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Poultry Farms, Athens. owned by Rendotte farm, Atlanta. Harwell, Atlanta.
GARD INDEX IS
REfILHELPMATE
Every Poultry Breeder Needs
One to Keep Up With His
Sales Prospects.
Systematically working to build up
* poultry business means the ticking
advantage of every facility that w ill aid
It. Every poultryman. no matter what
the size of his business, should have a
little corner in which he can keep rec
ords. correspondence and material that
he may be mailing out to the prospects.
First comes the typewriter in impor
tance. It simplifies correspondence in
that a letter is easily read and re-read,
a carbon is had of the reply to each
letter and pinned to the query always
puts the seller in position to know what
stage of the sale he is in with the
buyer. A common piece of heavy ma
nila paper will serve to hold the corre
ipondence of one buyer if it is volumi
nous. This folder can have on its out
side the name of the correspondent and
be the container of all that man's let
ters. \ It can be filed tn one of the
cheap letter files that may be had any
where for thirty to fifty cents. Where
the business is small I would advise
the seller to keep a plain sheet of pa
per on his desk with the name of each
live prospect thereon and when he
should reply to letters. This will give
nne an idea when to write again to fol
low up the former negotiations. This
Is the secret of the forty variety man's
success. He answers according to form
your first inquiry, answering specifical
ly all your questions, then later if you
do not reply he calls again with a gen
eral letter that Impresses the former
one. They even have four or five fol
lowers and eventually land the order of
the prospect. Intends to buy.
A card Index of 500 blank cards un
der alphabetical arrangement will care
for the average business at the start
Each inquiry is entered properly. The
stock or stuff asked about should be
entered with the name, and address.
If catalog or mating list is sent out.
make note with peculiar mark or initial
letter and thereon keep a record of
what you do to the prospect and
whether he replies, and what he orders
Then what he has to say about what you
send him should also be entered. Keep
a complete record of your transactions
with him. This list will be the back
bone of your business.
You will know from it whom to send
subsequent advertising during special
sales that you may have of breeding
stock surplus breeders, eggs for hatch
ing both early and late. If you do not
hear from the inquirer the second or
third season, keep after him if you want
to sell to him eventually, says on*
breeder whose business runs into the
tens of thousands every season It max
be that vou will strike a. selling Idea
some time that will get a sale from
him It will not cost more than twenty
to thirty cents to keep in touch with
him for three to six years, according tn
the amount of matter you mail out
every season
Ideas that had to sales are perfect
cooping of stock, neat placards tacked
on them, the cleanliness ol the bird if it
be white, leg bands on evil) bird <lti|'
ped bearing your name, secrecy in sltlp
ping a bird if it goes td a -how and the
buyer prefers tha breeders do tmt
know that he has bought. 1 once saw a
bird on a transfei truck at a station
Two breeders were with me tine ol
them bought of tile shipper wit tin
two weeks owing to the impression
the shipment made on him. Another
breeder sent a bird to a Chicago show
with his name and a.ldress placarded
about the coop, aftci being urged to
ship Inconspicuous!' and -.n rific< d a
series of sales rm- so doing < >n< must
humor the Im vel . r s;>> < i 1 I v n -it it'-.-
him what he wants. Nmthwest I’oul
try Journal.
MONEY LOST BY INCORRECT
SYSTEM OF MARKETING EGGS
The producers of eggs are not re
ceiving as much for their eggs as they
should, considering the ultimate prices
paid by the consumers of these eggs.
This is not the result of any combina
tion or) the part of buyers to keep down
prices, for competition is usually sharp
j enough to cause as much to be paid as
the buyers can afford. The real reason
lies in the fact that the system of mar
keting and buying eggs in this section
is faulty and causes a good deal of pre
ventable loss and deterioration. This
is mainly because no incentive is of
fered for care and expeditious handling
of the product, in other words, the
careful farmer who markets good eggs
as a rule gets no more for them than
his careful neighbor who markets poor
ones. As a result of this loss, prices
paid to producers must be depressed to
cover it, and this accounts for the differ
ence between the prices paid for these
eggs and the prices charged the con
sumers.
