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"The Georgian’s Poultry and Live Stock Page LIVE STOCK TRADE ' SETTING RECORD . I Receipts at Seven Big Markets in Last Four Months Total 15.123.769 Head. The live stock receipts in April, J 912 at the seven principal markets. rre'y, Chicago, Kansas City. Omaha. St. tamis. St Joseph. St. Paul and Sioux City, as reported to the depart ment of commerce and labor, were greater than those of any April since 1907. Furthermore, the aggregate receipts of live stock at these seven markets during the four months of the present year were greater by far than during the same four months of any year during the past decade; the receipts of April, as well as those of March and February, having, however, been some what less than those of January, which were unusually large. The receipts in April. 1912. which in clude cattle, calves, hogs, sheep, horses and mules, were 3,238,600 head, a gain of over 3 1-2 per cent when compared with 3.123,938 head received in April, 1911. and of near 45 per cent when compared with 2,234,907 head received in April. 1910. The total receipts at the'se markets during the four months of the present year were 15,123,769 head, an increase of 13 1-2 per yent over the receipts during the same pe riod in 1911, and 46 per cent over those □asline in Cattle and Calves. ’ The receipts of cattle and calves at these markets in April, 1912, 637.022 head, show a very slight increase when compared with the April receipts of the two preceding years. The receipts of cattle and calves for the four months of the present year, however. 2,626.648 head, show a slight decline when com pared with the receipts during the same period in previous years. The April, 1912, receipts of cattle show an In crease in Chicago. St. Louis, St. Pau! and Sioux City and a decrease in Kan sas City, St. Louis and Omaha, when compared with the receipts tn April. 1911. While the numb'er of hogs received at the seven principal markets show a steady decline since January. 1912, the receipts in April of this year, as well as the aggregate receipts during the four months of the present year, show a considerable increase over the re ceipts during similar periods in recent years, the April. 1912. receipts being the largest of an. April during the past decade. Thus, the number of hogs re ceived in April was 1,766.917 head in 1912. as compared with 1.698.728 head in April. 1911. and 1,682.95$ head in April. 1910. Chicago, Omaha St. Jo seph. St. Paul and Sioux City show an increase, while Kansas City and St. Louis show a decrease in April, 1912, , when compared with April, 1911. The number of sheep received at the seven principal markets in April. 1912, 850,676 head, is greater than the num- t THREE-HOUSE YARD REST FOR CHICKENS The hen houses un Ihe average farm should be neither expensive nor extensive, and should be so located that the fowls will not be an intolerable nuisance about barns and dwellings There is no reason why fowls should be permitted to roost all over farm imple ments, horse stalls, pig pens and hay lofts. They should be excluded from dairv harns. but it is distinctly advanta geous to give them the range of sheds and yards where whole corn is being fed to cattle. The most successful plan I have seen in operation in the,, middle states re quires three small houses. One is located near the dwelling and Is especially ar r ranged for hens with chicks. Here the chicks are raised and fed until nearly full grown, when the pullets are moved to a second house located at the farther side of the barnyard, where they are confined for two weeks or more, usually until they begin to lay. Meantime the cock erels not needed for breeding are disposed of. When the pullets are liberated from their house near the harn their first home is closed and no food is to bo found near the dwelling. Meantime abundant feed in hoppers is supplied at the harn and there is a good permanent sod near their house. The barnyard furnishes at tractive picking and they are completely weaned from the door yard During the winter they are never permitted to form the habit of roosting in the barn or sheds. Their own house has an open front and their life is as free and normal as the weather will permit. When skim milk can he supplied the egg yield Is always excellent from this pullet flock. When the pullets of the next year are ready to be moved these yearlings are transferred to a colony house in a remote part of the farm, where outdoor shelter and scratching space or provided by a horizontal pole on crotches .against which f poles or rails are leaned at intervals of about a foot and covered W'tth straw, corn stalks or swale hay. These shelters face south and east and provide excellent sun ning places on bright days Not very ‘ many eggs are expected from the hens during the severe part of the second win ter. but with the free .field and wood range the best conditions are provided for breeding stock. Since all the fowls on this partictdar farm are pure-bred It is Important to have the very best of eggs for hatching A Simplified System. The strong points of this plan are the following. First, fowls of different ages are separated. This makes possible a much more advantageous ration for each than can he given to a mixed flock. Sec ond, the hen nuisance is removed