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Successful Poultry Keeping For Persons Interested In Poultry
(By Herald'* Poultry Editor).
Can fancy and utility be combined
in poultry breeding ?
That 1* the leading topic of the dny
In poultrydom. To thla end the. *’KK
laying contest* are now striving to
find out. To thoroughly ascertain
the fact*. It ha* been proposed to en
ter no bird scoring lets than 90 pol
and a record kept of their egg produc
tion.
Utility 1* the foundation of <h<
poultry Industry, and upon It ,he ”
or qualities most desired In P° ult "
must be built. The fowl that can
maintain her standing as a fancier 3
fowl, and also for utility PmPO.e. w lI
be the most popular one, Chances for
poultry-men are better than they ever
were, and they will cont nue to 1«-
prove, the only question Is: Will the
poultry-men get into the game or con
tlnu* to kick?
A few year* agb there were no spe
cialty Club* to boast the breed and
few poultry journals; and a poultry
show was unheard of. hatching >»
ttflctal incubation a dream. 1
hoppers, freak air houses, medltai
rZment. etc. well, we all know
when they started.
With bone cutters, feed mixers,
special feeds for poultry at all ages
trap nests and all labor saving de
lie", of today make- time can,
money, and saves expenses. It Is •
corning prevalent for writers to . V
the good points of their special breeds
ond to decry others. In other words
they delight in showing the specially
strong points of their favorites, and
compare these with the esp.cl»
poor points Of other breeds, and from
thla comparison endeavor to << < '
an argum-nt or showing „ w .
-Orpingtons", "l.e,(horns . r ™
dottes". etr.. should be I,red by
one desiring money-makers Tto W
tacy and utter foolishness of such ar
tide* is apparent upon the tag
them As a matter of fact every h, ee
Of note has both strong and weak
points and always will have; and th
fact that one breed Is preferred to an
other m proof that thMe fact, are wel
known, one man desires leghorn,
because they lav white eggs, nr minor-
CAS because they lay large ones but
that Is no proof any other breed may
lot and doJs not lay as many eggs In
Hear on general conditions. Circum
stances and birds differ, and one man
may secure from a rook a gr
dumber of eggs than hls brother pouW
tryman from a leghorn. It has
done time* without number.
In fact there 1* scarcely a breed to
day thaTbasn't made a record for lay
ing undnr some cotnpc <
care, and It will continue *o for year.
The man behind the hen a.
much to do with a laying record a*
the hen herself and every practical
poultryman know* It. A OW^' o
date experience! breeder can breed
any pen of birds from any good strain
If rock*. Wyandotte., Rhode Island
Red* or whatever American breed he
choose* to produce In a given year a*
many egg* a* any leghorn or mlnorca,
Ancona or ordinary laying variety.
Georgia 1* doing some Work In gl'
Ing instruction* In poultry husbandry.
a» least recognl«e* the "Billion l>ollar
J,d2S" M*. Roy C. Jones, Instruc-
Jor of poultry breeding at the Georgia
State College of Agriculture was
present at the la*t Georgia -Carolina
£T n He had a booth and a dark room
in the new building, and gave many
Interesting talk* of educational value
i». «";rr , '.r
how million* of dollar* could be sav -
ed eneb year by poultry raiser* espec
ially Southerner*. In properly packing
the eggs for market, and keep ng Oum
up to a high standard. His talks
abounded In expressions of encourage
ment and voiced the sentiment that
the Georgia State College of Agricul
ture stand* behind any movement to
advance more and better poultry rais
ing In the South. We need such men
ns Prof Jones In every Southern
state Toor old South Carolina doe*
not know a single thing officially
about the poultry Industry. If the
politicians would raise less H—, and
more chicken* we would he n happier
and a more united people. South <a
rollna and Louisiana are the only two
Southern state* that are doing noth
ing toward* instruction, and Investi
gation w-ork along poultry line*. It 1*
time thst they were waking up Poul
try education must prepare men to fit
Into the new condition of thing*
Anyone can raise n few fowl* In the
barn yard and carryithotr egg* to the
croa* road* store, or wait for the
chtokan peddler to come to their
house. Put what the South need*,
aeoricla especially, la many commer
cial nr* plants, where chickens are
hatched by the thousand, and ease are
leathered dally and shipped In case
lots.