At first glance it might be thought
that this loss and deterioration was
slight and of minor importance. Quite
the contrary, however, is the case. From
a careful study made of the situation, it
appears that the annual loss resulting
from these sources in the egg trade of
the country totals about 15 per cent of
the value of the product, or $45,000,000.
In the stale of Kansas alone the annual
loss is estimated at more than $1,000,-
000.
Eggs Poorly Marketed.
To explain the reason for this Joss
and deterioration it is necessary to out
line briefly the usual method of market
ing eggs in this section.
The eggs, as previously stated, are
produced on the general farm. The
income from these is considerable and
very welcome, but is. after all, inci
dental. The care and attention given
| ■>§ POULTRY NOTES & &
In the recent international poultry
show at Brussels, Belgium, breeds
known and prized in America were
strongly represented. Orpingtons stood
second In the number entered, Mlnorcas
fifth. Hamburgs sixth, Wyandottes
sixth, Cochins eleventh, Rhode Island
Reds seventeenth and Plymouth Rocks
eighteenth. The leader in numbers was
the Brabanconnes.
The entire I’nlted States suffered
this spring from a shortage in the
chick crop. Less eggs were set than
usual, owing to the bad weather, the
percentage of fertility ran low and a
larger number of chicks died than is
usual. This fact Is being demonstrated
by a national poultry magazine which
is canvassing the entire country.
The shortage In the chick crop this
spring will mean that a number of
poultrymen will be setting eggs this
fall. The live poultrymeti who have
eggs for hatching are bound to do big
advertising this fall in order to gathet
in the late trade in eggs.
The shortage in chickens all ovf r
America this yea l Is bound to result In
higher prices for chickens and eggs.
Those who have stuff to sell for the
next twelve months will be able to sell
at a big profit.
Miss S. Carey, of Toynton, Spilsby,
1 England, breeder of White and Buff
<tt pington', sold nearly slo,ool* worth
of birds and hatching eggs In America
' in the past season.
A poultry journal eeently contained
i;le startling information th it on a het
1 a tell ini. would di ink tell quarts of
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND, NEWS.
the fowls and the product, are, there
fore, usually incidental also? The farm
er gathers the eggs whenever conve
nient, sometimes each day, sometimes
two or three times a week. The eggs
are brought to the house and kept un
til there is a sufficient number to take
to the village or until the farmer makes
a trip to the village for some other
purpose and takes the eggs along. No
particular attention is given to the con
ditions under which the eggs are kept
in the meantime. They may be kept
in a pantry or cupboard of the kitchen,
where the temperature is comparative
ly high and where the eggs are bound
to undergo considerable deterioration
in quality or to reach a more or less ad
vanced stage of actual spoiling. Even
in these cases where the importance of
a low temperature is realized and an
effort made to secure this by placing
the eggs in a cellar, there Is likelihood
that the cellar may be damp, and the
eggs in consequence become moldy.
Likewise, no particular effort is made
to obtain clean eggs by proper attention
to the nests and by frequent gathering,
or to separate the clean from the soiled
eggs when taking them to market.
Whenever a nest of eggs is discovered
in the weeds or about the barn they
are usually added to the eggs in the
market basket without question as to
whether they are partly incubated.
Case-Count System Bad.
As a result, the farmer may start to
town with a basket of eggs, part of
which are perfectly fresh and whole
some, part of them dirty or smeared
and part of them shrunken or stale or
even wholly spoiled. During the drive
to town it is a common occurrence for
the eggs to be exposed to the direct rays
of the sun for an hour or two and sub
jected, therefore, to a temperature
greater than the normal temperature
of incubation, 103 degrees F. These
eggs the farmer taies to the village
store and receives for them a certain
water In 24 hours We doubt it, though,
unless they were mighty leaky.
The long-drawn-out argument, “dry
mashes or wet mashes—which” seems
likely to end in a general verdict in fa
vor of the dry mash.
