Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, January 22, 1913, Page SIX, Image 6
Lice and Mites Cause More Losses
Than All Other Things Com
I bined-Spray Is Urged.
I (By J. S. JEFFREY.)
It Is quite possible to have the best
poultry kept In well-built houses, well
fed, and still not get any profit or
pleasure from them. In too many
crses where a good start has been
made the house is neglected and al
lowed to become filthy and ir .'.isted
with mites. It may be said thai filth
and mites generally go together, for
while a house that is kept fairly clean
! Side Elevation of Poultry House.
tnay be Infested with mites, lt is very
seldom that a dirty house will be
found to be free from these pests.
Lice and mites cause more losses
among poultry than all other things
combined.
Poultry houses should be so ar
ranged inside that the poultryman
can keep down the mites without an
undue expenditure of time and en
?rgy. Mites live in a,house and must
he killed there. Dusting the hens
jvill never get rid of them.
The best means of getting rid of
mites in the houses is to spray thor
oughly with kerosene emulsion. This
should be done twice with an interval
of from five to seven days between
trie sprayings.
The emulsion IB made as follows:
Cut up one pound of soap and dissolve
it in hot water; while the water ls
lot, stir in two gallons of kerosene
and continue stirring for fifteen tc
twenty minutes. It is important tc
have the kerosene, soap and water
well mixed, especially? if it is not tc
he used at once. To this mixture add
seventeen gallons of water. This
"Two-Compartment Trap Nests, Show
ing "Stop Louse" Roost Hangers
Above.
makes a 10 per cent, emulsion. Some
recommend 15 per cent., but we have
found 10 per cent efficient in killing
the mites.
Kerosene used on the roost once
a week in hot weather will help to
keep down both mites and lice. If
put on a short time before the hens
?? to roost, some of it will get on
the feathers and will kill and drive
away lice. Care must be taken not
to rj2t too much on the fowls, or it
will blister them and this will stop
the hens from laying just as much as
the lice will.
KEEP TAB ON AGE OF FOWLS
Enables Poultryman to Cull Out Hens
That are Unprofitable-One
Method Favored.
It Is mere guess work to tell the
age of a hen after she has passed the
pullet stage. To the good poultryman
it Is important that the exact age of
every fowl on his premises be known.
Bens that are past the age for profit
should be culled out and their places
taken by the younger stock. Legbands
with numbera may be used when the
pnilets arrive at maturity, and, if rec
ords are kept, the identity of each
fowl ls easily established. A less elab
orate method, and one which no poul
trykeeper can afford not to follow, is
to punch a hole in one of the four
webs of the feet, each web represent
ing a certain year. Special punches
for this purpose may he purchased
from any poultry supply house, but a
small sized leather belt punch can be
used to good advantage. The hole is
punched very easily when the newly
hatched chick is first taken from the
aest or incubator. AU of one season's
chicks may be marked on the same
web, although if special hatchings
are to be kept separately as high aa
fifteen combinations can be used. If
properly done the hole or traces of
the scar will always remain and the
Identity of the fowl cannot be lost
Size of Poultry House.
As to the proportionate size of the
house to the number of fowls kept,
only he who remembers that "there
ls more profit In a house half full
than in a house twice full," is safe
from blundering at this point. The
most level-headed practical poultry
men insist upon ten square feet per
fowl. Contrast this with the room
afforded 100 fowls in a 12x20 house,
less than 2 1-3 feet of space to each
(which is a common sight) and judge
as to the chances for eg?s in the lat
ter case and take warning.
MANY FAVOR TOULOUSE GEESE
More Compact In Shape Than Other
Breeds and Gander Will Weigh
About Twenty Pounds.
(By GEORGE E. HOWARD.)
Toulouse geese are more compact In
shape than other geese, and are pre
ferred by many for this reason. The
head is rather large and short, and
they have a comparatively short bill
that is stout at the base; the neck ls
carried well up and is of medium
length. They have a broad back of
moderate length, which curves slight
ly from the neck to the tail; their
breasts are bread and deep. The
body of the Toulouse goose ls mod
erate In length, broad, and very deep
and compact, the more compact the
better; and in birds In good condition
the belly Almost touches the ground.
Their wings are large, strong and
fold nicely against the sides, and they
have comparatively short tails and
stout thighs and shanks. In color
of plumage they are a dull gray. The
head is gray and the neck dark blue
gray, which shades to a lighter gray
as lt approaches the back; the back
ls of dark gray, while the breast la
light gray. The body plumage is
light gray, which grows lighter and
becomes white on the belly; the white
extends back to and around the tail,
covering the fluffy parts. The pri
maries of the wings are dark gray
or brown; the secondaries are a shade
darker than the primaries, with very
narrow edging of lighter gray, and
the coverts are dark gray. The tail
feathers are gray and white, the ends
Pair of Gray Toulouse Geese.
tipped with white. Their eyes are
dark brown or hazel in color; their
bills are of a pale orange color, while
the shanks, toeB and webs are of
deep reddish-orange color.
