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The Georgaan’s Poultry,
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15 NIDNEY-MAKER
Even in New Orleans. Where
• Conditions Are Unfavorable,
Success Is Achieved.
New Orleans Is probably the last
City In the world where one would
expect back yard poultry raising
could be successfully conducted. In
•very way It seems anything but
Ideal for this purjiose. And yet
there are more than a thousand
back yard poultry dealers In that
city. Here Is an account of what
one man has done, as written by ,1.
Evans Smith:
Extraordinary Interest has been
aroused throughout the South, and
particularly In the Tar South, In poul
try during the year, and with the di
viding and subdividing of large plan
tations and the springing into exist
ence of small farms and small farmers,
the South today presents a field for
the exploitation of Northern farm
products that as yet seems but dimly
understood.
Within the past few months many of
the large cotton plantations of a thou
sand ores or more have been put
chased with Northern capital anil
broken up Into small farms, and as if
by magic the small farmer, heretofore
unknown in this section of the coun
try, has sprung into existence. With
the Influx of Northern farmers to oc
cupy these farms, who have capital to
run them, the South has begun to ex
perience a change revolutionary In na
ture
Now, then. It may boos. interest to
those poultrymen anxious to extend
their territory this far South to learr
that the North will be called upon
largely to supply thes. farmers wit'.
Stock and those who first become me
diums at hand are likely to reap a
harvest entirely gratifying, for the lo
ical supply, If there ever was any to
speak of, has been exhausted and the
Memand Is steadily and rapidly In
vreaaing.
Herts Lay Year Round.
With the awakening of the South to
her resources, the possibilities afforded
poultrymen have by no means been
overlooked, and with a climate war
ranted to induce egg laying at all
seasons of the year, many han gone
In for this branch of farming with a
vengence and so fa l- have managed at
least to keep their heads above water
It may seem strange to those unfa
miliar with the circumstances which
brought about the change, to think of
the South as a new and unexplored
country, but such It Is so far as the
•small fa’m Is concerned With the ad
rvent of the boll weevil, cotton growing
■on a large scale received its death blow
and in the future the farmers of the
.South, like the farmers of all other
.countries, will have to result to di
.versified farming So It is the boll
(weevil after all which so suddenly
brought about the change
Under conditions now existing, the
back yard poultry breeders In the larger
cities of the far South have been reap
ing large harvests on small plots and
have been encouraged to extend opera
tions. It is estimated that more than
7,000 hack yard poultry plants sprang
into existence in the city of New Or
leans during the past twelve months,
and It is these back yard plants which
are just now supplying the newly ar
rived farmer with his stock.
The housewives, it would appear,
were the first to grasp at the oppor
tunity afforded them to turn a penny
on the side. They found the demand
for blooded stock increasing and kept
pace with the demand by sending North
for fresh supplies. Soon they found
themselves engaged in a commission
business and their husbands began to
sit up and take notice. Such is the
condition as it will be found today.
"Back Yarders" Spread Out.
But many of these back yard poultry
plants have expanded and, Instead of
the original plot in which a dozen or
breeders were kept the Adjoining
lot has been leased. When the writer,
who had been breeding Single Comb
Rhode Island Peds for pleasure, felt
the growing demand for first-class
•birds was founded not upon a fad which
•had struck the country, but upon some-
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Here are four white birds which have few. if any. superiors
in the South. Each one has been a mantimes winner-. The
massive White Orpington cock, at the right of the picture,
headed the first prize pen at The Georgian’s poultry show last
January. He is owned by H. M. Bird, of Comer. The White
Plymouth Rock pullet, at the left, was one of the many winners
Frank J. Coll entered at the same show. Below is one of the
splendid White Orpingtons-in the yards of Mrs. L. L. Upson, at
Athens, Ga.
