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- ■ ■ ■ • ■ w— ■■■■ ■ ■ „ . , 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. ‘ w 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 Ba I .MAX'SHA vt 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 ..i/Va'-i,. * .I - MaSK" ’ «r. i ' ■ t t ■ a >i i I , » ’ ? 1 <*.. - ?||.tw- a » , ■ hMBpHB m ...n . wQi ■■ yMiw w ' ■ W ' IK' : WEI W ...■fiat L roHHIk Jb^l a- -'■-" ■■'H^-ATrATTV~v >; - "i. ...sA 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. -1 4 67 <d 'I i l l.l ...■ ■•■ ■■ tes, (SJiti■ 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.