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12 The Georgian’s Poultry ancd Live Stock Page A TRIO OF SUPERB PRIZE WINNERS cJ'M 0 - /Lj-*OKt u s eO# t $ Es _L \ t JfoW w fiw*'jw i Sß VjßWrGPSfir l* * v$ESr I \a®3» l MW§r A losr y Wfe; W" < > S J® 'A- : . Ug*< ■niihf &~»w««E Lakenvelder cock. one of most beautiful German fowls by Ewell Gay, proprietor o near Atlanta. DO ALL fflM ON SCHEDULE Poultryman’s Labors Lightened if All Tasks Are Completed by Time Card. By C. N. PERKINS. One thing that is to be found on ev ery large poultry plant, regardless of how much Individual plants may other wise vary, is a systematic method of doing the routine work That slipshod methods are impossible Is a recognized fact, and the work of caring for a large number of fowls must be done in a regular manner if satisfactory results are to be obtained. It is quite out of the question for the various men assist Ing in the care of a large plant to do the things that thex prefer to do, or simply to do whatever happens to he in apparent need of immediate atten tion. regardless of whatever else should be attended to or Irrespective of what the others are doing Such a method (Or lack of it I would spell failure in a very short time. Where there are more fowls on a plant than one man can properly care foi, necessitating the hiring of help, a schedule Is an absolute necessity. The work each man must do is mapped out, and he Is expected to look after that part of the tunning of the plant, and to see that his department is always in shipshape order. If each man does his share of the wo k properly the ag gregate make- i successful whole. If. however, one or moi, shirk their du ties, trouble will soon <1 q> out, and If not corrected at once, serious results will ensue In th,- latter case it Is the watchful superintendent that can at once detect such trouble, and ascer tain and removi its cause. Usually the f ■ 'ding and watering of a large number of fowls is a work of such big proportions, in fiocks of over a thousand fowls, that it Is divided between all the available help A cer tain number of pens or small coops are delegated to each man, and in this wax the heavy work does not come entirely on the shoulders of om man On cer tain large plants Italians are'employed, when this labor can be gotten at small cost. These men do the watering, cleaning of the coops. and such work that requires more brawn than brains The feeding is seldom given out of ex perient ■ ys prox en decidedly expensive to do so. But to get the bl st results, and to keep the operating expenses at the lowest pos sible figure, it has been found most satisfactory to use cheap labor where the brawn is needed, and to keep the more expensive labor for the duties that require greater knowledge and ex perience. As each new man is hired he Is taken around, and shown exactly the work he is to perform, and told Just what results are expected from him Then it behooves the man in charge of .the practical end of the plant to keep a weather eye open to see that the necessary work that is t xpected of the various men Is carefully and prop erly performed That numerous small leaks will soon drain the biggest r, #,■•- voir is an acknowledged fact, ami ,n no place is this more apparent than on a large poultry farm While a working schedul. Is an ,ib splute necessity on large poultry p in", it is also necessary on smaller j lams as well. There is just so much rout in work on every plant, xxhether the nun ber of fowls kept is fifty or five thou sand. The matter of feeding and wa tertng varies only In quantity, not in the time of day or regularity that the , duties must be performed Tile coop must be (leaned every so often, )'■ eggs gathered every day, on small am! large plants alike That a working schedule will materially assist one in performing the necessary work on anv sized poultry plant Is beyond question if one gets Into the habit of doing > • - fcdn work st regular times of the day. the few of these in Georgia, owned Gaymont farms. “QUALITY EGGS” ARE NEEDED IN THE SOUTH By ARTHUR F. ROLF, Poultry Husbandman, Georgia Experi ment Station. During these strenuous times we hear every class of people talking of the high cost of living. This has resulted In producers of every kind of necessi ties striving to Increase their output, and under this spur most of them have succeeded in securing this additional quantity. In some cases this increaso has been at the expense of quality; in some It has been accompanied by im proved quality; in the majority of cases, however, the quality of the pro duction has not been altered percepti bly for the better. It is not the pur pose of this article to discuss this ques tion at length, but only so far as it af fects the production of poultry prod ucts To demonstrate that the trend of poultry w