Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, May 06, 1912, EXTRA, Image 16

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The Georgian’s Poultry and Live Stock Page buff im is EASY TO BREED Fancier Who Brought First of Strain to This Country Gives Some Facts. It is now more than eleven year? since I brought into this country the first Orp ingtons, all fine varieties, says Mr Wai-, lace P. Willett, of East Orange, N J. 8 I published the "Orpington" for two or | three years and later helped form the ■ American Orpington club anti to boons j the Orpington into notice, in spite of j some of the criticisms of an Eastern edi- ' . tor at that time, that the Orpington, a ; white’leg and flesh fowl, could never sup plant the "generations back, yellow-leg; fowl of Massachusetts.” As I read the; poultry papers todat. after ten years ex- i plolttng of the Orpington. I fool that they | have fought a good fight thus far. and , have by no means finished their course : T admire the pluck and push of Mr Kel- | leretraaa. who, with prm’er's Ink mainly. . haa brought the White Orpingtons to tho front The Real Breed. ' The Black and Buff Orpingtons were | the, rae.l Orpingtons, originated by W:l ; Ham Cook, Sr, for best all-around quail- I Um; and with me they hold that position j today His latar originations of the .Igib lee and Spangled varieties have not met with such favor aa he anticipated they would. Ranh year I raise a few of all varieties, but my mein stock is now Buffs. which suit my eye and satisfy my ambition best, and they here proved quite as hardy as the Barred Plymouth Hocks, which, in my opinion, are their only worthy competitors. Having bred all the varieties of Orping tons during the past ten years, my ex- - parienoe with them has led me first to discard the Whites, followed by the Blacks, and to raise only a pen or two of ■ Diamond Jubilees and Spangled for fur then development. I now ptn my faith to the Buffs, which grow more in my favor each year, and I believe I can foresee that the Buff Orpington will prove the variety that will outclass all other va rieties and breeds In the end ,1 have Utile faith tn the long continuance of tl e boom in White Orpingtons I note that • my view here expressed appears to have Worked itself out across the water \ recent article in the poultry press says: "The Orpingtons (at Paris. Hrant e. poultry Show I far exceeded atv other breed tn numbers and the Buffs were in the lead of any other variety There were 2#3 Orpingtons (Buffs 112. Blacks 98, Whites 77, Jubilee or Spangled G> The Orpingtons bad a room all to them selves and made quite a creditable dis play." A Similar pro rata classlticatlon of i" Orpingtons in America is not far in the future It The Buffs are now very easy for breed ing perfection In the pullets, but the ’ males still lag behind and "craeker jacks" for the shows are lacking in quan . tlty and bring big prices The breeding of pure buff color males in any' breed is a question in which lovers of the beauti ful in poultry ar# all interested Matinfl to Secure Color. Unfortunately it does not follow in ex perience that a pure buff male mated with a ptrre buff female will produce pure buff chicks, especially cockerels. In most cases there are more or less part • white feathers in wing or tall Home other mating seems necessary to secure best results. This new method may be the "Mendel law" system, so-called I will not attempt here to give the wins and wherefores of the Mendel system, but simply Its process, which 1 am now trying with a few pairs of Buff Begin by mating a pure buff male with a'few hens that show white festhers. and if'the progeny show white feathers, dis card the maJe. but if they do not show white feathers keep the mele for breed ' ing Male also a pure buff female with a male that shows feathers and discard - the hen if the progeny show white, but If the progeny show no white feathers keep the hen for breeding The tested male 1a then mated to the tested female and It is claimed that the basis for a flock of pure buff males and females is thus started I believe, however, that >l may necessitate a number of trials be fore the required male and female are found. —Willett in A. P. J. r™ Rendotte Farm ■\ White Runner Duck Eggs, $5.00 for 12. • The best investment V • -•in the poultry indus- I L try. Every White Runner duck hatched ' and raised will be Avorth a ten dollar || note next fall. Be able fc 4o advertise REN-- DOTTE STRAIN, and get results. I I* ' Rendotte Farm I j p, 0. Box 300 Atlanta, Ga. TWO GEORGIA PRIZE WINNERS ■■Ma WS4- - W. ~ .MB - - ■: ■ ■ :■ - ~z ; :v% '■ ■ ■ „ ■ Z ' - . ' ' • ■ t y s , ■ * - - -- - - - ‘-- ---1- z*' i. *——l PURE BRED FOWLS THE ONLY SORT THAT WILL •PAY IN THE LONG RUN Since the »<irh« t <la? . »>f history H has he<*n the custom for the farmer and hit? wife tn own n flock "f chi'-ken inongT**! nr common t ’'vk .”i-r tn supply the fam ily w4th chickens and cefs to eq.t and maybe a few tn sell <«• •;• ionally. But since the wonderful revival of interest in country life, and indeed veritable twentieth century rena'stance <>f rural o< - cdtlnns, ''»ndltioi.