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The Georgian’s Poultry and Live Stock Page
BEGINNERS MUST
BUYJUDIGIOUSLY
Let Some Experienced Breeder
Advise You at the Start.
You’ll Avoid Trouble.
X visit tn the big shows in the eountr' ;
give the budding fancier an idea of the
points that are needed for a bird to win '
Every one must remember that the be
ginner toda> is U>° experienced fancier ,
of the future, and g should encourage all I
who contemplate taking up ’he keeping •,
of live stock All have started from the j
same mark. «>ne has however, the a<
vantage of a big pocket, while hundred*-’
nf the keen fanciers have little capital
at their command With the latter, it <
tw take more time in getting to the top
of the ’ree. still the place always open
for ever> one who has grit and determi- j
nation. Mair of the most noted breed
ers of 'oday started in a small wa' . win |
small means and in some cases small I
ideas hut «:;c<'-ss lax .ng crowned ’heir
efforts n the ears’ stages, the have gone,
on and mad? fame for themselves The;
id*a that the sanes is overcrowded is an i
erroneous one. for there never was a time I
when the enthusiastic could make more
head wax than toda.' Shows are more ■
numerous than ever, hence the chances!
<»f coming ’o tht front are greater, and ;
th? demand for go«*d stock is an increas
irg one.
Novices’ Difficulties.
r»ne ■ frequent!} asked advice on all'
points that affect the beginner Max I !
say that the falling off and the failing of I
so man> novices is that th?} pretend to j
Tamw mm ' befor* av ng learned the |
dr c t rudiments of the business. After
vffajs of hard practical experience, both'
r. breeding and exhibiting, thero is much j
tn learn and when a new hand starts <ifi '
with th? idea that after twelve months!
of noultrj keeping he knows all there c ’
to know, he makes th*- greatest mistake
of his life He has not found his feel, j
let alone practical experience lie gains. ,
th* 1 more he will discover that there ar*-* |
still man details to bp mastered. On"
j° often asked the best vay of getting
into the fane' This must of course d«
pend on the amount that one can expend
upon the first lot of birds. To the man ■
who has onl} a small amount of cash to
put down at once, he needs to be careful
to see that it is spent in the most ad
vantageous way Now. may 1 advise
such a beginner to place himself in the
hands of well known breeders and state
clearly what he is and what he requires
and not at the outset to go in for the
best quality Xfter the first year he will
have had some experience with the breed
of his choice and begin to learn some of
th? salient features of the bin!, and can
then form a better idea as tn the needs
of the breeding pen
Novice#’ Success.
In an earlier sentence I advise dealing
with a good breeder B> this method tin
eld hand is placed on his mettle, ami he
will soon say what he can do for the
means at disposal He is put on his bon
or and the reputation of our leading men
is worth more than the small amount of
a moderate breeding hen If the price
allowed is too low. they will say so, and
will advise away out of the difficult}
In some cases breeding hens have been
out of question, but a sitting of eggs has
changed hands That will give the new
hand a reasonable start, even If the ven
d?r has wanted the first nick of th?
chicks. The blood of more left is good
enough to go on with, and man} a time
bad formed the nucleus of a famous
stock Do not despise the da> of small
things, but go at it with a will, and I am
certain that success must follow in the
wake. The old breeder is ready at all
times to render advice, which from years
of study and practice is very valuable.
A mistake s often made through drop
ping and ( hanging about XX hen once
started with a good breeder stick to him
till you have begun to walk by yourself,
and even then, don't run until you feel
certain that what you are doing is forth?
best Work ami an open mind will ac
complish mor? than arrogance * and self
conceit Poultry Item
“BOARDINGHOUSE” CHICKS
HATCHED IN TOOMBS CO.
VIDALIA. GA li icmaiimd for
Toombs county to produce the i attern
for a regular "boarding house” i hicken
On< that will best till the bill of these
places has been hatched in the barn
yard of a resident of this place. The
chicken has four legs, four wings an 1
the better part of two backs, with only
one breast, neck and head Tl • chick, n
is the propel ty of Representative W
F Peacock. The legs are ad well fum
ed and the wings are regular in shape
Rendotte Farm
White Runner Duck
Eggs, $5.00 for 12.