from the door yard and porches. Third, a flock Is always on hand near the barn to clean up waste, yet no hens ate allowed to raise chicks thgre or to choose their own roosting places. Fourth, a flock of year • ling hens, win'ered by themselves on any desired ration, are under better control as to diet and fatness than would be pos sible at the harn. and they are availa ble to furnish all the eggs for hatching if desired. On the farm where this plan is most successfully carried out the colony house u is near enough to running water so that * none need be ■ arrted to the old hens un less In tears of extreme drouth. The I age? are recorded by punching the erli: of the foot, so that If am hena find their i i ber received in any April during the past decade. Likewise, the receipts during the four months of the present year were greater than the receipts during similar periods in recent years. The increase in the April, 1912, re ceipts over those of April, 1911, was most marked in Chicago and Omaha. Kansas City reported a flight increase while St. Louis. St. Joseph. St. Paul and Sioux City report a decrease in the receipts of sheep at those mar kc ts. The April receipts of horses a«td mules at the seven principal Western markets. 43,985 head, were greater tha: the April receipts for. a number of years, and the general trend in the re ceipts of horses and mules in recent years has been slightly upward. All but one of these markets, Sioux city, show an increase in April. 1912, as compared with the same month of lit preceding year. The number of loaded live stock cats received at the seven markets in April. 1912, was 52,229, compared with 52,521 in April, 1911, and 41,961 in April. 1910. Live Stock at Atlantic Ports. The receipts of meat live stock at the four leading Atlantic seaport cities of Boston. New York. Philadelphia and Baltimore, during April, 1912. 684.041 head, show an increase over the April receipts for a number of years past. Likewise, the receipts at these ports during the first four month' of the present year were exceptionally !a:ge. The April receipts show a decline in Boston and an Increase in each of the three other ports when compared with the receipts in April. 1911. In this comparison cattle and hojj receipts show an Increase while the receipts of calves and sheep show a decrease. The total receipts of meat live stock in April, 1912. were: Boston, 117,077 head: New York, 377,308 head: Phila delphia. 96.807 head: Baltimore. 98,849 head. The April. 1912. shipments of pack ing house products from Chicago, 164.- 889.606 pounds, show an increase when compared with the shipments in April of the two preceding years. There was a very marked increase in the ship ment of fresh beef. The stocks of meat on hand in April. 1912, 330,427,047 pounds, was les« than in February or March of the current year, but much greater than in 4 • of each of the two preceding years. The value of domestic meat jnimais exported in April, 1912, $491,391. shows a very decided decline when compared witli that of April. 1911, namely, sl,- 264,804. The value during the ten months of the present fiscal year. $9.- 1 78.367, is slightly less than that of the same period in the preceding year which was $9,789,307. The value of the aggregate exports of domestic meat products >in April, 1911, was $12,732,643. In April. 1911. ft was $13,955,514. The value of these exports for the ten months of the pres ent fiscal year show s a market increase, namely. $128,899,1 12. as compared with $117,320,566 during the same period of the preceding fiscal year. way hack to the barn from the colony house they can be recognized and dis posed of. If hoppers are used it is neces sary to visit the colony house only once a day. These three small houses are all very inexpensive and each is adapted to its own particular use in away which would be impossible if all the fowls were kept together. If these houses were combined into one building this plan would neces sitate the confinement of the fowls in yards to protect the young chicks. It has proved no mor4 burdensome to care for the fowls in this way than to care for one mixed flock, for the old liens in the remote house require little care and the raising of chicks is much simplified w hen all old fowls are housed and fed at a dis tance Country Gentleman. CORNELL UNIVERSITY HEN LAYS 257 EGGS IN YEAR; NEW RECORD While it is not possible to state the exact average production of eggs per fien in one year, it is conservatively estimated in the I'nited States to be aboul 7». Ry Improved methods of breeding, feeding and selection birds have been found with actual individual records of 200 to 257 eggs a year. Only one hen has been found at Cor nell that laid as high as 257 egg. l ’ In a year, but this one example of the de gree of perfection to which the breed er’s art has attained is valuable for the place it sets for others to follow and surpass. The net profit obtained from the sale of these 257 c‘ggs amount ed to $5.06. PROVIDE ROOMY SLEEPING QUARTERS FOR CHICKENS Chickens should not he crowded In their sleeping quarters. Above all things, ex amine them once or twice a week and see that the chickens themse'vcs are not only' free from insects, hut that their sleeping quarters are. Keep their sleep ing quarters thoroughly whitewashed wit'*, plenty of crude