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TheGeorgian’s Poultry and Live Stock Page
MAKE PUNS NOW
FOR THE WINTER
Clean Up Your Plant and Get
Everything Tight Before Cool
Weather Arrives.
By LYNN C. TOWNSEND.
September is a busy month in the
poultryman's calendar. At this time of
the year his duties are manifold, for be
sides the regular routine of work, he
must begin to prepare for winter The
moult must be carried through success
fully and the birds gotten in shape for
the protection of winter eggs. If in
business for the fancy end at all, the
future show birds must be put in shape,
for this month usually marks th# open
ing of the fall poultry -hows
Moulting although a natural pro
cess. is very’ weakening on the fowl’s
vitality, and great care should he given
the birds at this time While we do
not advocate 'starving” the birds to
force an early moult, yet the following
method may be found of value. If the
birds are fed on half rations for a
short time at the beginning of the
moult, and then feed heavily, the re
sult will be that they are hastened
through the process and are laying and
In good health, while the ordinary fowl
Is just undergoing the process. l-’.-d
the bird lightly for about two weeks..
This stops the egg production tin i low - |
era the weight, and then heavy lending I
will cause a quick moult and a general
upbuilding of the system
At this time feed only that which
la good for the formation of feathers.
As practically the same feed will pro
duce#eggs, your* pocket! should not
suffer in consequence. Wheat, tone
meal and oats make excellent food tor
the moulting fowls Sour milk and a
generous supply of green food should
also be given. It Is a good Idea to re
move the male bird from the pen dur
ing the moulting season.
Now Is Time To Clean Up.
Now is a good time to clean up and
get everything in readme- for winter.
Lay In a plentiful supply of good dry
sand for the dust baths. Give the
houses a thorough cleaning and fumi
gate them well Get busy with the rake
and clean out the summer’s output of
rubbish around the yards. Store away
all the brooders and < oops that you
are not using, after giving them a good
coating of some strong disinfectant.
September is a good month in w hieh
to whitewash the houses. In addition
to bring an enemy of lice and mites,
whitewashed walls will make the house
much more light and cheery during the
dark winter days. Apply the white
wash with a sprayer, for then you will
be sure In teaching the crevices. Or
dinary whitewash is made more effec
tive by using carbolic acid in connec
tion with it Slake the litne in an old
tub with a sufficient quantity of wa
ter to make a wash of the desired
consistency, adding a little water at a
time. Then arid a fluid ounce of crude
carbolic acid to every bucket of water.
Put it on hot and get it into the cracks
by means of a spray er.
If you expect to exhibit at the fall
shows, the specimens should be placed
In the training coops now. Handle the
birds as much as possible, so that they
will be perfectly tame when in the
show room. If you expect to exhibit
fowls th*at will need washing, you had
better begin to practice up now. Take
some dirty bird that isn’t as valuable
as the show bird and try your hand at
washing him. While seemingly very
simple, the Job isn’t as easy as it
looks.
The winter quarters for the young
pullets should be thoroughly overhaul
ed and whitewashed. The pullets should
be moved from the colony coops to the
laying pens the last of this month. This
■will enable them to get settled nicely
and tn working order before winter be
gins.
Take Care of the Pullets.
If the pullets are hatched in March
or April, they should be laying in Oc
tober. and then good care and food will
keep them laying steadily right through
winter. The food and especially' the
care are the most important factors.
The first essential is In having the pens
cleaned up. whitewashed and every
thing in good working order. Remem
ber that the pullets have been on free
range, and housing them up entirely re
verses the conditions. Keep the
scratching litter always on the floor
and change it whenever ft becomes
musty or damp. Beware of drouths and
the cold rain storms, for now the birds
v ill catch cold easily.
Feeding Is an ever-interesting sub
ject and deserves more than passing
interest. Next to a variety of sound,
wholesome grains ranks plenty of green
food. The feed bills can be greatly
lowered by the free use of green foods
hence the breeder who fails to supply
this want Is certainly short-sighted.
Never feed musty or dirty feed. Get
the best;, wheat, corn or oats are the
staple foods, with meat and green food
as accessories. The diet is
injurious; bulky material is needed to
give variety. Milk in any form Is ac
ceptable and is greatly relished by the
flock.—lndustrious Hen.
LA SHOW SET FOR OCTOBER 30.
The Louisiana State fair will be held
at Shreveport. La., October 30 to No
vember 6. 1912. The poultry depart
ment will receive special attention The
judge will be W. Theo. Wittman. Al
lentown. Pa Secretary, L. N. Brug
gernoff. Shreveport, La. S. M. Wat
son, superintendent.