ork has been chiefly along the road to QUANTITY, we would point out that the incubator manufacturers, until very recently at least, strove to perfect a machine that would, first, hatch more chicks; the brooder manu facturers. to perfect a machine to raise more chicks, and so on down the line, until we come to those who have striv en to work out methods of feeding and housing which would produce more eggs During all this time the chief trend has for the most part been to ward quantity rather than quality. We are glad that these efforts have been largely successful, and the results of this work have been beneficial. In spite of those rapid advances In the production of larger quantities, the relation to the high cost of living has not been materially lowered. The writer believes that this can be over come to advantage of both producer and consumer by giving at least an equal amount of attention to the qual ity of our poultry products As a con cise subject for discussion, let us take that all-important product eggs. There are. of course, many poultry farms depending chiefly upon the pro duction of eggs for their revenue, but it is a well known fact that the greater proportion of our eggs are at present produced upon the general farm. From the farm they are traded out at the country store, then shipped to the local commission house, ami from then' shipped in car lots to the principal markets. It was my pleasure recently to visit one of these large Southern commis sion houses, a ear lot shipper of coun try eggs After observation and con sultation with authorities who have made an especial study of tips ques tion. I noted several points of interest. I would like to bring one or two of these points to the attention of every the work xvlll soon become easier, and will be accomplished In less time, ami far more easily than if one runs from om- job to anothe with little method or system in his work In making up a schedule of routine work, the most necessary work should, of course, be given the preference. The amount of time one has to devote to tin > are of the fowls will to a large extent dett imine the tltm In which certain things mu-l be done While It is preferable to clean the (oops evey day, particularly during the hot sum mer, if one has but half an hour or so o give to the chi, kens in the morning, for Instaiv < . it would be very foolish to -lend this time cleaning the coops instead of giving the birds fresh xvati r or p 'per feed But herein Iles ope of thi advantages of hating a working schedule One knows Just what Is to be dope n; .attain times, just how IltUCh time an be*given to aux one partlculii! job. am just what ian or inns: be left till ** i.«»« • time Poultry Huccel*. IHE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AM) NEWS. SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1912. _>2aL ■ ' A ■'liOr Y >. ; : ••• ■ , #7Z>. ' X M ® w t X WfciA wHr It i \ WOOL? • *$ k X■ • * s *' * - * ’ - Eawn Indian Runner duck owned by Model Poultry farms, Colbert. Note the splendid erect ness of its carriage and its excellent head points. Georgia citizen who Is raising any poul try or handling any eggs. Almost Invariably these large ship pers. If asked the most regrettable fea ture connected with this business, the answer xvlll be: The loss of eggs due to poor quality. By means of a process called "candling," these egg handlers determine the quality of the egg, and accordingly grade them as "strictly fresh,” "fresh," etc., until they reach the poorest grades, known to the trade as "rots and spots." The first or high er grades of eggs are those w hich bring in the best prices, and the prices di minish greatly as the grades become Ipwer. until, when we reach the "rots and spots." we find a class of eggs which are unfit for human consump tion. 1 was very much surprised when told that during this season of the year these "rots and spots" often constituted anywhere from 38 1-3 to SO per cent of some shipments. Yes; that is exactly what I meant to say. Read it again and think about it. Erom one-third to one half of the eggs received from the farms are absolutely unfit for use as human food. Also I xvas assured that the year ly average of such eggs ran close to 25 per cent "rots and spots.” Why? Simply because the farmer has not had this brought forcibly to his atten tion. Simply because he does not un derstand in many cases the deleterious effects of allow ing eggs to remain in the nests for varying periods of time, or storing eggs in unsuitable places, of producing fertilized eggs xvhen not needed and of not making frequent shipments. Not that there is any hard or any scientific work needed to im prove the quality, but simply the ob servation of a few simple but effective rules. Nor is the producer wholly to blame, but also middle men are very