carbolic acid In the white wash. also keep them dry and free from any draught, but let them have plenty of air. Feed: Too Much v». Too Little. Too much feed is often misunderstood by poultry raisers, and by trying to avoid 100 much feed they do not feed enough. As a matter of fact, you can not feed laying hens too much if you feed the right kind at the right time and in the right way. It is easy to feed too mucn corn, especially if thrown to the hens so that they can help themselves without work. Yet corn Is the very best winter food if properly fed. It should be covered deep In litter, so that the hens will have to work hard and long for it. Many other foods are also very fattening and need to be fed spar ingly. hut in avoiding one danger do not make the mistake of starving the hens. They need to go to roost at night with a full crop of miscellaneous kinds for which i they have scratched all da> long. An- I other danger to be avoided Is not to feed I hen:- that are no’ laving as heavily as I you do those that lay. IHE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY. JUNE 8. 1912. [WHITE SQUAB BREEDING HOMERS] iM ■rTIJUI 1 t M r a ; -ISBiflSh \ w SBJBf Three of the white squab breeding homers in the lofts of Kimballville farm, Atlanta. Ga.. Will V. Zimmer, proprietor. Kim- ballville owns the largest squab breeding plant in Georgia and furnishes the New Kimball hotel with all the squabs it uses. HOWOBPINGTONS CAPTURED DIXIE - • Triumphant March of the Breed Since It Was Intro duced Eight Years Ago. By W. WHITES NEWBERRY. The introduction of the Orpington in the South about eight years ago was re garded only as an incident, but his sen sational and triumphant march since then has set the entire poultry world agasp. Witness the December and Jan uary shows in Atlanta— more than 1.000 Orpingtons on exhibition, and of such rare quality! The world never saw greater birds, and all the result of only about eight years' breeding! Prizes handed out to Orpingtons eight years ago are curios today, and a judge who doesn't know Orpingtons now writes his name "Dennis." If so much can be accomplished in eight short years, what must he the achievements a little hence? The prospect sets the world agog and expectation stands on tip-toe. The Orpington combatted prodigious, deep rooted and -appalling prejudice, and pre advent attachments, but the ice has melt ed. and the lusty crow of the Orpington is heard not only throughout Dixie, but around the world. White Skin Best. The epicure prefers the white skinned fowl. The masses are .learning the secret and turning strongly Orp ingtonward. For "a yellow-shanked fowl is a yellow-skinned fowl; a yellow skinned fowl is a thick-skinned fowl, ami a thlck-skined fowl is one whose meat Is tough and lacking in flavor." The converse is likewise true a white-shank ed fowl is a white-skinned fowl, a white skinnod fowl is a thin-skinned fowl, and a thin-skinned fowl is one whose meat is tender and luscious. Now, while this lat ter is true of all the Orpingtons. It is more particularly true of the Buffs. Be ing one-third Dorkin, they are on par with their distinguished ancestor, and still regarded by the English as the great est of all table fowls. As an egg producer the Orpington has no equal either in quantity or value. Their eggs are large and abundant in coldest weather when long prices are obtained. As mothers they have , few equals and no superiors. As rustibrs they are not to be despised For beauty, ah. the Buffs are "a joy forever.'' No smut or grime, no washing, always "spick and span." Once admire Buff, real true Buff, which no artist can paint or poet describe, and you conclude that Buff is the only color. They have the youngest but largest specialty club in the world. Every Buff breeder should by all metjns join his club and help push the ball along. Can Buy at Home. \\ e have about quit buying stock at long prices in the North and taking chances on unfavorable climate changes. We can buy just as good close home and for less money We are not to he blamed if we ’urn Missourians all and demand to be shown. Why go 1,000 miles for stock when we can obtain it at our doors and for less money? Again, why follow the silly practice of advertising and ex ploiting Jones' strain for him? They were all William Cook's (deceased i to start : with, for that matter, nr were about 30 years ago. but let Mr. "root so? himself," and consistently boast your own breed, if you have the stuff and it is worth while. The South is the most wonderful poultry section in the American Inion. It atone possesses the soil adaptation and climatic conditions for the most successful poultry culture. F.meralded here and there with rich, nutritious grass plots, growing in almost tropical luxuriance, summered with perfume and watered with pure limestone, be gamed with numerous and ever increas ing bevies of great Buff Orpingtons, flaunting their golden banners and making "the welkin ring" with lusty challenge and cheering cackle, replenishing the egg basket, pleasing the epicure and tickling every atom of the true fancier and spe cialist, till verily, his cup runneth over. ’ Behold, the glad day dawneth and the shadows flee away! THE CARE OF EGGS ’ FOR BEST RESULTS The care of eggs for hatching is the first step toward successful incubation it we except, of