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BRINGING BABY CHICKS TO WEANING AGE
AN IMPORTANT END OF POULTRY RAISING
Artificial and Natural Methods
Reauire Different Kinds of
Attention
Buff Cochins Maqnificent
Specimens of Chicken Devel
opment and Breedinq
By Frank Hack
Poultry Export and Author.
f'opyrlght I*l4 by Th* Eugen* Mo-
Oucktn Co.
Tha car# of chick* from th* tlma
thoy art hatched until thay can took
out for <h*m**lva* io a problem for the
moil careful conaideration. It i* dur
ing thi* period that the fruit* of pre
coding month* of work are put to th*
great t< it.
Th* poultry r*i»*r St th'» time i*
dealing with Nature''* great force of
development. Animal matinet cannot,
however, overcorn* all condition*, so
man can step in and aid Natura.
Especially it car* neceseary when
artificial davicee are used.. Th* fol
lowing article give* many useful sug
gestions to th* largo and email poul
try roieer.
Buff Cochine, shown in th* accom
panying drawing, are on* of the largest
breed of chickone grown and also th*
moat imposing.
Th* term "brooding" a* applied to
young rhtrkens mean* bronilly the nec
rmary oar* of them from the time they
leave the shell In the Incubator or un
der the sitting hen until they rearh an
age when they no longer need the
rare naturally given them by the
mother hen. The length of time they |
rnqtilr* brooding dependa upon when !
they are hatched, that la, whethpr It l>o
early or late In the seaaon. Tho
amount of liihor Involved Is Increased
or decreased In proportion to the fa
cilities one has for handling his flocks
advantageously, and this also Influ
ences the number of chicks the breed
er esn successfully l,ring to the wean
ing sge. Weather oondltlona every
wlu re, except In some portions of the;
Mouth, are such In February and March !
that chicks hatched at that time re- \
quire much greater rare as regards .
win mth and housing than If they are i
brought nut during tha natural season |
of April and May.
Artificial brooding la almost a necee
ally with early hatidied rhlcka, an I
thla Is unquestionably true ts any con
siderable number are to be handled.
Home-made hroodi-ra or crude appll
atires and method* will suffice if no
attempt Is made to brood a greater
number of chicks than can he given
the special attention and extra time
necessary. Karly hatches with hens
, may he handled with fair aucceas by
allowing the hen to brood the chicks
If each hen with her brood la given
ample room Indoors and where she
will be unmolested by other fowls.
1-atcr In the season the mother lien
cap he depended upon entirely If she U :
given sufficient housing and other pro- j
tectlon from Inclement weather.
Us* of Incubator* and Brooders.
If several thousand chicks are to tic
hatched, tt la absolutely necessary that
tncuhutcra and hroodera be used, re
gardless of the seaaon. If tho greatest
possible profit and succesa are to he
secured. If a few hundred early
hatehed chicks are th* object, an In
cuhator sod brooder are desirable and
profitable, and In many cases a neces
sity. There are a number of patented
brooders on the market at a reason
able price, and nearly all dealers In
lioirltry supplies keep them In atoek.
They may also be bought dir«|ft from
tho manufacturers, nearly all of whom
give the customer moro or leaa print
ed matter, Containing much helpful in
formation upon the subject of brood
tfig chicks. The manufacturer'* direc
tions for tho handling of his particu
lar brooder should alw-ays be care
fully followed, but method* of feeding
and general cape of tha chicks should
•be governed by experience or by the
know ledge acquired by reading author
llatlxe literature upon the subject.
Koine of the irtuln fixtures to bo kept
in mind are ns follows: Avoid over
crowding: do not underfeed or over
feed; provide adequately warm quar
ters; keep the chick* active; aea that
they are free from lice; do not feed
condiments or rich table scrape or wet,
alopw foods; give plenty of fresh,
dean water; provide good ventilation
and pure air.