WAYS TO CURE FOWLS
OF EGG-EATING HABIT
Egg-eating is one nf the worst habits
of fowls The habit can usually be cured
by cutting the upper beak off even with
the lower one. so the hen can not break
the egg shell by picking it. I have cured
many hens of this vice by tilling an egg
with a paste consisting of mustard or
aloes mixed with part of the yolk and
white of the egg. Fill an egg with this,
and one or two attempts at eating same
will cure the habit ir< its worst form. The
hens should he ted plenty of lime, oyster
shells, charcoal, etc . and the nests should
be In » darkened place.
thing more solid and lasting, he fol
lowed the crowd.
Leasing a lot of ground 30x200 feet
vljoining my home in Camp street, in
the very heart of the eit\ of New t'r
leans, 1 proceeded six months ago to
erect ten small and four large colony
houses, which could be knoasked down
ami removed on short notice. The small
houses 1 made 5 feet deep. 4 feet long
and 6 foot high, and the larger ones 5
feet deep, x feet long ’and 6 feet high.
Needl. .-»s to say the) were of the open,
front kind, the onl' style in use here.
The larger colony houses were ar
ranged in the rear in yards, approxi
mately 20 fcc-t square, and the smaller
ones in the center of the lot in yards
6 feet wide and 12 feet long on either
side of the walk ruiytlng down the cen
ter. There was then left tin feet in the
foreground which 1 propose to utilize
for voting stock, placing upon it several
small coops, one size being largo enough
to accommodate a hen and her chicks
and the others half-grown t hicks.
In the four larger yards previously
referred to I placed six. eight and
i twelve birds and tn the smaller yards
■ single and trio matings. These small
yards are covered with coarse sand to
facilitate drainage and the carrying off
of foreign accumulation- I believe the
’ yards thus arranged will remain pure
■ Indefinitely.
My accounts today show tha* 1 have
. made on an average of 50 cents a day
i since moving into this place after" ail
. meratlng expenses were deducted. I
feel sure the birds will pay for the
money nut into buildings, etc., before
the end of the present season.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, JULY 6. 1912.
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USE CARE IN SHIPPING
WHEN WEATHER IS HOT
No doubt but that those hot spells this
summer will bo the cause of many eggs
reaching market in bad condition. Eggs,
through carelessness, allowed to remain
for any length of time in the nests are
sure to be affected by intense heat.
Also those shipped by the ordinary meth
ods during the period that the mercury
hovers around the 100-degree mark, will
prnbablx reach their destination in a
greatly overheated condition and if they
are allowed to stand for any length of
time before reaching the consumer, will
tie far from fresh when opened by that
individual
I Hiring hot periods eggs should not be
shipped by express where the distance is
great Only short shipments should be
made and these should be forwarded in
the evening No matter how careful the
producer may be In gathering and pack
Ing eggs, his efforts may go for naught
if he loses sight of the necessity of care
in shipping during exceedingly hot spells.
The long distance shipper, if facilities
for forwarding in refrigerator cars are
lacking, would do better to place hi£ eggs
in nearby storage, until the weather mod
erates
CRATE FEEDING BEST TO
FATTEN YOUR COCKERELS
When your cockerels are readi to be
eaten or sold on a fancy market, it would
pay to put them In a crate and fatten
them for two weeks
The following ration has not onlv put
one pound of weight on two and one half
' to three pound cockerels, hut It has im
proved the flavor of the meat wonderfully;
' Two pounds ground oats, two pounds of
shorts, two pounds corn meal, one pound
beef scrap.
This should be fed twice dally, mixed
to the consistency of pancake batter with
■ sour or skim milk The fowls should be
al'oweri to eat all they desire for ten*mtn
utes. at the end of which time it should
be removed.
WCH CHICKENS
INWARMNIONTHS
They Need a Little Extra Care.
Famous Woman Breeder
Gives Some Hints.
By MRS. H. P. HINTON.
The hot weather of summer makes
more work in the poultry yard if one
is to be successful, as there are many
little things that do not seem of much
importance, yet when neglected will
cause disastrous results.
