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CARE OF YOUNG CHICKS WILL PA Y
HANDSOMELY IN THE LONG RUN
Stunted Younqsters Result
From Ncqlect in Broodmq,
Feedinq and Housinq.
White Wvanriottes Arc Popu
lar For Both Utility and
Fancy Purposes.
By J. Harry Wol»*iff*r.
Poultry Judge. Lecturer and Author.
Copyright 1914 by The Kugene M«-
Guckln Company.
Th« hatching of chick* la of secon
dary importance, compared to raie-
Ing them. There la the real teat In
the poultry bualnea*. particularly now
that artificial fethoda have come *o
much Into vogue.
But It la not aa habardoua an under,
taking at tome auppote If proper
methoda and care employed. In fact.
If all preceding condition* have been
right—breeding and Ineubat 01"—anr
one can ralae a limited number of
chick* If common aenee la uaed.
Heat, ventilation, food are the three
great eaaentiala. There are now well
defined rule* that the poultry raiaer
can follow—and If followed religious,
fy will yield handeome return*. T n e
following article contain* many aug
geation* that might not occur to a
person who had not made a study of
the queatlon.
The llluatratlon this week ahowa
the popular and profitable utility
White Wyandotte*.
Throughout the country, at this
time of year, la heard the peep of
th< n« »l> liiiK lie i «lin k Mnii.v of
them reach maturity, but a large per
centage of them never live much be
yond the baby-chick age. Their
death* are due to many catiaea that
all surt-essliil poultry keeper* strive
to avoid.
The ralalng of chick* that have
been properly Incfthated and placed
under a good brooder la not the Im
pimalhle feat that ho many are led
to belle*e. In fact, when all condi
tion* leading hack further than the
Incubator and lumo lor, to the breed ,
liik pen, arc tight almost am one cutt i
arise h small flock >f chicken* wltl
nucesHlul rcMiilt*.
In the flr*t place, the hatching eggj
nt nnt he good; they miiKt he from
Block that li*» alway* been healthy; i
atock that lm* been hou*ed and Ted
for the beat reaulta In producing fer
tile egg*.
The day-old ehlck, If pufehaaed,
must mine from the a*tne kind ol
stock If hatching eggs have been *e
inreil, they must he iroperlv Incu
bated. either In the high grade Incu
bator of today or under the brood*
hen When hatched, proper care
fn*t he given to them.
Pfoper care does not mean the
pampering of overlndnlgence that *o
inun* think neceaaary, nor doc., It
mean neglect It mean* a well-defin
ed ay at cm of caring for the chick*
and not the hundred different moth
od* that arc aometlmea tried on them
during the llr*t few week* of their
ll*e*. which usually result In a high
death rate or atunted chick* that
never make good from a dollar an I
cents standpoint.
Methoda of Rearing Chicks.
There arc many different way* of
rearing chicks advocated In the press
by different poultry writer* On
rmny of me leading poultry farms
methods of feeding and earing lor
the chicks differ Brooding ayatema j
vary, house styles are not the same: i
but with those that are successfal
the general principle or foundation
for the work la very nearly uniform.
Hence one finds the different grades
of success, one breeder obtaining fair
hatches and low headth rale another
a slighl Inurease over the first In the
death rate Conditions also plft* »■'
Important i*art. but the main essen
tin Is must be right or success will
not result
The first essential for the proper
rearing of young chicks Is suitable
quarters When taken from the Incu
bator. they must have a house out
door brooder, under the hover. It
must have plenty of room, good *en
Illation and h beating capacity that
will carry newer less than 90 legrees
In all kinds of weather. Or it may
be a well constructed brooder of fresh
air. and a temperature of 9" degrees,
at lea->t lor the first ten days of their
lives
Better than either of the above l»
the colony house, with one of the.
laige coal burning hovers, that have I
a capacity for hovering from lot) to |
600 chicks. This style of giving the ,
chicks the proper heat always allows!
plenty of fresh air, n thing th*t was
not supplied sufficiently In the past.'
thereby causing many deaths I
To grow properly, chicks must
have plenty of fresh air. they mu»t
not he crowded —never place more
than fifty chicks In any of the small
brooders When the poultry raiaer*
re*hie that not only number* but
quality count* In the profit*, more
will be successful. This I* the age
Of big things, and the average be
ginner catches the spirit and goes
into the rearing of chicks on too large
a scale Numbers are almet at and
quality neglected
The moment quarters are over
crowded a loss commences not alone
in the Increased death rate, but In
the sloiv maturity of the overcrowded
checks More failure* result from the
at ten*' t to grow too many at the start
than from any other cause
Small Beginnings Beat.