If chick* are not being brooded by
the mother lien In late spring or sum
mer. they must have artificially heat
ed quarter*. A suitable home-made
hover for use In a warm room con
sists of a box with on# aide taken
out and Into which is fitted a false
bottom with th* under side covered
with flannel strip* two Inches apart
and which drop to within about two
Inches of the floor or real bottom of
tho box. This will provide n placo
for the chicks to huddle end sleep.
A good crude appliance, which will
sen e as a heated apartment. Is the old
plan of wrapping on* or two thick
nesses of flannel around an earthen
ware Jug and keep the Jug filled with
quite hot water, renewing It a* often
as necessary. The Jug should be kepi
In a box of average alxe, auch os may
be obtained at any grocery store. A
box two feet square will accommodate
llfteen to eighteen chicks until they
are a week or ten days old. If properly
cared for, but an outelde runway I*
advisable, and thla can be easily pro
vided by using Inch mesh wire net
ting.
Litter on the Floor.
The floors of brooders, hovers and
runways should be covered with suit
able litter to the depth of about an
Inch. The litter may consist of chaff
from a hay-loft, finely cut straw,
chopped clover or alfalfa, or fine, dry
sand. Anything similar to the above
mentioned articles will answer th* pur
pose. The object is to provide a soft.
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BUFF COCHINS.
Buff Cochins, origanlly known as the Shanghais, were Introduced Into America about 1840. They have
been highly developed Into a bird of rich plumage and are much amdlred by fanciers. They retain great size
and are noted for the fullness of their plumnge.
The Cochins lay brown eggs, t> ecom« broody, sit and rear chickens which are strong and rapid growers.
They aro tame, easily conllned and suited to back yard plants.
Copyright 1914, by The Eugene McGucliin Company.
Cochins and Brahmas are descend
ed from the Shanghais, Chittagongs
and Malays Imported from Asia be
tween 1840 and 1850. Of tt)3 four
colors In which Cochins are bred—■
buff,- black, white and partridge —the
buff wa« the orlnlgal. Considerable
dlficulty was at first experienced In
eliminating the dark feathers that ap
peared In the plumage, hut careful
breeding ha* overcome this com
plaint.. Now great size, even color,
long foot feathers and lordly manner
make them a striking bird In any
flock.
warm bedding that will Induce dry
ness, absorb the droppings and furnish
a place In which to scatter dry foods
where the chicks must scratch for
them. The litter should he renewed
often and not he allowed to become
contaminated. Llttla chicks should ha
kept active and vigorous, as that con
dition is a sure Indication of health,
and that they are growing and thriv
ing. Exercise enn host tie obtained
by forcing them to scratch for the
greater i>ortlon of their food after they
arc a few days old.
When chicks stand around "dumpy,"
with e.vea closed and necks drawn In.
they are out of rendition, and lie)
trouble Is generally disease or lice.
Chicks hatched by hens should ho
treated for lice the third day after
hatching. A little melted lard rubbed
very lightly on the top of tho hen* and
on the throat will accomplish results.
Overcrowding should ho carefully
avoided. It may result from either
lack of room or too cold quarters. Tho
trouble la that the smaller or weaker
chicks are trampled upon or crushed,
and thoy are In most cusch permanent
ly Injured or stunted. Overcrowding
may also cause partial suffocation un.l
debilitating sweat* from which the
chick* never recover.
Newly-hatched chicks should bo
placed In a temperature of about #8
degrees, which should be gradually
decreased to about 70 degrees at the
end of three weeks. Food Is unneces
sary the first forty-eight hours, after
which they should be fed four or five
times a day. A variety of food should
he supplied and a selection of several
Items may be made from such articles
ns rolled oats, steel-out oat meal, corn
bread, kaffir corn, millet seed, buck
wheat. bread or craeker crumbs with
finely chopped boiled egg. Green food
in the form of chopped cabbage or let
tuce Is desirable. A little chlck-slxed
grit should be supplied, and powdered
charcoal Is helpful, but not a neces
sity. It sweeten* tho contents of the
crop, and aids digestion. Many of the
prepared grain mixtures sold by poul
try supply dealers are satisfactory, and
are a great convenience.
Overfeeding Causes lndlg**tlon.
