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The Georgian’s Poidtrv and Live Stock Page
Edited by Jmdge F. J. MARSHALL
A COMBINATION THAT IS HARD TO BEAT
Turn a flock of S
health" thorough- ■
bred chickens and )
two or three chil- ,
dren loose in the ■
back yard and you
have a combina- J
tion that can’t be ■
beater.. The pho
tograph sho-ws <
Virginia Carmi- I
chael, daughter of J
Mr. and Mrs. Will i
Car mi c hael, of
Edwin place. For- t
tified Hills, feed
ing their splendid 5
White Rocks and ;
Rhode Island '
Reds. Except in <
breeding season. ?
when the flocks '>
are kept separate. I
all the hens and I
pullets are given ’
free range in the ’
large, shaded back >
yard. Their health
and vigor are ap- I
parent at a glance. ‘
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Breeds of Poultry
There are. all told, about 113 recognized standard varieties
o e poultry, including bantams, turkeys, ducks and gees?. Many
of these, however, occupy simply ornamental
positions, and have hut little practical value to
recommend them. Those unacquainted with, this
line of business would be surprised to know
how many of the ornamental breeds and ban
tams are bred because they are so much ad
mired by those having a little time, to devote
to matters other than business. Prominent
among the ornamentals are the Polish varieties,
with their great round crests upon their heads,
being very attractive upon the green lawn. The
bantams represent many of the larger breeds
from which they have been derived, such as
Cochins. Brahmas, Polish, and almost all the
standard games.
But the fowls that the rank and file of our
people are interested in are the practical
breeds some strictly as layers, some as layers
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and market fowls combined.
The leaders in the laying class (being also non setters) are
the Leghorns and the Minorcas, the former rather more popular
on account of their laying a few more eggs and of more earlier
maturity. The Leghorn family consists of the Single Comb
Brown, White. Buff. Black and Silver Duckwing, and the Rose
Comb Brown and White. The S. C. Brown. White and Buff are
the most popular, the others being raised only in limited num
bers. There is but little difference in the qualities of the differ
ent varieties, the principal difference being in the color suited
to their fancy.
The Minorca breed is composed of three varieties—Single
t omb Black, Single Comb White and Rose Comb Black. The
Single Comb Black is decidedly the most popualr.
The general purpose of utility breeds might be classed as
follows:
The most popular are the American class, of which are the
I’ 1 .’, mouth Rocks—Barred. White and Buff popular in order
'■ ■med. Then epme the Wyandottes—White. Buff. Silver. Golden.
s ver Penciled, Partridge. Columbian and Black—named about
- to their popularity. The Plymouth Rock and Wyandotte fam
s are both good sized market chickens. The Rock is about
lie pound larger to the fowl. The Wyandotte will mature a tri
fle quicker of the two. Both breeds are very superior layers,
■I will give the strictly laying breeds a close race in many
instances.
In these breeds, as with the Leghorns, the principal differ
nis in the color. A man’s choice of breeds is usually decided
his color fancy, other things being about equal. The Brahmas
I Cochins, while they have a good many ardent admirers who
’■' nk they have about all that is good in a chicken, can hardly
'•lassed as practical breeds. The Brahmas are rather too large
: slow in maturing, while the Cochin family have the reputa
’ mos being lazy, poor layers and almost constant sitters. I rue.
"'C faults are frequently exaggerated, and made to appear
'>■ than they really are. by those who are breeding and pnsh-
- other breeds. The Brahmas are splendid layers in winter and
■d climates, and the Cochin is par excellence when it comes
1 roasting fowl. I do not think it has an equal along that
line.
| MRS. L. L. UPSON, Athens, 6a.
Won on Orpingtons at recent Nashville Show in competition
with Western and Southern Breeders. 1 fust, 3 seconds, 1
third, 1 fourth. 1 fifth. Each of the four varieties entered won
i'ibboni. Will sell birds in fine condition, ready for show
<oom, in Buff, Black, White, Diamond Jubilee Orpingtons.
Write, telegraph or phone your needs to
MRS. L L. UPSON
ORPINGTON GROVE, ATHENS, GA.
