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DONT FORCE ALL
«DUCKLINGS
Those Which Are to “Run On”
Should Be Given Good Range
and Not Too Rich Diet.
By E. G. Wardin.
Although an immense number of
ducklings are hatched and fed up for
table use when quite young—that is,
eight or ten weeks old—there are also
very many that, instead of being fat
tened thus, are kept on hand through
out the summer, some of which may be
intended for future stock purposes, oth
ers that they may be sold for stock, and
fttll others destined for the autumn and
winter table.
When ducklings are to be., run on in
this manner, the conditions under
which they should be kept should nat
urally differ from those considered es
sential In the case of ducklings fed up
in the. shortest possible time. There
are several reasons why this should be
so, but the two main ones are that to
keep ducklings U.::"Tbout the summer
in the comparatively c:.">iped quarters
and to feed them in the same stvle fol
lowed in the case of the forced table
ducklings would mean that not only
would the constitution of the birds be
ruined, but that the cost in food and
labor would be much above what is
necessary to obtain far better results.
In the production of forced table duck
lings the point is to make flesh rapidly;
•but to run the birds on over the sum
mer the point to study Is how to best
build up the constitution. Whatever
may be the purpose for which the
ducklings are eventually destined, the
■possession of a sound constitution is
necessary.
Give Them More Room.
Whenever possible, ducklings intend
ed tn be reared should be quartered
apart from those to be forced for table
use right from the start and given more
elbow room. For preference coops
should be stood upon short, dry turf,
and where rats are not feared the coops
may be without floor and moved daily.
When moving such coops, choose the
middle of the day for the purpose, for
then both grass and ground are at their
driest, and should the grass happen to
continue wet, omit moving the coops
until better conditions prevail, and in
stead of moving sprinkle the ground
under the coops with dry earth or sand.
If moved about when the grass is wet
there is a risk of leg weakness, and
the same is also true if the coops stand
ton long on the same ground, unless the
above precautions are taken, for it is of
great importance that the birds rest on
a surface that is both dry and clean.
Ducklings of the class under consider
ation should upon no account be al
lowed to roost in cramped sleeping
<iuart> rs, and as they grow very fast,
much faster than chickens, there is a
■ danger of the accommodation becom
ing too small, particularly as the birds
crowd if allowed to do so. Should
| over-crowding be permitted it will act
' ’ trfmentally not only upon the health
of the birds, but by forcing them to
sleep in unnatural positions, producing
permanent deformities, such as wry
■el' l and < rooked breasts.
How To Build House.
•ne of the best types of houses for
*ne purpose is of oblong shape, say 3
■•'t by 6 feet and 3 feet high, having
font partly wired instead of board
’ • and without floor, if the right kind
•f turf js available. In the front of
’ ‘ house board up one foot each from
ground and down from the roof.
II in the Intervening space with
'■ netting. A door should also be
■ide, si, that the interior can be got
handily. A small slide door can
1 be fitted into the front to give
■".igeway to the ducklings.
'’■user! in this manner,’ the birds will
• plenty of fresh air. but as the
n happens to be the warmer
■s of tile year there is no danger
r suffering from the cold.
kllngs that are being run on
d be given all the length of day
. being let out early in the
’ing. and shut up at dusk each
I'lo range should be extensive
J. ‘ "'er rich old turf if possible, for
'he birds begin to pick up a lot
, ''l sustenance without expense tn
■'nor. and to run ducklings on
the risk of their eating their
It is imperative for them to
'th a fair measure of success.
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, ’’ 'amlna to ’he constitution and
• benefit whatever may be the
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Tom Poole, one of Atlanta’s most enthusiastic fanciers, and
one of his superb black Langshans.
JUDGE F. J. MARSHALL
WILL EDIT GEORGIAN'S
POULTRY DEPARTMENT
The Georgian takes great pleasure in announcing that Judge
F. J. Marshall, of College Park, becomes poultry editor of this
paper beginning Monday. He will contribute an article each
day, answer promptly all questions from readers of The Geor
gian, and will edit the Saturday supplement devoted to poultry
and pet and live stock.
Judge Marshall is the foremost poultry expert in the South
today. As a fancier and as a judge he has achieved a reputa
tion which gives the stamp of authority to whatever he writes.
It is particularly appropriate
that he join forces - with The
Georgian, for he has long real
ized the great work this paper
has done for the poultry industry
in Georgia in being the first
Southern daily to give proper
recognition to poultry breeding
as a first-class business, and a
recreation without equal.