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TURKEYS NEED RANGE;
LET THEM HAVE PLENTY
It is a mistake to confine turkeys in
small inclosures. By nature they are
roving birds and gel their feed on a
wide range. Turkeys should In raised
with turkey hens, b< ■ attse the j oingi
poults with chicken mothers will not i
range as fur as they natui illy should ;
do.
The turkeys can usually be made to ,
lay where you want them to by mak
ing nests in boxes or barrels; of clean,
dty hay. in sheltered, quiet places about
the farm. Do not use anything new. ,
as it will make them suspicious. It is :
no use to attempt to raise turkeys tin- ;
less they are kept free from lice. Re ,
sure to ex inline them every ten days
The young t urkeys should be turn'd out I
into the fields just soon a» he dew is
off the grass and allowed to roam tlil 1
about dark. i
Give the turkey hen a feed of grain I
nt night. If fed heavily in the morn
ing, she will not range as far with the
youngsters: ns if she starts out to find !
her ow n breakfast.
DO NOT ECONOMIZE ON
STRAW IN THE NESTS
i
Straw is cheap compared to the loss i
of broken eggs In the nest. Keep plen- I
ty of straw in the nests. If you hav<
ever seen a chicken lag an egg you can |
appreciate the feeling of the egg whet. |
it alights. It is worse still when they
are from the breeding pen.
Don’t be tight on handing out the
feed, especially to the growing young
sters. You will come out on the worst
end if you do. Deny yourself a few
pleasures. and not the chicks a few
comforts About 99 per cent of the
minus quantity In eggs is lack of feed
and poor feeding, and then people won
der why pullets don’t lay until spring.
Don't soak corn In water to make it
swell up to save a little bit or. forget to
order feed and make grass do, for
every thing
TRAP NESTS HELP TO
MAKE HENS PROFITABLE
The poultryman of toflay ought to
make the most of the trap nest. If you
have never tried it. you will be likely to
find it clumsy business at first. Rut if
you get the right kind of nests and
handle them with care and faithful
ness. the results will be a revelation
to you. The trap nest is to the poul
tryman wlu\t the most scientific milk
test Is to the dairyman. When you
discover that you have a fowl that is
capable of making a great egg rec
ord. mark her carefully and follow her
trf the finish of her career. She Is "not
for sale.’’ it ought not to take long to
test a bird. A bird that will lay six
eggs In seven days and do ft for a
month has proven her superior value.
A thousand hens like that next Janu
ary would soon pay for a farm. Find
them out!
TURKEYS ARE HARD TO
RAISE. BUT PROFITABLE
Raising turkeys requires skill and
patience, but any woman who has a
fondness for them can successfully care
for a flock of turkeys with profit
The farm woman, who can command
a w ide range for her turkeys and is de
termined to make money in the busi
ness. will find turkey raising a most '
profitable part of poultry raising. The
bronze variety is very desirable for
market, on account of its size and the
sweet flavor of its meat. But they are
hard to raise, on account of their rov
ing disposition
RICHMOND PLANS SHOW.
One of the banner shows of the
South will be the one held by the
Virginia Poultry association, January
14-18, at Richmond, Va. Charles T.
Cornman and J H. Wolsieffer will be
the judgt s. and G. F. Guvenator is
secretary. Their premium list is full
of attractive specials anti will be
promptly sent by the secretary to all
applicant*
QUE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AM) NEWS. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7. 1912.
THREE BIRDS OF QUALITY
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At the left is one of the superb White Orpington hens at
the Kiinballville farm; at the right. Charley Dobbs’ great Rhode
Island Red eoek. vvhit’h has won half a dozen blues; below, one
of J. M. Karwiseh’s many excellent White Plymouth Rocks.
DUCK RAISING PROVES
EASY AND PROFITABLE
3y H. H. FEH RENSCHILD.
The raising of ducks for market is, in
my opinion, the most profitable branch
of poultry keeping. A sandy soil and
somewhat sloping location is the best;
an unfailing supply of water is also es
sential. It is always advisable to buy
breeding stock or eggs for hatching
from a reliable market duck raiser in
preference to one of the so-called fan
ciers. Keep your breeders in tiptop
condition and you will have no trouble
In hatching their eggs and raising the
ducklings. Give them clean and airy
sleeping quarters, clean water to drink
and plenty of green food to eat. A
good laying ration for ducks consists
of 300 pounds of bran, 300 of cornmeal,
100 of No. 2 flour. 100 of beefscrap and
150 of alfalfa meal.
