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12 The Georgian’s Poultry and Live Stock Page WHITE VARIETY OF ORPINGTON BEST Practical Poultry Breeder Sees in Them Qualities Not Found in Other Strains. Practical ideas from the White Or pington farm of J S Brady. Parkers Tending. Pa About six year? ago this brwipr fore saw a grand future for the White Or- I pington and decided to breed tl ♦tn H»- ■ saw the many splendid qualities which are peculiarly their own. Among these j qualities was the fact that the Orping- j ton is th< largest. < lean-legged fowl: ' that its shape is distinct from any other] breed, being low to the ground, the body i massive, yet of good-length, with the full.] deep breast, comparing with other breeds j of poultry as the bulky Hereford does with other breeds of cattle. When we consider the stateliness, size symrnetr: . deposition, etc . of the Or pington family It may easilj be seen that ; their present popularity* is well j and was not created b\ their so-called j boom." The Orpington family is fast] gaining a world-wide reputation as egg- . machines In the Missouri Egg Laying I Contest, the Orpingtons have averaged,] to the present writing. !.»1 eggs per pen.: their nearest competitors averaging 11” eggs, while a White Orpington hen laid 74 eggs in 90 successive days. These fads j are among the many reasons why ‘the j sun never sets on the Orpington. In any clime where poultry is raised, the Or pington will be found Early Training Beneficial. When a young man. Mr. Brady pur chased a large stock farm in Ohio and bred drift horses and registered Jersey I cattle Here he gained his fil'd insight! into .••cientitic breeding and this early | training in stock breeding taught him ; the necessity of breeding ••nly the be- In speaking of this. Mr Brady said. “The | knowledge I gained of breeding while conducting my stock farm lias been a great help in breeding While Orping tons." Tn securing his foundation stock, impor tations from England s best breeders were made, which combined with the best he could purchase in this country, gave him a foundation upon which he - could ami has built safely Among the birds imported was the great male bird "English Lord." This purchase proved to be one of the‘best investments his owner ever made, as his good breed ing qualities proved themselves remark ably potent, ami he has really revolution ized the entire flock, not only producing big, shapely males, but typey. chalk white females as well. Another great breeder in this flock is the hen. “Lady of Quality,” She also proved her potency by’ producing numerous winners during the past season. In this Issue you w And her picture which shows her wonder ful type. Notice the depth and length of body, broad skull, short, full neck, “meaty” breast, heavy bone and her gen eral massiveness. During the past two seasons she has won twelve successive blue ribbons in the largest shows in the East. Raising the Youngsters. On being asked how ne raised the youngsters. Mr Brady replied: ‘When the chicks are hatched in th»* incubator, I harden them down for a couple of days in the machine where they wen hatch ed, reducing it gradually to 90 degrees. I then take them to the brooder house, which is about the same temperature, dipping a tew of their little beaks in wa ter, so they will go up and drink and teach the rest of them to drink I then give them a feed of dry bread I use the Prairie State hover, which I have about the same temperature, or "0 de grees. 1 keep on reducing the heat just grees l keep on reducing the heat just to become chilled, and at the same time to avoid crowding for warmth. "I have a board floor in the brooder house, and have it covered with cut straw I provide myself in the fall with a lot of buckwheat hulls. After the chicks are five or six days old. I remove the straw and replace it with buckwheat hulls. There is a certain amount of the kernel of the grain in these hulls which they will amuse themselves picking out. and which answers for food The hulls are always dry and nice for them to scratch ami wallow in. which they very much enjoy. “Their second feed consists of boiled eggs, shell ami all. with some bread run through the grinder, ami moistened with m!ll< I keep them on this diet for three nr four days, adding a little line grit and a little powdered charcoal I then com mence giving chick food whoch I buy at the stores, but keep milk before them all the time When they are four or five weeks old. they are taken from the brooder house to a colony house, which is also heated with a Prairie State hover 'l'l • Standard Rendotte Farm yx-X>X~- White Runner l)u<-k 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 able to advertise REN DOTTE ST R A I N. and get results. Rendotte Farm P. 0. Box 300 Atlanta. Ga AMERICAN WHITE INDIAN RUNNER DUCKSI MWM x Ife H| 'ESH ' fr' wnf "MrOMiwlflgk MM Mi jWPasI I'/.L-’M w w y W|»P.>Will Mi Mk*- Lay ' B K* JRBiBMMHKPLs * a*. > ®JK iftLi B ak. w « %. BwßaO* Bl ■'* >a > >. Bis MBryX.T ■‘ jBiaBiMIBM HL BL cwJ- ISM *jA .. I <J fiCfe C> - ■. I. 11. L“<‘.\ imlds. propi iooi- <>l' iln' !