The best investment
in the poultry indus
try. Every White
Runner duck hatched
and raised will be
worth a ten dollar
note next fall. Be aide
to advertise REN
DOTTE STRAIN,
and get results.
Rendotte Farm
p, 0, Box 300 Atlanta, Ga
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Court Fixes That Verdict
Against Express Company
for Letting Them Die.
E. II Lichtenwalter. <»f Girard. Pa.,
has just recovered a judgment in the
court of common pleas of Erie county.
Pennsylvania, against the American Ex
press Company for carelessness and neg
ligenci* in causing the death of two cock
erels shipped by him one to Chicago
and one to New York to the poultry shows
in December. 1909
One bird was smothered and the other
was injured and died from some one
breaking in the shits of the coop upon
the bird
The judgment is for $231.12 ami costs,
amounting to about S7O additional, mak
ing about S3OO that the express company
will have to pa? on account v 1 tbe neg
ligenee of its employees
Five dollars was all the express com
pany was willing at first to pay for the
ios.-. but after recovery of judgment be-
I fore a magistrate It offered SIOO, which
I was refused, and the company thereupon
appealed the ease into the court of
common pleas, where the judgment for
$231.12 was given against it March 10.
19D
The cockerel shipped to Chicago was
smothered by the express company plac
ing other toops on top of its coop, shut
ting out the air
The ca••elessrr.;-.- of the exprt'ss agents
was shown to the court and jury by the
plaintiff as to the cockerel shipped to
Chicago b\ his own testimony - and that
of D M (‘overt, of Willoughby, Ohio,
who saw the bird unloaded ami discov
ered that he*was breathing his last as he
was taken out of the car. and that coops
had been placed on top of his coop, thus
shutting out the air.
The coop returned from New York with
a dead cockerel in it and with the top
slats broken in down upon the bird
showed the carelessness and negligence
of the express company's employees in
handling it Xlthough the express re
ceipts limited the defendant s liability to
$5 for each bird, the law of Pennsylvania
does not permit defendant to avail it
self of this limitation where negligence
is proven by plaintiff as in this case -
hut permits a recovery of the full value
of a live stock shipment
I The strong probability is that hereafter
the express company will exercise great
er care in handling valuable live stock
shipments tor the patrons of the com
pany
THIS WILL. GET THE RATS.
This trap has been known to catch
the rodents by the barrelful. Procure a
water tight barrel, put a rock in the bot
tom that will reach up about a foot high
and pour in sufficient water to nearly
cover the rock, leaving just the upper
point sticking out and it should be about
large enough to hi.ld a single rat. In
place of the upper head, stretch a piece
of thick wrapping paper ever the top
of the barrel and fasten it securely by
means of the top hoop or a cord Damp
en the paper slightly with a moist sponge
and it will become tight when dry Feed
the rats on this paper head with cheese
parings and other things they like for
several nights in succession, so as to get
the rats accustomed to coming with.out
fear or suspicion After you have gained
their confidence cut a cr«»s slit in the
middle of the paper and spread the feed
as before The first rat that comes will
drop through into the water and get on
the roc-k. the next one drops throng!
and there h fight f'»r a foothold and
the.' argue the point with such squeals
that all the rats in the neighborhood
hasten in to find out what the trouble is
—Kansas City Journal.
THK ATLANTA GF.OT?GTAN ANT) NEWS: SATFRDAY. MAX’ 25. 1912.
I FEEDING IMPORTANT
ITEM IN THE RAISING
OF YOUNG CHICKENS
Th«' enormous development of the
poultry industry through artificial
hatching ami rearing of fowls has con
tinually evolved new questions as to
how to obtain the best results. The
t up-to-date poultryman is ever on the
alert with eye and brain to detect new
ideas. Os course, the net result in view
is to obtain the quickest returns for
our money and labor.