The breeders should be well cared
for. I find the best plan is to separate
the sexes, putting the males in a good
roomy yard and turning ail the fe
males on free range during the months
of June. July and August, mating
apain in September; this lessens the
labor of caring for them and gives
the hens a rest, and the change does
them more good than the amount of
eggs one would sell during these
months would be worth.
Gives Simple Remedies,
When the range is short and green
food is scarce, I feed them sprouted
oats every day and keep a mixture of
corn chops, bran and meat scraps be
fore them all the time, supply them
an abundance of fresh, clean water in
drinking vessels that are kept clean
and disinfected, as a preventive of
disease. I put a little Epsom salts in
their drinking water once a week and
once each week I use in their drink
ing wa»er enough Permanganate of
Potash to turn water a light red—do
not use salts and potash at the same
time. I use these simple remedies in
drinking water for all fowls, both old
and young, Os course 1 do not use as
much for the young chicks as I do for
the grown ones.
The males that are to be kept for
breeders another season must have
the best of care by supplying them
with choice food and plenty of shade
and water; the males are half the flock,
and if they are not kept in the pink
of condition they will be useless as
breeders.
Fowls of all ages require abundance
of shade during the hot months, and
where one has no natural shade, arti
ficial shade must be supplied. A large
grove of trees supplies ideal summer
conditions for the fowls, as it provides
shade and a scratching shed both.
Free Range Is Best.
The early hatched chicks wilt have
out-grown their brooder quarters ere
this and should be moved to colony
coops of ample size to accommodate
about thirty I like free range in a
grove of trees, but when free range
can not be had, they do well yarded,
if the yards are of good size and plenty
of green food is supplied. Young
chicks must be kept steadily growing
at all times and this can only be done
by not allowing them to become crowd
ed In their roosting quarters and by
giving them plenty of shade, fresh wa
ter and feed, ami last, but not least,
keeping them free from vermin and
keeping their houses clean and disin
fected. The open front houses aie the
only successful kind to use here in the
South.
1 find where the chicks can have
plenty of range, they do well on corn
chops that have the meal left tn,
using two-thirds chops and one-third
bran with a little meat meal I keep
this in hoppers for them at all times,
in addition I feed sprouted oats once
a day; great care has to be used in
sprouting oats in summer to prevent
them spoiling
Shade Is a very important item tn
earing for fowls tn summer, hot
weather seems to sap their vitality
unless they are made comfortable.
MAKE HENS LAY
More eggs Feed Wonder Egg Pro
ducer and Chick Grower Makes vou
money Write for t-ial Will con
vince you Enclose 10c. N. L. Webb,
Lamasco. Tex. Box 14.
Poultry, Pet and Live Stock
R. I. Reds.
s]'c. R L RED 'eGGS FOR
i HATCHING—Strain winning
first pen. International Show; 15
i utility for $1.50: 15 fancy for
$3.00. Utility cockerels, bargains
for $2.50. Address Morning
Glory Farm, Kirkwood, Atlanta,
, Ga. ‘ 12-28-5
QUALITY REDS. *J. I. Hosiford, East
Point. Ga. 4-25-11
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Plymouth Rocks.
I FISHEL White Plymouth Rocks, cock
and five hens, <10; Barred Rocks, cock
and twelve hens, $1 each; making room
I for young birds This is A-l lot of chick
ens. M. G. Dearing, P. O. Box 168, Ath
ens, Ga.• 7-6-42
FOR SALE—Seventy-five Barred Rock
chickens $35. A bargain. Call Clarke,
Atlanta phone 84. 7-4-17
Orpingtons.
THREE Buff Orpington hens and three
Fawn Indian Runner ducks cheap.
W. C. W., 360 West Peachtree street.
______________ ; Bl-7-6
FOR SALE—Buff Orpingtons; six hens,
one cock; $9; purest Bridgewater strain.