Box 534 Phone 55
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Feed For Fanciers
An overfed hen Is stupid, lazy and
unprofitable. The eager, active, hungry
hen is the profit maker.
There is an old adage that "like
draws to like” and that the antithesis
of this would probably be that unlike
keeps as far away from unlike as it
possibly can. Two birds of like desir
able qua ties, mated together, giv
their progenj a double tendency to de
velop these qualities.
The close observer in the poultry
business is the man who makes it win.
He keeps his mind busy looking ahead
for breakers to avoid and smooth wa
ters to enter. He is constantly on the
alert for some better way. and while
he may not make much fuss about it.
he will be found pushing his business
along and reaping substantial profits
from his industry.
In the poultry business I have found
that it is crowded at the foot of the
ladder, with very little standing room
on the first few rungs. But the higher
I ascend the less the crowd and the
more comfortable 1 am. 1 have plenty
of elbow room. But it has taken push
and energy, plenty of'hard work and
attention to the little details which are
the keynotes to success in the poultry
business, as in everything else.
Can you go among your flock of hens
and pick out the ones that are the
best layers? It pays mighty well to be
able to do this. Trap-nests are not
always necessary. Sometimes only a
careful observation and personal ac
quaintance is all that is necessary The
matter of knowing which are the prof
itable and which are the unprofitable
heps is really much more important
than the majority of people think.
At one time there waa a strong prej
udice against incubators in the minds
of many on the ground that chicks
were less hardy and vigorous than
when hatched under the hen. But that
idea is fast dying out. if there Is any
difference, it is in favor of the incu
bator. I have never had a lousy chick
that was hatched and reared by ma
chinery. Os course, I always keep the
machines and brooders perfectly clean.
Hens are easily kept if their food
rations are suitable. Feed as well as
breed counts, and counts big, too. Eggs
from stock that has been given proper
care, feed and attention must give bet
ter results and satisfaction than eggs
from a flock kept In any old way. Yet
I have found that no matter how good
the food, no matter how systematic the
care, if they do not have the proper grit
to grind up the food they will pine and
die. Fowls on range, if the soil is sandy
or rocky, will generally find sufficient
grit, but it is best to make sure by giv.
ing them sohie extra.
Here are some good remedies to keep
on hand: Turpentine is a good remedy
for bruises inflammation, worms and
limber neck. Bicarbonate of soda aids
digestioti and prevents sourness of the
crop It ian be fed In the mash. In
digestion of fowls is often taken for
■ liolera. The droppings of choleric pa
tients are yellow and watery, while the
evacuations of fowls suffering in.
dlg'Htion more of a dark nature.
When the fowl is ailing ami has great
tillin', it is an indication of fever A
PREMIUM LIST READY
FOR GA. POULTRY SHOW
The premium list for the annual exhibition of the Georgia
Poultry Association is ready and the secretary, C. 0. Harwell,
of 113 North Pryor street, will be glad to furnish copies to all
who are interested.
The show will be held the week of October 28-November
2. It promises to .be the best ever given in Atlanta. The ear
liness of the date will especially appeal to the fanciers and
breeders who want to mate up their birds and get down to the
year’s business early in December.
Four high-class judges have been engaged to place the
awards. They are F. J. Marshall, of College Park; W. C.
Piece, of Carmel Ind.; F. 11. Shellabarger, of West Liberty,
lowa, and Alf Bertling, of Chamblee.
The prize money and entry fees remain the same as last
year Ihe standard as adopted by the Madison Square Garden
show.
few drops of aconite in the drinking
water will very much assist.
Feeding fowls does not consist in
throwing out to them a certain quantity
of feed one. two or thre times a day.
It requires judgment to property feed
fowls. They will not require the same
quantity every time, nor the same kind
of feed. This is a matter that can be
studied with profit.
Poultry will not thrive in an illy
ventilated house, but ventilation is not
everything. Sufficient attention is not
given to light A dark roosting place
never smells sweet, however well ven
tilated it may appear Eight Is as nec
essary as anything else to a hen house.
Poultry—Miscellaneous.
MOTTLED ANCONAS, Partridge Plym
outh Kocks and Salmon Faveroiles cock
erels, fine birds; few more than I need;
going cheap. \V. J Davidson, United
States Commissioner, Tullahoma. 'Fenn.