We have long ago decided and prac
ticed that the Single Comb White Leg
horns properly bred is the breed to do
it with. Now, as to the manner. Next,
. if not equal to the open front curtain
. poultry house for adult fowls, we con
sider the colony house system for
chicks. There used to he an idea that
any old thing, box or barrel, would do
> for the little fellows, but the wise poul
' tryman has exploded that idea.
If new methods will, at the expense of
• a few dollars, take 100 chicks, bring
> them to selling or laying period full 60
i days sooner, besides rearing a much
better and linger per cent of chicks,
surely a small outlay of a few dollars is
not worth considering in the game.
We cheerfully divide out experience
and information with the readers of
The Northwest Poultry Journal, and
give you an idea how the colony houses
for chicks arc built. Each bouse is six
b\ ten. six feet in front, five in the
rear, and they are built on skids (made
i like sled runners! and th<*\ can be read
i ily moved by bitching a hoise to them
Such a house will accommodate at
■ hatching time |,’.u chicks. Now, chicks
double and triple in size very rapidly,
but in three weeks the sex in Leghorns
, can be easily distinguished, and nt that
age anyhow the sexes should he sep
arated, which loaves the flock nearly
one-half less, and plenty of room left
1 for the growing millets
What do we gain by such an arrange
ment.' I'itst. plenty of room foi the
chick The air neve'- gets bad or over
heated, and whether it rains or snows
the little fellows can scamper around
inside and continue to grow, same as
1 outdoors. Second, we have continual
i fresh ground; as one stand gets foul,
i we hitch our old mare to the skids and,
tn a very few minutes the chicks have a
I fresit run.
. \s to results. That's what we are
after, and you can judge for youlseif
While other people are fooling around
with antiquated methods, and the big
breeds which have to be boarded free
all winter before beginning to lay to
ward spring, when eggs are twenty
cents a dozen, our Leghorns under our
management of handling, begin laying
' in September ami October, when eggs
are 40 cents to 50 cents a dozen, and
keep it right up all winter.
Is this all mi re theory '.’ Not a hit of
it. It goes on right along at the Rocky
Eord Poultry farm. We have had pul
lets lay at four months of age. and
young cockerels weighing two pounds
each at nine weeks.
What brought all this about ? A quick
maturing (fresh air. bred to lay strain,
raised by the colony house advantages,
and nremises kept in a sanitary condi
tion'.
Now for the liens roaming the fields
at will and carefully housed at night,
in the pink of condition. Chicks from
such a (lock or matings come from the
shell lively and strong. We have no
1 pens for special use and don't want
'I them, sot yarder fowls lack the vigor
' and stamina of the free range fowls.
ini the percentage of egg fertility is
■iw. and the chick weak
We ii prat In fact, there is only on ■
11 way. according to our experience, to
jV' opei ly raise young stock up to the
' i maturing point, and handle breeding
’ hens, and that is by having colony and
t laying houses scattered among cherry
4 I trees, and in green alfalfa pastures,
p I whe 1 , they can roam at will over the
i j fields <nd pick up all the greens, bugs,
t : insects, etc. necessary for develop
iln-nt. .mil fertile strong hatching eggs
■; I The wav and style as just how wo
H hutch and h ood chicks we hope the
a j .Aitor wi'l allow us space to toll you
. ! oio. tinu in the future. Northwest
i Journal.
Vidalia to Have One
Os World's Largest
Poultry Businesses
VIDALIA. GA.- Vidalia is to have the
largest poultry business in this section of
the country, a citizen <»f this place hav
ing gone into it on a large scale and hav
ing already invested several thousand dol
lars in stock alone over and above his in
vestments in land and houses. Both
fancy and plain or barnyard breeds will
be given attention and the pigeon lofts
"ill be the most extensive in the state.
Poultry and eggs have figured as two
of the highest items of produce in this
section, and if the new enterprise does
not have to go too far away io find a
market it is a sure thing that the preach
ers of this section will have to loosen
their belts.