I keep one drake to every five ducks.
The majority of duck breeders keep
their breeders in flocks of 30. Nine
years ago I started to keep all my
breeders in one flobk and on free range.
With the exception of separating at
times a tew birds for experiment, I
have never changed this practice. I
now keep over 500 breeders in one flock
and on free range.
Keep Hens With Breeders.
For bedding 1 use sawdust, but dur
ing very cold weather and when there
is snow 1 prefer dry leaves, straw or
hay By keeping some hens with your
breeders and throwing some small
grain into leaves or straw, you will
gain two points—it will give your
breeders needed exercise, and the hens
will shake ui the bedding and mix dirt
with the droppings, which will make
them less offensive. When sawdust Is
used the droppings should be raked up
daily. No matter how clean you keep
the quarters, some of the eggs will be
Boiled. They should be washed as soon
as they are gathered.
Eggs should be incubated as soon as
possible. The fresher the eggs the bet
ter they will hatch, especially in warm
weather. The temperature in the incu
bators is kept at 102 for the first four
or live days, is gradually increased to
103, and during the last three days of
the hatch is kept at from 104 to 105
degrees. After the eggs have been in
cubated a week I cool them once a day
by leaving them out of the incubator
long enough to become pretty cool,
which may take from ten minutes to
over an hour, ’ according to the length
of time the eggs have been incubated
and the temperature of the incubator
cellar. I also moisten the eggs from
one to three times a week.
As soon as the ducklings are hatched
and dried off they are removed to
brooders, which are heated to from 95
to 100 degrees. For the first two weeks
feed and water ane constantly kept be
fore them. If ducklings come from
healthy stock, there should be no trou
ble in raising 98 per cent. They should
be fed a crumbly mash containing
plenty of bone-forming material. A
good ration consists of 300 pounds of
bran. 500 of cornmeal, 250 o,f No. 2
flour, 300 of beefscrap and 150 of al
falfa meal. Three times a day I feed
to the ducklings all of this ration they
will eat up clean.
Keep Brooders Clean.
The brooders should be kept clean.
Be sure you keep them warm enough so
that the ducklings can spread all over
the floor and will not have to huddle up
in a bunch to keep warm. Ducklings
should be removed from the brooders
at from one to two weeks of age. ac
cording to the time of year. I have
taken ducklings from brooders when
they were only twelve days old and put
them In a house without hovers where
the water was frozen every morning,
and those same ducklings two weeks
later were put into coops with the front
and back partly open. We had about
three inches of snow tit the time and
freezing temperature every night.
Those ducklings were marketed at the
age of nine weeks and six days, and
the returns for them showed that they
had averaged 6 pounds and 14 ounces
each. In order to do well, ducklings
must have plenty of fresh air. which
they can not get as long as they are
kept in stuffy brooders and under hov
ers. Don’t crowd your ducklings. The
lewir you keep in a pen the faster thet
will grow .—Country Gentleman.
GET POULTRY HOUSED BY
OCT. 1 AT THE LATES
By the first of October most poultry
men will want their fowls we’l accus
tomed to the hou-es in which they are
to live and lay all through the winter.
If you wish to keep your hens from
laying, change them about frequently
from one roosting and laying house to
another. That is the way we do when
we wish to save their strength for
later rffort. But if you really desire to
get eggs and get them regularly, get
your hens Just where you will want to
keep them permanently. Now is the
time to place the fully developed pul
lets and the well-moulted hens in their
permanent, roosting and laying quar
ters. Pullets yet undeveloped may be
permitted yet to run as usual. But the
permanent housing should come sev
eral weeks before the laying is ex
pected to begin, if not. it will put them
off that much longer.
KEEP FOWLS IN ORCHARD
IF ONE IS AVAILABLE
The hot days of August and Septem
ber are very trying to poultry, young
and old. and great pains should be
taken to make them as comfortable as
possible.
The ideal place for poultry in the
summer Is in an orchard, or grove,
where the trees furnish shade; but in
most instances such a place can not
be had, ami we must provide artificial
shelter, of boards or muslin.
Sunflowers with pole beans growing
around them, or morning glory, or other
quick growing vines, will be a great
help.
USE WHIEWASH; IT IS
CHEAP AND EFFECTIVE
It's to the henhouses now! Are they
clean? Make them so clean and so
wholesome and so llceless that you
yourself would be willing to go right
into them and sleep night after night.