course, fertility. Shall they be turned or not? Shall they be placed on end or on side? What temperament shall they be kept in? These three questions should he settled beyond all dispute, hut we regret to say are not. Different writ ers give as many different methods and the new beginner Is left completely at sea, with some old ones, for one is always a beginner in the poultry business in the sense that there is always something to learn. There are many things by the very nature of the business that can never be definitely settled, but the questions above enumerated are not included in the unfathomable. Experiment stations should take them up and answer them. The last question relative to temperament is. we think, fairly well settled, but the other two confuse and confound the novice as much as ever. There are enough prob lems for him to wrestle with without these. The temperament Is fixed between 45 and 60. It might stand a trifle wider variation, but best results are obtained between these figures. If kept much above 60. Incubation 4s liable to start, which if arrested by lowering the tem perature to any extent would cause the germ to die and the egg become rotten. It Is best to have the temperature as even and equable as possible, and not up and down. A cellar is generally the best place In which to keep eggs. To illus trate how carelessly eggs are sometimes kept I will give an incident in my own family that occurred over half a century ago. related by my mother Some eggs were set that had been kept in a cup board near the kitchen stove and In three days they commenced to hatch out. to the great astonishment no doubt of the hen. which probably gave her a great bump of conceit as'to her hatching abil ity. This may savor some of the ancient Egyptian methods of incubation, hut the story is true. The incident occurred long before incubators wore thought of. Nevertheless, we would not advocate placing eggs near the kitchen stove in order to save the time of either hen or incubator. I have read in the last few days two statements from prominent authorities as to the turning of eggs. One was made by an experiment station and said that they should always be turned <|ally. The other statement emanated from Dr. P. T. Woods, In The American Poultry World, considered an authority in matters per taining to poultry, which emphatically contradicted the experiment station. Ns>w. can both be right? Or is it, like the tariff, a case where both sides may be right to some extent? If they are as ' well, or better, not turned, It surely saves work. But is It? What do you think about it. reader? Why dn you and the hen turn the eggs during incubation? Isn't the principal reason because you wish to keep the developing germ, which always floats on top. from sticking to the shell? Another reason is «f course to equalize the heat. Is it not, then, reason able to suppose that the germ will be less liable to adhere to the shell If the eggs are turned daily before placed in incu bation? If an egg was to remain In one position for two or three weeks, the lat ter being about the limit as to the time which it i an He kept, it surely seems rea sonable to suppose that the germ, floating on top has adhered to the shell, in which case I: would be doubtful of hatching, or if it did hatch be deformed. The hen that steals her nest certainly turns her eggs many times while laying a clutch, for if you watch a hen while laying in a partly tilled nest you will notice her treading them and poking the eggs under ) her with her "nose." We think If It was a bad thing for a hen to turn the eggs nature would, have taught het* better. Therefore we think it best to give the eggs the benefit of the doubt and turn them daily.’ However, thia question could be settled beyond any doubt if some of ' the stations would take hold of It and make tests with fertile eggs laid by the same hens. How about the position in which the egg shall be placed awaiting incubation? I Shall it be placed on end or on the side? Here again we can go to the hen that stole her nest for knowledge. We find that the eggs lay on the side In the nest, [f better to be on end, nature no doubt could have found some means of manag ing It that way If we break an egg we j find on each side of the yoik a w hite I string'’ substance that makes one almost) gag when eating a raw egg. fill.- Is the ' thread that holds the germ in position | while developing Eggs during Incuba tion should always be kept on the side while handling as well as in the egg trays. There is a good reason for this precaution. When placed on end the weight of the embryo chick is all on one thread, which is liable to break and en danger its life. It is therefore reason able to suppose that these threads may he better kept intact at all stages by keeping the egg on Its side. This may be one reason why eggs shipped long dis tances are less liable io hatch as well, though they may be fertile. They are packed by standing on the small end, rendering them less liable to breakage. These questions pertaining th the keep ing and care of eggs held for incubation should be settled by authorities in a man ner that would keep prominent writers on poultry subjects from presenting con trary views. There are enough things for them to discuss and debate if funda mental principles are