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I find that it */S^>o| ff^H ^^H eliminated so-called baby chick diseases that has t«wB5 eal WSeMmm ftVM we have had so much trouble with in days gone bye.. KSSBBI ^^B It proven bone and and a muscle maker, a W&e\ |Bj 8j Spjf M fmf^B ^L—M developer of chicks in the shortest possible time.'' |fEUBI«j|B||^^B H '7cmr Money Baci if YOU Are Not Satufied" . il ^jH|B ^B Sold by 60,000 dealers. There's one near you. „ ffliflclii^M BBBBBf 7 g^j±J|«BH ¦Write, f or Pratts Nsw Baby Chick Book—Frte "f lHHHSI I PRATT FOOD COMPANY fglfim^l ¦ - Philadelphia . Chicago Toronto ^^PfrT^^ if 9 .wQslfll ¦-' Makers of Pratts Animal Regulator, BJ | ML^P^^S^î l I Ho§ Tonic, Cow. Remedy, Dip and . ¦ Hf t^fe^^îr^^BS^^ - ,- Disinfectant, Veterinary Remedies. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ s| POULTRY POINTERS First Care of Baby Chicks Must Be Right If They Are to Do Well LTNFORTUNATELY, many people I purchase incubators and then fail :* to make any adequate provision for the care of the little chicks when they are hatched. The result is that many chicks are lost because of improper brooding appliances or no brooding appliances at all. Some depend on broody hens to take care of the chicks when they come out of the incubator but broody, hens cannot always be obtained at the right time (especially early, when the most profitable chicks are hatched) and, as a matter of fact, hens do.not succeed as well with early chicks as brooders do. With a mother hen, chicks often lack for warmth at the proper time because the Ken does not feel inclined to brood them and this is especially unfortunate in cold weather when very frequent brooding is necessary. With a first-class brooder, properly operated, the chicks can obtain warmth at any time and need never be chilled or uncomfortable. BROODERS, in order to be successful, -must meet certain requirements. A box with heat in it is not necessarily a good brooder, nor is a good brooder^necessarily cumbersome or complex in construction. Any brooder which does not provide for good ventilation by forcing pure, warm air through the hover af all times is bound to accumulate poisonous gases under the hover7 which, to some extent, poison the chicks and not only weaken their constitutions but make them susceptible to cold and less likely to take the vigorous exercise that they need. It is essential that the heating apparatus be powerful enough to warm the hover to a teihperature of at least 95 degrees without usinfc a flame on the lamp which is If. A. Nouass hover for a couple of hours to rest and get warm after being removed from the incubator. Then they should be let out a few.minutes and shown the way back again. During the first day or two they must not be allowed to remain ouf of the hover long enough to get chilled and when the attendant is away it is best to put boards up close around the hover (but not close enough to cut off the air) to make sure that the chicks do not stray out and get chilled in his absence. CHICKS may have water and grit immediately after being placed in the hover, but it is best not to feed them for a. few hours until they get accustomed to the brooder. The first food may be bread and milk, johnny cake, baked hard and fed dry, or dry grain chick feed. Some claim that a feed of clabbered milk is good because the acid [in the milk has a tendency to kill any germs that may exist in the digestive organs. The temperature at the start should be about 95 degrees.under the hover when the chicks are in and this temperature and the same method of feeding may be continued for three or four' days, when the temperature may be reduced to °0 degrees until they are two weeks old, when it may be reduced to 85. After the first few days there is no better feed for the little fellows than any reliable brand of dry grain chick feed. These feeds, if properly made, contain a variety of grains and seeds and offer a fairly well balanced ration..... 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Dorrt B ._ buy tmtil you get our new 3920 eatatoft fully describing tigs prae wimung outfit. WRITE BROODER which is new needs no a mixture of dry bra n and beef scrap may B a FOR IT TODAY. You can't make a mistake in buying a Wisconsin. On the market 16 years. " ¦ A cleaning, but one which has been used be placed in a hopper for them to eat whenever they wish. W1SCOHSIM INCUBATOR COMPANY, Box 42 Racine, Wis. ¦ should be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected, the burner cleaned, a new wick put The brooder " ¦ * M " BM " 1 '" ¦ ¦ itself should be cleaned " in and everything put in good condition. every day and the hover taken out and It is foolish to take any chances of disease placed in the sun for a few minutes, wrong germs, or any kind of vermin remaining side up, whenever it is possible to do so over from the past season to attack the without leaving the chicks unprotected little chicks. when they need protection . 