Whitewash is "cheap as dirt." Spend a
day with the brush, and you will be
tickled as a child when you see the
result. What if you do get white
washed yourself? It will rinse ofi. It
isn't dangerous.
SUFFRAGETTE flags
PLACED BY STORM ON
GOLF LINKS OF KING
EDINBURGH, Sept. 7.—Militant suf
fragettes today struck their boldest
blow by invading the estate at Bal
moral castle. King George's Scottish
residence, where his majesty is at pres
ent entertaining a number of cabinet
officers.
Evading the royal guards, the women
tore up all the golf flags upon the voyal
links, substituting purple banners bear
ing the Inscription:
‘‘Cabinet ministers must stop forci
bly feeding women!"
“Votes for women means peace for
cabinet ministers."
Fearing that King George might suf
fer at the hands of the women, special
guards were provided for hfs majesty
when he walked upon the grounds to
day.
MACON POLICE W ANT
BANDIT WHO HELD UP
NEW ORLEANS TRAIN
MACON. GA., Sept. 7.—E. Edwards,
the bandit who held up the express
train near New Orleans Wednesday
night, is wanted by the Macon police
on charges of cheating and swindling.
The proprietor of a local hotel is in
possession of a suit case left by Ed
wards when he departed from Macon
several months ago without paying his
board bill, and a number of merchants
w ould like to consult him about the dis
position of money given toward a fake
advertising scheme into which they
were inveigled.
The letters in the suit case prove
that, as he states now in New Orleans.
Edwards' home Is in Jupiter, Fla.,
where he has a wife and three chil
dren He spent about six weeks in
Mae on.
Orpingtons.
BUFF ORPlNGTONS—Exhibition stock a
specialty. Eggs for hatching and baby
chicks. Reduced autumn prices. Send
for catalogue. Bacon & Haywood, 166
Springfield avenue, Guyton. Ga. 8-31-1
Plymouth Rocks.
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS—Exhibi
tion stock a specialty. Eggs for hatch
ing and baby chicks. Reduced autumn
prices. Send for catalogue. Bacon &
Haywood. 166 Springfield avenue. Guvton,
Ga. 8-31-2
Leghorns.
5,000 EARLY HATCHErT'whitT~and
Brown Leghorn pullets bred for eggs.
In numbers to suit. Also Airedale ter
riers. American Poultry Plant. Collins.
Ohio. 43-9-7
SINGLE COMB Brown Leghorns. 5 hens
and handsome young cockerel. This is
proper mating; all for 85. Ed L. Culver.
Sparta, Ga. , 9-7-2
WHITE LEGHORNS—Highest quality,
strongest vitality, uncqualed utility.
Exhibition stock a specialty. Eggs for
hatching and baby chicks. A postal
brings interesting catalogue and reduced
autumn, prices. Send for it. Address Ba
con A- Haywood, 166 Springfield avenue.
Guyton. Ga. 8-31-3
R. I. Reds.
FOR SALE—Thoroughbred Rhode Island
Red pullets; fine color and markings;
April hatched; $L apiece. Mrs. J. C.
Wilkes, Molena, Ga. 67-9-7
SINGLE COMB Rhode Island Reds. 4
hens and unrelated cock, all raised last
year; to make room, only $5. Ed. L. Cul
ver, Sparta, (Ja. 9-7-3
Wy and ottes.
FOR SALE, Partridge Wyandotte chick
ens. Guarantee fair winners. H. M.
Ross, Tullahoma. Tenn. 9-7-9
GOLDEN LACED and Columbian Wyan
dottes. S. C. R. I. Reds; eggs, $1 and
82 per 15. W. D. Bennett. Molena, Ga
Ducks.
SAY. BILL, you can get Penciled Indian
Runner ducks at $1 each. Fawn, 81.50.
at Copperas Falls Farm, Tullahoma. Tenn.
8-31-4
Indian RUNNERTtucKS— Either pen
ciled or fawn and white at 81 each; good
ones; time yet to raise stock: order today.
Munnimaker Poultry Farm, Normandy.
Tenn. 5-25-3
BI FF Orpington ducks. I offer a few
trios for present delivery from my prize
winning stock at $lO to 825; show birds a
matter of correspondence; eggs. $5 per 12.
Carlos Lynes, 20 Walton st., Atlanta, Ga.
8-29-9
Miscellaneous Poultry. Miscellaneous Poultry.
SEEDSMEN FOR THE SOUTH. 16 WEST MITCHELL STREET.
