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The Georgian’s Poultry and Live Stock Page
ME PLANS ■
FOR THE WEB
Clean Up Your Plant and Get
Everything Tight Before Cool
Weather Arrives.
Bv LYNN C. TOWNSEND.
is a busy month in the
poultryman's calendar. At this tin,, of
the year his duties are manifold, for be
sides the regular routine of work, he
must begin to prepare for win; r The
moult must be carried through sm cess
full- and t'.;e birds gotten in shape for
the prote< tlon of winter eggs If in .
business for the fancy end at all, the i
futuro show bi.-.1.- must be put In shape,
for this month u- mill.-murks the open
ing of the fall poultr. shows.
.'.loiiltit,-- ■. th. us 11 ui ■ t o- :
cess, is very weakening on the fowl’s
vitality m l grer . are should be given I
the birds at this lino While w do
no; idvoi 1 starving" the birds to I
f. r e in e irly nimilt. >. • . Gm following
ni'-ti od r.: i. :<• found . f v line. If the
bi'.iis ar. fed on bait ration-, for al
s'- ■! time a the b. ginning of the
moult and then feed hni' ily. the re- |
si )i will be th it they at h st« n< d ,
tl- o’ ,o tl” ; roe. s and are lux in , and :
in ■- ><»d h tilth. «hlh thi ■.. . . ‘ !
IS j :-t II U< • I I " ' . .. ;
th» nit I ii’iiiily foi about two wetk.*.
, eg kiuction ”ad low • j
t i *\ eip i', and th u Ihjv\ 1’ aijng
'\i'’ tau.' . .i' l- inouli and a general
upbu hl mg o iln sv in
v.l this 1< »•<! only limt which
is go <’ *!’ i Cv I' »r...atlon f i’< thers.
As p. u tit ails Uv same I 1 will pro
duct cgt;s. your |h < K«t!.»•)"!. houhl not
suffer in •or < qti< n« v. Wheat b<»m
meal and fit m di. i xeeilctit ”><l for
the moulting fowls. S dir ndik and a
gem rotis -tipply of -.l’ 011 t o<" should
also be giv. 11. It I . I’ good Idea to re
move the male bird trom '.he pen dur- j
ifig the moi. Iting sem. . 1
Now is Time To Cle. : n Up.
Now is a p od time t > clean up -.nd
get everything in rcadlm • for win',.
Lay in a plentiful supply of good dry
sand for tin dust baths. Give the
houses a thorough cleaning and fumi
gate them well Get busy with the rak*
and clean out the summers output of
rubbish around th- yards. Store away
all the broo iers ami coops that you
are not using, after giving them a good
coating of some strong disinfectant.
September is a good month In which
to whit, aaslt the lion <s. In addition
to being an enemy of lice and mites,
wliitewa’ lied walls w ill make the house
mui h more light and clieeiy during, tin
dark winter days Apply the white
wash with a sprayer for then you xx 111
be sure in reaching the crevices. <>i -
dinary whitewash is made more off.,
live by using carbolic a. Id in connec
tion with it. Slake the lime in an old
tub with a sufficient quantity of wa
ter to make a wash of the desired
consistency, adding a little water nt 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
Bhtows, 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 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 quarters for the young
pullets should he thoroughly overhaul
ed and whitewashed. The pullets should
lie moved from the colony coops to the
laying pens the last of this month This
will enable them to get settled nicely
and in 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 esjieciaily 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 it becomes
musty or damp. Beware of drouths and
tile cold rain storms, for now the birds
will catch cold easily.
Fee-din;; Is an ever-interesting sub
ject and deserves more than passing
Interest N< xt to a vurl( ty of soune..
wholesome grains ranks plenty of green
food. Tin feed bills can be greatlx
lowered by the free use of green foods
heme 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
staph foods, with meat and green food
as accessories. The all-grain diet is
Injurious; bulky material is needed to
give variety. Milk in any form Is ac
ceptable and i« greatly relished by the
flock Industrious Hen.
LA. SHOW SET FOR OCTOBER 30.
The Louisiana State fair will be held
at Shreveport. La.. October 30 to No
vembei tl. 1912 The poultry depart
ment will receive special attention The
judgt will be W. Theo. Wittman, Al
lentown. Pa Secretary, I. N Hrug
gernoft. Shreveport, La. S. M. Wat
son. superintendent
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TURKEYS NEED RANGE;
LET THEM HAVE PLENTY
It i I mi tuk in confine turkeys in
small Inelnsiiii s. Hx nature they are
roving birds and get their feed an a
v. Ide r u.gf. Turkeys .-hould be raised
w ith turkey hi ns, b' i .rm-' the young
poults w ith ■ hivki n mothers will not
rant’ 4s far is they naturally should
do.