Blue jays are said to attack little
chickens. They usually strike at their
heads until they kill them, then fre
quently pick their eyes out and often
break their heads open and eat the
brains.
In the national egg-laying contest at
Mountain Grove. Mo., the Rose Comb
Reds are leading, with the White
Plymouth Rocks second. One hen has
established a record by laying 82 eggs
VALDOSTA HENS GO IN
FOR RAILROAD NESTS
VALDOSTA, GA.. Aug 17 A few
weeks ago a freight train rolled into
this station with an old hen sitting
on twelve eggs in the truck. It is said
the eggs were laid w hile the car was on
a sidetrack somewhere above Tifton.
Since that time two nests have been
found in the yards of the Atlantic Coast
Line, both of them being on a track
that has been In us.- dozens of time- a
day by switch engines anil trains tine
of the hens has hatched out ten small
biddies and is raising them. The other
is setting on a nest between the rails
A train of cars passes over her proba
bly twenty times a day. but it does not
disturb her, except to make her duck
het head to keep fm>m being hit bt the
owcateher or hrakebeati's. Th'- ear
inspector has bon watching th ■■ *a st
I'm sum* t.'ic The oij hen has been
■tl 111. about two wet ks.
price per dozen, which is usually given
in trade. The villaga store keeper is
not a dealer in eggs from choice, but
rather because he feels it necessary to
take the ggs in order to keep the
trade of the farmer. If he does not
take the eggs he fears that the farmer
will offer them to one of his competi
tors and will in consequence be likely
to give that competitor the bulk of his
trade. For the same reason the mer
chant believes that he must accept the
eggs as they run, good or bad, fresh or
stale, clean or dirty, for if he does not
his competitors will. This system of
buying by the store keeper Is known
i as the case-count system.
The merchant holds the eggs until
he has enough to make a shipment to
’ some egg dealer or shipper from whom
he gets regular quotations. The delay
here may be anywhere from two days
to a week or even two weeks. Usually
the conditions attendant upon the
shipment of these eggs up to the time
they reach the packing house are such
as to cause a still further deteriora
tion in the eggs. After they reach the
packing house they are assembled in
great numbers so that more attention
and care is given their handling, and,
although the eggs go through one or
more sets of hands from this point be
fore they are placed in storage or reach
the consumer, the deterioration which
they undergo is not so great propor
tionately.
Delay in Moving Eggs.
It will be observed that the one un
favorable factor which stands out most
prominently in this system of market
ing is the delay in moving the eggs.
There is delay in gathering the eggs,
delay in taking them to town, and de
lay on the part of the store keeper.
Whenever these delays are coincident
with high temperatures, serious loss
and deterioration result. This is evi
denced by the poor quality of summer
eggs.
tn 82 days She is a White Plymouth
Rock and two years old.
Tlie latest estimate of the shortage
on the poultry crop places It as fully
33 tier cent. This means money for
those who have stock.
French cooks claim that the La-
Bresse variety Is the greatest in the
world for eating. As these fowls are
very' hardy and good foragers, it is
likely that they will soon be bred ln<
this country.
Kill off the-old bens. Tiny aren't
worth I heir keep. Get them before they
begin to moult, if you can, fatten them
up ami eat them. They aren't half bad
if cooked right.
An English recipe for the disposal of
ancient birds follows: Allow the fowl
to simmer g< ntly in just sutiicient wa
ter Io cover it for twelve to fourteen
hours, until tender. Strain off the li
quid and remove bone and skin from
the m.-at, which should then be mimed
tine while hot. Add nutmeg or other
| flavoring, season to taste ami retu.n
to liquid. Bak* In el ust.
Owing to a inisimd. t standing. the
dates of th*' Louisiana Poultry l-'an
clels association show at New' Orleans
have been changed to December is to
22 that is. one week later than hip
previously sole* t«•>!.
The Kentucky State university of
Lexington, K\ has announced that
chicken breeding will be added to its
curriculum. A firm mat Lexington
has h< *ii purchased when th*- seiem-,.
of the lon win i, t . studied by th* stu
| depts Ilf th' .‘..ltoiji
W ISill! ID
MOOD STOCK
Breeders as Low in Price as
They Will Ever Get- Ad
vances Begin Soon.