She need* trained men for the con
ducting of such plants; men not only
with the training but with technical
knowledge as well. It Is a fact thal
It Is easier to teach other branches df
live stock husbandry because modem
poultry keeping Is of such a recent
development that the principles on
which 4t rests are not so fully worked
out, and because there Is behind the
Industry no such mas* of accumulated
experience as Is the case with most
other branches of agriculture.
The demand Is great for thoroughly
equipped men who are able to take
control of large poultry plant*. We
could locate several competent men
right now If we could find them. A
year could be profitably spent In ac
quiring a good working knowledge of
poultry culture, and then he would
have much to learn. However, a course
of 1Z weeks under competent Instruc
tors upon a modern plant would well
he worth the time given to It.
The time will come when there will
be a department of poultry Instruction
In all our agricultural colleges, so as
to enable Southern hoys to become
competent poultrymen.
There are three separate lines of
poultry work that must be thoroughly
mastered:
1. The operating of incubators,
which by the way la no small matter,
for there are nearly seventy different
makes, which are operated by two dif
ferent systems.
2. Broader work, or handling and
raring for the newly hatched chicks;
their feeding and required tempera
ture, and,
3. Scoring and Judging fowls.
In Missouri they are certainly
"showing poultry methods that are
down to date The second boys' and
girls’ poultry contest was held during
the past winter at Springfield. 209
pupils pass< • in their cards. Mr. C.
T. Patterson, a local school teacher,
and a. poultry fancier, was the origi
nator, or rather the Inaugurator of
these contests.
The 1912 contest was divided Into
three parts:
1. The Growing Contest.
2. Judging Fowls, and
3. Drawings and Descriptions of a
Modern Poultry Mouse and Yard, for
the Average Farm.
In the Judging contest each pupil
was given blank cards having num
bers corresponding to the twenty
numbers on the coops; opposite each
number was written the names of the
chickens in the coop bearing the same
number; they were to write the three
best descriptions, and the two poor
est qualities possessed by each breed
or variety. There were ten prizes
given In cash for the best work in
telling these qualities SIO.OO for the
first prize, $9.00 for the second, SB.OO
for the third, $7.00 for the fourth, $6.00
for the fifth descending to SI.OO for
the tenth prize.
Of the 209 pupils who passed In
their cards, 60 preferred the Barred
Plymouth Hocks; 36 the Rhode Island
Reds; 32 White Wyandottes; 16 Buff
Orpingtons; 12 White Leghorns and
the* remainder were scattered• through
the many other breeds and varieties.
.The State of Missouri requires the
subject of Practical Agriculture to be
taiißht in the schools, one of the sub
divisions of this subject Is poultry. A
thorough course cannot be given in
each sub-division of horses, cows,
sheep, hogs, poultry, etc,, so It is best,
the teachers think, to make a lead of
some one subject, and give the pupils
a systematic and exact method of un
derstanding and Judging that one.
A* poultry 1h more familiar than
anything else, and a« there I* more
of them true to type of tho different
breed* limn any other subject, hence
poultry Is Boleeted. It I* to be hoped
that other state* will follow Missouri
In leaching poultry culture In their
rural school*. The greatest trouble
Is now, as well as has been In the
past to secure suitable text-books on
poultry culture to be used In the
schools. However, that trouhlo will
soon disappear for a committee was
appointed at the last meeting of the
American Poultry Association, * last
August, to prepare a set of books for
srhorjl use, and tills committee will
report at this summer’s meeting, and
It 1* understood that the work done
Is very good, and will be accepted by
the association and the hooks will be
printed under and by authority of the
American Poultry Association.
If this 1* really true, a great ad-
Special Poultry Announcements
If you are interested in good stock and eggs from
reliable breeders, write to the advertisers on this page.
You will find them square and reasonable and satis
factory.
FOR SALE—Live Stock
MULES, LA non SUPPLY. VuOUSTA
St nek Yard Co. F2ifo
FOR SALE CHEAP ONE GOOD MULE
Eugene Slmkins, Blacksmith shop,
i St. A2p
THOROUOHBBRn PIT BULL TBR
rler pupa, 4 month..* old. only two left.