The most successful poultry raisers
of today are those who hare started
with a few and gradually worked
up the ladder to fame and
profit*.
When being taken front, the Incubs
tor to the brooder the chicks should
A Combination of a Utility and Fancy Fowl
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WHITE WYANDOTTES
A popular American variety, tired for both utility nnd fancy purapoaes. From the utility Rtandpoint they
are 'much in favor with farmer* and Hinall •back-yard breeder*. They prove profitable both on the full range
and In small home flocks, being especially adapted for tlie latter. The he ns lay large brown eggs; the chicks
are rapid growers and are always in demand from the broiler age to mat urity.
(Cop yright, 1914. by the Kugene McGuckln Company.)
Introduced Into this country In
1885 White Wyandottes were originally
"sports" or white ehlcks bred from thn
Silver-I.aced Wyandotte*. Subsequent
ly other blood was bred into them to
get desired results, but tl«ye and wide
distribution of strain* have produced
a great uniformity of type.
The fancier* became interested In
the type and after ten years of experi
menting the White Wyandotte became
a rival of the famed Ilarred Plymouth
Rock as an all-purpose fowl. In faet,
It romvmanda high prices and is tn
he well-protected *o that they do not
become chilled. The broo ler should
be from 90 to Ido degrees for the first
week; the temperature can be grad
ually lowered as the chirks Httain
alze, but too much heat Is better than
too little, for. once chilled, a chick
seldom recovers enough to be pot
liable.
Food should he withheld from them
for the first 40 hours. After that
they may be fed small grains several
time* a day. Any high grade scratch
food should give results, especially
those that ,io not contain more than
SO per cent corn.
When the chick* are three days
old, dry bran may be placed In small
troughs that they may eat from when
ever they wish. When they are five
daya old. middlings, good ground onts,
mealed alfalfa and clean, high-grade
beef scrap* can he added to the bran
in the following proportion*: 100
pounds oT bran. 60 pounds of mid
dlings. 60 pounds of ground oats. 50
pound* of mealed alfalfa and not
over 10 to 16 per cent of beef scrap.
This makes a good dry mash to feed
them front the fifth or sixth day until
they are ready for the laying house
at from five to hlx months of age
Charcoal, grit and oyster shells can
be placed in hoppers so that the
growing chicks can obtain It as they
wish Clean, fresh water Is an essen
tial that Is often overlooked .
Green food In some form is an
other thing that the average poultry
raiser often does not thluk ot suf
ficient Importance, and yet it Is one
of the essentials that cannot he neg
lected If the best results are to he
obtained. It aids digestion and as
similation end keeps the chicks In
good condition. It can be fed In the
N«rm of sprouted oats, cabbage, beets
or lawn cuttings or from the Clover
fteld* Of course when the chicks
have the chance of free range, either
from the colony house or grass In
the brooder runs. the\ need no more.
But most poultry raisers, especially
those with hack lots In or near the
city do not enjoy these advantages,
but are compelled to buy green teed.
Separate Cockerels from Pullets.
As the chicks grow older, separate
the eockcrvl* from pullets, using f<»
the family or market all the males
not Intended for future breeders, in
separating the sexes, one will full
that they attain a better growth and
prove more profitable.
Be always on the watch for lice
for one cannot grow good oultry nnd
a crop of lice at the same time, and
no matter how new the buildings tn
which the fowls are kept lice will gain
i foothold if not kept In check. Spar
row s. the poultry raiser's worst ene
my, are carriers of lice and disease,
and In this country they are ever
present.
As the chicks grow into maturity,
one will atwa\* find a few that, even
at their full growth, will not be up
to the rest of the flock In size, and tn
many case* tn vigor Dispose ot
these; do not keep them In the hope
that, by heavy feeding, you will en
able them to catch up with the rest
of the flock They are the weaklings
and will prove to he the drones, and.
ts keit. will pull the average of tne
flock hack In both e<g production and
profit. ,
The w ater egg producers are the
great demand by egg farms and broil
er plunts. To this type are credited
many high egg records made by in
dividual hens. Also the meat is nota
ble for its fine flavor and abundance,
espeeially on the breast. For this rea
son it Is profitable as a market pro
duct, as there is less waste, and when
dressed the birds present a fine ap
pearance.
They are valuable assets also to
a small hack-yard flock, as they thrive
well In confinement and can lie made
to lay late into the winter. The hens
pullets that are properly grown from
good, healthy stork. Among begin
ners these will always he more suc
cessful with the man who has a few
than one who starts with a large
number of chicks. The former is
able, because there are but a few, to
give them good care, to see that they
are not overcrowded and that they
obtain plenty of bouse room and goo I
ventilation.