By H. V. MARX.
t Now that the breeding season is over
f and the matings are being broken up,
! there are always some birds that the
high-class poultrymen wish to dispose
I of. They are mostly good enough to
, grace the high-class breeding pen
] Right now is the time for those who
. contemplate purchasing stock to take
, advantage of the opportunity to get
. new blood or better stock for future
, use at a price of one-third to one-half
what the same fowls will bring later In
the season.
The early buyer gets the best selec
tion. It is better, too, for the fowls to
be moved to their new quarters before
the hens begin laying. It Is a great
mistake to put off the purchase of
breeding stock until the next breeding
season. One who does this pays more
for his stock and in addition runs the
risk of losing the earlier and better
part of the season, for the laying and
hatching results are likely to be poor
while the fowls are becoming accus
tomed to their new conditions.
For the man who wishes to embark
In the poultry business, let him choose
and keep one variety -and let his pur
chase be of the best he can obtain, and
after his skill in breeding has In
creased. then it is time enough to think
of another variety.
i It takes considerable time, patience
and money to breed one variety to a
high state of excellence, therefore it
behooves us In buying stock to make
our purchases from thoso who devote
their entire time to one breed of fowls,
for in so doing, stock of the kind want
ed will be found more quickly and at
less cost by limiting the search to the
breeders of a single variety than by
extending It to the breeders of all va
rieties. and right here let me say that I
would rather have (if I could not afford
the best) the progeny of the cheapest
birds that come from a line .of pedi
greed stock, that have won premiums
years after year, for they have a breed
ing value all their own, than to pur
chase stock that has been bred in a hit
‘ and miss fashion even though they
' score high In a show loom
It is presumed the buyer knows what
'4 kind of stock he needs. That is the
kind of stock he should buy If he
wants to produce first-rate stock of
any kind he can not do It from second
rate or worse stock, and it is folly In
1 most eases to grade up Inferior stock:
it is to refuse to accept in full the re
sults of the work of the best breeders
Whatever objetd a poultrvman has In
view, he can not afford to buy stock
' other than the bust suited for that ob
ject. Those fowls jiurehas’«‘d are bar
gains for those prepared to give th •
i stuck proper uh ru.
1
i j It's like getting money f’.m home. for
it's nionuv easily made by reading, using
and answering the Want Xds in The
I Georgian, hew proplu realize the many
opportunities offered them among the 1
small ads It’s a good sign that if the peo-
' ph- did not get results from the Want Ads '
I of Th- Georgian that then- would not he
. so mans of them If. for nothing else, sit
( j down and check off the ads that appeal to
ou Y-- ■ will be astonished how many of
■ them mean mone\ to you. The Want Ad
i pageK nr** bargain counters in every line,
ri e ad> tiu ■<) ronvunlentlj arranged that
they art be picked out very easy.
If von sent a letter or telegram to tha
i wrong address, you would hardly expect
nt anwr, would sou 9 The same is true
i .hen >• < 'Pi'-et the wrong medium to
■ t • .■ all Sou! ah..'- f’.l’.ed Try the light
1 - '•» The G*.uig an Want Ad way.
Plymouth Rocks.
B.\F{<;.\lN in chickens. Buff Rocks, from
best strain. Must ko at cut price to
make room for young stock. Entire flock
under three years old. Address Box 108.
Route No. 3. Atlanta. Ga. Phone Main
tiMt I. 8-17-r:
FOR SALE Twont.v Barred Plymouth
Rock thickens; Ringlet strain; young
stock; good healthy birds; wire fence,
gates, new coops, tools, furniture, etc.;
cheap. 160 Oglethorpe ave. 50-8-1;
Orpingtons.
CRYSTAL White Orpington Lens: one to
three dollars; young stock; bargain
prices to make room. Write us. Valley
View Farm. North < ’hat tanooga. Tenn
41-8-14
BLACK ORPINGTONS—Cocks. lions
cockerels, pullets, summer prices. Hal
Riviere. Kirkwood. Ga. 33-8-9
Leghorns.