The standard weight of the adult
gander is 20 pounds; adult goose, 18
pounds; young gander, 18 pounds, and
young goose, 15 pounds.
SEPARATING YOUNG AND OLD!
Growing Pullet Requires More Food
Than Old Birds and Feeds Better
When by Herself.
Young chickens, like young people,
have more or less timidity, and there
fore it is not well to run young and
old together, at least it is much bet
ter to have them separate if you can
well do so. Then again the pullets are
still growing, and they need plenty of
flesh-forming feed, such as barley,
bone, meat, with less of fattening
foods.
The hen should not be deprived of
these either, but she can get along on
less, as what you give her will not be
taken away from the purpose for
which you Intended it, as in the case
with the pullet, which not only needs
these things for making the egg. but
to go toward the development of her
body.
It naturally follows, too, that the
developed bird will require less feed
than the pullet, and because the pul
let is somewhat timid she ls likely
not to get enough, or even her
share. The young will feed more free
among themselves, and, if you can
possibly do so, keep them to them
selves.
Poultry and eggs are high every
winter.
All poultry yards should have shade
in them.
Movable, separate nest boxes are
the only kind to have.
Three months should bring a broil
er to the market stage.
Ducks do not stand confinement
well. Better turn 'em loose.
The care of the fowls is one of the
important things that cannot be neg
lected.
Exposure to hot weather ls SB dan
gerous to the egg crop as ls exposure
to cold weather.
Keep the dropplng-boards clean and
free from filth. They should be fre
quently scrubbed.
The poultryman must keep every
thing clean and sweet about the
houses and yat is.
Linseed meal is good to mix with
the mash during moulting season. It
helps digestion and regulates the
bowels.
The average farm poultryman cares
more for the number of eggs a hen
lays in a year than the number of
prizes she wins at the shows.
Rough timber used in the poultry
house makes the best harbor for lice.
Perches, nests, etc., should bc made
of smooth lumber in all cases.
For roup, try putting a few drops of
carbolic acid on a hot fire shovel and
then fumigate the poultry houser
with fowls in lt. Keep houses dry.
CONSTRUCTION OF TRAP NEST
Without Use of Device Results From
Individuals of Any Flock Must
Be Uncertain.
(By J. L. JONES. Mechanical Engineer,
Oklahoma Experiment Station.)
It is not necessary to dwell on the
advantages of using trap nests. The
primary object ls to develop a heavy
layift; strain. It has been found by
the use of trap nests that the number
of eggs laid per hen In an average
flock varies from 40 to 245. Without
using trap nests, the results from
such a flock would be uncertain and
probably unsatisfactory. It is the ob
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Ject of the poultryman to breed and
build up the strain which lays the
heaviest, by breeding to the heavy
producers.
For fanciers, the trap nest is indis
pensable on account of. the fact that
in the ordinary pen there are from six
to twelve females to one male. If
trap nests are used, and there are
as many as there are females in the
pen, it ls possible to distinguish each
hen's eggs, while if the trap nests are
not used, this is impossible.
The use of trap nests goes far to
prevent the hens forming the habit of
egg-eating. They are likely to form
this habit if kept in limited quarters.
If so kept, they are probably not given
the very best food, and probably not
enough of it, especially animal food.
The accompanying drawings of a
bank of trap nests are almost self ex
planatory. The nests are built with
out any top or bottom. The hen en
ters through the back of the nest,
brushing under the hanging wire,
which releases the door. She then
passes on to the next compartment
toward the front end. To inspect the
nest and to remove the hen, ascertain
her number, and secure the eggs, the
front door is simply unbuttoned and
let down. It will be noticed that the
two doors are fastened together wtih
a cord, so that when the front door
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Is let down, the trap Is automatically
set again. The hen will find it diffi
cult to leave through the back door
at this time, as the hanging wire per
mits her to go one way only. These
are so simple that in making them in
almost any quantity, the material
should not cost over 15 cents, at moBt,
per trap nest.
SOME FACTS ABOUT TURKEYS
One Sensible Thing Is to Keep Best
Birds for Breeding and Send
Others to Market
Turkeys kept for breeding stock
should be the best that there is in the
flock. It. is difficult for some people
to keep their best turkeys and
send the others to market, but it's the
only sensible way to do. The habit of
selling the best ls not characteristic
of only the leaBt intelligent people; it
is common with the peop'.o who have
raised turkeys all their lives, and
people who would not think of
breeding other stock of the farm
in such a careless way. These
people have attained the success
and profltB In turkey raising that are
enjoyed by the man who handles them
as fairly as he does his cows and
hogs.
The best care In tho world can do
little with poorly bred poultB and
turkey chicks. You cannot expect
large turkeys from small breeders.
Size ls not the only thing to be con
sidered In selecting the stock; thrift
and firmness have as much to do with
the choice as the size; big, well-built
bodies and legs to be desired
alBo.