Goode Price, Leesburg, Ga. 46-7-6
BUFF ORPINGTONS—On account* of
other business interests, will sell my
$l5O pen of six Buff Orpingtons, the
cockerel winning third at Atlanta for $80;
cockerel winning third at Atlanta, for $80;
return if not satisfactory. S. L, Gardner,
288 Lawton st., Atlanta. West 1052-J.
33-7-6
FOR SALE—Two pens S. C. White
Orpingtons, three pens S. C. Black Or
pingtons. from 25 to 100 in pen. Prize
winpers in all pens. Closing out to make
room for young stock E H. Scott. Box
63n. .Athens. Ga. 4 6-88
FOR SALE—Fifty White Orpington pul
lets, laying every day; Kellerstrass
straint $3 each as long as they last to
make room, ten cockerels, fine birds, $5
each Southland Poultry Farm, Clarks
ton. Ga. 1-20-3
S. C. BUFF. Black and White Orpingtons;
blue ribbon winners at New York city,
Albany, N. Y . Atlanta. Augusta, Athens,
Columbus, Charlotte. Spartanburg. Ashe
ville. Greenville and Abbeville; as good
as the best, and better than most. Eggs
now ready Write for free mating list
I have stamps Some good stock for sale
at reasonable prices. Satisfaction guar
anteed. Abbeville Orpington Yards,
D. A. Dewey, owner. Box 224. Abfievhie,
S C. 2-17-9
WHITE ORPINGTON EGGS—Eight
grand mated pens, every one headed by
a winner Fine illustrated mating list
explains each. Winners over 300 prizes
and' cups. For quality write F S. Bul
lington, Box G, Richmond. Va„ Secretary
American White Orpington Club. 5-6-2
PEN of White Orpingtons, three hens
and one rooster; cost $25. Will sell for
$12.50. 309 Temple Court building
7-5-48
Leghorns.
FOR SALE—2OO young S. C Brown Leg
horn hens, $1 each; in lots of 10 or more,
80c each. These hens are the pure Hurt
strain, and are the greatest layers known.
Most of them are laying now, and they
will soon pay for themselves in eggs.
Satisfaction guaranteed. Hermitage Farm,
Hendersonville, Tenn. 85-7-6
Wyandottes.
GOLDEN LACED and Columbian Wyan
dottes, S. C. R. I. Reds; eggs, $1 and
$2 per 15. W. D. Bennett, Molena. Ga.
I 12-13-33
Bantams.
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I BANTAMS--Game Bantams, Sebrights.
Buff Cochins. Carlisle Cobb, Athens,
Ga.. 4 26-34
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Games.
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. 25 THOROUGHBRED pure White Pit
Game stags, cheap for quick sale; the
’ most beautiful and best utility fowl on
r earth and as game as ever wore feathers.
Fairdale Poultry Farm, Box 400, Denton,
? Ga 7-6-11
! DARK CORNISH—Bred from the best
> imported birds in this country. Won in
.. Atlanta January, 1912; first and second
' i cockerel, first and second pullet; American
’ Cornish Club ribbons for best cockerel
and best pullet and other good prizes;
limited number eggs for hatching: $5 and
$lO per setting. Write F. S. Cates. Doug
j las. Ga 1-17-36
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f Ducks.
50 WHITE Runner ducks; will sell by the
’ trio or the entire lot to one party; will
t ship on approval at sls a trio; the best;
leaving, reason for selling: five first prize
Fawn and White; won first at Macon
f state fair. 1911; Atlanta, Ga.. 1911. and
. 1912; one drake, four ducks, SSO; ribbons
with them: ten second prize-winners,
* same shows, at SSO; will ship them on ap
. proval: first checks get these ducks; in
, vestigate this at once. Cordele Poultry
r Farm. Cordele, Ga. C. S. Glisson. Owner.
> 54-7-6
, FOR SALE Two hundred Fawn and
White Indian Runner ducks, just grown,
1 at $1.25 each. J. R. Allison. Abbeville. Ga.
1 32-29-6
' INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS Either pen
r ciled or fawn and white at $1 each; good
ones; time yet to raise stock; order today.