much at fault. It Costs the Farmer Money. Figure with me a minute on the con ditions as shown in .the preceding par agraphs We have seen where on an average of one-fourth of the country produced eggs are absolutely unfit for human food, simply because of lack of attention to small details. Noxv. if by means of educating the people to this loss we should be able to overcome ft. the money put Into your pockets there by xvould astonish you. With this loss eliminated, It will be readily seen that throe hens xvould produce the same number of marketable eggs as is at • present produced by four hens Now. we find that the men who have kept records tell us that it costs on an aver age of about $1.50 to feed and house one hen. one year. That would mean, . then, that In addition to the time spent I In caring for the additional hen. you I would save $1.50 on every three hens. , or. In other words, you would add 50 I cents to the Income of each hen. These same commercial poultry plants xvhich have kept records inform us that if they can make from $1 to $1.50 profit > per year from each hen they are well “ satisfied. To the farmer, then, who is ’ keeping 100 hens we will say under the present conditions there is coming $l5O profit as a result of his year's > work If. by means of a little inex . pensive education and a result of at -1 tending to details which takes little or no time we could add 50 cents p< r year < per hen. thus making bis Income from t the same flm k amount to $?oo per ' year tell me, is tt not worth consider- Uig” r In addition to these ample rea , son* wny this change should be sought, it should be noted that under the pres. I “W ■ ■ " :■•<;: >:■• 'S X : fes«<T'' '' *<' 4 '< ' . V V JTt fßflsk Ww Mr i &xst JU&r >' "~ i -~ When all's said, there is no fowl superior in utility or beauty to the Black Langshan. Th<? fine cockerel show above is owned by J. W. Gholstin, of Comer. ent conditions the man who is produc ing high quality eggs and competing with the less ambitious men is getting no more for his eggs than the other man gets for low quality eggs. The commission man at present expects this certain percentage of bad eggs, and ac cordingly makes his price such that he will not lose. Any shipments which he may receive and which are of better quality than the average mean simply so much more profit to him, but no more for the producer! In other words, the commission man is in the business as a financial invest ment and, as is expected, he pays such price as will wholly protect his in terests. The average producer takes what is offered, and this is by no means a fair basis Another reason why the Southern poultry raiser receives such low prices for his eggs is due to the fact that the farms are sending eggs to market which are often undersized, of varying colors and shapes, and often dirty. The dirty eggs are simply the result of negligence in providing suitable nests. The other features, however, are the result of keeping cross-bred or mon grel fowls The remedy for this trou ble lies in showing the producer that a flock of standard bred fowls of one breed will produce eggs xvhich are uni form in color and shape. Here Are the Remedies. I am advocating, therefore, the fol lowing measures: 1. The buying and selling of all eggs on a QUALITY’ basis. This would mean "loss off. ' or, in other words, no money for bad eggs, but higher prices for good eggs. Also standard sized eggs <24 ounces to the dozen) would re ceive a premium above smaller eggs. 2. That buyers refuse to do business with the producers on any other basis. 3. That producers refuse to sell their product for less than it is really worth, and this can only be determined by a QUALITY method. Refuse to sell on any other basis. 4. The organization of the producers into county or district organizations for the investigation of this question, and to better the conditions. 5. The organization of buying inter ests for a similar investigation of this question. 1 know that if this question is given unprejudiced consideration its value will be apparent. 1 also know that in no case where the QUALITY’ basis has been adopted has cither party to the transaction ever been willing to go back to ti e old QUANTITY, or guess work basis. It is one of the few cases on record where a proposition has proven of equal value to producer, con sumer. and middle men. I am especially desirous of corre sponding with every person in this state who either buys or sells any poul try products, no matter how small the quantity. Tell how much of the prod ucts you are handling, how x ou are sat isfied with the prices, whether you have ever had any experience with the QUALITY basis, what you think of the idea, and whethet you would care to form an organization for the further ance of this work 1 stand ready and xx filing to