Overfeeding causes Indigestion and
fatal bowel trouble. FVod should not
be kept constantly before little chicks,
except perhaps ground grain mixtures
In receptacles where the food can be
picked at occasionally. Fresh, clean
water should always be within reach.
It should not he extremely cold ex
cept In hot weather, and It should not
l>e supplied In a way that will per
mit the chicks to get Into It and be
come chilled. Ground beef scraps, so
often recommended, should not be fed
unless one lx sure that they are sweet
and fresh.
Chicks of various ages should not
he kept together In one flock ts there
Is much difference In their size and
strength. The smaller ones will he
constantly harassed, and their devel
opment held hack. Those In any flock
which become seriously 111 should h*
Immediately separated from the well
ones, because contagion of some kinds
spreads rapidly. Chicks that are weak
ly and stunted and that plainly can
never develop Into hardy, vigorous,
full-slxed specimens should be killed.
Success in lirood!us iltti* chickens
come* from close attention to details
Buff Cochin a Beautiful Fowl
In fact they have come to command
fancy prices, both In the foreign and
American breeds. They have also
been used extensively for cross-breed
ing with Leghorns and Games. To
day they are brod chiefly for fancy,
their utility qualities being preserved
In the American product.
Good Back-Yard Fowl*.
The Buff Cochin Is a good back
yard fowl, as It gets along In small
quarters and Is not Inclined to roam.
Its plumage Is of such color as not
to show dirt, thus making It always
attractive In appearance. On the utU-
The Anglo-American Tobacco
Trust is Now Stirring Up Ger
many; Monopoly Remedy
is Revealed
Berlin.—A drastic and unsuspected
anti-trust remedy by which promoters
and members of trust# and syndicates
unfavored by tho government may bs
M-nt to prison for two years without
tin- option of a fine has been revealed
in the course of the campaign against
the Anglo-American tobacco interests
in Germany. The foreign company
which some time ago Invaded the Ger
man cigarette industry has gained
control of a large number of leading
factories and established such a chain
of retail stores that Independent man
ufacturers and dealer* In Germany
united In a general protective league
and appealed to the government for
assistance. Simultaneous searches were
Instituted In the premises of more than
thirty firms In Saxony and Bavaria
known or suspected to he connected
with the Anglo-American trust - and
all suspicious correspondence, agree
ments and contracts were slezed.
Proceedings were taken. It was
learned, upon complaint of a “secret
association” lodged under sections of
the general penal code dealing with
political societies nnd never before
conceived os applicable to business
affair*
Secretly Enrolled.
It Is reported that the searches have
disclosed the fact that numerous sup
posedly independent concerns unsu
spected of any connection,with the to
bacco trust are secretly enrolled In
the ranks of tho organisation. . Great
curiosity Is felt qs to the next move
by the authorities. It may take the
form of criminal prosecution under
this statute against the person# Inter
ested in the trust or the Information
gathered may simply be used In tho
government inquiry promised some
time ago by Chancellor von ltethmann-
Hollweg. Predictions are made that
the result of this Inquiry may he a
hill to establish a government cigar
ette monopoly along the lines of the
proposed for the Petroleum Industry
nnd for the game purpose, to drive out
foreign Invaders who threaten to es
tablish a private monopoly.
Serious Condition. *
The Germany tobacco Industry Is,
even without the Invasion of the Am
erican interest* In a serious condition,
according to complaints of a recent
convention of tobacqe men. It was
reported that the consumption of
cheap cigars, mads from German to
bacco and retailing at from one to
three cents. Is steadily decreasing,
smokers turning more and more to ci
garettes which cannot he made from
German tobacco. “Chain-smokers" as
those cigar fiends are called who
smoke the day through. lighting each
successive cigar from the stub of its
and coustant watchfulness, but the
work Is not laborious or difficult.
Next week J. Harry Wolsioffsr, poul
try judge, locturor and author, will
contribute an article on “The Csr* of
Chick*" The illustration will bo
"Whit* Wysnddtt**"
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
Harlan side, too, they are desirable,
the hens being good layers of brown
egg*: good sitters and mothers.