established beyond reach of their versatile pens. This much consideration is due the beginner in poul try culture. We wish to make reference in this connection to a course now’ being pur sued by increasing numbers of breeders in order to secure a higher percentage of fertility in eggs This is the plan ol having two, males head a' pen and alter nating them. Even breeders of the fancy are practicing it. and Mr Kellerstrass states that he employed it last seasAl Os course males of the same blood lines and as nearly alike as possible should be used for the same pen. The law of nat ural selection causes some females to re fuse to mate with some males, and by giving them two to choose from their natural prejudice Is largely overcome. Larger pens can he mated up in tills man ner If desired than if the two males ran together, when one is always an insuf ferable and arrogant boss and makes life miserable for the other The females are never well served with two males In the pen at the same time. By alternating each can be fed separately; secure extra attention and vigor be preserved, as it sometimes happens that a cock bird Is so gallant he will refuse to eat. until his mates are fed. A good roomy coop can he fastened up from the floor on the side of the pen to hold the cock not in use. Try this plati and you will secure much stronger fertility Sometimes it seems very easy to secure fertile eggs by the most Indifferent meth ods. But It Is not safe to follow indiffer ent methods in anything conneoled with poultry keeping As an illustration 1 will relate an incident In my own expe rience some, years ago. One season I had about one hundred hens running at large, kept for egg purposes. I also had a pet Barred Rock cock hatched from eggs purchased pt the late M. S. Gardner. He was trained to do several tricks, such as jumping through your hands, etc J had hitn until he died a natural death, for his trick accomplishments. During the year referred to he was three years old and ran with the one hundred hens as their only male companion. One of the hens stole her nest and made it on the ground In an adjoining meadow. When cutting the hay the machine ran over the nest scaring off the hen. which caused her dis cover.'. There were elevon eggs in the nest just hatching The hen went hack and hatched out every egg and the chicks were all strong and vigorous Think ot pne male with a hundred hens every egg fertile and every fertile egg hatching. - one hundred per cent In each case Poul try Advocate. ALFALFA ONE OF THE BEST GREEN FEEDS FOR POULTRY FLOCKS Alfalfa ia one of the best plants to fur nish ffrepn food for chickens, but ordi narily il soon kills out if over-pastured. Alfalfa, crowns that have been cut off and ploughed under and that have taken root again are much harder to kill out, as man)’ have found by repeatedly grub bing out the same stool that has taken root, the second lime Such crowns seem to put out shoots from each piece of root that Is left in the ground if the soil Is in favorable condition. Those who desire to establish alfalfa in their poultry yards can succeed in this way by ploughing or spading under alfalfa crowns that have been freshly ploughed out from some field nearby. Marly in the spring is the best time, while .the crowns are still dormant. The crowns should be covered from four ' to six inches deep and th<» soil wet down i and kept moist and th* chickens kept off until the ■ rowns have become established I which wdl be much sooner than alfalfa i from -eed and will stand much harder j pasture. INCUBATOR HINTS FROM IN EXPERT Just How to Get the Best Re sults and How to Care for Chicks and Machine. By 0. P. SCOTT, Manager Pacify: Incubator Company, Tacoma, Wash. The w’riter has been experimenting, making and selling Incubators for 1 about 30 years, not just now and but twelve months each year. Old i Biddy has been our only model to work from, and it would seem that in all that ; time one could master her every . thought, and action, and while artificial I incubators have made wonderful strides l in recent there has been one moot important feature overlooked, namely, the pooling and airing of the eggs. ’ Possibly 1 should not say cooling, for there is the point I wish to make that i in nature eggs arc not cooled. When • the hen leaves her nest las most people l think for food and drink), nature or instinct tells her just how long to re main off the nest, so that the eggs may , not he injured by becoming cold or chilled. Ry’ watching her carefully, you will note that (If she is a good setter) 1 she will not leave the nest for the first 36 to 411 hours, and If so, she will quick ly return. The "incubator manufacturer” ad vises that after the eggs are placed in ' the machine they are to remain undis turbed for the above length of time. The eggs turned and replaced as soon as possible, always leaving the door closed, that the heat may be kept up to , the proper degree, for the *hen will re , turn to her nest with the same degree ' of heat that she had when she left it, ' and we must, to succeed, imitate her ' closely. The point I wish to make is this, that we do not Imitate the hen in airing the 1 eggs. All incubator manufacturers (ex ’ cept one) make the egg trays exactly i the same, with wire cloth for the bot i tom of the tray. Why the wire bot tom? That