WANTED - Poultry, pet and live stock.
Address Fancier, care Georgian. 10-9-6
WHITE INDIAN KENNER ducks, Fish-
el, Spencer and Carlisle strains. Most
popular breed and greatest money-makers
White laghorns, W yckoff strain; great
winter layers. Robert Downer, Route 3,
Guthi ■<-. i\ 28-9 -10
WHITE I.J? Ill* »l:.\ L.i (. ’ a Rlfl, Fislif‘l
White Wyandottes, Pape Minorcas.
Nice stock. Satisfaction guaranteed. C.
B Mar! in, Greenville. S. <9-25-4
FREI] RANGE duck and poultry farm,
have many yards of ideal Rhode Island
Reds and the finest White Leghorns;
largest White Runner yards in the South,
also Fawn ami White. Write for prices
of eggs and stock (the large yards al
ways sell the freshest rggfc). Gome and
see our yards and stock Chamblee, Ga.,
Route 1. City Office, 304 Forsyth Build
ing. xiLnii;., Ga 9-28 51
11 i<"i-i, ].-|,,.| ,$] hush* i
Extra fine cotton seed for planting, $1
bushel. Fancy Berkshire pigs, sired by a
great son of the. $4,000 show boar, Star
Value; priors reasonable, Jersey bull
calf, six months old will register; only
|23. Bari rd Rocks and While Orpingtons
cheap. Fairview Farm, Palmetto, Ga.
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Wyandottes. S U Rhode Island Reds.
Indian Runner Ducks. W D. Bennett
Molena, Ga. 12-18-33
g] ' .i.iN(. < 'IT Bi [ci . Wi.iir " Buff •>i
pingtons 810 k Langshans, Pekin, Buff
Orpington and Runner ducks (white and
fawn and white) Prices should move
them. Also collie dogs and Berkshire
hogs W E Huntley. Tullahoma, Tenn.
-30-2
SINGLE COMB Rhode Island Reds and
White Wyandottes I can fill some
order. 1 - i"U for pullets, cockerels and
yearling hen for layers and show bird
Stat* you! wants m willing and hnu
ini < '<•■! art" invest W rite Mi-
W M i;-.spu.ond I’h kens S C 29-9-10
Pigeons.
Pl RE WHITE homer pigeons from
prize-winning stock, $2.50 per pair Re
gal Wyandotte Yard. 230 Oglethorpe ave
nue. Atlant® 10- lj-8
FOR sale .bimbo homer pigeonsT'from
extra stock. Write Box 358, Gaffney.
<- 32-10-10
Rabbits.
FOR SALE—Rufus Red Belgian hares
149 South avenue 64-12-16
Cows.
FOR SALE—Fine Jersey cow J Jansen,
15 Wade avenue. South Kirkwood.
Bell phone Decatur 444 39-11-10
Hogs.
FOR SALE—Fifty English Berkshire
pigs, nine weeks old; all or part of
them; $3 each if taken before October 25.
College View Poultry and Stock Farm.
College Park, Ga.. R. F. D. 1. 10-12-52
Dogs.
FOR SALE—Coon and opossum dogs fox
and cat hounds. M L. Crawford Tiger
-12-53
COLLIE PCPS; eight weeks; fine stock.
C., 113 West Peachtree street. Ivy
2569. Mrs. Davis 61-12-10
WELL trained, blooded pointer for sale"
Bell phone Decatur 565. 49-11-16
FOR SALE One first-class opossum dog
R. H. Crawford ._ Tiger, Ga. 10-10-41
WANTED Every person* with a doFTor
sale to address Kennel, care Georgian
Monkeys.
FOR SALE Mamoset monkev. Call M
1315. or apply 140 Trlnits* avenue
GEORGIAN
Want Ads
BRING RESULTS.
Leghorns.
FOR SALE—One pair S. C. White Leg
horns (Ferris strain), twelve March pul
lets, one cockerel; first check for $12.75
gets them; an opportunity. Mrs. A S.