Overcrowding—the lack of close
culling—has caused much loss in
profits among the beginners In poul
try. Clean brooder*, absence oT over
crowding. no lice, plenty of green
feed, the feeding of milk in any form,
cleanliness of drinking vessels, close
culling of all undersized specimens,
the feeding of one system not chang
ing fropi day, to day—one day heavy
and the next day light—will insure
any one good, strong, profitable stock,
which. If hatched at the proper time,
will not fail to develop Into fowls
that will prove profitable winter lay
ers If given good feed nnd suitable
housing.
Failure to secure these results is
due to the lack of attention In some
of the essentials that must he com
I lied with. Equipment, Teed an 1
care are all necessary.
Hack of this comes the proper
breeding stoc, an i when purchased
from any of the well-known breeders
the beginner is reasonably sure of ob
taining what lie wishes—chicks,
w'hlch. If properly incubated and
brooded, will live and thrive arid de
velop into healthy, profitable stock.
Next week Michael K Royer, poul
try editor of the “Farm Journal," will
contribute an article on “Home-Male
Wrinkles In Poultry Appliances " The
Illustration will he "Single Comb
Brown la'ghorns."
To Raise Funds For New
Gymnasium at Harvard
New York The long continued agi
tation for a new and mo lern g> mna
aium at Harvard appears to have ac
complished the desired effect. Pres
blent Lowell recentl) gave his of
ficial sanction to the movement and
a graduate committee had been ap
pointed to begin a campaign among
the graduates for the necessary
fun.ls. Undergraduate commftteees
have been at work for over a year
obtaining pledges and collecting sub.
scriptione from the students. The
graduate committee will probably in
due those of the alumni who have
been actively Interested in Harvard
athletics.
General plans for the building It
self have been drawn up, which will
be list'd except for a few modifica
tion*. They call for a swimming
tank, an artificial ice rink and Indoor
tennis, squash and handball courts.
The probable location of the new
bull ling will be along the Charles
Hirer, near Soldier's Field and the
boathouses The new building will
be so lnrge that It will be impossible
to use the site of the present Hemen
way Gymnasium. The committee
will attempt to raise a million dol
lars, su-teutns of which will be used
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
became broody, sit anil raise chickens.
The pullets mature whd begin to lay
at 514 to 6 months, though many de
velop much effriler. Males attain a
weight from 714 to 814 pounds and fe
males 314 to 6>4 pounds. Hatching
eggs Van be bought for $1.50 per set
ting and upwards according to the
quality of the stock producing them.
Many breeders furnish day-old chicks,
thus saving the time and expense of
hatching. Whatever riiethods is em
ployed, White Wyandotte can be
depended upon to render an excellent
account of itself.
In the construction of the building
and the remainder as a maintenance
fund.
Members of lllfated A-7
Submarine Lived For
An Hour After Sinking
London. —According to testimony of
members of the crew of the legtrover
Pigmy, which was on the spot when
the submarine A-7 disappeared off
Devonport January, the occupants of
the 111-fated vessel must have lived
Tor at least an hour after the subma
rine sank, and during the greater
part of that time were engaged in
the hopeless task of trying to bring
her to surface. The crew of the
Pigmy saw during that time periodi
cal cone-shaped upheavals of water
growing gradually less until they
ceased. This, say the experts, proves
that an effort was being made to re
store bouyaney by blowing-oitt the
trimming tHnks until tli* last ounce
of compressed air was exhaust* 1.
How the surplus bouyanev, which
every submersible retains when div
ing. was lost is a question which may
nev-'r be solved. It might have been
caused by a mishap to the tanks or
failure of the aorpedo-tube door to
operate.
There is now little hope of ever
bringing the A-7 to the surface. She
lies in 27 fathoms of water, while no
submarine has yet been raised from a
greater depth than seven fathoms.
Resides the boat lies with er nose
titled at an angle of 30 degrees, and
her quarters buried in the mud to the
base of her eoning tower, so it woul 1
be almost impossible to get a grip on
it.
LONDON GAS COMPANIES
GET GERMAN COAL ORDERS
Berlin.—Heavy orders for German
coal have just been placed by one of
the london gas companies. This cu
riosity in foreign trade is matched by
the fact that Berlin gas companies
use Kngllsh coal, which Is often im
ported into Germany and shipped up
the Rhine as far as Mannhoim, pass
ing on its way within a few miles of
the great Bason coal region, the most
Important coal district on the conti
nent.