While the chicks are slower In ma
turing than any other American va
riety, they are hardy and .grow rapid
ly. When full grown, males wetgn
from ten to fifteen pounds and fe
males from eight to ten pounds
Their flesh Is exceptionally good,
making their raising for roasters par
ticularly attractive and profitable
For this purpose cross breeds of
Cochins and Brahmas are extensively
used.
predecessor, are demanding on their
cigars Imported wrappers, the price of
which Is prohibitive.
German business Is arming itself
against another threatened American
invasion. The new attack Is centered
upon the stores which establish five
and ten cents as their maximum sell
ing price of any article. Upon the
report that an American Is about to
establish a chain of Buch stores In
Germany business men In Lelpslc have
held a meeting of protest, have called
upon chambers of commerce through
out Germany to take defensive meas
ures, and have, as usual, appealed to
the government for assistance.
FRENCH WOMEN MAY GET
BALLOT IN LOCAL AFFAIRS
President of the Universal Suf
frage Commission Says is
Now Almost a “Sure Bet.”
Paris—Women in France will prob
ably have the ballot In local affairs
before the end of the present year! ac
cording to Ferdinand Bulsson, presi
dent of the universal suffrage commis
sion, which Is composed of forty
members of the French Parliament
and which has reported favorably on
the subject to the chamber of deputies.
The general parliamentary elections
this spring will decide whether suf
frage will he extended to women and
If so whether to the full extent of
national suffrage or with limitation
mainly to municipal affairs. The ques
tion will he one of the first to come
before the new- chamber of deputies.
When the question was brought be
fore the chamher Iftst fall M. Bulsson
alone was delegated to draw up a re
port on the subject, and hi# report
has since met the entire approval of
the commission. It Is In part now be
fore the chamber. It Includes trans
lations of large portions of the debate
upon the same subject In the United
States senate and three maps of the
United States showing the progress of
the women's movement there In recenj
years It points out that in all the
countries where total or partial wo
men's suffrage has been In force dur
ing the last ten, fifteen or twenty
years, there Is not a single case of an
attempt to revise or restrict the
rights already granted.
"I think I can prophesy with a cer
tainty," says M. Bulsson. "that there
will be a majority In the new chamber
In favor of giving the vote to women
In France. We already have some 250
certain votes In the chamher as It Is
constituted even at present and I feel
confident the general elections will
r • n the extra fifty votes necessary
so us to carry the house,”
DOES YOURS?
There's one thing on which we agree—
My girl and me.
I -hink the world and all of her. > -
And *o does she. —Eschang •
“Fed” Leader’s Wisest Move Was
1 Placing of Ward in Full Charge
John is a Man Who Will Play Second Piddle to No One in
Brooklyn, and He Has the Brains That Count Moat in a
Baseball Game.
New York—ls the Federal League*
new club in Brooklyn doe* not "make
a go ot It," the only conclusion to be
drawn will have to be that “It can't
be done.” One of the wisest moves
made to date by the leaders of the
league la placing John Montgomery
Ward In complete charge of affairs
“on the other side of the bridge." In
Ward they have clmsen a man who
haa to play aecond fiddle to nobody in
mattera where brain* count In base
ball. Moreover, they have named one
of the moat popular figures that ever
adorned the game, which surely will
have some effect.
The true situation In the new
Brooklyn club Is rather confused la
the mind of the average baseball fan.
When It Is announced that Robert
B. Ward, head of the Ward Baking
Company, would be president of the
club, the Impression naturally was
conveyed that he would be the "court
of last resort," In the club** affairs.
This will be true In some cases, of
course, but the arrangements made
really gives almost absolute power to
John M., who as announced before,
is not a relative however, distant, of
the other Wards. The reason John
M. has been lined up with the club,
under his title of Business Manager,
Is to get the benefit of his experience
and Judgment In baseball affairs, and
his opinions will be practically the
same as law.
.. John M.
To John M. will be referred all such
problems as the engaging of a man
ager of the team, players, an of
ficial scorer of the club, ground
keeper. ticket takers, clerks, etc.
