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12 The Georgian’s Poultry and Live Stock Page NUKE PLANS NOW FOR THE WEB 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 tills 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 sqcivsi 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 shall ' for this month usually marks the open ing of the fall poultry shows Moulting, although a natural pro cess, is very weakening on the fowl’s vitality, and great care should be given the birds at this time While we do not advocate “starving” the birds to force an esrlx moult, yet th. following method may be found of value If the birds are fid on half rations for a short time at the beginning of the moult, and then feed heavily, the re sult will be that they >re hastened through the process and are laying and in good health, while the ordinals towl Is just undergoing the prove.s. heed the bird lightly for about two .< eeki- This stops the egg production and low - j e.rs the weight, and then heavy leeiilng | will cause a quick moult and a general ( upbuilding of the system At this time feed only that which Is good for the formation of feathers. As practically the same feed will pro duce eggs, your pocketbook should not suffer in consequence. Wheat, bone meal and oats make excellent food lor 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 ami get everything in readiness 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 I and clean out the summer's output of rubbish around the yards. Store away all the brooders ind coops that you are not using, after giving them a good coating of some strong disinfectant. Septembei is a good month in which to whitewash the houses, in addition to being 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 reaching the crevices. Or dinary wh tewash is made more effec tive by using carbolic acid in connec tion with it Slake the lime in an old tub witli a sufficient quantity offwa ter to make a wash of the desired consistency, adding a little water at a time. Then add 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 sprayer. If you expect to exhibit at the fall shows, thf specimens should be placed in the training coops now. Handle the birds as much is possible, so that tln’y will be perfectly tame when in the show room. If you expect to exhibit fowls that 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 quartets 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 Cast 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 es-cntlal 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 tloor and change it whenever it becomes musty or damp Beware of drouths and the cold rain storms, for now the birds will catch cold easih ' Heeding is an ever-interesting sub ject and deserves more than passing interest. Next to a variety of sound, wholesome grains ranks-plenty of gr< <m food. The feed bills ian be greatly lowered by the free use of green foods hence the breeder who faits to supply this xxant is certainly short-sighted Never feed musty or dirty feed G“1 the best: wheat, corn or oats ate tie staple foods, with meat and green foot as accessories. The all-grain diet i injurious: bulky material i- needed ti give variety. Milk in any form is »i ceptable and is greatly relished by th» flock —Industrious Hen. LA. SHOW SET FOR OCTOBER 30 The Louisiana State fair will be belt at Shreveport. La., October 30 to No vember 6, 1912. The poultry depart ment will receive special attention. Tin judge will be W. Theo. Wittman, Al lentown. Pa. Secretary, L. N. Biug gernoff, Shreveport, La. S. M, Mat son, superintendent k w Mr " - ■st Re BEF ,x- .. • ... a/,. * 2 TURKEYS NEED RAMGE; LET THEM HAVE PLENTY It is a mistake to confine turkeys in small inclosures. By nature they are roving birds and get their feed on a wide range. Turkeys should be raised with turkey hi ns, because Vhe young I poults with chicken inothefs will not I range as far as they naturall.'- should : do. Tiie turkeys can usually he made to ■lay where you want them to by mak ing nests in boxes or barrels of clean, dry hay, in sheltered, quiet places about 1 the farm. Do not use anything new, as it will make them suspicious. It Ist no use to attempt to raise turkeys un- I less they are kept free from lice.' Bel sure to examine them every ten days The young t urkeys should he turned out ! Into the fields just soon as the dew is i off the grass and allowed to roam till about dark Glv the turkey hen a feed of grain at night. If fed heavily in the morn ing, she will not range as fur with the youngsters ns if she starts out to find , her own breakfast. DO NOT ECONOMIZE ON STRAW IN THE NESTS Straw is cheap e “tiparcd to the loss I of broken eggs in the nest. Keep plen- I ty of straw in the nests. If you. hav< I ever seen a chicken l.a> an egg you can | appreciate the feeling of the egg when I 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 >ou do. Deny yourself a few pleasures, and not the chicks :i 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 everything. TRAP NESTS HELP TO MAKE HENS PROFITABLE The poultry man of today ought to make the most of the trap nest. If you I have never tried it, you will be likely to find It clumsy business at first. But 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 Ist to the poul tryman what the most scientific milk test is to the dairyman. When you discover that you have a fowl that is < apahle of making