FOI’R CITY DELIVERIES DAILY. NORTH AND SOI TH
SIDE 9 A M.. INMAN PARK AND WEST END P. M
BELL PHONE M. 2568. ATLANTA 2568.
F3ITHER OF THESE will start your hens to la\ ing.
Conkey's Laying Tonic. Rust’s Egg Producer.
Lee’s Egg Maker or The Southern Poultry h’eniedv.
25c and 50c sizes of each.
DON'T WAIT TOO LATE, start a few bulbs indoors
now for early blossoms. We can supply you with
large, strong, surebloomers of the following varieties:
Paper White Narcissus 25c a dozen, postpaid 40c:
White Roman Hyacinths 4Ou a dozen, postpaid 50c
Freesias 20c a dozen, postpaid 25c.
LEE’S. Conkey’s and Rust's Lice Powders are all
good. Price 25c a box.
I-FEJS 50 c GERMOZONE.
THE Poultry Modi cine for roup, canker, cholera,
swelled head, etc. It is not only a cure, but a pre
ventative of poultry diseases. Liquid and tablet
form. Tablets can be sent by mail.
NO TROI BLE TO CURE scaly leg fowls with Con
key’s Scaly Leg Remedy. Price 50c.
A BEAUTIFUL COLLECTION of flowering plants.
Call in and let us show them to you.
“red COMB”""POULTRy3 ? F4EDS alwa> •s give en
tire satisfaction.
LEE’S OR CONK EY’B W HITE DIARRHOEA RE Ab
EDY will cure chicks that are troubled with
white diarrhoea. Price of each 50c.
PI RE PRESSED SALT BRICK for stock and pi
geons 15c each or two for 25c. Medicated Salt
Brick for stock 25c each.
MOCKING BIRD, Canary, Parrot and Squirrel Cages.
Bird Seed, Gravel. Manna, Bitters, Cuttie Bone, etc.
MALE CANARIES—AII little beauties, and guaran
teed singers. $2.50 each. If it is not convenient
for you to call at our store and make a selection, we
will take pleasure in selecting you a singer.
MITES CAN T STAY where Conkey’s Nox-i-Cide is
used regularly. No trouble to use. Just mix it
with water and spray the poultry houses. Two table
spoons mixed with two gallons of water can’t be beat
as a dip for poultry. Price. 1 pint 35c, 1 quart 60c,
2 quarts 90c. 1 gallon $1.50.
I SE "Bl G DEATH” on vegetables that are bother
ed with bugs and worms. It is a nonpoisonous
preparation, put up in convenient size packages. <an
be put on in the morning when dew is on the plants
or can be mixed with water. One pound package 1
postpaid 35c; 3 pounds 35c. 5 pounds 50c, 12 1-
pounds SI.OO.
ALL SIZE FLOW ER POTS, fern pans and p°l
saucers.
BEET SCtIAPS, alfalfa meal, wheat bran, short* 5 '
chicken wheat, charcoal, grit, crushed ovster shell,
etc
Bantams.
BANTAMS—Game Bantams,
Buff Cochins. Carlisle Cobb,’ Athen ’
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THOROUGHBRED Buff '
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Miscellaneous Poultry.
S ELI ~lN gTmV^ BI a
pingtons. Black Langshans, Pekir
Orpington and Runner ducks (white
fawn and white). Prices shoo a nd
them. Also collie dogs and Blrks'ld?
hogs w. E. Lumley, Tullahoma Ten’
3-30-2
Horses and Carriages
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rey very gentle. R . C . |
WANTED—A-No 1 dty broke snrrev
horse to weign 1.150 pounds or mor.
good. Call I. N. Ragsdale, Main 119’ be
Cows.
TWO fine cows, fresh in miik?'7bT; a 7 e ''
will be sold cheap jf taken at once Can
be seen at 107 Garden st. 9-7-’"
Dogs.
BEAUTIFUL female French noozllr.
m n . , v n ' gent: five mon ths |lr , e
40 Alice st. u-7 » (
FOR SALE—Scotch Collier pup.
pies, beautifully marked and
richly marked. Come and sec
them any time. Atlanta 1830.
137 Lake avenue. 9-715
FOR SALE -Two extra good tov Fr«nc h
poodles; eight weeks old; both miles
pure white: $lO each. George Austin ut
East Georgia avenue. Atlanta.
It was back in the olden times that they
had to have a person go crying it out I;
any one had, anything to sell or wanted
to buy, or to notify'the people that so and
so had lost this and that. The way was
»he only one available. It's different now
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your want is an ad In The Georgian will
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