LONDON HORSE DRAWN
BUSSES NOW WOODHOUSES
London.—The thousands of horse
drawn omnibusses which were a fa
miliar sight in I.'ndon a few years
ago are now serving as chicken
houses, as woodsheds, or cottages at
the beaches. There are now only
about a dozen of the horse busses
left in service, those being used to
connect up street ca r lines which do
not cross the bridges over the
Thames. The omnibus companies
have been disposing of the old vehi
cloes for $7 a piece, a rate so low
that the demand had been greater
than the supply.
MAY RESTRAIN
SALE RE BOOZE
German Paliament Will Soon
Be Called Upon to Consider
Measures to Stop Liquor
Business Increase.
Barhn—The ditmin parliament, llk*>
th.it «f France, will *oon b- cu.led
upon to consider menaore* o' res’r'ilnt
ipen the liquor business of the em
pire
The federal council he* prepared for
consideration a bill which I* the re*
*ult of year* of saltation against the
Issuing liquor licenses regsrdless of
whether there Is any real demand for
more drinking places, t’ndcr the ex
isting law municipalities are author
ized to refuse lleenses where the need
frr their Issuance is not proved, but
the new measure make* surh refusal
mandatory. It al*o requires appli
cants for licenses to show that they
are person* of good character and can
be depended upon to conduct their
bi,nines* properly.
The new measure Is general In its
appllcat'on, but Is aimed primarily at
I'crlin, where the development of
drinking places of a dubious sort In
the last three or four year* ha* been
amazing. Quiet residential dsltrlct*
have been Invaded by gaudy restau
rant* and cases, and institutions known
as "American bars” equipped with bar
maids and exotic fiddlers, and serving
mixed drinks termed "American.” T >
these places come hangers-on of both
sexes; none of them close their doors
before 3 or 4 o'clock in the morning,
and most of the business is at 'ts
height at those hours.
New Licentin 3 Bill.
Proponent* of the new licensing bill
declare that not one in ten of these
resorts exists to meet a real need, but
rather to create one. and that they
are prolific breeding places of immor
ally. Particular objection is raised to
the so-called "Anlmlerkneipen,” or
“Animation bars," places where the
guests are encouraged to drink as
much as possible. All these resorts
have bar maids whose greatest assets,
from the standpoint of the house, are
their good looks and ability to put
away drink for drink with their cus
tomers. These women work on per
et ntage, which naturally spurs them
to sell as many drinks as possible.
The difficulty In combatting places
of this sort by a general law is found
‘n the fact that a great number of
highly respectable places employ wom
en a* bar maids or waiters. In South
Germany, Indeed, the female waiter Is
the rule. In view of this, the federal
council bill leaves it to the govern
n er.ts of the Individual federal states
to’ make regulations governing the
employment, manner of occupation and
method of paying women employes. It
Is probable that the adoption of the
bill will be followed by measures on
the part of the Prussian government
to decrease greatly, ts not wipe out
entirely, the 'animation bars" and sim
ilar resorts of the capital city.
Pharmacists Committee.
Rom*. —A committee of pharmacists
has undertaken organized effort to
help enforce the new laws against al
coholism In Italy, the outgrowth of the
recent international congress held in
Milan.
A circular Issued by the commit
tee reads:
"The superior council of public
health recognizes that grave effects
from intemperance have not as yet
shown themselves in Italy but It con
siders conditions favorable for start
ing an anti-alcoholic campaign, par
ticularly in the form of prevention.
"With the purpose of insuring a
more efficacious defense against the
Insidious advances of intemperance
tve recommend:
"(1) That courses of education in
hygiene, including particularly the
dangers of alcoholism, be instituted in
the public schools and that in section*
where the evils of alcoholism already
exist more forcible propaganda be in-
Poultry Appliances You Can
Make at Home
Tlioro arc many wavs you can save money around
your poultry plant by some practical work yourself
with tools. While the results may be crude in appear
ance the “home-made” device will answer every practi
cal use.
A saw, hammer, hatchet, screwdriver, a few nails,
screws, etc., will work wonders with a. little “elbow
grease” and common sense mixed together. Money
will buy all the appliances you may need, but the aver
age beginner has limited capital and realizes that “a
dollar saved is a dollar earned.”
Next week's article will hr full of a lot of sugges
tions from a man who has done this work himself and
through his own diligence and economy is able today
to have one of the be*t equipped poultry plants in the
country.
Look for its appearance exclusively in The Augusta
Herald next Sundav.
To Present Bill To Parliament To
Prevent Opening of Any More
Drinking Houses in France
Paris.— A bill to atop the opening ot
sny more drinking eetabllehments In
France Is to be presented to parlia
ment H* the opening weilge for the
anti-alcoholic campaign which I* be
ing taken up anew by temperance ad
vocates.