>‘i ii<l<>itc Poultry Farm of Atlanta, lias been very successful with his White Runner ducks, having captured one blue and one red on two entries in the great Madison Square Garden show last December. Mr. Reynolds believes that the White Runners will be the leading ducks of America in a few years Georgia has 49 members in the newly-formed National White Runner Duck Club of America. I Brand New Methods j Are Revolutionizing Poultry Industry The lim has a i rived when old-time methods must be done away with and modern methods substituted. No one can hope t<» he successful in any busi ness if he dot - not adopt the latest ap proved methods, and tills applies with equal for<« to poultrymen as to other infsln ss men. W here would the farm er be today if he had refused to sup ply himself with modern farm imple ments as they were brought forward? In |il<*- inannei. where would the poul tryman stand if he did not keep pace with modern thought and ideas*. The subject of open-front scratching sheds, open-front houses, curtain-front houses should command the thought and attention of every poultryman. It was discovered a few years ago that cattle kept in too tight or poorly v< n tilated stables wv-n more prone to dis cus. . (si idly tuberculosis, than cat- tle kept in barns more open and better ventilated. Likewise, in the closed poultry houses that wore built almost air tight colds, roup and other diseases were found to attack tin* fowls kept n them. 1. was also discovered that the more fresh air allow cd in the poultry house the more healthy th- Hock. The outcome was open-front scratching sheds, and later, open-front houses w ith i losed roosting apartments in tin- r-ar of the pen ('loth curtains art* used io keep out ’he now ami rain during StO: ms What to fee i is another subject worthx of perusal. The old-time warm mash has been supplemented by a dry mash. I’alanced rations :irr being sub stituted for helter-skelter rations A ff -d eliminating the mash and consist ing of v. hole grain entirely, outside im-at 'in 1 gi - on foods, is a. modern idea. Why isn’t this acceptablelsn't the' whole g ain the natural food of birds and few Is iii a w ild state? Healing tin chickens in open-front . u.in\ h« uses is an up-to-date idea. A , half-inch m<sh wire netting covering the front keeps out all night intruders. Such hous-s approach open air condi tions. but eliminate the wind and rain. Stock that is intend-d to be wintered in model n p-mltry houses should be raised in this way ALLOW EACH FOWL FOUR FEET. (train will make hens lay. but if they | get nothing but grain the egg§ cost more i than where other feeds are fed It is possible to reduce the cost of eggs almost one-half bx feeding less grain and more ’ cut clover. me:u scraps, ground hone, and; vegetables* I believe the proper time to ; feed soft n < <is is in the morning. It is ; not wise, however, to feed so much that the chickens will be listless the rest of i the day The <ut clover and meat max :■ be fed in boxes where the chickens can I i g<‘t at it The over-crowded condition in mans I | poultry houses is what, to a large extent. j | tnal.e • the cost of producing the eggs so ’ ' high. It is much more economical to use la huge space for the flock than to try to i crowd a lot of hens Into one little room. I j About two square feet of floor space 1 | should be allow ed for each bird. Hang the Food Up. \\ I .'u )-ci feed green food, such as al- ' ifalfa. cabbage, onions, »te_. hang it up iso that the fowl; will have to give a I I .iunip <o g.-t it. Your fowls wilt be! j healthier and stronger, tnd y.iur egg : basket will have to be bigger in const*- I Aux .Id business requites attention. | | and th, t ick ~r it means failure, whether; 11 '■ ramiing a peanut stand era | boiler fa- ' -tv I.- t the puzzle fiend strain ! I his li.-ad:-;, . over il>,. problem of wbteli' ! was |K.n tit s' t’.e egg or the eld. k but pen eontitie your energies to homespun; I f.nts, at.., gel right down to ...moon ■sens, ro. il |...itotn ..n how to care for , the egg. :1a ."tv. Os Hie old hen. so as Ito get tl.e .."’.la: - ...it .>t It Don’t tackle the pollin' business as you would ping pong, but m,u< I..,sir. s> of it trom ' tl.e word "< ;.>' mi.l tiex ...<e fi>in i;! lu I for feed mill ' i rill.se for care with j i the best gra> mt. <u s»»u happen to liav., i ; under your hat THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: SATURDAY, JUNE L 1912. | DO NOT LET FOWLS EAT DECAYED MEAT; AVOID LIMBERNECK Limberneck is an infliction that is usu ally caused by fowls eating decayed meat full of maggots. Some ekiim It is also a result of ptomaine poisoning. The remedy is turpentine, and the following is a good treatment: Mix a tablespoon ful in an equal amount of warm water, and pour into the crop. Follow by tilling the crop nearly full with warm water, and then, holding the fowl by the feet, head down, gently work out the entire con tents. When thoroughly cleaned give a tablespoonful of castor oil and allow the fowl to remain quiet by itself until re covered. To prevent this trouble, at least once a week make a