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HOW I BUILT UP MY POULTRY BUSINESS By Beginning in a Smalt Way and Increasing Wisely I Have Made Poultry Keeping Profitable M RS . L ORIN B ECK POULTRY raising offers every woman an opportunity to be an actual partner in the business of. the farm. The farm flock, if properly managed, will yield a return on the investment in cash and labor that will compare favorably with the returns from any other operation on theârm. This has been my experience. During the six years that I have cared for poultry, my flock has proven the principal source pf income on our farm and our success has been due very largely to the producing power, of the flock. I've been a real partner in the business, I've made good money from the flock and I've thoroughly enjoyed the work. Six years ago my husband, who was a railroad conductor, bought a small cutover farm of 40 acres in Pine County, Minn., three miles from the nearest town. This farm was covered with second-growth timber, fallen timbers and stumps, excepting about one acre and a half which had been cleared by a "lumber-jack" for a garden spot. There was an old house, an old log pig pen and a log barn on the place. When we bought this farm we did not know that we would ever live on it but we were not owners long until we decided that it would be our future home. So we left the village and in the fall of 1913 moved to this farm. The hardships were many for myself and the two children. My husband retained his job with the railroad and was home only occasionally. So we were left there on this pioneer farm, in a country where neighbors were few and far between, to battle for ourselves. But I love the country. It is an ideal place to rear children. I rather enjoyed the new experience. My husband also enjoyed the opportunity this farm gave him to clear land, to look forward to the time when we would have a real farm ol our own. Our opportunities to make money on the farm in the first few years were limited. First we had to clear the land as the acre and one-half which was cleared was hardlv more than enough to produce the vegetables we needed at home. But there was nothing to prevent me for having a good flock of chickens and that was my first resolution. First Equipment THERE was no hen house on the farm. There was a tar-papered coop, six by eight feet, which had housed some chickens but the neighbors told me it was alive with mites. I cleaned it out thoroughly and determined to start with that equipment . Then I ordered 250 day-old standard-bred White Leghorn chicks, which were delivered about May 1, 1914, I recall that they cast me $25. It was a beautiful flock of chicks, all from a well-bred flock. I bought two ḥovers which I put in this coop so that I would have a warm place for these chicks. I lost only IS of the 250. I gave them the best of care and that fall I had 125 fine pullets but no house for them. 1 turned to the old log pig pen, eight by twelve feet in size, to solve my housing problem. We raised it , put on a new roof, put in some windows and ventilators and provided a dust bath. The floor was dirt as I could not afford a cement floor. When raised, this pen was four feet high in the rear and five and one-half feet high in the front. It was a makeshift , to be sure, but it was warm as the log walls were thick. Although it gets very cold in winter, water never froze in this log house. I gathered my first egg from these pullets on August 28 when they were four months old. I had sold most of my cockerels in July as broilers. I kept a few of the choicest cockerels as breeders and had no trouble selling these for five dollars each as they were standard-bred birds. The cockerels I, sold more than paid for the feed my entire flock consumed that summer until the pullets began to lay. First Receipts IN SEPTEMBER , I sold a half dozen eggs * for 15 cents. That was my first egg receipts. My feed cost me eight dollars that month so I had a deficit but this turned to a nice profit in the succeeding months. My egg receipts that first 10 months from this flock were: Month Dozen Receipts Feed Profit September... H M.15 $8.00 $7.85 October 52 14.30 6.00 6.30 November... 120 48.00 10.00 38.00 December... 102 42.00 10.00 32.00 January 51 16.20 10.00 6.20 February. .. 