FLIMSY INCUBATOR IS
A POOR INVESTMENT
IN POULTRY BUSINESS
The success or failure of artificial in
cubation depends largely - upon the ma
chine selected to do the work. There
fore, great care should be exercised in
making the selection To be satisfactory
a machine must be durable. There are
many machines on the market which will
hatch well when new. but which are con
structed so flimsily that in a short time
they become worthless, and in this con
nection it should be remembered that an
incubator which fails to give good
hatches is worse than useless, as each
time that it is operated unsuccessfully
the eggs are lost, the oil used to heat it
is wasted, and the opportunity to make
a profit from the chickens which should
have been hatched Is gone forever.
Therefore, if artificial incubation is prac
ticed it is wise to have good machines
with which to do the work. Personally
I am in favor of hot air machines, be
cause there is no water to bother with,
no tanks to rust out and leak or freeze
and burst in cold weather when not in
use.
CULL OUT PULLETS
AND FATTEN A FEW
BROILERS FOR SALE
If you are desirous of having a choice
flock of pullets, you must cull closely as
they are growing. Weed out every unde
sirable specimen. If you can get several
of them out at once you can fatten them
for the broiler market It does not pay
to raise the pullets that are off color or
defective in any way You may think at
the time that they are pullets and that
you will want them for egg production,
but the time will come when they will be
come an eyesore to you. You will mar an
otherwise fine lot of birds by having in
with them some that are not right as to
color, form or some special points. The
best thing to do Is to watch and cull
closely. In order to do this, endeavor to
raise as many chicks as possible so that
you will have a wider field of selection.
HEN DEPOSITS EGGS IN BANK,
AUSTIN, TEXAS. B L Gill, state
commissioner of banking, has received an
inquiry from F. F. Paschall, cashier of
the First State Bank of Leesburg. Texas,
which is puzzling him. It reads:
"I have a new depositor, and 1 do not
know how to handle the lady's account.
A white hen comes in every morning and
deposits an egg behind the vault door;
please inform me how to handle this ac
count.”
It was not until the price of eggs began
i to soar weeks ago that this hen selected
1 the hank vault as the place for deposit
ing her eggs Mr. Paschall says she evi-
I dently has a due appreciation of their
' value
1 Texas is now said tn lead all the
other states of the Union tn the matter
j of turkey culture.
CARE VITAL POINT IN
GETTING BIG PROFITS
IN POULTRY CULTURE
An old poultry raiser -and a wonder
fully successful one was asked.
“Where is the vital point of success?”
His reply we give word for word:
“Just a little more care—just a little
attention added. Many people rest
contented with a reasonable profit.
Now, that is right where you should be
gin to hustle. You have success son a
foundation, and it is the proper time
to apply all the experience that has led
Up to it. and all the science that the
experience has put at your command.
It is the point where each little item
means additional dollars, without ad
ditional expense. Every step now
spells p-r-o-f-i-t. Keep your fowls in
health and don't wait to lock your sta
ble until after the horse is stolen. Avoid
disease by constant prevention, and
when disease does come, have your
remedies right at band. Don’t be in
the position where you have to wait
days to get a remedy and mean
while your fowls are eopting down in
bunches and the disease is getting a
foothold that defies treatment. You
can't resurrect a dead fowl, so cure
them at the very start."
LOSS IN BROKEN EGGS
OVER $1,000,000 YEARLY
KANSAS CITY. MO.. May 25. -Un
skilled handling of poultry and iggs
costs the of the United States
545.000.00 ft annually, is the conclusion
of the state board -of health, after six
months investigation.
The price of eggs is higher than ever
says the. report, and competition is
keen, but the producer gains nothing.
Because of the large number of farm
ers who are careless in marketing their
eggs, the careful farmer is forced to
accept the same price as is paid bls less
industrious neighbor. In Kansas alone
this loss is estimated at more than a
million dollars a year.