the warm air may pass i through and want) the nursery drawer. And in some machines to ->ermit the , air to pass out of the machine below the eggs. What is the result? Very dangerous, one might say suicidal. I will try to explain so simply that all 1 can see at a glance that I am cor ' rect When the hen leaves her nest she 1 leaves both eggs and nest warm. say . about 103 or 104 degrees, now follow’ t carefully; the nest is oval in form; the s eggs lie packed together; tiie bottom ; of the nest, you might say, is air tight. J or nearly so; this being the fact, no I air can touch the eggs, only as It passes over the top of the same. What ’ is the result? You air the eggs from ' the top down, the eggs cool very slowly, the nest keeps the eggs warm. The eggs being close together, keep each ’ other warm. We have seen the hen 1 remain off the nest for an hour, and i still the eggs were not cold. This is nature. J Now, let us go back to the imitation, ; the incubator. The eggs are taken from < the machine and as .directed either put l on top of the incubator, on a table, box 1 or anything that may bo handy. More ' likely the end projecting over the edge of the table. What is the result? Hout always creates a draft, instead of cool ing very slowly and from the top only, as in nature, the eggs in the tray are cooled from both top and bottom, while a current of air is passing up around. , and through, the eggs, and they will ) cool very fast. Just as you would do should you sit near an open window when quite warm, you would chill quickly and take cold. If the eggs are onl.v cooled once during the hatch, the , < hicks might stand the shock, hut to repeat it daily for eighteen days you 1 can at once see that only the strongest 1 chicks can endure it ■ i i ' "" 1 ~ ■ ' 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 HOW TO HANDLE SCOURS IN PIGS Proper Feeding and Dry Pens Are Essential Items, Asserts Walter T. Kenner. To The Georgian: I have received a great many Inquiries tft regard to cause, symptoms and treatment of scours in pigs and for the benefit of all concerned I will answer through The Georgian and give the best 1 know in regard to this generally fatal trouble with tne young Booufb or diarrhoea, is a profuse and frequent dis charge of faeces, and they are usually watery in consistency. While the pig is young and the discharge is whitish gray or gray colored, the trouble is usually designated as scours, and when the pig becomes older it Is then generally spoken of as diarrhoea. This condition Is present as a symptom in many other diseases. When the dis ease occurs within the first few days after birth, It Is nearly always due to a fever ish condition in the sow, affecting the pig through the milk. It may also ba produced by a chilly, damp bed, by get ting out into the grass when too young, by fermented food, as slops and mouldy corn, affecting the mother’s milk. When j the pfga become old enough to eat and < drink, ft Is nearly always due to the feed, as old table slops and gour milk, green com In the fall of the year. It Is the ex ception to raise swill-fed pigs without this trouble. W’e also have outbreaks that would seem to Indicate that tha trouble might be infectious. Symptoms. The symptoms of the trouble are loose evacuations, which become more and more watery. In little pigs these are of a de cidedly gray color and adhere to the tall and to different parts of the body. The appetite may be good at the beginning, but as the pig becomes decidedly fever ish the appetite la lost. The back be comes arched, the flanks hollow, and the hair rough, and there Is indisposition to move about. . Treatment. Scours being a disease largely due to bad diets and hygiene, must have as a foundation for treatment the correction of these errors. The sow should be in the farrowing pen for a week prior to farrowing: she should be fed lightly on easily digested food. Very little corn should be given. No purgatives should be given. Charcoal, salt and wood ashes should be accessible. These measures will tend to prevent the feverish condition that brings on scours that is so fatal at birth. For a few days after farrowing the feed should be light. If scours are due to cold and wet quarters, these must be cor rected. When the pigs become old enough to eat and drink they should be given sweet food There Is no doubt in my mind that but the value of sour swill Is overestimated, and if It is fed scours or diarrhoea may he expected. Start pigs ' off on green corn, gradually using with it some sweet and wholesome dry feed. WALTER T. KENNER, Spring Place, Ga. GRADE EGGS AT FARM AND SELL THEM WHILE FRESH Eggs on the farm should be graded. The}’ should he marked while fresh, should be clean and wholesome. It is es timated that about 30 per cent of the eggs from the farm are unfit for food. The cold storage man does not lose this, the egg dealer does not lose this, for both buy at a price sufficiently low to pro tect them from loss. The farmer and producers, then, are the ones who suffer from careless methods and practices in marketing farm eggs. 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, Lamasco. Tex. Box 14. I I 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. Bp able to advertise REX DOTTE STRAIN, and get results. Rendotte Farm P, 0. Box 300 Atlanta, Ga. 13