FOR s\i.e Thoroughbred s C \' I
Leghorn pullets Beauties. E. R. Har
vey. Box 81 Lithonia, Ga 67-8 17
Anconas.
BARGAINS \ few pairs of four-moi
old Anconas; $1.25 each; superior 'lock
Cole & George. Atlanta. Ga. 8-15-6
Bantams.
BANTAMS Gama Bantams, SebiighUk
Ruff Cochins Carlisle Cobb, Athens.
Ga 4 26-38
Wvandottes.
■‘ I DEN LACED and Columbian Wyan
dottes, S. C R 1. Reds: eggs. $1 and
$2 per 15. W. D Bennett, Molena, Ga
12-13-33
Ducks.
FOR SALE White and Fawn Indian
Runner ducks: three drakes and twelve
ducks; nicely marked, white and fawn;
pure white egg strain. S2O for -he lot
have also a few very tine White Indian
Runner ducks. Mrs. Frank <>. Millet.
Fort Valley._lia 8-15-24
INDIAN RI’NNER DECKS Either pen
ciled or fawn and white at $1 each; goo*l
ones; time yet to raise stock; order today.
Munnimaker Poultry Farm, Normandy.
Tenn. 5-25-3
Doves.
FOR SALE Nineteen young White and
Fawn I. R. ducks. Just grown. A bar
gain at $22. or $1 and .<2 each. Can he
seen opposite Federal prison G W.
Hughes. Box 1733, Atlanta 94-8 17
FOR SALE White doves, ting doves,
fancy pigeons, guinea pigs, white rats,
white mice, rabbits, canary birds. Ad
dress John M. Ornellas, 1719 East Mason
street. Springfield. 11l 25-8-17
Pigeons.
TWO T’AIRS English runts, three pairs
Maltese hehs, sls; worth $25. Guy Ta
bler, College Park. Ga 69-8-17
Miscellaneous Poultry. Miscellaneous Poultry.
H. G. HASTINGS & CO.~
J SEEDSMEN FOR THE SOITIL 16 WEST MITCHELL STREET.
FOIR CITY DELIVERIES DAILY. NORTH AND SOI'TH
SIDE !» A. M . INMAN PARK AND WEST END 2 P M
BELL PHONE M. 2568. ATLANTA 2568.
AV h CAN SI PPLY YOl with all kinds of turnip
seed. \\ rite for a copy of our 1912 Summer and
Fall Seed Catalogue.
LEE’S GERMOZONE. The poultry medicine. For
roup, cholera, swelled head. etc. Both liquid and
tablet form 50c. Tablets can he sent bv mail.
GEORGIA GROWN SEED RYE *l.sti ;1 bushel. Let
us make you special quotations on the grain that
you are going to need this season.
SPRATT'S NO. 5 CHICK'MEAL. s<t pounds $34)0,
100 pounds $5.50.
KEEP Bl.b()RI”, \()l R 11ENIs the “Red Comb ” Meat
Mash. It is a well balanced food, being composed
ol wheat bran, shorts, heel scraps, alfalfa meal, corn
meal and a little charcoal. If you feed it to vour hens
regularly yon will find that it will help them while
moulting and will start them to laying early. For
young and old ducks you can't get a better food. Price
10 pounds 25c, 50 pounds $1.20, 100 pounds $2.35.
ONLY A FEW SAGO PALM BULBS left. Price
10c a pound. 3 pounds 25c. By mail add 10c a
pound,
PAPER WHITE XAItciSSCS BULBS 25c a dozen
postpaid 40e a dozen.
WHITE ROMAN HYACINTH BULBS lo<- a dozen
postpaid 50c a dozen.
OGEMAW PIGEON FEED is free from corn. It is
composed of wheat, kaffir corn, buckwheat, millet
and Canadian peas —7 pounds 25c, 100 pounds $3.25.