RHODE ISLAND RED HEN
LAYS RECORD SIZE EGG
JASPER. GMay 25. A. V. Jones,
a retired farmer and ex-clerk of the
superior court and county treasurer,
who lives in town here and keeps some
poultry for table use, is today exhibit
ing an egg laid by a Rhode Island Red
hen, which, so far as this community
is able to show, is a record breaker.
The egg is 7 1-2 inches around the
short way. and 9 1-2 inches around the
long way. and weighs six ounces, being
the weight of three
lien's eggs.
POULTRY ASSOCIATION FORMED.
CHARLOTTE, N. C., May 25.—The
Southeastern Poultry association Is the
name of a newly formed organization
for the promotion of elite hen flesh in
this state. Stock has been subscribed
liberally, both in Charlotte and through
out the state, and just now plans for
holding a 3,000-chicken show in Char
lotte next fall are taking definite shape.
Edgar Moore, proprietor of the Selwyn
hotel, is president, and R. L. Simmons,
well known judge, is secretary of the
association. North Carolina Is experienc
ing a renaissance of interest in the in
dustry in Ulis state, and a new fancier
Is born every day.
MAKE HENS LAY
More eggs Feed Wonder Egg Pro
ducer and (‘hick Grower Makes you
money. Write for trial. Will con
vince you Enclose 19c. N L. Webb.
Lamasco. Tex. Box 14.
MOTTLED ANCONAS.
First pen (only one entry) at great
\tlanta show. January 8-13 First pen.
first cockerel, first pullet big Chatta
nooga show First pen. first cockerel,
first pullet Bowling Green. Kv. We have
n e\er failed m win the blue. Eggs, $5
per fifteen straight
COPPERAS FALLS FARM
Tullahoma, Tenn.
HDWTDJUDGE
WIRE FENCING
Test in Solution of Sulphate of
Copper Will Determine Last
ing Qualities.
For some time past there have been
complaints as to the lasting qualities of
wire fencing. The trouble seems to be
that the galvanizing did not wear as "ell
as on wire fence bought in previous
years. For the benefit of our readers
wh«> buy wire fencing and are compelled
to accept the word of the maker as to
the quality. I give a test taken from the
Western Union Telegraph Company’s
specifications:
“The wire will be plunged into the
saturated solution of sulphate of copper,
permitted to remain one minute, and then
wiped clean. This process will be per
formed four times. If the wire appears
black after the fourth immersion. it shows
that the zinc has not been all removed
•and that tire galvanizing is well done;
but if it has a copper color the iron is
exposed, showing that the zinc is too
thin.”
A Test Easily Made.
The saturated solution of sulphate of
copper (commonly called blue stone) is
made by putting as much blue stone in
water as will be dissolved There is no
harm if some blue stone remains undis
solved in the bottom of the jar.
This test can be made very easily at
the time of purchasing the wire fence
by cutting off a piece of wire and dip
ping it into a small bottle filled with the
solution
It might be well to try some fencing
that you have on hand now. and note
the difference between that which .you
have had a long lime and fencing recent
ly purchased.
You are paying for properly galvanized
fencing, so reject all inferior goods that
do not come very near this test.
THE LATE HATCH.
If you have a late-hatched brood or
two. do not house them with the older
fowls A large dry goods or piano box
makes an ideal home for them. Here
by themselves you can give them better
care and thus induce more thrifty
growth. With the larger fowls they stand
a poor show of getting their share of the
food, and besides they are pecked at and
hurried till they are too scared and nerv
ous to eat. Put the backward ones by
themselves, give them an extra chance,
and then if they do not “make good”
soon, send them to market. A pool - bird
eats just as much as a good one. and the
survival of the fittest should be the rnotto
of every one "‘ho would succeed.
GAYMONT FARM
Box 1711 Atlanta, Ga.
REGISTERED JERSEY CATTLE AND BERKSHIRE PIGS
Eggs for hatching. Dark Cornish fowl, $3.00 and $5.00 per 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 for broilers at 50
cents per setting straight or $3.00 per 100 eggs.
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS
DOWN GO THE PRICES ON STOCK AND EGGS!