Judge Marshall became a breeder of
fine poultry when but a boy. and has
made it a business ever since. He has
served his apprenticeship all down the
line of breeding, exhibiting and ship
ping fine stock all over this country.
He began judging at the fairs and
shows over 25 years ago and frequently
handles at least 10,000 birds in a sea
son.
He has judged at leading shows
North and South, among them Chicago
exposition in 1593, Louisiana Purchase
exposition in St. Louis, 1904; James
town exposition, 1907; Cleveland. Chi
cago, Cincinnati, Washington, Pitts
burg. Atlanta, Augusta. Memphis, New
Orleans, Nashville and Charleston. He
has been an active member of the
American Poultry- association for nine
teen years. He was a member of the
committee to revise The American
Standard of Perfection for 1910, and is
a member of the committee for 1915.
Judge Marshall has written quite a
little for the poultry and agricultural
press during the past 25 years.
In 1887 he acted as poultry editor of
The Ohio Farmer. During the past six
years he has been editor of the poultry
department of The Southern Ruralist,
of Atlanta, and built it up to its present
high standard, and will continue his
good work with that paper.
Mr. Marshall is the author of Mar-
HERE ARE A COUPLE OF
HINTS FOR POULTRYMEN
Top dress the poultry runs with thor
oughly slaked lime and plow it under.
After ground is well stirred, sow rye
and roll it in in spring, just when frost
begins to come out of the ground, sow
a good mixture of clover seed in the
rye.
Good whitewash applied with a com
pressed air spray pump is an excellent
sweetener for poultry buildings if the
work is well done and allowed to dry
before the houses are used for stock.
purpose for which the ducklings are
being kept.
Given plenty of drinking water,
enough water for swimming is not a
necessity when the birds have free
range, but should the latter be re
stricted, swimming water is advanta
geous in that it offers inducement for
exercise I'ntll feathered "running on"
ducklings may be fed upon the same
lines as ones that are being fattened
The fact that exercise is allowed pre
vents the birds from becoming too fat.
After the birds feather and until the
voice breaks, four meals a. dot are am
ple and will not be eaten by the more
active breeds. Two meals may be of
mash and two of hard grain but drop
tile mush should the lords not rylish 1’ ,
After the voice breaks a feed in the i
morning and at night will I" all that,
i= neie.-aarv for birds with plenty of
range. —lndustrious Hen. |
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANO NEWS.
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JUDGE F. J. MARSHALL.
shall’s Poultry Commentary, a compen
dium of information on all the standard
breeds, telling the hreetier the things
he wants to know, but can not find in
The Standard.
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COLUMBIA. S.C., PLANNING
FOR BIG POULTRY SHOW
The Columbia, S. C., poultry show
promises to be the largest and best ever
held in that state. Two judges of na
tional reputation will be selected to
place the ribbons. Prizes will be lib
eral, with lots of specials.
The officers of the South Carolina
Poultry association, under whose aus
pices the Columbia, show will be held,
are Theo Holzhauser, Irmo, president.
Dr. I-'. D. Kendall, Columbia, vice pres
ident; T. 1.. Little, Camden, secretary
treasurer, and the directors are B. F.
Kelly, chairman. Bishopville; S. A.
Mathias, Irmo; E. F. Allison, Colum
bia: Dr. F. D. Kendall, Columbia, and
A A. Jones, Columbia. The show will
be held January 28-31, 1913.
TIME NOW TO GIVE LOT J
OF CARE TO PULLETS'
Time to begin housing the pullets
that are to supply winter eggs. Don’t
overcrowd them. Don’t shut them In
too closely. Keep them liberally sup
plied with succulent green food. See
that they go on the roost .it night and
do not sleep on the floor. Provide plen.
tv of i lean nests Supply an abun
dance of pure, clean drinking water
land plenty of wholesome food in t i
rlet> Don't forget i supple of .-ruslu-d
oister shi i s. yit din granulated, raw .
| bunt and granulated charcoal.
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THESE SUGGESTIONS TO
EGG RAISERS ARE GOOD
"Suggestions to the Egg Raiser" is
the title of a postcard which is being
sent out this season to poultrymen by
the Batchelder & Snyder Company, of
Boston, Mass., wholesale eggs and live
poultry dealers. This card contains ten
"suggestions” that are worthy of being
posted on every poultry plant In the
country. Here they are:
1. Improve your poultry stock.
2. Provide one clean, dry, vermin
free nest for every four or five liens.