careful inspection of the range to see that no dead, decay ing animal bodies are lying about breed ing maggots. HEN LAYS EGG WITH ROOSEVELT PICTURE FRESCOED ON SHELL _ « \ lien owned by Charles Marshall, of Columbus. (’onn.. laid an egg with a pic ture of Colonel Roosevelt frescoed on the shell, and there has been a. lot of spec ulation in poultry and scientific circles over the matter, and today a scientist to whom the egg was sent requested an other of the same kind. He does not believe the likeness of the colonel was produced without some arti ficial assistance, but says that he and other scientists who have seen the egg were unable to discover even by long experiment how the picture was made. In their efforts they broke the egg. Mr. Marshall says th egg was just as the hen laid it. She has laid others with pic tures on the shells, but just now he can not supply another ADVICE FOR THE HEN YARD. Remove and burn all the old nesting material, flame the nest boxes inside and out. In making alterations or building new houses, never build in the nest boxes. Stationerx nest boxes are an I j abomination. Tse cracker, soap or fruit | box- s cheap and handy, and if they get ■ lousy, burn ’em up Put the wash boiler on the stove, fill it iin with water and add some washing compound. Then boil the water fountains and feed hoppers that have been stored a wax since last season, before using them ; again. Summer hatched clucks are the late spring layers and the ones from whom the succeeding generation of summer ; chicks should be hatched. Don’t get the j mistaken idea that a chick must be j hatched before Max 1 in order to be of I any value. Begin raising \our chickens several gen erations before ibex are hatched A good. 1 vigorous ancestry is the best guarantee of ' livability that a chick can have Mark this prophecy. The summer trade in egg- for hatching will be the largest this year in the history of the poultry ; business Don’t got discouraged and ! throw up your hands at ti e unfavorable conditions that have prevailed for the throe months just passed. (let busy and raise more late chicks than \ ou did before iln x our life They are going to be needed and needed badly next season. With ih< approach of warm weather, v ’ out the spray pumps, the whitewash brush and the broom Clean out. clean up purify The teudep'-x of the poultry business is ' xxi ard a more sane ami sensible view in r«card to early hatches. Late hatched i < an I s are just as valuable and just as m , ■■ ,-.n x to a su< < essful poultry business 1 •- er. ih< early ones If you haven’t ■ tched many chicks as you want, k. op ;H it Take care of the late ones and k’ixe th«*m plentx of shade ami there is no i -. eason uh-, tpe. should not be as healthy j as the earlier on** WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS FOP OLID Breed Has Record for Laying and Possesses Every Quality of a Good Fowl. The \\ lute Plymouth Rocks are hold ing up their well deserved record as layers in the international egg laying contest now in progress at Storrs, Conn. The White Rocks are slowly but sure ly forging to the front. They are possessed of every quality that is demanded of a good fowl. I.irge, long-bodied, full-breasted, stylish birds with single red comb, bright bay eyes, clean yellow legs, beau tiful. lustrous, snow-white plumage— that’s a White Plymouth Rock. Hardy, thriving in all climates, maturing even ly and early, most desirable talde and market fowl, gentle and domestic, re quiting no high fence to keep them yarded, males grow to weigh around 11 pounds, hens from 7 to 9 pounds, layers of many large brown eggs, quiet, friendly mothers, elegant, attractive show birds—that’s what Whitt Plym outh Rocks are. As a breed for fanciers there is ifo other so profitable. Hundreds of dol lars are frequently paid tor single spec imens. and eggs find a ready market at good prices. It requires merit to sus tain prices, and the long-continued and growing popularity of White Plymouth Rocks firmly establishes their worth. As egg producers they are unexcelled. In the National Poultry association test a pi n of exhibition White Plymouth Rocks proved themselves superior to all competitors. Lately in the Oregon state test White Plymouth Rocks headed the list with a record of two hundred and forty-odd eggs per hen in a year. Well authenticated instances of sin gle hens laying more than 260 eggs in .165 days are recorded. For broilers, fryers or roasters they are excellent. They reach broiling size quickly, mature rapidly, cockerels making 4 pounds and pullets about 3 pounds when sixteen weeks old. Cockerels eaponlzed grow to weigh 14 pounds, their plump, yellow skinned, tender-meated bodies finding a ready market at top prices, and are the first choice of exacting customers. The agricultural department of the I'nited States selected White Plymouth Rocks for use in their experiment sta tion. and when Uncle Sam decides they are the stock to tie to. any one could safely make them their choice. CHICKENS ON FREE RANGE CONSIDERED BEST FOR BREEDING Birds on free range or liberal range, if otherwise