aid this work in any way possible 1 sincerely believe that it offers the most oppor tune method of advancing the inter ests of the Georgia poultry raiser of anything which max In undertaken at the present time If I am mistaken, and there Is a better method I am not only willing, hut am anxious, to be shown. <‘orres pond< tic, is invited, in iorder that future plan* may be intelli gently laid. WATCH MOULTING OF SHOW FOWLS Birds Intended for Exhibition Should Be Given Extra Care When Feathers Go. i By OTTO E. HACHMAN. The handling of show birds during the molting period is an important problem. Y’ou can make or mar a pro spective winner at this time. Care less handling will often damage the plumage to such an extent as to put the bird out of the running. The first step is to separate the males from the females. This should be done just as soon as the breeding season is over, and the breeding season should not be prolonged. The male birds should be put in sep arate inclosures, with ample room for exercise. Do not pen them up in small box coops and expect them to retain their-health and vigor, and to molt out properly. Have a comfortable place for them to roost at night—a place that is clean, cool and xvell ventilated. Have a good sized run for each coop, so the birds can get out on the ground and derive the necessary exercise. Do not overlook the matter of sup plying them with green food. Unless the runs are located on sod ground green food must be provided. Lettuce and other green garden stuff can be had at this time, and will do them good. Rape is also an excellent green food. The females will not need to be sep arated. but can be yarded together. They must have ample room in their roosting quarters. Overcrowding them while on the roost at night will cause them to become overheated and un comfortable. And colds are liable to result when the overheated hens rush out into the cool morning air. While I stated above that the fe males can all be yarded together, at certain times we find it best to keep some of the hens separate. Having been apart all season they naturally are quarrelsome when thrown together. The time that is desired for the birds to begin or complete their molt should be governed by the date of the show in which the birds are to be entered. The fall fairs are the first shows on the list, and as these usually begin in August and September, it will be far too early to expect the birds to be through molt ing by that time. Therefore, they will have to be entered before molt has af fected them to a great extent. And when this is the case, it is desirable to prevent the fowls from molting too sdon. This can be done by keeping up heavy feeding and earing for them as usual. While on the other hand, if the birds are to be entered in the early w inter shows, their molt will necessar ily have to be hurried along, so as to get the birds in new feather and in the best of,6how condition. If they seem inclined to be backward in dropping the old coat of feathers, cut down the rations considerably. Feed very little grain for about two weeks but give them all the green food they want. Of’course, they will get a trifle thin and eggs will be few, but this is just what we desire. Egg laying and molting both are a strain on the fowl's system, and we can not have the hens carry on both at the same time without harmful results. We should discourage egg production at this time. After giving them short rations for two weeks, they should be started on full feeds again This should be done gradually. Do not start them abruptly on full feeds. Provide them with nourishing and easily assimilated food A good, soft mash should lie fed once a day. Avoid food of a stimulating nature, as eggs are not desired at this time. Also a food of a heating fattening nature, such as whole or ground corn. We do not want fat it the expense of good plunutgi Lln-eed meal is always add ed to tile mash This is a good f.-ath i i former and tnaki s better plumage \bmit once a xx<-,-k, 1 favor giving the flo< k a mild dose of Epsom salts Tin Standard, • Orpingtons. CRYSTAL White Orpington hens; one to three dollars; young stock; bargain prices to make room. Write us. Valley View Farm. North Chattanooga, Tenn. 41-8-14 FOR SALE—BufT Orpington cock, three liens, four half-grown chickens. Cook’s strain. Box 197, Austell, Ga. 8-23-6 Leghorns. FOR SALE—Thoroughbred S. C. White Leghorn pullets; beauties. E. B Har vey. Box 81, Lithonia, Ga 32-8-22 U. I. Reds. GOOD Rhode Island Red hens and pul sl each. (Jail Ivy 1463 64-8-22 Wyandot, tes. SEVEN hens and one rooster. White Wyandotte*: regular winter layers; from a laying strain. I am moving and the first cheek for $lO gets them. .1. M. Coiner. Union City, Ga. B-24-14 GOLDEN LACED and Columbian Wyan dottes, S. C. R. I. Reds; eggs, $4 and $2 per 15. W. D. Bennett, Molena, Ga. 12-13-33 Bantams. BANTAMS —Game Bantams, Bebrlgnts. Buff Cochins Carlisle Cobb, Athens. G». 