3. Conclude all hatching by May 15,
and confine or sell male birds during
the remainder of the season.
4. Gather eggs daily during ordinary
times; twice daily during hot or rainy
weather.
‘ 5. In summer place eggs as soon as
gathered in a cool, dry room.
6. Use all small, dirty eggs and ex
tra large eggs at home. Eggs should
never be washed, as water opens the
pores.
7. Take eggs to market at least once
a week, and tlo nqt expose them to the
sun's rays. Eggs slunild have as good
care as milk. They are perishable.
8. In selling, insist on being paid
for quality. If you have taken care of
your eggs;' tyotr fjnn*Jf have to stand
part of the loss of the shiftless pro
ducer.
9. Remember, thq egg business has
outgrown "pin money" stage, and is
(or should be) qae of the largest and
best departments of your farm; and it
is up to you to make it so.
10. Have yqur cases dry and clean
and thoroughly aired, with excelsior on
the top and bottom.
6,250 CARS OF POULTRY
SOLDIN NEW YORK IN 1912
More live poultry is being sold in the
New York market than ever before.
Basing their calculations on operations
so far this year, dealers estimate that
the total volume of business for 1912
will approximate 6,250 cars. The total
for 1911 was 4.875 cars, and for 1910,
3,488 cars. Wholesale prices have been
and are now below those of 1910, but
above those of 1911. The averages as
shown by trade records for 1910 were
16 cents per pound, and for 1911 14.32
cents. The average so far for 1912 has
been about 15 cents, at which dealers
assert that poultry is the cheapest meat
product that goes into general con
sumption. On the whole, prices have
varied hut slightly during the past three
years, while nearly everything else has
broken all high price records.
THIS TIP IS ONE ALL
POULTRYMEN CAN PLAY
Cremate or deeply bury the dead
chickens? We wish that we could have
that sentence painted in letters a foot
high, on a sign that couldn't be missed
and must be heeded, and posted on
every poultry plant everywhere. Cre
mation is best and far better than bur
ial. but deep burial Is better than the
carelessness which leaves dead fowls
and chicks lying about on the poultry
plant, in manure heaps, in open pits, or
in adjoining woods and fields We re
peat: Whenever you find a dead fowi
or chick or kill a sick one, cremate or
deeply bury (beyond chance of being
dug up by dogs or skunks), and do it
immediately. Don't wait, don't hesitate
—get busy.
It was back in the olden times that they •
had 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 I
so had lost this and that. The way was !
»he 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 1
your want ia an ad In The Georgian will
I till It for vou Georgian Want Ads buy.
sell, exchange, rent, secure help, find lost
i hi tic-lea and countleaa other things.
White Wyandotte cock owned
by E. E. Mack, of Thomasville.
C.P.A.SHOWTO
BE GREAT EVENT
Announcement of the Date and
Plans Causes Big Excitement.
Success Is Assured.
The announcement of the Georgia
Poultry association that it would hold
its show as usual this season and that
the dates had been set for October 27
to November 2 created more than a
ripple in the Southern poultry world.
■ It created a genuine upheaval.
With the show situation in Atlanta
somewhat complicated and decidedly
critical, the poultrymen not only of
Georgia, but of the whole South were
’ awaiting an announcement from the
Georgia Poultry association with some
thing mo-re than ordinary interest.
1 When it came, everybody sat up and
! took a lot of notice.
It is a suggestive fact that the Geor
gia. Poultry association has been going
steadily forward with its plans for the
! coming show ever since the eighth
show ended last winter. This show
J was the victim of more assorted kinds
of hard luck than any successful show
ever held in the South. The date was
too late, the competition was keen, the
weather was atrocious and, all in aH,
there was hard sledding.
Despite all this, the show was put
through. Thanks to efficient and eco
nomical management and owing to the
fine equipment owned by the associa
tion and the intelligent direction of the
men who have been giving poultry
shows in the South for eight years,
only a few dollars were lost, and these
few were promptly put up by members
i of the association.
Not a month after the show the
Georgia Poultry association met. elect
ed officers for the ensuing year and
voted to have another show—but to
have it on an earlier da|e than that of
last winter.
Since that time President Hastings,
Secretary Harwell and the other offi
cials have worked steadily. They have
used all of their very considerable In
fluence on big exhibitors and they have
secured in consequence the promise of
entries that will raise the class of the
coming show above anything the
South has ever known. They have en
gaged the Auditorium-Armory, which
is the greatest building available for
poultry exhibitions in the whole South.