well cared for, will usually pro duce a greater j>er cent of strong, healthy chicks than those kept in close confine ment, other factors being equal. The confined l>ir Is may produce a greater i number of fertile eggs, but the hatches ’ are seldom as satisfactory and the chicks are not equal in vitality. The effect of > onfinement and intensive methods is cumulative, and the more generations you grow in this manner, without frequent introduction of range bred blood, the | more trouble you will have in getting satisfactory results from your breeding *to< k This is not theory, it is fact, and there is abundant proof of the assertion, in the experience of poultry keepers throughout the country Restricted range in large runs, com bined with comfortable, roomy houses, (yields good results where the fowls are well cared for The quarters should be kept in good sanitary condition and the ground of the runs revived by deep plow ing. after top dressing with slaked lime, followed Lx planting a quick growing crop that requires frequent cultivation Abundant ♦ x» rcise and fresh air quarters ,ate essential to health of breeding stock POULTRYMAN FINDS BRAND NEW USE FOR HEN HOUSE REFUSE Hen manure Is something one wants to get rid of, and this quite promptly and frequently. Once every week or two is none too often for the good of the fowls In hot weather, unless we keep the droppings sprinkled with superphos phate or something else that acts as a disinfectant. One also wants to make the best possible use of it. An Atlanta poultry raiser always puts the stuff directly on his garden patches here and there, as land becomes avail able for replanting. Last year, early In June, he gave his lima bean vines, then small plants, a dressing of hen manure that happened to be left over in barrels from the winter accumulations, putting a small shovelful around three or four plants in the row. This dressing was afterward worked into the soil with the cultivator and hoe, and for some time no visible trace of it has remained, except that he saw its marvelous effect in the growth of the vines. He said he had not often seen such a mass of foliage and long strings of large pods, running from the ground up to the top of the trellis, nor such a mass of bloom. Since then he has been putting tlie cleanings of the hen house on various crops, around tomato vines, cucumber vines, celery, etc., and always, at least in a favorable (reasonably wet) season, with marked effect Let no hen manure go to waste! POULTRYMEN IN BIG DEAL FOR PARTRIDGE WYANDOTTE CHICKS Sheffield Farm. Glendale. Ohio, owpers of the "Premier'’ strain of Partridge Wyandottes. whose remarkable record of winning &1 first prizes out of a possible 63 at the fall and winter shows of 1911- 1912 stirred up considerable interest, have purchased from C. E. George. Union City, Midi., without reserve, his entire flock of Partridge Wyandottes. known and adver tised for many years as the "Wolverine" strain. Mr. George's birds have a long line of prizes to their credit and their addition to the Sheffield Farm flock will undoubtedly give the latter a grand lot of birds and they are to be congratulated upon this purchase. LOS ANGELES PUPILS RAISING POULTRY ON CITY’S VACANT LOTS LOS ANGELES. June 1. —Backers of Innovations in the vacation school pro gram for this year estimate that work of children in the school gardens will cut at least $250,000 from the annual cost of liv ing for Los Angeles families. Scientific poultry raising is one of the things which the director. Mrs. Marc Lar key, will introduce. By instructions in the modern art of intensive farming, Mrs. Larkey says that site expects her ten thousand pupils to be formidable compet itors of the market gardeners. Not only will the pupils’ work supply their own tables, but part of the city markets’ de mands as well. • The board of education has bought sev eral additional parcels of land for use of pupils. MAKE HENS LAY More eggs Feed Wonder Egg Pro ducer and Chick Grower. Makes you money Write for trial. Will con vince you. Enclose 10c. N. L. Webb, : Isimasco. Tex. Box 14. MOTTLED ANCONAS. First pen (only one entry) at great Atlanta show, January S-13 First pen. i first cockerel, first pullet big Chatta- | nooga show First pen, first cockerel, j first pullet Bowling Green. Ky We have . never failed to win the blue Eggs, $5 per fifteen straight. COPPERAS FALLS FARM Tullahoma, Tenn. Hens* Eggs Will Turn More Nearly Golden For Use of Good Advice Experience In poultry culture does not come in a week, month or a year, but with years of patient toil, experi ment and observations. It is a trade, or rather a profession, and he who is am bitious to stand at the head of the class must study his lesson daily, and put in practice what he has learned, fhstead of taking hold of the theories of others. Self-culture and self-confidence are two valuable auxiliaries in poultry culture. If you are raising ducklings or gos lings, remember that they must have water close at hand when feeding, as they always drink as they eat, taking a few mouthfuls of feed and then a sip'of water A grit