T ■ turkeys can usually be made to
'ay white you want them to by milk
in': m v ts in boxes or barrel: of clean. ;
dry h iy, in t In Iten d. quiet places about '
the farm Do not use anything new.’
't wi'l m-’ke the a suspicious it is [
m> u.-’ to attempt to raise turkeys un- i
less they art kept free from lice. Bel
- if’ to iM'mlne them verx ten days.:
Tin y oung : a kevs should be turned out I
into tit* tv les just soon as the dew is i
off the gruss and allows d to roam till 1
about dark.
Give ihe turkey lien a set d of grain I
at night If fed heavily in the morn
ing, she will not range as far with tin
youngsters as if she starts out to tlnd '
her own bri’.ikfast.
DO NOT ECONOMIZE ON
STRAW IN THE NESTS
St:n\\ Is cheap compared to the loss!
of broken ’ gks in the nest. Keep plen- |
ty of straw in the nests. If you havt |
ev» si <•!! ;t chicken la/ an egg y<>u can ;
appreciate the feeling of the egg when
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 net 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
■uwder f»'?d and make grass do. for
everything.
TRAP NESTS HELP TO
MAKE HENS PROFITABLE
The poultryman of today ought to
make the most of the trap nest. If you
have never tried it. you will be likely to
tlnd 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 1s to the poul
tryman what 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
to the finish of her career. She Is “not
for sale.” It ought not to take long to
I 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 Ilk. that next Janu
ary' would soon pay for a farm. Find
them out!
TURKEYS ARE HARD TO
RAISE. BUT PROFITABLE
Raising turkey- requires skill and
. patience, but any woman who has a
fondness for them can successfully care I
for a flock of turkeys with profit.
The farm woman who can command
I a wide range for her turkeys and is d> -
termlned to nuiki money in the busi
ness. will And turkey raking a most
profitable part of poultry raising. The
bronze variety is v>ry deslruble for
market, on ticeount 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
I South will be the one held bv the
Virginia Poultry association, January
14-18, at Richmond, Va. Charles T.
Cornmat and J H. Wolsieffcr will be
the judges, and G E. Guvenator is
secretary. Their premium list is full
of attractive specials tuid will be
promptly sent by the secretary to all
'ppllcant«
j HDAJ I,A.\ J A ttibUit’jiAJN AJ\ D .NEWS SA IL’ KDAY, SEPTEMBER 7. 1912.
THREE BIRDS OF QUALITY
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At the left is one of the superb White Orpington hens at
the Kimballville farm: at the right, Charley Dobbsj’ great Rhode
Island Red cock, which lias won half a dozen blues: below, one
of .1, M. Karwiseh’s many excellent White Plymouth Rocks.
DUCK RAISING PROVES
EASY AND PROFITABLE
By H. H. FEHRENSCHILD.
The raising of ducks for market is, tn
my opinion, the most profitable branch
of poultry keeping. A sandy soli 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.
1 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.
I With the ixeeptlon of sepatating 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 pr< fgt 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 tile hens
will shake up the bedding and mix dirt
with the droppings, which will make
them less offensive. When sawdust
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
•is they are gathered.
Eggs should be Incubated as soon ns
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 10() 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
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 of 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,
ami those same ducklings two weeks
(ter 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
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
few. r you keep in a pen the faster they
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 well accus
tomed to the houses 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 effort. Hut 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 Io place the fully developed pul
lets and the well moulted hens in their
permanent, roosting and laying quar
ters. Pallets 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, and 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 WHI EWASH; IT IS •
CHEAP AND EFFECTIVE
It’s to the henhouses now! Are they
clean? Make them so clean and so
w’holesome and so liceless 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 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 Scottish
residence, where his majesty is at pres
ent entertaining a number of cabinet
o dicers.
Evading the royal guards, the women
tore up all the golf dags upon the royal
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 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,
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
would 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 lias a wife and three chil
dren He spent about six weeks in
Orpingtons.
BI’FF ORPINGTONo— Exhibition stock a
specialty. Eggs for hatching and baby
chicks. Reduced autumn prices. Send
for catalogue. Bacon & Havwood, 166
Springfield avenue, Guyton. Ga. 8-31-1
Plymouth Rocks.
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS—Exhibi
tlon stock a specialty. Eggs for hatch
ing and baby chicks. Reduced autumn
? rices. Send for catalogue. Bacon &
faywood, 166 Springfield avenue. Guyton.
Ga. 8-31-2
Leghorns.
6.000 EARLY HATCIIJirT'
Brown Leghorn pullets bred for eggs
In numbers to suit. Also Airedale 'ter
rlers. American Poultry Plant. Collins
Ohio. J 3-9-7
SINGLE COMB Brown Leghorns. » hens
and handsome young cockerel. This is
proper mating: all for $5 Ed. L Culver
Sparta. Ga. ’ 9-7-2
It HIT!. LEGHORNS—Highest quality,
8 l??P? est vi,a llty. unequaled 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 &. 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. .1. 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, 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 Wvan-
dottes, S. C. R. I. Reds; eggs. $1 and
12 per 15. W. D. Bennett, Molena. Ga
Ducks.