The selecting of a training camp and
arrangements of exhibition games
will be up to him. Dealing with the
railroads to adjust things while the
team 1b to be on the road also will
fall to his province, and he likewise
will name the hotels in the different
cities where the players shall stky.
Many other odds and ends of execu
tive work will require his attention.
Thus, with not only "running” duties
that would have to be attended to in
a club and league already well under
way, he will have many things In the
nature of organizing to do, which, all
in all, will make his one of the bus
iest little fellows you can want to
find anywhere on this broad conti
nent.
John M. Ward is one or very few
men who, active as players a quarter
of a century ago, have managed to
stay in the frabllc eye constantly up
to this time. John K. Tener, presi
dent of the National League, Is an-
Things Seem Almost Too Quiet in
the Balkans For Such Unruly People
The Sympathy of Everybody Goes Out to Prince Wilhelm of
Wied and His Romantic Consort, Who Take Their Mission
Very Seriously and Are Determined to Uplift and Save the
Albanian People.
BY FREDERICK WERNER.
Berlin. —Things seem almost too
quiet in the Balkans and we are won
dering whethar the unruly people of
that restless corner of Europe are
really too exhausted from the recent
wars to indulge in their usual sipring
pastime.
The sympathy of everybody goes
out to l’rlnce Wilhelm of Wled and
his romantic consort, who take their
mission very seriously and are de
termined to uplift and save the Al
banian people. No one here for a
moment believes those savage and
treacherous bandits have any desire
to be uplifted or saved. All they see
In the ruler chosen for them by the
powers is a rilan who brings money
to the country. The prince has had
long talks with the three monarchs of
the Triple Alliance and has received
a reputation at Neuwied from the
other of the exceptions. Ward, o&e
of the greatest shortstops the game
ha* known, and who In general dis
cussions of baseball history ranks
with Honus Kagner #»nd George
Wright as the premier In that posi
tion, bad the pleasure of being on
three world's cham donshlp teams. In
1888 he helped the i'ew York Glanta,
under James Mutrle beat the St.
Louts club which had won tho Ameri
can Association title, In 1889 he help
ed the Giants down the Brooklyn
American Association team.
Famous Brotherhood,
In 1890 the famous Brotherhood
something similar to the players’ ma
ternity of today, with the exception
that the players ran a league them
selves —waH formed. John M. Ward
was one of the big leaders of the
movement, fighting against many
abuses of the players' rights that had
been Instituted by some magnates—
yes some of them were greedy then
the same as some of them are now.
But the Brotherhood did not suc
ceed. Ward did not get into another
world's series until 1894, when the
historic Temple Cup was battled for.
the first time It was up for competi
tion. by the New York and Baltimore
clubs. And again Ward's team won.
Maybe this habit of being with a win
ner will stick to Ward In bis Federal
League venture. Ward In 1894 had
switched over to playing second base,
FMller being shortstop on the New
York club that year.
John M. was known as one of the
most sensational infielders the game
has produced. He covered such a
tremendous amount of territory that,
though being conceded the best man
of his time in fiefding his position, ho
led the National League only once in
fielding percentage. That was In
1887, when he fielded .919 in 129
games. The majority of followers or
the game who remember Ward as a
great player, think of him almost en
tirely as a wonderful defensive per
former. Yet he was a consistent
batsman, too, a hard man In a ipinch,
and he is among the comparatively
few men who have batted over .300
for three seasons. In 1887 with the
Giants, he hung up a mark of .317,
and In 1890, with the Brotherhood, he
swatted the same figure. These are
marks for even our modern day club
bers to shoot at, and not more than
a select two or three reach them even
now. when the pitching distance Vs
greater, which undeniably makes It
easier»to hit the hall. This third year
over .300 was 1893, when he whaled
the ball for an average of .348.
people whose confidence he hopes to
win.
Collecting Bodyguards.
In the meantime those in charge of
arrangements in his comic opera cap
ital of Durazzo are busy collecting
It purlfiM the system *nd not only prevents hut cures roup, colds, fever, catarrh, diph
theria. etc. To insure perfectly healthy strong, husky layers, add to the feed cUiiy
pr#tts> poultry Regulator
l Refuse substitutes: ineiet on Pratt*. Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money fifek.