a great egg rec ord, mark her carefully and follow her to 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 it 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! ■ i TURKEYS ARE HARD TO RAISE. BUT PROFITABLE J Raising turkeys requires skill and I patience, but anv woman who has a ■ , j f ndness for them can successfully care I for a flock of turkeys with profit i The faun woman, who can command I a wide tango for her turkeys and is de termined to make money in the busi t ness will find turkey raising a most . | profitable part of poultry raising. The ; i bronze variety is very desirable for | market, on account of its size and the sweet, flax >r of its meat. But they are . j hard t» t.iise, on account of their rov . | ing disposition RICHMOND PLANS SHOW. One of the banner shows of the I- South will be the one held by the i \ irginla Poultry association, January -14-18, at Richmond. Va Charles T. - Cornman and J H. Wolsieffer will be e the jttdg. s. and G E. Guvenator is - secretarx Their premium list is full -of attrotixe -pia'.ils and will be - promptly sent by the secretary to all applicant* THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AN D NEWS. SAT L KOAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1912. THREE BIRDS OF QUALITY 7 jibh At the left is one of the superb White Orpington hens at the Kimballville farm; at the right. Charley Dobbs’ great Rhode Island Red cock, which has won half a dozen blues; below, one of J. M. Karwisch’s many excellent White Plymouth Rocks. DUCK RAISING PROVES EASY AND PROFITABLE By H. H. FEHRENSCHILD. The raising- of ducks for market is, in my opinion, the most profltable 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 1 started to keep all my breeders in one flock 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 I 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 up the bedding and mix dirt with the droppings, which will make them less offensive. When hawdust t.- used the droppings should be raked up daily. No matter how clean you keep the quarters, some of the eggs will be soiled. 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 I'l2 for the first four or live days, is gradually increased to i dW-'ia HWfrlflSk.. ft W ' -I 103, and during the last three days of the hatch is kept at from 104 to 105 degrees. After toe 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 are constantly kept be fore them. If ducklings come from ‘ healthy stock, there should be no trou. 1 ble in raising 98 per cent. They should » be fed a crumbly mash containing I plenty of bone-forming material. A good ration consists of 300 pounds of bran. 500 of cornmeal, 250 of No. 2 flour, 300 of beefscrap and 150 of al ’ fill fa meal. Three times a day 1 feed “ to the ducklings all of this ration they ■ will eat up clean. Keep Brooders Clean. The brooders should be kept clean. I Be sure you keep them warm enough so I 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 I them in a house without hovers where I the water was frozen every morning. • and those same ducklings two weeks t later were put into coops with the front . and back partly open. We had about ’ three inches of snow at 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 i had averaged 6 pounds and 14 ounces each. In order to do well, ducklings 5 must have plenty of fresh air. which - they can not get as long as they are i kept in stuffy brooders and under hov . ers. Don’t crowd your ducklings. The r fcw< r you k--> p in a pen the faster they .> will grow.—Country Gentleman. GET POULTRY HOUSED BY OCT. 1 AT THE LATES By Vhe first of October most poultry men will want their fowls xxell accus tomed to the houses in which they are to live and lay all through the xvinter. If you wish to keep your hens from laying, change tliein about frequently from one roosting ami laying house to another. That is the way xve do when we wish to save their strength for later effort. But if you really desire to get eggs and get th etn 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, xvhere the trees furnish shade; but in most instances such a place can not be had, and xve must provide artificial shelter, of boards or muslin. Sunflowers xvith pole beans groxving 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 liceless that you yourself would be xvilling to go right into them anil sleep night after night. Whitewash is “cheap as dirt.” Spend a day xvith the brush, and you xvill be tickled as a child when you see the result. What if you do get white washed yourself'? It xvill rinse off. 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 Scottis!: residence, xvhere bls majesty is at pres ent entertaining a number of cabinet officers. Evading the royal guards, the xvomer tore up all the golf flags upon the royal links, substituting purple banners bear ing the inscription: "Cabinet ministers must stop forci bly feeding xvomen!" "Votes for women means peace for cabinet ministers." Fearing that King George might suf fer at the hands of the xvomen, specia guards xvere provided for his majesty when he walked upon the grounds to day. MACON POLICE WANT BANDIT WHO HELD UP NEW ORLEANS TRAIN MACON. GA., Sept. 7. —E. Edwards tire bandit xx'ho held up the express train near Nexv Orleans Wednesday night, is wanted by the Macon police on charges of cheating and sxx indling 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 xvould like to consult him about the dis position of money given toward a fake advertising scheme into xxhfeh 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 Orpingtons. BUFF ORPlNGTONS—Exhibition stock a specialty. Eggs for hatching and baby chicks. Reduced autumn prTces. Send for catalogue. Bacon & Haywood, 166 Springfield avenue, Guy’ton, Ga. 8-31-1 Plymouth Rocks. WHITE PLYM( il'Tll ROCKS—Exhibi tion stock a specialty. Eggs for hatch ing and baby chicks. Reduced autumn prices. Send for catalogue. Bacon & Haywood, 166 Springfield avenue. Guyton. Ga. 8-31-2 1 11 A Leghorns. HATCHED White and Brown Leghorn pullets bred for eggs. In numbers to suit. Also Airedale ter riers. American Poultry Plant, Collins. 