4-26-35 Pigeons. SHOW HOMERS. $5 per pair These birds won all show Homer prizes at the last International Poultry show at Atlanta Ga. Working Homers, $1 to $1.50 per pair. Carneaux, $1.50 per pair. J. W. Woodruff, Columbus, Ga. 8-19-7 Eggs. WHITE WYANDOTTE EGGS. FROM extra fine pen of the famous Fish el strain bred-to-lay birds; unexcelled for beauty and vitality; $3 per fifteen. »Mrs. Eila M. Harrison, College Park. 8-10-74 THOROUGHBRED BufT Orpington eggs, $1 per fifteen. 126 Windsor street. Main 3588. 4-27-25 Miscellaneous Poultry. H. G. HASTINGS & CO. SEEDSMEN FOR THE SOUTH. 16 WEST MITCHELL STREET. FOUR CITY DELIVERIES DAILY. NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE 9 A. M„ INMAN PARK AND WEST END 2 P. M. BELL PHONE M. 2568. ATLANTA 2568. PAPER WHITE NARCISSUS BULBS—AH large, strong bulbs. 25c a dozen: postpaid 40c. WHITE ROMAN HYACINTH BULBS should be started indoors now for early blossoms. 40c a dozen; postpaid 50c. FREESIA BULBS —We have just received a ship ment of large bulbs. 20c a dozen; postpaid 25c. SAGO PALM BULBS—OnIy a few left that we are selling at 10c a pound; postpaid 15c. ALL SIZE FLOWER POTS, fern pans and pot saucers. M’A I a LIST E R ’S~M ()C K I N.G BI 'rD~F( soD~iTthe best food for mocking birds and all soft-billed birds. Price per 1 pound bottle, screw top 25c; ex press charges extra. BIRD SALVE—For sore feet and warts, such as trouble cage birds. Price 25c a box, FISH FOOD —Genuine, specially prepared for feed ing all kinds of fish kept in aquariums. Price 10c a package; postpaid 12c. SI I EPAIUTS~SONG RESTORER -An invigorating tonic and restorative for all song birds. Where this is fed constantly and according to directions, it 'will certainly bring back a lost voice, so often caused by asthma. Price 25c a bottle; postpaid 35c. Ton KEY’S CH ICKEN “pox REMEDY 7 a sure cure for sorehead fowls. Once tried yon will al ways keep it on hand at this season of the vear. Price 50c; postpaid 55c. LEE S EGG MAKER should be fed regularly to your hens at this season, as it will help them yhile moulting and start them to laying early. Price 25c and 50c a package. LEE S GERMOZONE isnot only a cure, but a pre ventive of roup, cholera, canker. swelled head, etc. Both liquid and tablet form 50c. Tablets can be sent by mail. LEE S BEST SIO( K t ONDITIONER is what is needed for the horse and cow that is run down and is out of condition. Fed regularly to your cow it will increase the How of milk. Price 25c and 50c a pack age. DON I WAI I !()() LA IE, get a box of t'onkev’s Limber Neck Remedy and cure those limber neck fowls. Price 50c. FLIES < AN I s|.\\ AROI ND where Conkey’s Fly Knocker is sprayed regularly. You do not have to dilute it. just spray directly on the bodv of the horse and cow and around the stable. One quart 35c. 2 quarts 60r. 1 gallon SI.OO. READ FOR PROFIT-- USE FOR RESULTS-- GEORGIAN WANT ADS Ducks. INDLCN RUNNE R I'Ui 'l<TTTher~pcrT ciled or fawn and white at $1 each; good ones: time yet to raise stock; order today. Munnimaker Poultry Earm. Normandy, Tenn. 5-25-3 INDIAN RUNNER ducks, four and five months old; lay white eggs; laying; pairs $3.50, trios $5; pens of six ducks and drake $10: eggs, twelve for sl. Oak Dean Poultry Farm, Stone Mountain, Ga 8-20-14 Miscellaneous Poultry. 5.000 EARLY HATCHED White ~and Brown Leghorn pullets, bred for eggs in numbers to suit. Also Airedale ter riers. American Poultry Plant, Collins, Ohio. 87-8-24 EGGS FOR HATCHING after Sept. 1. 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 very low. Send for them. Bacon & Havwood, 166 Springfield ave., Guyton. Ga. 8-17-4 FoR SALE—Have purchased Northern breeder s entire flock L ack Orpingtons. My prices will move them rapidly. 300 old and young. W. E. Lumley. Tulla homa. Tenn. 3-30-2 Horses and Carriage!. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE—Horse and buggy and harness, driven by a lady five .tears. Apply 626 Piedmont avenue. 8-21-16 Dogs. Th'-RAP ~ THOROUGHBRED Rip-Rap pointer pups for sale. Are now ready to ship. The finest known. Satisfaction guaran teed. Z. P. Almon, Roopville, Ga. FOR SALE—Four well trained fox and out hounds; also two No. 1 opossum ana coon dogs. N. F. Crawford. Tiger. G ty 8-24-4 2 HAVE four white English bench bull pups left for sale; $7.50 and $12.50; two months old; full-blooded. 412 Fraser st 58-8-24 FOR SALE—One black male shepherd puppy three months old; four white feet. Address A., Route 3, Monroe, Ga. 8-24-12 FOR SALE —Registered Scotch collie pup pies, three months old. For informa tion apply 907 Grant Bldg. 8-22-51 SCOTCH COLLIE PI’PPIES for sale. 104 North Warren street. Kirkwood. North Decatur car line. Mrs. L. Jans sens. 26-8-21 Miscellaneous Poultry.