- Munnimaker Poultry Farm. Normandy,
Tenn.s-25-3
1 NINE fawm and white Indian Runner
ducks, bargain 20 McLendon avenue
or 718 either phone. 7-5-46
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? EggS '
' white' WYANDOTTE eggs from Yiigh-
I ciass birris that are white to the skin, at
$2.00 per fifteen; high fertility guaranteed.
a A. G. Wilson. Lithopia, Gal-13-29
r EGGS FOR SALE from snow white
s Wyandottes and Callahan's strain of S
C. Rhode Island Reds at $2 and $3 per 15
Single Comb Brown Leghorn eggs. $1 pet
fifteen. My birds are all good layers
’ Wordie Dixon, Fayetteville, Ga. 2-3-33
GREEN HOUSE POULTRY YARDS
» Tompkins' 3. C. R I. Red eggs, s.’ per
i setting, utility eggs, $1 per setting. Black
3 Minorcas. $1 per setting. D. J. Galloway
Prop, 17 Campbell-st.. South Kirkwood.
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U THOROUGHBRED Buff Orpington eggs,
t $1 per 15; $5 per 100. 126 Windsor st.
» Main 3588 4-27-25
Pigeons.
■ PIGEONS —Carneaux and Big Crosses.
1 good birds, prices right. Try my Big
- Crosses to mate w th homer's for bigger
3 squabs. Sidnev Johnson, Boydton. Va.
, 53-7-1
] Incubators.
; FOR SALE Fifty-egg Cycle incubator:
* used one season; price $5. Mrs. R H
> Williamson. 455 Gordon street. West 959
7-6-13
t Rabbits.
FOR SALE—Rufus Red Belgian hares
17 Campbell st.. South Kirkwood. At
’ lanta phone 26257-6-14
RABBITS bm bin mb mhamhamba
I HAVE five different kinds of rabbits
B 17 Garfield Place 7-5-42
Cows
t FOR SALE-—Young milch cow. second
1 calf Mi to 4 gallons milk, 1a 4 to 2
, ■ pounds butter per day. Very gentle Mrs
G. A. Brown, Milner, Ga. * 89-7-6
Miscellaneous Poultry.
FOR SALE—Have purchased Northern
breeder’s entire flock Black Orpingtons.
My prices will move them rapidly 300
old and young W. E. Lumley, Tulla
homa. Tenn. 3-30-2
50 WHITE WYANDOTTE HENS and ten
cocks in pairs, trios, pens, or as a
whole; $2 for hens; $2.50 for cocks; the
bunch for $l2O. These are our breeders
and will please you. Order from this ad.
Also Indian Runner ducks; young and
old; $2 each; baby ducks, 30c each; duck
eggs, $1 per dozen. Oak Dean Poultry
Farm, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Summey,
Stone. Mountain, Gaso-7-4
POULTRY KEEPERS.
All Need Rust's Havens
Climax Powder
It keeps your "chickens well. It is the
only reliable cure for GAPES and CHOL
ERA.
It is so different from other poultry
powders.
YOUR MONEY BACK QUICK
If you don’t like Rust's Havens Climax
Powder ' ,
Secretary Mifflin County- Poultry Show.
Mr. J. A. Carodiskey, says:
"After trying various 'tonics' and 'con T
dltioners’ I find nothing to equal Rust’s
Havens Climax Powders.”
GET A BOX TODAY.
25c, 50c, SI.OO, $1.50 and $3.50.
H. G. HASTINGS & CO.,
16 W. Mitchell St.
ATLANTA, GA.
We want a DEALER in each town.
Write for exclusive agency for your town.
Get Rust’s Poultry Book and Egg Rec
ord —Both mailed FREE. Address Wm.
Rust & Sons Co., Dept. G, New Bruns
wick, N. J. 5-4-1
BILTMORE strain Barred Rocks and S.