Fine Males and Females, $3.00. Eggs. $2.00 per 15, $lO per 100
C O. HARWELL, Atlanta, Ga.
113 North Pryor Street. Phone 8000
PLENTY Os FAKES
TO H BEGINNER
Prominent Poultry Man Gives
Some Advice to Buyers of
Eggs and Fowls.
(By f. F. Townsend. President Na
tional Poultry Association, Weeds
port, N Y.i
Last season 1 gave out —as I shall do
lids -a few eggs from prize birds in our
testing pelts. These eggs are furnished
in order that records may he had of
.hatches, growth and maturity under
varying circumstances.
The birds in our pens are supplied by
the most famous breeders in America,
and each lixle flock is as thoroughly
sequesteid from the others as .if an
ocean rolled between them.
Among those birds was a pen of Rose
Comb Rhode Island Reds from the late
Robert C. Tuttle, of Hartford, Conn..
who bore an untarnished reputation as
. bleeder and a gentleman. Imagine,
then, my amusement on receiving, late
in the season, a letter in which the
writer said, among other things, “Either
you or Air. Tuttle let your game cocks
run with the Reds, for I have a couple
of regular game birds from the eggs
you sent me."
Think of that, now!
Not Up On History.
And neither Mr. Tuttle nor I had a
game bird in our yards.
The writer of that letter knew noth
ing of the history of the Rhode Island
Reds, else he would have been aware
that the "game" was merely the hut
cropping of the old Malay blood which
gives the Reds their splendid vitality.
Another instance:
Recently a fancier, who has a splen
did flock of White Orningtbns. em
ployed me to score some of his best
bids from which to select his best
breeding pen. To his amazement T disr
carded a couple of his biggest and
whitest birds. But when I pointed out
the fact that the wings of one showed
a strong reversion to the Black Ham
burgs, and the legs of the other to the
White Leghorns—both of which were
used in producing the White Orping
tons—he saw a great light.
The experienced poultryman knows
better. If he should buy a $5 bird,
which is most unlikely he would ex
pect nothing better. The beginner who
does not know values expects more
than he gels and makes a noise in con
sequence. Editors are constantly hear
ing the complaints made by such peo
ple: and explaining things, for the ben.
eflt of beginners, is not the least of
their troubles.
Fakes Cause Trouble.
Mind you. I don't say that there are
no causes for complaint. There are
plenty. Fake "books," which merely
advertise some fraudulent strains,"
have been offered at ten times their
value, and sold to the unwary by the
means of flaming advertisements. Fake
"egg-testers," alleged to tell not only
fertile eggs, but the sex of each; hum
bug “systems." covering every swin
dling scheme, from “clearing 57.500
y early on a pilot 40 feet square” to. a
“profit of $2,880 yearly from 24 hens:"
"schools" to teach judging by mail;
other “schools” to teach a city man.
who never sees a live bird, unless it is
an English sparrow, how to raise poul
try -also "taught" by mail. The woods
are full of these unhung knaves.
SOFT FOOD AND DISEASE.
There is a partiality for soft foods,
because by their use many substances
in a fine condition can be given: but ft
is a mistke to feeci soft food oftener
than once a day to three days in the
week. Too mm b soft food causes the giz
zard to he idle, and being deprived of
its use the fowl becomes diseased. The
gizzard is an organ that performs a cer
tain duty . Just as is required of the heart
or liver, and any system of feeding that
takes largely from the gizzard the duty'
which devolves upon it will in the end
prove detrimental. It is not out of place
to allow soft foods, but the larger propor
tion of the food should be so
as to keep the gizzard active; hence whole,
grains are essential to success. When too
much soft food is allowed the crop fre
quently remains full and food does not
pass through the gizzard.
FOR SALE
S. C. CRYSTAL White
Orpingtons. A few
trios at $lO, sls, S2O.
$25. S3O, $35. Also five
prize liens, one cock and
one cockerel, winning
at Dalton. Ga.. and
Chattanooga. Tenn.,
shows. Write for
prices.
Geo. M. Moseley
MENLO. GA.