0hi0.43-9-7 SINGLE COMB Brown Leghorns. 5 hens and handsome young cockerel. This is prope- mating; al] for $5. Ed. L. Culver, Sparta, Ga. 9-7-2 WHITE LEGHORNS-Highest quality, strongest vitality, une juaied 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 Ar 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; ?1 apiece. Mrs. J. C. Wilkes. Molena. Ga. 67-9-7 STNGIjE COMB Rhode Island Reds. 4 hens and unrelated cock, all raised last year: to make room, only $5. Ed. L. Cul ver. Sparta, Ga. 9-7-3 Wyandottes. 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. P.. I Reds: eggs. SI and $2 per 15. W. D Bennett, Molena. Ga. Ducks. SAY, BILL, you can get Penciled Indian Runner ducks at $1 each. Fawn, $1.50, at Copperas Falls Farm, Tullahoma. Tenn. 8-31-4 INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS--Either pen ciled or fawn and white at $1 each, good ones: time yet to raise stock; order today. Mnnnimaker Poultry Farm, Normandy. Tenn. 5-25-3 Bl FF Orpington ducks. I offer a few trios for present delivery frotn my prize winning stock at $lO to $25; show birds a matter of correspondence; eggs. $5 per 1.2. Carlos Lynes, 20 Walton st., Atlanta. Ga. Miscellaneous Poultry. H. G. HASTINGS & CO. SEEDSMEN FOR THE SOF I’ll , 16 WEST MIT( HELL STREET. FOFR (TTY DELIVERIES DAILY. NORTH AND SOI TH SIDE 9 A M.. INMAN PARK AND WEST END 2 P. M BELL PHONE M. 2568. ATLANTA 2568. EITHER OF THESE will start your liens to laying. Conkey’s Laying Tonic, Rust's Egg Producer, Lee's Egg Maker or The Southern Poultry Remedy. 25c and 50e sizes of each. DON'T WAIT TOO LATE, start a few bulbs indoors now for early blossoms. We can supply vou with large, strong, surebloomers of the following varieties; Paper White Narcissus 25c a dozen, postpaid 40c: White Roman Hyacinths 40c 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. LEE’S J)oc GERMOZONE. THE Poultry Medicine 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 he sent by mail. NO TROUBLE TO CURE scaly leg fowls with Con key’s Scaly Leg Remedy. Piice 50c. A BEA I TIFUL COLLECTION of flowering plants. Call in and let us show them to you. 7; REl) COMB 7 ' POULTR give en tire satisfaction. LEE’S OR CONKEY’S WHITF/dIARRHOEA REM EDY will cure chicks that are troubled with white diarrhoea. Price of each 50c. l^nrpßEssF;D _ s ; geons 15c each or two for 25c. Medicated Salt Brick for stock 25c each. MOCKING BIRD. Canaiw, Parrot and Squirrel Cages. Bird Seed. Gravel, Manna. Bitters. Cuttie Bone, etc. ALVLE 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 vou 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 “BUG DEATH” on vegetables that are bother ed with bugs and worms. It is a nonpoisonous preparation, put up in convenient size packages. Can be put on in the morning when dew is on the plants, or can be mixed with water. One pound package 15c. postpaid 35c; 3 pounds 35c. 5 pounds 50c, 12 1-2 pounds SI.OO. ALL SIZE FLOW ER POTS, fern pans and pot saucers. BEEI SCRAPS, alfalfa meal, wheat bran, shorts, chicken wheat, charcoal, grit, crushed oyster shell, etc Bantams. BANTAMS —Game Bantams, Sebright.' Buff Cochins. Carlisle Cobb. Athens G*- 4-28-21 THOROUGHBRED Buff Orph>gton%«r St per fifteen. 126 Windsor street’ Main 3588. 4-27-25 Miscellaneous Poultry, SELLING OUT—Black, White. Buff Or pingtons, Black Langshans, Pekin Buff Orpington and Runner ducks (white and fawn and white). Prices should move them. Also collie dogs and Berkshire hogs. IV. L. Lumley, Tullahoma, Tenn -30-3 Horses and Carriages F< ??sn SALE—Very handsome 16-hand 1,150-pound combination saddle and stir rey horse; very gentle. R. C. Congdon. Niuin 494&. 9-7-49 'ED A- No. 1 city broke surrev horse to weigh 1.150 pounds or morr be good. Call I. N. Ragsdale, Main 1191.’ -5-6 Cows. T "9, > fine cowp ' fresh in milk,ToLsalL will be sold cheap if taken at once. Can be seen at 107 Garden st. 9-7-20 Dogs. BEAUTIFUL female French poodle: verv intelligent: five months old; price $£ 40 Alice st. . 4 -7-24 FOR SALE—Scotch Collier pup pies. beautifully marked ami richly marked. Come and see them any time. Atlanta 1830. 13/ Lake avenue, 9-7-15 FOR SALE—Two extra good toy French poodles; eight weeks old; both males pure white: $lO each. George Austin 428 East Georgia avenue. Atlanta. 35-9-7 It was back in the olden times that they had to have a person go crying it out if 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 ♦be only one available It’s different now. Your wants can be told to an audience of over 50,000 in this section through a Warn Ad in The Georgian. No matter what your want is an ad in The Georgian will fill it for vou. Georgian Want Ads buy, sell, exchange, rent, secure help, find lost articles and countless other things. Miscellaneous Poultry.