They have secured three men—F. .1.
Marshall, W. Pierce and F. fl Shell
abarger—as judges. And they have got
in touch with the big breeders of the
South.
There is nothing else to it —this ninth
annual show of the Georgia Poultry as
sociation will be a hummer Every
thing points in that direction.
No especial effort will be made this
year, just as none has ever been made
in the past, to round up a big lot of
birds, regardless of class The effort
will be to make it a representative
Southern show- and to make it what
its name implies: “The Great Central
Show of the South.”
Mr Busines Man or Woman: Aren't
you on a sharp lookout for competent help
of ah kinds'’ You knew that It is good
business policy to get live wires with you.
I Let us call your attention to the ‘‘Situa
tions Wanted” columns of The Georgian ;
Here is where you have a chance to select
tlie best help that efln be had on the mar
ket These people that advertise can !
I furnish you the best of references. So, I
from now on read the "Situation Wanted' 1
columns of The Georgia and get the help,
that will be of the most service to you.
Horses and Carriages
Poll SALE Combination saddle and bug
gv horse, line and stvlish price cheap
if taken at onct Write Hot 211. t'orne
, '"1 ’'ii ’■■-
I l**’’'"!: SALE Texas saddle ptint . itaud
: semi ba' gentle eplendld gait verv
’*■ ’” r '■■■ or Eti A. n Kellogg
I Temple Court. 55-13-9
Plymouth Rocks.
B.\Riii:n i'I.YMTTT 'iTi 'fpieksP i: r
Thompson's imperial Kinglet strain, di
rect; invincible at world’s greatest shows.
Stock from New York first prize winners.
Prices right. Circulars free. A. C. Brown,
Holton. Ind92-14-U
EGGS from prize-winning Barred Plym
outh Rocks; four ribbons, first cock,
first, fourth and fifth hens. Silver cup
(sweepstakes) on just four birds. Eine
cockerels for sale. Benjamin H. Spurlock.
Lithonia. Ga. 9-1,4-5
WHITE PLYMOFTH 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
Ducks.
OlTl WHITE INDIAN RI'NNERS. Eng
lish penciled and fawn white ducks are
ribbon birds. For sale single or tn pens.
Egg’s and baby ducks for sale. Free
Range Duck and Poultry Farm, Chamblee.
Ga. Main office 304 Forsyth building.
Atlanta. 9-14-2
sVv. 1’.11.L, you can get Penciled Indian
Runner ducks at $1 each. Fawn, $1.50.
at Copperas Falls Farm, Tullahoma, Tenn.
S-31-4
INDIA ST RUNNER DT ; CKS Either pen
ciled or fawn and white at $1 each; good
ones; time yet to raise stock; order today.
Munnimaker Poultry Farm, Normandy,
Tenn. 5-25-3
Orpingtons.
BI FF ORPlNGTONS—Exhibition stock a
specialty. Hggs for hatching and baby
chicks Reduced autumn prices. Send
for catalogue. Bacon & Flay wood, 166
Springfield avenue, Guyton, Ga. 8-31-1
Leghorns.
WHITE LEGHORNS—Highest quality,
strongest vitality, 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 & Flaywood, 166 Springfield avenue.
Guyton. Gaß-31-3
SINGLE ('(’MB Brown leghorns 5 hens
and handsome young cockerel This Is
proper mating; all for $5. Ed. L. Culver,
Sparta, Ga. 9-7-2
R. I. Reds.
OUR RHODE ISLAND REDS are per
fection. This strain of birds hatches
90 per cent of perfect feathered chicks.
White Leghorns from best strain Eggs
and birds for sale. No eggs shipped more
than three days old. Free Range Duck
and Poultry Farm, Chamblee, Ga Main
office. 304 Forsvth building, Atlanta. Ga.
9-14-1
SINGLE COMB Rhoda 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
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.
BULBS THAT SHOULD BE STARTED indoors now
for early blossoms. White Roman Hyacinths, 40c
a dozen, postpaid 50c; Paper White Narcissus, 25c a
dozen, postpaid 40c; Freesias, 20c a dozen, postpaid
25c. All of our bulbs are large, strong, sure bloom
ers. Write for a copy of our bulb catalogue.
'( "DTA RRIIOEA READDY, 25c
and 50c. Lee’s White* Diarrhoea Remedy, 50c.
Either of these will give satisfaction.
CRUSHED OYSTER SHELL and poultry grit. 50
pounds 50c, 100 pounds SI.OO.