Here are aome of the fact* with
which they are trying to drive home
the need of restraint:
If the drinking place* already es
tablished were so apportioned there
would be one for every group of
eighty InhHhltant* of France.
In aome districts drinking places arc
*o thickly placed that there la one for
every seventeen person*.
New drinking places are springing
up throughout the country at the rate
of six a day.
More alcoholic drink, Including
wines, Is consumed In France than tn
any other nation In the world.
In the form of spirits alone It Is
estimated that $2.!6, 000,000 worth was
drunk In France during 1911.
Complete Prohibition,
"Complete prohibition Is beyond the
wildest dreams of any French temper
ance reformer," says Henrt Schmidt,
who ts author of the bill about to come
before the house of deputies, "and the
most ** e can hope at present Is to Tor
bid the opening of any new saloons.
By refusing to grant new licenses we
hope In the course of time, as some of
the present drinking establishments
fail or cease to exist for other rea
sons, to reduce the average of drink
ing places to one for two hundred in
habitants. We shall not, however, try
to prevent the opening of restaurants
where drink Is sold with meals.
"But even such a mild nutl-alcohollc
measure as this Is likely to meet with
much opposition In parliament. How
difficult It is to pass temperance leg
islation In France may be Judged from
the fact that In 1913 only 126 out of
600 deputies voted In favor of a milder
bill which originated In the senate and
was twelve years passing through the
upper house.
“We hope, however, that the gene
ral elections this spring will consid
erably increase the temperance vote
in the chamber and we are organiz
ing an energetic non-party campaign
throughout France, urging each politi
cal group to obtain from their candi
date a declaration on the drinking
question and if possible a pledge to
support antl-aleOholic legislation.
“After the passage of the law at
present before the house there are two
other projects which we hope to real
ize In course of time. One is the ab
solute prohibiting of the sale of ab
sinthe. Official statistics show that
the consumption of this liquor which
stood at 700,000 litres tn 1874 had in
creased to 28,000,000 litres in 1910. The
Increase of crime in France during re
cent years is largely due to absinthe
drinking. Our mad-houses are filled
with lunatics who would have been
sane and healthy men and women but
for absinthe.
Second Anti-Alcoholic Maesure.
"The second anti-alcoholic measure
will be for abolishing the "privilege”
of spirit distillers to manufacture a
quantity of spirit free from taxation
stituted under the auspeces of the po
lice.
“(2) That the government shall fa
vor the institution of asylums for the
care and cure of drunkards."
Prevent and Cure
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fur consumption by thrinkelvra nnd
their families. The amount of spirits
thus manufactured Is enormoq*. espe
cially in the cider districts such mb
Normandy and Ri'ittnn.v. where every
peasant I* a distiller of spirit In a
small way. The government has no
check whatever on spirits manufac
tured under the "privilege" and of
course It Is not by any ’means con
sumed by the distiller and his fam
ily. It I* catlnmted that If the spir
its manufactured under the prtvll**e
were taxed at the same rate as other
alcohol it would bring a revenue of at
least 625.000.000.
"We propose no legislation at pres
ent against the drinking of wine. In
districts where nothing but wine i*
consumed there I* very little alcohol
lam. Fnfortunntel.v inhabitant* of the
famous wine-growing districts of
Franco nre no longer content to drink
wine alone. They have acquired the
taste for more pernicious drinks ami
at the same time more absinthe ts
being drunk each year In the Midi than
in any other part of France."
Mnie. Leon Brunschwleg. general
secretary of the French Union for Wo
man's Suffrage and a prominent tem
perance reformer, says: "Anti-alcohol
ism Is one of the chief planks In our
platform and I believe the granting of
votes for women will ho the only
means of securing a temperance ma
jority In the French parliament.''
United Kingdom Is In
Need of Women Dentists
» ...... .
Three Female Workmen That
Are Registered in London
Have Too Much Work.
London.—There la a great demand
for women dentists throughout the
United Kingdom and experienced
practitioners make as much aa 'men
($3,060 to SIO,OOO a year*, says Mi#s
Louis M. Brooks, secretary of the Lon
don school of Medicine for Women.
"For every thousand male dentists
there are only two female There are
three women registered dentists in
1-ondon and they are overrun with
patients. The desire for them among
women themselves is a steadily in
creasing one. That is because women
have reached the stage at which, while
not distrusting men. they have a
greater confidence in their own sex.
The practice of the woman dentist of
the near future will be confined to
dealing with patients of her own sex
and children. This is where the need
lies, and where the lamentable lack of
supply is being piost keenly felt."
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