< throughout the country are rapidly changing The pure Kreil* fowl is gaii ng favor, and at manv homes in the rmintiy where only Irnxed chickens were wont t<> he kept, there may n<nv si > u a nlci f|n» k <»f standard bred birds, and sometime- two or three vane ties nicely penned and housed With about one hundred varieties tn ‘ house from everybody «an surely secure their j>reference, but If one looks at the poultry business in a practical way this choice should be made with a dt finite pur pose in view, since the variety that suits for one purpose may not be so well adapt ed to sntue other Thus if one has in mind an egg Industry some variety from the great Mediterranean class should be < hosen. If the prnduetinn of broilers, fryers and roasters 1s the «bp < t in view then the choice had probably best he [Strong Colonies in Apiaries Declared Essential For Honey H F <’oleniiin. in Th<* hern Acri rnituraJl.-t, giv •? th*' following advice to hce keepers: "If wo would suco erf to the fullest extent in k' pping he-s we must ha\e strong colonies at the proper time, or when the honev flow eoipe.4. \\p ( m not control the flow as to time and its extent, hut by car.* and attention we can have strong colonies at the usual time of the flow, and he prepar'd on our part to reap th" maximum results of flow, whether it be great 01 small i Vrovlcb nce provides th* How. ami about 'that we peed hate but little concern, ’but w f must be cipicerned about the i bees to gather the flow when it co.nrs. In order to have strong colonies store: are of the gr- atest « <msid< ration. A colony with scanty stor* ; in the early spring, if not otherwise p nvi'led for, is destined to be a weak colony, if it sur vives until late in th. season, if not th° whob' ;.tson. To secure larg» colonb s in th* .•pring the b* • . .-hould ha\u stores suflb lent to carry them through the winter .and until, the flowers are well in \iloom tin following spring, but it i: sometimes difficult to determine the quantity of stores necessarx for that purpose. "It is the experience of al! beekeepers who have given the mailer close atten tion. that some colonies will consume many more stores in the winter than | others seemingly of the same size, and I It is the safer plan to examine each and every colony as peon as the weather will permit in the m*w years, tn see the conditions of its store-, and to supply the dcflci'?m\\. if any deficiency • xists. "In th< latitude of T''!H>’'Sh‘'*> rhe bee.- begin t*/* raise broods in ,1 >nuarx and this inerea 1 * s the denvlnd on the .-.tores and this demand increases as the sea-' 's >n advances until the colony has [reached it- g»a atost numbers, and we i must mn fail tn ?-• • that the stores are not exhausted, or curtailed in quantity Ito such m extent >to retard the proe -5 css of brood i earing. "By the t days of February or tin 'first d,’\< of March it prettv certain I that some colonies will need additional ; stores, and it then becomes a questio’ las to how they a* •• to be supplied. If we , I have • ombs of hom y of th" previous | season this is an • is\ matter. W? <an : take an empty omb two f’-om the ■ i hive and supplx then daces w ith t bs i stilled •’"rbs and the work for the pres. i .ent is done But w♦? do not al wa vs have ' ! th* 1 • fllbd comb.-, am! th- It w* nave to j resort to a'lifhaal feeding; jhik and] | simyi* . *nd thi: i- not the-irntibb* that | Mt is sono-tim*. . n»- >t io h< \ >vrnp • made of thio. *m mi». > of granulat* ' I sugar* to two >f wnt* is all the feed I that is m■. • ir. m -*u< 1 < as« s, us I this can be given in vaiious \ very good and < flicu nt w-of giving ;t is to put it in tl e mptv combs ro be removed and stored away by the bees I To do this. lake ' tev ■ ln to and *7em •»” *-t m r th*-", to i’ r hive , e, r_. ~ th:* ' "‘b : ’ * o-of . 4* aegrees the rup when. poured on THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS; ■made from the heavy ” eight American I breeds It is a noteworthy fact ’hat the! larg« poultry farms of the country are i stocked with pure bred fowls and have ! proven safe investments, and why should 1 farmer folk hesitate tn follow when it ha.