MALE (’ANAIDES -All guaranteed singers, $2.50
each. Cages $1.25 and up.
SILVER SKIN and Yellow Danver Onion Sets. Seed
Rye and Barley.
USE CONKEY’S NOX-LCTDE for ridding your
poultry houses of mites. Two tablespoons mixed
in two gallons of water is what is needed for dip
ping your fowls. One pint can 35c, 1 quart 60c, 2
quarts 90c, 1 gallon $1.50,
' LEE 'S AN D ('ON KEV ’S LIQ EII >" LICE KELLERS
are both good. One quart 35c, 1-2 gallon 60c, 1
gallon SI.OO.
CHICKEN WHEAT, wheat bran, shorts, alfalfa meal,
beef scraps and charcoal.
"get I 7eITS~ BEST STOC kToNDITIONER for the
horse or cow that is out of condition. Fed regu
larly t<» your cow, it will increase the flow of milk.
Price, 25c and 50c a box.
IF YOU HAVE POTTED PLANTS~that are not’
ing well, gel Armour’s Flower Food, as it will put
new life in them. No trouble to use. Just mix with
water and pour over soil. Price, 1-2-pound package
'2sc, 1-pound package 50c, postpaid 35c and 60c.
i I’RNIP SEED. TURNIP
Write for a copy of our 1912 Summer and Fall Seed
('atalogue.
IT IS A GOOD IDEA~ to have green food for your
fowls, and now is a good time to plant a patch of
rye, barley or rape.
ALL SIZE FISH GLOBES. Prepared Fish Food 10c
a package, postpaid 12c.
AFTER (il\ ING the “Red Comb” Feeds a trial, you
will continue to feed them.
PHONE I s YOl R ORI)ERS for flower pots, fem
pans and pot saucers.
DdNT FORGET that we have four CITY DELI\ -
IRIES daily. Time of each mentioned in heading.
WE ARI - , HEADQI ARTERS for galvanized iron
drinking founts, leed pans ami hoppers, grit and
shell boxes, leg hands and poultry markers.
LEE’S, Conkt and Ru t’s Lice Powders arc all
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Wyandottes.
FOR SALE. Partridge Wyandotte chick
ens. Guarantee fair winners H. M.
Ross, Tullahoma, Tenn. 9-7-9
Bantams.
BANTAMS—Game Bantams, Sebrlghts,
Buff Cochins. Carlisle Cobb. Athens,
G»2 4-26-JI
Eggs. ~ ~
THOROUGHBRED Buff Orpington eggs,
$1 ner fifteen 12n Windsor street.
Main 3588. 4-27-25
Incubators.
INCFBATOR. 240-egg Prairie State; only
used for one hatch. Call Decatur 270.
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Miscellaneous Poultry.
200 MARCH and April hatched Single
Comb White Leghorn pullets, Wyckoff
strain. White Runner Ducks, egg ma
chine, the greatest money makers. Mrs
Louis Downer, Guthrie, Ky9l-14-9
HASTINGS’ 100-bushel oats. $1 bushel.
Extra fine cotton seed for planting. $1
bushel. Fancy Berkshire pigs, sired by a
great son of the $4,000 show boar. Star
Value: prices reasonable. Jersey bull
calf, six months old; will register; onlv
$25. Barred Rocks and White Orpingtons
cheap. Fairview Farm, Palmetto, Ga
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GOLDEN Laced Wyandottes, Columbian
Wyandottes. S. C. Rhode Island Reds.
Indian Runner Ducks. W. D. Bennett.
Molena, Ga. 12-13-33
SELLING OCT—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. W. E. Lumley, Tullahoma. Tenn
-80-2
Hogs.
TWO male French poodle puppies for
sale; pure white: little beauties; $lO
each. George Austin, 428 East Georgia
ave., City.6B-14-9
ONE one-year-old registered Berkshire
boar. First check for S2O gets him.
Stanley Bros., Dacula, Ga. 46-14-9
Dogs.
WANTED —Young female brlndie bull;
well marked. Address F. S. W., care
Georgian. 9-14-7
DOGS At close prices. Variety of point
ers, setters and hounds to select from.
Young and mature. Trained and partly
trained. Correspondence solicited. Mont
vlew Kennels, Kernersville, N. C. 38-14-9
WANTED —Young female brlndie bull;
well marked. 9-14-7
FOR SALE —Pointers, setters and hounds.
State wants. E. A. Linville, Kerners
ville. N. C. 59-9-10