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How to Care for Young Chicks
This is the time of year when tho care of young
chicks is uppermost in the pr ultrvman’s mind.
Whether they are mothered by a hen or hatched in
an incubator, they require much attention, and it is ef
fort well spent.
The death rate among these little ones is some
times appalling and expensive, hut precautions can be
taken to eliminate most of this waste.
Practical ways of doing this are described in next
week’s article.
Send for it, appearing .exclusively next Sunday in
Tike Herald.
Prevent and Cure
ROUP COLDS
Don’t let roup wipe out your birds
and your profits. Use
■■■■■*Remedy
Pills or Pou'dsr. t6o, 60c, and SI.OO.
SUNDAY. MARCH 1.
a bodyguard for the prince which h*
undoubtedly will need. The coup* is
to consist of two hundred plokel men
from all the districts of Albania.
Fifty have been drafted from (He tna
llasla of Skutarl, fifty from Southern
Albania, fifty from the m&llssla of
Dscbakowa. Luma, Mlrldlta, Mat, and
Dlbra. and fifty from Central Alba-
M|k Nearly all have been tin the
service of Assad Pasha at Kruja or
Tirana. %
Only young. Intelligent and compar
atively reliable men of Imposing stat
ure are taken and they already aro
being Irllled In their new duties.
Everything possible Is being ten*
to make the new ruler's konak as
comfortable and modem as possible,
and as the people of Dtsrazao have
looked with wonder at stsch novelties
as bath tubs which have been Install
ed at the princely residence.
Removes Buildings.
A number of bntldlngs have been
removed to provide an open epace In
front of the konsk where the people
may congregate and yell at their
ruler. No effort Is spared to Impress
upon the prince that the ipeople
Albania are determined to make the#
country a modern and civilised state.
Queen Eleanor, of Bulgaria, who for
a long time has been staying Incog
nito in Vienna has given a detailed
description of tho dreadful poverty
and misery prevailing In Bulgaria as
a result of the ware,
“Does anybody In Europe realise, **
the queen said, "that we still havs
more than 600,000 foreign refugees In
the country whom we must feed,
clothe, and give shelter? Our gov
ernment has done and Is doing every,
thing possible to relieve their suffer
ings but all our resources are now ex
hausted. We have no grain or ..our
in our depots, no food of eny kind.
In my opinion It Is the absolute dutr
of ahe international press to exert
its power, but I am sorry to say that
In spite of all that I have said an l
written I have met with no response
from the European press. All my ef
forts so far have been In vain. The
misery of these thousands of people,
which surpasses every description,
haunts me night and day and I shall
not rest until I have accomplished
something.’’
NETHERLANDS PRINCESS
MAKES DEBUT AS SKATER
The Hague—Tattle Princess Juliana
of the Netherlands made her debut as
a skater on the frozen lake of Tha
Hague Bosch recently.
The Princess, who will be five years
of age In April, was guided by her
mother. Queen Wilhelmlna, who Is an
expert skater.
DEAF TO HIS DUNB.
"There seems to bo something the
matter with Brown’s hearing.”
"Naturally! He's over his ears in
debt."—Boston Transcript.
CHICKEN LICE
All old chickens have lice unless refu’sr preventive
measures are used. With one application of Lee’s
Lie* KlUer I have often taken 500 SBP'lidlli I itiiffTT
or more lice by actual count from o 11 In! I
hen whuee owner thought hu ben* had lUil
notice. Chickens cannot do well llln- SSTA'
tested with vemin of any kind, and the
easiest and tie*: way to get rid of them «-V 1 jMr ■ 4
I* by the use of Lee's Lice Killer, a —-
liquid. Apulied under the fowl*—to
moats, etc.; never directly to thclf _ M
bodies. No dusting, dipping or greasing. —2(l
35c. 60c and f I 00 cans. Sold by leading j*
dealers. Soud for latest poultry book and
new pamphlets. “Y
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