- > I been demonstrated beyond the shadow of j a doubt that pure bred fowls are as far ahead of scrubs as the pure bred Jersey . c<>w is ahead of the shrub cow The pleasing appearance of a fine flock of cure bred chickens Is a strong point in thrir favor, ;i!i just alike, not a mixture of sizes and colors tn mar the beauty of the picture; (hen the eggs are all of uni form color either pure white or rich dark shelled, which counts a point for , the seller and is pleasing tn the buyer Buyer.-, too, are fast getting t*» the place where they prefer the crate of broilers all of the same color. T he person who owns a flock of pure bred fowls and is willing to go to the trouble and expense of placing them in the leading shows and winning some of tho prizes, .and then to advertise jud'- • « lousiy, will not fail nf cutsomers who want just such high-class stock to raise from and are perfectly willing to pay a 1 good price for what they want. EXPERIENCE SHOWS THERE’S BIG MONEY IN RAISING COLTS 1 will contribute a little of my expe . rience with brood mares. The first team I ever owned, nine years ago. was mules \t the suggestion of my landlord 1 ex ehanged <he mules for a pair of good c are, and began to raise colts In the isi light years I have raised thirteen • ' b .. some fillies, some horses, but most os them mules, writes \V. R. Cockrell, in harm and Ranch 1 sold some of these colts at weaning ’ fir. but have kept most of them until I *Td emuigh to work I have sold eleven, i fop which I received $1,050, and have two Allies yet, two and three years old. that ' are well worth $250 More than this, in tl— ’a. t six years I have raised and sold six good cnw> 1 never sell a heifer, and if the > df happens to be a bull I sell it and bu\ a b. Ifer. raise it, breed it, and when it comes In sell it for SSO. 1 me '-an scarcely miss th*' expense. Five \* it - ago tat the suggestion of this same Landlord! I bought o 3 acres of land, paying in icre. and only paying down 25 'Adole this land is not entirely paid out. ' ■il am proud to say I can see the end. 1 \\ - have be*m improving our home little b.v little, all the while, ami enjoy it more i each year. I am thankful for the, uggestions of a ,c. od landlord and the help of good b*>ood mares Let us all remember that life is just what we make it / them v 111 run down and till the cells, and when n comb ts filled in this way it is ready tn be returned to the hive A pan i an be used to catch the drippings from the i ombs as they are filled and prevent the smearing of the syrup th.-.t might otherwise occur. "The feeding bf the bees in this way, at tin season of the rear, answers a two folH pmjiost' It supplies the feed necessaiw and stimulates brood rearing. To stimulate brood rearing, with no 1 other purpose in view, a different plan iof feeding would perhaps be better. In :thls plan the same kind of syrup is used, but the mode of giving it to th° bees is different. It requires but small quantities of feed so stimulate brood rearing, but it must be given regularly at 1< .st once every day as long as It is nevcssarv. In tool weather, such as wi usii'rttly have at this season Os the year, the feed should be given to the hers •with ns little disturbance as possible, j By putting an empty store on the hive o m ming the b • > and a stm \ to keep !, ':r warmth in the bees, and cutting a hole it one corner or in the side of this ■ ; .th. the feed can be placed in this . ’toi. ind the bees will do the rest. A j-m >ll vessel, such as t saucer, is all I ti'at > nr > *sary jo feed in this way. i w<i f." this purpose After the syrup ! i.- pttj in the vessel a thin cloth should I !><■ put over it "o as to allow the bees to i take ■'>• syrup, and at the same time 1 keep 'arm from Immersing ibemselvs | in it. \ iv. once piep.ared in this wijc < ,'o b. used the whob' season, or as long as it is needl'd, and if the feed is given its li< ; i in directed, it is surprising how rapidly the bees will increase in num ber.- To feed life.- to stimulate brood !