C. White Leghorns; eggs for hatching;
fifteen for $1.50. BILTMORE Jersey
calves for sale Address BILTMORE
Farms, BILTMORE, N. C. 1-27-76
MiscellaneousJPoulhy. Miscellaneous Poultry.
H G. H AST INGS & CO.
SEEDS AND POULTRY SUPPLIES. DELIVERIES TO ALL
PARTS OF THE CITY EVERY DAY. PHONES 2568.
HELP REDUCE the high cost of living by planting
a patch of Fall Potatoes. We have some seed of
the Genuaine Green Mountain Potato which is rec
ognized as the very best for fall planting. 75c per
peek. $2.50 per bushel.
THIS IS A GOOD time to plant for a forage crop.
We can furnish Orange and Amber Cane, Whip
poorwill and Mixed Peas and Sbja Beans. Get our
prices before you buy.
MITES AND LICE are the greatest drawbacks to
poultry raising in the South. We have remedies
that will absolutely rid your flock of these pests.
Come in and let us show them to you.
WE HAVE JUST GOTTEN in a fresh shipment of
the famous “Red Comb Poultry Feeds.” They are
absolutely free from dirt and all of the ingredients
are eatable.
AVE HAVE some very fine Sago Palm Bulbs, and are
selling them at about half price. 10c per pound. 3
pounds for 25c.
USE BUG DEATH for bugs on your vegetables, and
increase your yield.
WE CARRY the largest line of Canary Cages in the
city, and our prices are right. If your bird needs
a new cage, see us.
~FTSH "GLOBES~and’Fish FM '
CONKEY’S White Diarrhoea Remedy—a guaran
teed cure for this dreaded disease.
MOCKING BIRD CAGES in four sizes. $1.50, $2.00.
$2.50 and $3.00.
WE ARE headquarters for all kinds of Poultry Sup
plies, Water Founts, Grit and Shell Boxes, Dry
Food Hoppers, etc.
ALFALFA MEAL, Grit, Oyster Shell. Charcoal.
Ground Bone. Beef Scraps.
M E ARE always glad to see our customers at the
store, but if it is not convenient for you to come.
phone us your orders. They will receive prompt at
tention.
ALL SIZES Flower Pots and Tubs.
CANART BIRD SEED, Song Restorers. Sand Cot
tle Bone, Egg Food; in fact, everything for the
songster.
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Miscellaneous Poultry.
FOR SALE-S C. R. I. Red, s. FGbG »
. a P. d ,U hite Leghorn and B P Rock
at $1.50 per setting; all first-class stock
day-old chicks a specialty; sls per lore
directions given for raising them v'.ii
furnish hens to carry them when w’amA
at $1 each. E. J. Williams. Ty Ty, Ga Q
-21-34
CHLORO-NAPTHOLEUM DIP
AND
LIVE STOCK DISINFECTANT
BE FAIR to your chickens. They can't
avoid lice and disease You must he n
them. Clean their houses with Chlorr?
Naptholeum Dip and use it on sick birds
It will drive the trouble away One e-ai
lon makes 100 gallons of dip. Write us for
poultry book. West Disinfecting Comnar-'
S. Selig. Jr., general agent, 28
Forsyth street, Atlanta. 6-U-3S
Dogs. •
BARGAINS in 30 breeds dogs and stock
catalog. Catalpa Kennels. Shelbyville'
liL 4-27-i
HOUNDS—WoIf, bear, deer, cat, fox and
bloodhounds; 50-page illustrated ca”
logue 5 cents stamps. Rookwood Kenn e i s
Lexington. Ky, 49-
AT STUD—lmported Southport
Aristotype and Dan 0. Wood
lawn. Absolutely the best collieg
at stud in the South. Write for
pedigree. W. M. Stephenson, 30
Ashby St. 4-13-3
If you sent a letter or telegram to the
wrong address, you would hardly expect
an answer, would you? The same is true
when you select the wrong medium to
have all your wants filled. Try the right
way—The Georgian Want Ad way.