Apply Melbourne Hotel, 604 Broad St.
M24tfo.
FOUR WHITE FRENCH POOP I, E
pupplea. aged two montha. Call
Phonea 106 or 1003-W., or apply at 102
Elba St MSOe
MULES. ALL SIZES AND CLASSE&
Auguatn Stork Y’nrd Co Fltfe.
ONE MARE ANII P MII OE MULEB~IN
good ootidl I lon work anywhere, will
aell cheap. .1 no M. Buah. "21 Campbell
atreet. • M3t>p
JERSEY MILK COW FOR KALE
cheap to quick buyer. Phone 1073-. T.
MSOc.
till AY PET WITH HER BUGGY AND
harnera Apply 601 Crawford Ave.
Phone 2555-J. M3oo
Iff YOU DON’T BUY YOUR MUIT*
front ua at both loaa money. Auguata
Stock Yard Co. Fttfc.
Blue Ribbon Minne&s atfeeShow
If You Have Eggs or Stock From Prize Winning: Strains, Tell The Readers of The Herald Poultry
Page About It. Thousands of Interested Readers See This Page Each Week.
Are You Raising or Interested in Any of These Breeds?
Write the Poultry Editor Your Actual Experience With One or More of
These Strains in This Territory. Which is the Best and Why?
vanoe will have been made In teach
in*? poultry culture In the public
school* of our country.
Austin, Tex. —The railroad Inter
ests are behind a compulsory arbitra
tion bill and are endeavoring to se
cure Its passage through the legisla
ture. Representatives of organized
labor are actively opposing the
scheme to tie men to their jobs, and
It is predicted that the railroads will
be defeated In their efforts to secure
this legislation.
Oswego, N. Y. —A complete lockout
of Journeymen mechanics was Inau
gurated at noon today by the con
tracting builders. The trouble grows
out of the refusal of a contracting
firm to Join the tinsmith bosses’ or
ganization, though belonging to the.
Several hundred mechanics are af
fected.
Use THE HERALD
FOR SALE—Poultry
S. r. WHITK LEGHORN EGOS FOR
hatching Thoroughbred, $5.00 per
hundred. It.oo per setting. J. N. Hol
ley. Telephone 3101-J. a3p
AGENT FOR
INCUBATOR AND. BROODERS
DUNNINGTON POULTRY RANCH
Phone 7521 R. F. D. No. 2
August.*, Qa.
EGG -71 TO lb FOR IN, FROM PRIZE
winning pen*? Ringlet Barred Rocks.
Black Langshans, White Orpingtons,
Light Brahmas, Buff. Columbian. Part
ridge and Wtiite Wyandottes; won over
400 premiums, specials and cups at 12
shows last season. Catalogue free.
Dutch Fork Truck F*nrm. Columbia, S.
C. M3O; A 6, IS. 20. 27; M4p
S SPECIAL MATING, SEND
this advertisement and |2 for setting
of my prise winning, winter laying
•rtraln Buff I.eghorus, William T. Wood.
Nashville, Tenn. A4x
fHE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
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Have you Stock or Eqas For Sale? Have
vou any questions vou want to ask? Write the
Poultry Editor. The Herald’s Poultry Paqe reach
es Thousands of Interested people. You can sup
ply their wants. Make it your medium of ex
chanqe—your question box —a forum to discuss
Poultry and Pet Stock Problems. Short commu
nications will be welcomed by the Poultry Editor.
POULTRY NOTES
The person who begins with a few
pure-bred poultry, and says he Is
going to make a fortune, while he
rests under the shade, expecting the
chickens to do It all, will find he has
to change his occupation before he la
In It long enough to do anybody by
his fancy advertising. His name wid
soon be forgotten, and there will be
lots of room left for those who put
real energy’ and sense into their work.
The single and double mating ques
tion has created much argument In
the puoltry press since the time that
double matings came Into general
practice about a decade ago. Double
mating Is of late being followed quite
successfully by some breeders of the
solid-color varieties In order to pro
duce birds of the oposite sexes with a
certain desired type (shape), while
with the parti-color breeders It ha»
been a well-established custom for
many years to double mate for dis
tinctive markings and color-schemes
t ln the sexes. Judging from the rapid
progress made with all the popular
breeds and varieties In the past ten
years. It Is a safe conclusion that dou-
jr if You y;
Have Eggs
At Any Time For Sale
The Herald can Sell Them.