> earing at this season of t m year, car" betaken that the v are not ex draughts of air ■ The br'-od i' young and ' era tender and l is east ~ chilled and destroyed ’ innmi .i i * ' il!ib3k •" iBMWwNr *** ’’ r — ■ Tamworth Hog Bacon Breed and Will Not Be Popular in Corn Belt An lowa correspondent writes: “What is the history, origin and ’he comparative value of the Tamworth hog? Are th»y extensively grown in Canada or England?" , • The Tamwvirth is a, bacon breed, and like all hogs of that type Is but little grown or appreciated in the corn belt. It is more appreciated in Canada and England, but even there is surpassed in popularity by another bacon breed —the large Yorkshire. Not much is known about the origin of the Tamworth. Some think that it came to England from Ireland in the early part of the las’ century. A’ any rate, along in the ‘"O's. a high-set, long faced, thin-backed, long-sided, red bog was recognized in the central counties of England a ■ being able to forage well for itself and to furnish prime sides of bacon \t about this time in Eng land the consuming public'became dis satisfied with the quality of bacon and demanded a sort with more lean and less fat. As a result rhe Tamworth increased in popularity and during the 'SO's much attention was paid to its breeding and the type improved great ly. Several herds were imported into th" United States’and Canada, but the breed has never pread much in either of these countries. The Tamworth is a typical bacon hog. and as such will probably never become popular in lite corn belt ex cept on alfalfa and dairy farms. Two of the strongest argum-rtts in favor of the Tamworth are ’he large size of lit ters and the anility to make large gains on pasture Prominent objec tions are slow maturity, thinness throughout, and light hams. We think the Tamworth may find a place in the corn belt on dairy farms, or where large dependence is placed on pasture in making hog gains. It is not likely ’hat ’ho breed will become popular un til the packers pay more of a premium for bacon hogs. MEAT. BUTTER WILL GO STILL HIGHER NEV YORK. Ma? 4 -The next fwehe months will see some new rec ords in high prices for meats, egg and butter, in the belief of H. 1,. Pres ton. editor of The Produce News. The ■ ■>ld season has put the betis far be hind in their work, the expert de elates. and thq suppl? of butter in sight is not lik'd?: to balance with the public demand. The price for potatoes would go to a barrel, he adds, if ft were not for Irish .and Belgian importations. The ■ tbbage crop is short ind cabbage.'. like aittch'ikes >’• bec-ming luxuries Poultry is the on* product h« declare; that has not rise-n in price b? leaps and bounds. ARTOF BUTTER MAKING HAS MADE BIG STRIDES IN PAST FORTY YEARS The cow takes fat from her back and puts it in the milk. Man separates the fat from milk and secures butter It was more than 30 centuries ago that he first learned the secret. Some man was prob ably carrying whole milk in a skin on a. warm day. The motion caused the fat globules to stick together and so resulted the first butter. At any rate the ancient peoples made butter by putting milk in a skin and pounding or shaking it. Later they shook cream up and down in bot tles. and finally, discovered the churn. The Hindus were probably the first but ter makers. But the Greeks, Persians and Romans all used butter several cen turies before Christ Curiously, the chief use of butter in the early days was not as food, but as ointment and hair dress ing. The Scandinavians were the first really to develop butter making. A thousand >ears ago they were exporting butter to northern Europe They knew little about the science of butter making, but had learned much by long practice. During the last 40 years we have learned more about butter making than was discovered in the preceding 30 cen turies Microscopes had been invented and with thair aid the science of dairy bacteriology- was established At the time of the close of our Civil war a German learned how to separate cream from milk by the first crude separator. Fifteen years ago a Dane'and a Swede invented the first practical centrifugal separator. At first separators were mostly used in creameries. But during the last fifteen HOW TO PACK EGGS FOR SAFE SHIPPING AND GOOD HATCHES It requires considerable skill and good knowledge of details to pack eggs for hatching, I have had good resn’t’ with baskets. Eggs shipped in boxes are liable to be loughl? handled by the ex press companies, while baskets will be handled more carefull?. Then. too. they are much cheaper. Good baskets can be bought for fort?' or fift?' cents a dozen, and you can get covers and labels for a trifle. The best basket for the purpose is one with a good strong handle, upright, so as to guard the package if other matter is laid upon it. 1 exercise the same care and fol low the same rule for packing one set ting as for one hundred or more eggs, except as to the size of the basket. I always have the package just large enough to hold the eggs and the neces sar?' packing material. If ?our order calls for one hundred or one hundred and twent?’ eggs a bushel basket is needed. First line the basket with newspapers, and then put about an inch of excelsior in the bottom. Now you are read?