IT IS EASY to seep flies away from your horse, cow
or stable with Coukey’s Fly Knocker. It does not
have to be diluted; can be sprayed directly on the an
imal. One quart 35c. 2 quarts 60c. 1 gallon SI.OO.
RI S| S IIAXv.N ROI P PILLS lor roup and pigeon
diseases. 25c and 50c a box.
GET CONKEY'S HEAD LICE OINTMENT
tie chicks that are troubled with head lice. It is
easy to apply, and is sure death—loe and 25c.
ALI'.MINI'M DOUBLE CLINCH LEG BANDS.7u
sizes; numbered from 1 to 100. 15c a dozen, 2'doz
en 25c, 75c a hundred.
WE AlcE HEADQUARTERS for galvanized iron
drinking founts, grit and shell boxes, feed pans and
food hoppers.
ONCE TRIED yon will never feed anything hut the
“Red Comb" feeds. Put up in all sizes from the
\ olingest to t lie oldest sow Is.
A REMEDY FOR ALL POULTRY Diseases’
Phone us your trouble.
Eggs.
\VH ITS WVANDOTTE~
EGGS.
H'lt'iM exlr» fine pen of the famous Fish
el strain hred-to-lay birds; unexcelled
for beauty and vitality: $3 per fifteen.
Mrs. Ella M. Harrison. College Park
-10-74
TJibROI’GHRREI) Buff Orpington eggs,
$1 per fifteen. $5 per hundred. 126 Wind
°O.~ s ’-eel. Main 3*38. 4-27-25
Miscellaneous Poultry.
E< >P. SA i. E - Forty R. C. R. I. Red Hens
and seven Cocks to go cheap. One
Orpington Cock to go same way, or will
swap any number <»f these for same value
of White Wvandottes or White T. R.
Hucks Wire Grass Poultry Farm. Brox
-1-17*39
EGGS for HATCIHNG after Sept. L
Baby chicks after Oct. 1. From our
high-grade. vigorous, prize-winning
strains of White Leghorns, Buff Orping
tons and White Plymouth Rocks. Fall
prices ver> low Send for them. Bacon
Xr Havwood, 166 Springfield ave.. Guyton.
-17-4
H»i: SALE Have purchased Northern
breeders entire flock Tack Orpingtons.
My prices will move them rapidly. 300
old and young W E. Lumlev. ' Tulia
homa. Tenn. 3-30-2
BILTMORE strain Barred Rncks and S’
C White Leghorns; eggs for hatching;
fifteen for $1 50. BILTMORE Jersey
calves for sale. Address BILTMORE
Farms. BILTMORE. N C. 1-27-7®
< Ill.<Mi<> NAPTHOLEUM DIP
AND
LIVE STOCK DISINFECTANT.
GET RID of chicken lice and keep vour
po’iitrv health' f’hloro-Napthoieum
does the work, prevents roup, gape and
Other diseases, one quart. 50c; one-haif
gallon. 'IO< one gallon. $1,50. West Dis
infecting Company, 26 South Forsyth
street. Atlanta. 7-23-2?
Rabbits.
FOR SAI.E Belgian hares of rare qual-
ity. tine breeders, from healthy stock
at reasonable prices. Address R V H ’
Box ins. Route Xo. 3. Atlanta. Ga'
Phone Main 41.94 L. 8-17-12
Hogs.
ONE Berkshire Gilt and four pigs reg
istered > for $35.00 if taken at once.
One very fine boar one year old at $30.00.
No better bred hogs in Georgia. F F
Preston. Broxton. Ga. 8-17-40
It's like getting money from home, for
it's money easily made by reading, using
and answering the Want Ads in The
Georgian. Few people realise the many
opportunities offered them among the
small ads. It's a good sign that if the peo
ple did not get results from the Want Ads
of The Georgian tliat there would not be
so many of them. If. for nothing else, sit
down and cheek off the ads that appeal to
you. You will be astonished how many of
them mean money to you. The Want Ad
pages are bargain counters in every line.
The ads are so conveniently arranged that
they can be picked out very easy.