mill is a handy contrivance on any poultry farm, large or small. In a mill of this kind grain may be cracked for the chicks, crockery ground up and grain meal of any kind made at home. Flesh and carrion soon become putrid and maggoty these warm days, and when the chickens find it. limberneck is the result. Better burn or bury it to be safe. Poultry raising is like farming. It is not the number of acres owned, but the number properly managed that makes farming profitable. The small, weli cared-for flocks bring the best returns to their owners. A few diops of camphor in the drink ing- water will help to ward off bowel trouble in the little chicks. When figuring the profit on your poultry, don’t overlook the fertilizer produced by the flock. While perhaps it can not be said to have a market value, it is worth good, hard dollars to the tilleb of the soil, and the flock should have credit for it. Don’t waste your time trying to hatch and raise chicks from eggs laid by in bred. emaciated stock. <’hicks hatched from such eggs face a handicap that all the care and feeding in the world can not overcome. Vigorous, healthy chicks come only from vigorous, healthy par ent stock. It is a sin to try to raise any other kind. FEED GILTS WELL IF YOU’D PRODUCE GOOD BROOD SOWS If vou expect that gilt to grow into a large, useful brood sow, you had better not starve her to keep her from getting fat. A sow under one year old runs no risk of getting too fat if given plenty of exercise in a pasture and fed a properly balanced ration. More sows are injured in The South from getting too little feed than from getting too much. 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 *■ ■ , —— , ODUM FOWLS SAFEST TO EAT Removing Viscera Before Birds Are Marketed Will Hasten Decomposition. We believe that poultry was created for food as well as for eggs. We can not see how that fact can be dis puted, and yet vegetarians declare it ia undivine to take life, even for food. Physicians say that of all meats poultry ineat is the most healthful. Al though many hens are kept solely for egg production, the greater proportion are bred primarily for the table. It has been estimated that 250,000,000 chickens and other kinds of poultry are annually consumed in the United States. Here and ifi Europe poultry consists of chickens, turkeys, ducks, guinea fowls, pigeons—and sometimes . pea fowls, pheasants, quail and swans. For food purposes chicken is eaten at various ages. The very young chick en —abom eigiit ounces in weight—is known as squab broiler —and when one and a quarter to two pounds in weight, when dressed, they ar.e classified as broilers. Chickens Just Grown Best. While still young, but full grown, the chicken is best suited for food. As it grows old the flesh loses its fla vor and increases in toughness. There is no legal limit fixing the divi sion of chickens into different classes with respect to age, the only criterion being the price and taste of the con sumer. There is a notable difference in the composition of the white and the dark meat. The former has much less fat, and a correspondingly large quantity of protein. The quantity of water is not very different in the two classes, although there is a slightly less quan tity in the dark meat. The latter has a much larger proportion of meat bases, but as these bases are often considered of little value and some times degenerate into poisonous con stituents, it is seen from this point of view that the white meat is to be pre ferred to the dark meat. Drawn Fowls Invite Germs. At one time there seemed to be a move compelling poultrymen to draw all fowls for market. From the start it appealed to us as a dangerous act, and it is gratifying to know that ex periments have since proved that it is a very unwise act. Opening the body and removing the viscera undoubtedly exposes the internal surface to the air, which always contains micro-organ isms. and thus invites decomposition. The incision in a drawn fowl readily admits molds and germs of different, kinds to the body, where they find ideal conditions for rapid multiplication. The cavity is dark, damp and not easily accessible, and frequently a drawn bird which outwardly appears all right is really unfit for food. The city health office of Nashville, Tenn., made a test to determine wheth er poultry drawn and packed in ice would last longer than poultry undrawn and carried under the same conditions. A half dozen drawn chickens and an equal number of chickens not drawn were placed on ice for some days and then examined. The result of the ex periment showed that the poultry packed undrawn kept better, being in good condition, wjjereas the drawn poultry had deteriorated materially. One good big rat can destroy more hopes than any other animal of twice its size that we have ever had any ex perience with, remarks a writer on ixmltry topics. FOR SALE S. C. CRYSTAL White Orpingtons. A few trios at $lO. sls, S2O. $25, S3O, $35. Also five prize hens, one cock and one cockerel, winning at Dalton. Ga., and Chattanooga. Tenn., i shows. Write for prices. Geo. M. Moseley MENLO. GA.