- for the first layer of eggs. After wrapping each egg in soft palter put them In one i>? one. leaving one inch spaces to be filled with excelsior crowded in firm!?' so as to keep the eggs from the sides of the basket and prevent them from shaking. This first layer of eggs is then covered in the same manner as the bottom, and all the other layers packed and covered likewise, with the exception of the top layer, which should be thicker and rounded up so that when the canvas cover is sewed on and drawn down tight th® "ggs can not : halts round in the basket Sew the label to ’he can vas cover, or if the cover is of paste board use gummed labels, Print on vour labels in good-sized type. EGGS FOR HATCHING. HANDLE WITH CARE! t'se a darning needle and strong cotton string and sew the can vas to the rim of the basket, drawing it down tightl? so that the packing will spring up when pressed with the hand. A basket about the size of a ten pound grape basket will hold a setting of eggs. For two settings an eight quart basket is necessftry. and for fifty eggs a half-bushel basket. Excelsior for packing the eggs can usuall? be procured at all grocers or furniture stores. For wrapping the eggs a soft grade of newspaper is used. Always place the -mall end down in the a?- ket The air cell is in th’ large end. and in shipping may be displaced by rough handling Thus the egg becomes addled, which kills the germ I’ is also a good plan to instruct the buyer to unpack and la? the eggs in their nat ural position for at least twenty-four hours before setting. MOTTLED ANCONAS. First pen ’only one entry) at great Atlanta show. Januar?’ 8-13 First pen, first cockerel, first pullet big Chatta nooga show First pen, first cockerel, first pullet Bowt’ng Green. Ky. \Ve have never failed to win the blue. Eggs, $5 per fifteen straight. COPPERAS FALLS FARM, Tullahoma. Tenn. years the separating of milk on the farm has come more and more into general practice Twenty years ago the Scandi navian peninsula and our own Eastern states made most of the -butter of the world Today Denmark and the Scandi navian peninsula are still producing great quantities of butter But in the United States the center of butter production has shifted to lowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Min nesota. Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri — our great corn belt states From the corn belt comes most of the $200,000,000 worth of but er consumed annually by the peo ple of the United States. The history of butter is Interesting, but of slight value unless it teaches us to keep our eyes open, fully expecting that as in the past methods of butter making changed so in the future they will change. But of course the change will be a dif ferent kind of a change. Methods of sep arating milk will become more and more perfected Scientific knowledge of bac teria will more and more be applied to properly ripening cream. Cieamerles will necessarily adopt a more and more im proved type of machinery. They will per fect their organization. They will get better transportation facilities .And all the while the demand for butter will be Increasing There will be many things to modify the advance in butter making There is oleomargarine and similar but ter substitutes. Possibly the laboring man of the United States will in the fu ture he unable to afford butter. It is in teresting to speculate. Kentucky University To Teach Pupils the Art of Chick Raising The Kentucky State university has announced that poultry breeding will be added to its curriculum. This will be a decided feature for. a. university of this section to undertake. Cornell has had a poultry course for years. The public schools of Memphis are to add poultry to their course another season. The South will soon take its right ful place as a poultry section with the educational institutes and the poultry associations educating the people how and .what to feed poultry to produce eggs. COOP FOR BROODY HENS. At the Kellerstrass farm we noticed a swinging coop with slatted bottom, under a tree, and were told that broody hens were placed in this coop the first night they were found on the nest. Since the hens can not sleep comfortably in a coop with an open bottom, they are quickly broken up LET YOUR FOWLS TAKE THEIR OWN MEDICINE, Most ail diseases originate from Impure ««. ter and insanitar' premises BUSCH'S POULTRY TABLETS are sclentifl callv prepared, and their chief function is to destroy germs and organisms In the fowl s drinking water and to destroy the disease germs 1n fowls BUSCH'S POULTRY TABLETS are guaranteed to prevent Limberneck, Can, ker. Chicken Pox. Swelling Head, Cholera, Roup. Gapes, Colds, Bowe! Com, plaint. Inflammation. Discharges, Etc. EASY TO USE Dissolve a tablet