And on top of all, do not ruin the
vigor of your strain by too early
breeding.
Fresh Air lt Needed.
Fowls are obliged to throw off much
of the waste of the body through the
lungs. They do not sweat in the
sense that do other animals, but In
stead breathe several times faster
than sweating animals when heated.
To keep in god health a hen requires
nearly seven times the amount of
fresh air in proportion to Its size aa
doeB a horse.
Difference In Strains.
There is almost as much difference
between different families or strains
of each breed, as between the differ
ent breeds. Therefore, receive with
nome allowance the praise or con
demnation of any breed.
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HERESY OF CAIN
MUST BE OVERCOME
THAT minister who recently came
into prominence because of al
leged heretical vjews gave an
swer to his critics that he kr aw
of only one heresy in these times and
that ls the heresy of Cain. "Am I
my brother's keeper?" Failure to ap
preciate and to meet the obligations of
brotherhood he esteems to be the
one heresy of the day. In this posi
tion be may be contrasted with the
editor of a leading religious publica
tion, who, in making a worthy appeal
for aid for superannuated ministers,
asked If it would not be well to shoot
them rather than let them live in
penury and then answered his ques
tion himself by an appeal to certain
j noted magnates to come to their aa
! sistance, alleging that if lt were not
for the preachers and religion the
workers would rise up and ciestroy or
take the big plants of the country.
Conditions for human living should be
such that there would be no incentive
for men to rise up and seize the pos
sessions of others or to desiroy the
' plants of the big producers. If the
i heresy of Cain were not the heresy
of the times there would be no vast
J labor unrest, no political graft, none
, of the mammoth propositions of plun
der and violence.
It is almost giving indorsement to
' the heresy of Cain to hold that the
men who have made big fortunes
through this heresy should be called
: upon to support in their old age the
j preachers who proclaim the living
word against it. The heresy of Cain
is one to be met by the love of
Jesus. The clash of words, tho rally
ing of class against class, the over
turning of society by tho forces of
unrest-these are things that are for
I eign to the spirit of the divine mas
' ter, who gave forth the beatitudes and
! the golden rule.
The True Spirit.
I The spirit of one who said to
! Jesus. "If I have defrauded any man
I will restore to him fourfold," ls that
in which men of large means should
go about doing good. It is the spirit
in which they should answer the
query of St. Paul, "How can they
hear without a preacher, and how can
he preach unless he be sent?" The
word needs nothing more than testi
mony to the power of the life that
confutes the articles of greed and that
! "opens the breath of all life in hope
and joy to the masses of men. Mil
lions under the influence of the prac
tical precepts of business and poli
tics are asking tho question, "Am I
my brother's keeper?" and the scep
ticism with regard to social responsi
i bilities thus set forth is accountable
for the total effects of wrong and op
pression In society. This is the tenet
of murder and rapine, it ls the tenet
of avarice and envy, it is the tenet
of lawlessness and iconoclasm. The
work of the tiller of the soil is regard
ed by the Lord with pleasure, such as
that with which he viewed the sacri
fice of fruits made to him by Abel.
The work of the hewer of wood and
the drawer of water is looked upon by
the Lord with pleasure, because in the
' sweat of the brow men should eat
bread while they draw with joy wa
ter from the wells of salvation.
Era of Heresy Passing.
What a wonderful rate of progress
the world ls making toward the re
demption of the earth from sordid
ness and greed! The reign of terror
In industrial pursuits is passing. The
reign of a widened sense of social
obligation, ranging from the highest
to the lowest, is at hand. The era
of the heresy of Cain is passing. The
: era of the consecration of mankind to
the only known bond of permanency
between them Is arising. "Am I my
brother's keeper?" askB the cynic,
; and the words that cover up his mis
deeds are hurled back at him in the
presence of the one who taught his
principles to preach that men should
bear one another's burdens.
No one need feel pessimistic Even
the underpaid preachers are coming
to their own. It may not be that
they ever will be relieved from the
condition of their service, the prime
condition of poverty of spirit. They
will, however, have the range of their
work widened and the ox that tread
eth out the grain will not always be
muzzled by the men whoBe hearts
should be open to make restitution for
all that they have absorbed from
others, the lack of which has dark
ened those other lires. Men of big
and little wealth need the gospel of
restitution preached them, for selfish
ness and greed are vices of degree,
and all men have the spirit of Cain
until they come under the power of
the spirit of Christ. The one great
social heresy ls being exposed to the
light,*and its condemnation ls the
light that llghteneth every man com
ing into the world.-Baltimore Ameri
can.
Education.
It 1B not BO long ago that Illiteracy
was very common and no disgrace. It
is not very much longer since scarcely
anybody except the priests could read.
It was only yesterday that compulsory
f?ducafion became the accepted prac
tice ever a large part of civilization.
-Rev. F. S. Luther, Episcopalian,
Hartford, Conn.
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