneys, a swelling of the Joints
nnd a certain amount of lameness
Millet hay seems to he alt right for cat
tie and can perhaps he used safely a*
n small part of the roughage fot
horses. It would not be advisable,
however, to feed It liberally to horses
for a considerable^ period, of time.
INSURANCE
FIRE AND
TORNADO
Your neighbor’s borne burned only a few days or months ago, and a
cyclone is likely to strike this section at any time, so INSURE with US
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once. A WISE man insures his property in a reliable insurance company
so that when calamity comes he can build again- He owes the protection
that it gives, to ihs peace of mind and the care of his loved ones.
Kilgore, Radford & Smith
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Lands For
SALE
55 acres, two-horse farm, strong red land, 3 miles of Stat
ham, Ha., SIOO.OO per acre.
Two large farms in Hancock county; good land, tine
timber; pasture; houses; selling for only $35.00 per acre.
Good terms, etc.
3-room house and lot close in, in Winder; selling for
$1500.00.
New 5-room bungalo, $2500.00.
40 acres strong red land 4 miles out of Winder, S2OO
per acre.
The Jeff Lanier borne place at north edge of Hancock
county; 050 acres fine land, 12-room colonial home; 8 ten
ant houses; gin; fine timber; bottoms; pasture; pecan
grove bearing, on auto highway, rural route and near a
school and church. 575.00 per acre.
The Ed Lane place near Alt, Zion, Hancock county; 7-
room dwelling and 3 tenant houses, over million teet of
lumber; 5 horse open ; good pasture and selling at $35
per acre.
Loans made at 7 and 8 per cent on City and Farm
property.
W .H. Quarterman, Atty
DeKalh County Farms for
Sale
165 acres 1 ' 2 in cultivation, balance in fine timber;
Good roads, schools, churches, 200,000 feet saw tim
ber, nice 6-room home and two tenant houses. sl6o
per acre; x /2 cash and arrange balance.
190 acres—4 houses. 11 miles 5 points, $15,000.00.
60 acres, 11 miles 5 Points, new 8-room house,
ascetline lights, good barns and tenant house,tun
ning water in lot $22,000.00. See me at once. This will
be sold and you will miss it,
E. L. WAGGONER
CLARKSTON. GA.
Mk Good Year
“SOLD BY"
{OO | |, Smith Hardware
I Company
jsQ(fl Winder Georgia
THURSDAY. SKI’T. 30, 1920.