Hargrove. Sale City, Ga7l-12-10
BI’FF LEGHORNS; bred from prize win
ners A fine lot of utility pullets and
cockerels at $1.50 each. Splendid layers
Address C. H. Sage. Oberlin. Ohio. J 3-11-10
BARGAIN SALE Brown Leghorns (S. Co;
five young hens; two ready-to-lay pul
lets; handsome cockerel; all for $7.50. Efl
L. Culver, Sparta Ga 10-5-19
FOR SALE—IOO 8 C White Leghorn
hens, one year old. at 75 cents each.
Mrs. T R Roberts, Franklin, Tenn..
Route 1 • 111-28-Si
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 & Haywood, 196 Springfield avenue.
Guyton. Ga 8-31-3
FOR SALE--Thoroughbred S. C White
Leghorn pullets; first-class stock. E
B Havey, Box 81. Lithonia, Ga. 10-11-4
Plymouth Rocks.
W HTTirTLYMofmTTwCKTTT' qua 1 i -
ty. Can handle large orders. A few
pairs White Runner ducks. C. O. Har
well. 113 North Pryor street. Atlanta.
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
EGGS from prize-winning Barred Plym
outh Rocks; four ribbons, first cock,
first, fourth and fifth hens Silver cup
(sweepstakes! on Just four birds Fine
cockerels for sale Benjamin H Spurlock,
Lithonia, Ga 9-14-5
R. I. Reda.
MY young stock this season have just
won third and fifth cockerels at Ten
nessee state fair, Nashville, on two entries
and first cockerel at Tri-State fair, Mem
phis. Any one wishing first-class young
stock for all show’s or for breeding pur
poses and can supply them; also have
some of past season's breeders which 1
will sell st reasonable price. Barrett
Phinizy, Athens, Ga. 10-2-2
Orpingtona.
ALL my last season’s winners for sale
Pens and single birds Ribbons and
cups go with birds V. A Ham, Newnan,
Ga. 9-21-1
BUFF ORPINGTONb Exhibition stock a
specialty. Eggs for hatching and baby
chicks. Reduced autumn prices. Bend
for catalogue Bacon a- Haywood, 166
Springfield avenue, Guyton, Ga. 8-31-1
Bantams.
TWO SNOW WHITE Cochin bantam
cockerels. $2.50 each; Regal Wyan
dotte Yard. 230 Oglethorpe avenue, At
lanta 10-12-9
BANTAMS—Game bantams, Sebrights,
Buff Cochins Carlisle Cobb, Athens,
Ga 4-36-80
Poultry—Miscellaneous.
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. ATI;ANTA 2568.
CHICKEN POX, sorehead, warts and pian are all
the same disease. donkey to Chicken Pox Remedy
is a sure cure Price 50c.
GRANULATED BONE is line for laying stock. It
has been proven by analysis to contain all the ele
ments of an egg. Comes in fine, medium and coarse
sizes. Price. 7 lbs., 25c; 50 lbs.. $1.75; 100 lbs., $3.25.
IF YOUR COW is out of condition, try Lee to Best
Stock Conditioner. 25c and 50c a box.
CRUSH ED OYSTE R SH ET grit 50
lbs., 50c; 100 lbs„ SI.OO.
SEED RYE, barley, oats and wheat, clovers, onion
sets, etc. Let us make you special quotations.
LIMBER NECK is caused by fowls eating putrid
flesh, which causes ptomaine poisoning. Fowls
that are suffering from this cause can not stand or
hold up their heads, but seem well; combs rosv as
ever. Treat them with Conkey’s Limber Neck ’Rem 7
edy and you will effect a sure cure. Price 50c.
WE CAN SUPPLY r YOU with all size
fern pans and pot saucers.
BULBS- Paper White Narcissus, 25c a dozen; post
paid, 40c. White Roman Hyacinths. 40c a dozen:
postpaid, 50c. Single Dutch Hyacinths, six colors,
50c a dozen; postpaid, 60c. Double Dutch Hyacinths,
six colors. 60c a dozen; postpaid, 70c. Freesias. 20c a
dozen; postpaid. 25c. Jonquils, 15c a dozen; post
paid, 20c; SI.OO a hundred; postpaid. $1.25. Chinese
Sacred Lilies, 10c each; 3 for 25c; SI.OO a dozen; if by
mail add 3c each for postage. Single and Double Tu
lips in mixed and separate colors. Let us mail vou
a copy of our Bulb Catalogue.