Tell Your Wants to Herald
Readers on the Poultry
Page of
THE HERALD
Mo matings are responsibly for much
of the improvement.
The fancy- poultry business certain
ly Is fascinating, and is one of the
most interesting studies in existence,
and the deeper a man goes into It. the
less he will feel that he knows about
It. The man who ‘‘knows It all" wlil
never succeed. There is always some
thing to learn and something Interest
ing about the fancy poultry business,
and the man who studies It closely—
the deeper he goes Into the mystery—
the more Interested he will become
and the more fascinating it will he to
him. If he. gets beyond a certain
stage, he will realize the future that
Is in store for him. He will study
and try to do things correctly anu ac
cording to the laws of Nature that are
laid down for him to follow.
You can get the fleas off of your
chickens by using salty grease of any
kind, and applying it directly arotVid
the head onto the fleas. The only
way you can keep them off is to spray
with brine or sprinkle plenty salt ip
the dusty places where the chickens
inhabit. Fleas will not produce in
dampness, but will breed under
houses, barns and in dusty places, and
will get right back on your chickens
after you get them off unless you keep
them from going back in these dusty
places where the fleas breed. It would
also do your chickens good to dip
them in a solution of one part of
Chlo-Natholeum or Bee Dee Dip to
75 parts water. This will kill fleas
and will keep them off longer than if
they were not dipped.
Berlin.—A rumor to the effect that
the government intends to include the
funds of trade unions and workmen’s
leagues in the proposed special army
tax has aroused a storm of indigna
tion.
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SPECIAL NOTICE
As our Ducks are working overtime, we have decided
to reduce the price of eggs for the balance of this
season. Remember we will sell you eggs from ducks
that won at our last Ga.-Carolina fair, and can win in
most any company. They are the large crvstal white
egg variety. Duck eggs $1 50 per 12; SB.OO per
100; 8. C. White Leghorn SI.OO per 15, or $5.00
per 100. We are still selling the famous X-Ray In-
cubator and Brooder.
Phone 7521.
1 Ounnington's Poultry Ranch
Augusta, Ga. Route 2
White Leghorn Eggs
FOR HATCHING.
Blanchard’s Improved Strain of Year Bound Layers,
JANUARY FERTILITY, 97 PER CENT.
SETTINGS, $1.50. INCUBATOR QUANTITES, 7c EACH
Blanchard’s Egg Farm
MONTE SANO, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
Telephone 0023 L.
SUNDAY. MARCH 30.
BERLIN WILL MISS
PRINCESS VICTORIA
Berlin.—After thg wedding Prin
cess Victoria Louse and Prince
Ernst will leave for a short wedding
trip, no one knows where, though it
is thought likely that they may
choose the idyllic and romantic little
palace cf Archilleion, cn Corfu, as
their first temporary home, exchang
ing it about a month later for a
quiet hunting lodge somewhere in
the mountains in Germany or pos
sibly in one of these charming little
country residences owned by the
bridegroom’s father, the Duke of
Cumberland.
Towards autumn they will move to
their permanent home at Rathenow,
a rather provincial and old-fashioned
place, where Prince Ernst’s regiment,
the famous Ziethen Hussars, is sta
tioned. Their residence will be a
very medest one with nothing pala
tial about it, for .it is just a moderate
sized villa, far inferior to any of
the splendid millionaire mansions on
Riverside Drive in New York, tat
instance. But the princess is de
lighted with it, having always held
the ov inion that it is next to impos
sible to make a real home in a big
palace, and her future husband, who
is a man of very simple tastes, thor
oughly agrees with her.
The people of Berlin will feel the
loss of the Princess very keenly, for,
like her brother, the Crown Prince,
she has always been a general favor
ite with all classes of the people
from the very day when she \jas
first allowed to leave the private
grounds of the palace and drive her
little pony carriage, a gift front Sul
tan Abdul Hamid, through Tbiergar
ten. Later on she was seen almost
every day riding through this park
on her beautiful spirited thorough
bred which she rides with the dash
and fearlessness cf a cavalry officer.