in their drinking water. Satisfaction guar anteed or the price will be cheerfully refunded. Price 60e. THE BUSCH REMEDY COMPANY, EVANSVILE, IND. Dept A GAYMONT FARM Box 1711 Atlanta, Ga. REGISTERED JERSEY CATTLE AND BERKSHIRE PIGS Enas for hatching. Dark Cornish fowl, $3,00 and $5.00 ner setting; White Laced Red Cornish. $5,00 per setting: Black Minorca, $3.00 per setting. White Runner ducks, $5 per setting of twelve. We can furnish eggs for hatching from mixed breeds fcr broilers at 50 cents per setting straight or $3.00 per 100 eggs. WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCK? DOWN GO THE PRICES ON STOCK AND EGGS! Fine Males and Females, $3.00. Eggs, $2.00 per 15, $lO per 100. C O HARAVELL, -xulantaj Ga. 113 Nor+h Pryor Street. Phone 8000 THE PREVENTION OF HOG CHOLERA / Strict Sanitation and Separa tion of Sick From Well Es sential in Checking It. The germ of hog cholera fg often of sufficient virulence to cause a fatal outbreak of cholera In the best cared for herd. Good hygienic and sanitary conditions may, and frequently do, no doubt, operate to make the animal more resistant to disease and its at tack. but should never be depended upon alone to ward off disease. By separating the sick and keeping the prernises free from filth, stagnant wa ter and otherwise In the best possible condition, the spread of an outbreak through the herd may be much retard ed ; but the fact should ever be kept in mind tfiat the germs of disease should never be allowea to gain a foothold on the premises. Sanitation Essential, The man most successful in prevent ing disease in his herd is the one w'ho takes the utmost pains to exclude dis ease-producing bacteria and at the same time observes necessary hygiene and sanitation. I will give vou my way of preventing disease in my herd of hogs. I have never In mv whole ca reer of swine breeding had a single case of hog cholera or other conta gious disease In my herd. The O. 1 C< hog is said by some breeders to be immune from cholera. I do not be lieve that. I breed them and have bred them for twelve years and have never lost one. but believe If they come In contact with cholera thev will’die. It has been claimed bv a writer in one of the South’s leading agricultural papers that the Duroc Jersey Is Im mune also. I have a few of them, and I know they a.re not. I have never lost one. However, I sold Mr. F. C. Jones, at Albany. Ga.. eleven head, shipped all at one time, disinfected them thoroughly and thev were turned In on infected premises, and they all died in one month. So do not be mis led by any breeder that says he has a breed Immune from cholera. An Ounce of Prevention. The only successful wav to combat and steer clear of cholera Is to treat your herd for It ell the time, whether you fiave ft. in your county or not. Do not allow too many hogs to bed together. Change bedding every week; spray all hog houses, hogs, bedding, etc., every week with a good coal tar dis infectant; use plenty of lime In your houses, lots etc. Keep a mixture of salt, charcoal wood ashes, sulphur and soda before them wh«re then' can g°t it at will. Do not feed on the ground. Have a board floor or concrete floor to feed on. Good clean water. Do not food any musty or damaged food, and never allow any one else’s hogs to bed with yours. Keep lice killed, tdee are injurious to hogs. Menace to South. If the hog cholera Is allowed to prn ceefl In the South as it has In,the past year, meat will nnlv h«> used as des sert or on Sunday In the homes of the majnrltv of Georgia farmers. There Is no necessity for such a. hfrh death rate of hogs In the South. We must pre pare for the hog and keep him clean and healthy. Take an interest In the business and raise enough for Geo-gla. We have the hogs, brains and energy, and let’s put It all to use and take a new star* and make this the banner year for Georgia 1n the hog business. WAT.TFTR T. KENNER. Spring Place, Ga. STICK TO AN OUTt-INED PLAN. Keep no more stock than can be given proper '■am Make up your mind what yon ha-1 bettor do. and do it. A pros pective poultry breeder started out to get duck eggs for hatching On the way he ttiß a friend who ndvleed him to take geese Instead Not having sufficient pas ture for geese, and knowing nothing of their requirements—he lost all he hatched. Doubtless he would have lost the ducks. A breeder who Is Influenced by all his friends, and has no views of his own, Is never a. success. Outline a plan and stick io It until you have good reason to change MAKE HENS LAY More eggs Feed Wonder Egg Pro ducer and Chick Grower. Makes vou money. Write for trial. Will con vince you. Enclose 10c. N. K Webb, Lamasco. Tex. .Box 14.