FOR THE LAWN—Hastings' Evergreen Lawn Mix
ture. fancy recleaned Kentucky Blue Grass. White
Clover. English Rye Grass and lawn fertilizers. Write
for booklet on lawns.
BRASS CANARY CAGES-$1.25 and up; bird seed,
gravel, manna. bitters, cuttie bone, song restorers,
salve, etc.
DON'T FORGET that we hit headquarters for the
“Red Comb’’ Poultry Feeds. They are the feeds
that are all feed with uo grit, shell or waste. Once
tried they are always used. A trial order will con
vince vou that this is true, . Let us mail vou price
list.
DRINKING FOUNTS. grit and shell boxes, leg
hands, poultry markers, nest eggs, disinfectants,
etv.
Wyandottes.
THE FAMOUS REGAL strain of White
Wyandottes at the New York State
fair. September 10-14, 1912, swept all be
fore them, winning first, second, third and
fifth on cocks; first, second, third and
fourth on hens; first, second, third,
fourth and fifth on cockerels; first, sec
ond, third and fourth on pullets; first,
third fourth and fifth pens (old); first,
second, third and fourth pens (young)
Also New’ York State fair commission
gold special, for best display, al! varie
ties competing. In the pa-st seven years
at the New York State fair, the Regal
White Wyandottes have won thirty-six
blue ribbons out of a possible forty-two
The Regals are bred to win and bred to
lay. After November 1 we will have four
pens of these grand birds mated and
can furnish eggs for hatching at $3. $5
and $lO per fifteen. No stock for sale.
Regal Wyandotte Yard. Mrs. H. W. Beith,
owner. 230 Oglethorpe avenue. Atlanta.
FOR SALE—Few partridge Wyandottes
from Kentucky and Tennessee fair win
ners. H M. Ross, Tullahoma, Tenn
Ducks.
\t HITE RUNNER drakes that will put
new blood in your flock and will win at
any show'; $lO each; we guarantee satis
faction; also a few S. C. White Leghorn
cockerels at $5 each; young strain Snow
white Poultry Yards, O. O. Rav, Mgr,
Kirkwood. Ga 9-21-6
INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS—The popu
larlty of these egg machines increase as
the people became familiar with them
To supply both the show fancier and
the utility breeder, we quote prices on
a few white Indian Runners: One pen
(one male, four females), show birds, $75:
one pen (one male, four females), show
birds. SSO; one pen (one male, four fe
malesl, show birds. $35; two pens (one
male, four females), show birds, each.
$25; one pair top notchers, $76; one pair
fancy birds, SSO: one pair fancy birds. $35;
one pair fancy birds. $25; one pair choice
birds, sls. Get a drake that will add
style and egg production to your flock for
$5 and up to S2O. Get in your order early,
and let us know just what you want,
and we will try to fill your expectations
On all orders we guarantee satisfaction
or refund your money. Wonderland Poul
try Farms. John Low Smith, proprietor
Kirkwood, Ga Bell phone Decatur 195
10-12-28
EXHIBITION White Runners for sale
If you want first-class breeders or
birds for the show room at reasonable
prices write us quick Jefferson Poultrv
Farm, Albany. Ga.lo-5-43
INDIAN iIL’NNER ducks, Il each; fawn
or penciled; all kinds of chickens; write
us Munnlmaker Poultry Company, Croth
ersvllle, Ind. 5-25-3
FOR SALE—lndian Runner ducks; fawn
and white. It you want layers, get
some of my wonderful strain of “mortgage
lifters.” Trios $7 to sls Write for price
list. Valley Head Poultry Farm, Route
2-B, Big Rock, Tenn. 10-11-1(1
Eggs
THOROUGHBRED Buff Orpington eggs’
$1 per fifteen 126 Windsor street
Main 3588. 10-9-15
Turkeys.
MAMMOTeT BRONZE~turkeyLand gin
seng seed. Seed, $6 a thousand. Nine
young turkeys, $3 each, until November
18; old hens, $4. Address Mrs Bailie
Bromley, Iron City, Tenn. 27-9-10
Poultry—Miscellaneous.