SAY, BILL, you can get
Runner ducks at JI each. Fawn. 81.50,
at Copperas Falls Farm, Tullahoma. Tenn
8-31-4
INI, A AN
died or saw n and white at $1 each good
ones; time yet to raise stock; order today
Munnimaker Poultry Farm, Normandv
Tenn - 5-25-3
BUFF Orpington ducks. I offer a few
trios for present delivery from my prize
winning stock at $lO to $25; show’ birds a
matter of correspondence; eggs. $5 per 12
Carlos Lynes, 20 Walton st., Atlanta. Ga.
8-29-9 .
Miscellaneous Poultry. Miscellaneous Poultry.
H. G HASTINGS & CO
SEEDSMEN FOR THE SOUTH. 16 WEST MITCHELL STREET
FOUR CITY DELIVERIES DAILY. NORTH AND SOI TH
SIDE 9 A. M., INMAN PARK AND WEST END 2 P M
BELL PHONE M. 2368, ATLANTA 2568.
LIT HER OF THESE will start your hens to laying.
Conkey’s Laying Tonic, Rust's Egg Producer,
Lee’s Egg Maker or The Southern Poultry Remedy
25c and 50c 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 50 c (1 ERMOZONE
THE Poultry Medicine for roup, canker, cholera,
swelled head, etc. It is not only a cure, hut a pre
ventative of poultry diseases. Liquid and tablet
form. Tablets can be sent by mail.
NO FROUBLE 10 CURE scaly leg fowls with Con
key’s Sealy Leg Remedy. Price 50c.
A BEAUTIFY L COLLECTION of flowering plants.
Call in and let us show them to you.
“RED (.OMB POULTRY FEEDS alwavs give en
tire satisfaction.
LEE’S OR CONKEY’S WHITE DIARRHOEA l?E\l
EDY will cure chicks that are troubled with
white diarrhoea. Price of each 50c.
PURE PRESSED
geons 15c each or two for 25c. Medicated Salt
Brick for stock 25c each.
MOCKING BIRD. Canary. Parrot and Squirrel Cages.
YLYI.E CANARIES—AII little beauties, and guaran
teed singers, $2.50 each. If it is not convenient
toi \ou 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 Vox-i-Cide is
used legularlx. 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 35e, 1 quart 00c.
2 quarts 90c, 1 gallon $1.50.
ISE Bl G 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. Ono pound package 15c.
postpaid 35e; 3 pounds 35c. 5 pounds 50c. 12 1-2
pounds SI.OO.
ALL SIZE FLOMER POTS, fern pans and pot
saueers.
BEEF SCRAPS, alfalfa meal, wheat bran, short',
chicken wheat, charcoal, grit, crushed oyster shell,
etc.
Bantams.
B n N <v A A tS ;M Gam ® Bantams, sTbrlar-,'
Buff cochins. Carlisle Cobb. AthsnJ'
4-M-il
T ¥ 1 0r:0r;G ”? Rr - ri
M#n flfteen ' 126 Wlnds ° r
Miscellaneous Poultry.
SELLING <
pingtons. Black Langshans, Pekin n.
Orpington ano Runner ducks (white ar
fawn and white). Prices should
them. Also collie dogs and Berffi
hogs. B. E. Lumley. Tullahoma. Tenn
3-30-2
Horses and Carriages
Mlin Very gen, ’ e RC ' C
"ANTED—A-No. 1 city broke surrev
horse to wetgn 1.100 pouads or more hl
good. Call I. N. Ragsdale, Main u 9] b ’
■ ... I 4 • 5 - n
Cows.
TWO fine cows, fresh in milk mV
will be sold cheap if taken at once 'Car
be seen at 107 Garden st. : -7-m
Dogs.
Ij { e, nale French pYYdc LLC
40 Aflce K s" m ° nthS '’ l<i; " r ' ’
FOR SALE—Scotch (,'ollier p U|) .
pies, beautifully marked ami
richly marked. Come and see
them any time. Atlanta lS3(i.
137 Lake avenue. 9-7-13
FOR SALE - Two extra good toy Fret
poodles; eight weeks old: both ma«
pule white; $lO each. George Austii i -
East Georgia avenue. Atlanta " 35-:,.;
It was back in the olden times that th
- to have a person go crying it out it
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
the only one available. It’s different now.
Your wants can be told to an audience of
over 50,000 In this section through a Want
Ad in The Georgian. No matter what
your want is an ad in The Georgian wul
fill ft for vou. Georgian Want Ads Ouv,
sell, exchange, rent, secure help, find lost
articles and countless other things.