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The Georgian’s Poultry and Live Stock Page A GROUP OF FINE EXHIBITION FOWLS iIF/' - '' ..-w'- >- ■ t -sU W* -3F ' .-. W , * " " ' \ < ▼ jX * jsL White leghorn cock owned by I. Miller Walker, of Augusta. 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. ■ lao of >anglng h« ip.- to , ’’ 'amlna to ’he constitution and • benefit whatever may be the r I i -> bl.: r n iMimiiC - ' T " I 1 ’ . 7 .Mir ■ IMi - IJBFi 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. . I a • ■<■■■ 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. —. 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. T E H - ■«# *JM 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 Uoo' 1 - 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. -13-22 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 -14-67 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