95 20.00 10.00 10.00 March 182 39.00 11.00 28.00 April 225 40.10 11.00 29.90 May........ 188 32.20 10.00 22.20 June. 157 29.00 8.00 21.00 I have always been proud of that first record. I bought every mouthful of feed the chickens ate, except what they picked up on range and that was little. I had Our First Log Hen House Seen in The Background Has Given Place to This Modern Poultry Huuse With Concrete Foundation, Double Walls and Plenty of Ventilation. good luck with them although egg production fell off in January and February because the pullets moulted in those months. During the 10 months period, the flock averaged about 105 pullets so that that first year I cleared close to three dollars per hen. I marked the earliest and best layers for breeders and bought some fine cockerels for mating. I was not prepared yet to do my own hatching but I did sell hatching eggs from these matings for $1.50 per sitting or six dollars per 100 eggs. This income was in addition to other egg sales that year. I might add that the only farm income we had that first year was from the flock. The second spring we bought 250 baby chicks again from the same source. I hatched a few under hens so that fall 1 had about 200. pullets, in addition to the hens I had held over as breeders. More room was required and our experience the first year proved to us we could afford to invest money in permanent and better equipment. We Built a Good House We built a hen house, 16 by 60 feet with good concrete foundation , with a feed room at one end, double walls, lots of light from the south and lots of ventilation. Later we built a brooder house 12 by 14 feet so that we are now fully equipped. Our present quarters comfortably bouse 200 layers and 100 pullets. Each year, the flock receipts grew. With the flock profits I have paid for the new buildings, have invested in modern equipment, have added to our home comforts. Our experience has been that there is more money in poultry than anything except sheep. When we moved to the farm we bought one" cow, two bred ewes and a brood mare. Now we have three colts, four good Guernsey cows, three heifers, 15 ewes, a new barn and we now have 14 acres of land cleared. • The chickens, provided the cash income that made this increase in stock possible. My next ambition is a new house and I know the flock will make that venture, possible very soon. This is my record for last year up to September 1: Receipts Feed Net Cost Proceeds January J69.44 $55.00 $14.44 February 36.36 45.00 9.36 March 47.92 ' 45.00 2.92 April 206.45 45.00 161.45 May 237.81 45.00 192.81 June 134.89 45.00 89.89 July 97.72 45.00 52.72 August 59.30 45.00 14.30 Totals...., $889.89 $370.00 $519.17 My flock has averaged around 200 birds the past four years. That is about all I can care for myself. I still have to buy most of the feed as we are not able yet " to produce on our limited acreage more than the stock we are carrying consumes. This is a big item of expense for me that many other farm women do not have. While the price of poultry products is high now, the cost of feed is also high. In 1918 my flock averaged 190 hens. My total receipts that year amounted to $1,022.64 but my feed cost me §548.40, leaving me a profit of only $474.24. I did considerably better in 1919, my record for the first ei ght months showing a profit of $519.17. The flock averaged 185 layers. Feed costs were equally as l high as in 1918 but the prices of poultry products were also much higher. I now do all my own hatching as well as hatching for other parties. I have a 390- egg incubator which I set once for myself and later for others. I have good success with my incubator. My poorest hatch last year was 290 eggs and my best was 330 eggs. I am also using hovers for my baby chicks. I think much of my success has been due to getting my hatches early so that I can market my surplus cockerels early as broilers and get my.pullets to laying when egg prices are the highest. I Am Particular HAVE kept accurate records ever since I I started. I watch my hftis and I retain only the best layers as breeders. I cull my flock regularly each year. I believe in absolute cleanliness and I have never been troubled with disease. The houses are cleaned every day and sprayed twice a month with a spray made up of one part kerosene to two of crude carbolic acid. I feed the usual chicken feeds but also provide plenty of litter for scratching when the flock is confined. I finish my broilers just before marketing with a feed of ground oatmeal, middlings, ground corn and buttermilk. I have thoroughly enjoyed my work with my flock; my partnership in the business. This year my husband gave up his railroad work and will devote all his time now to the farm. This was our ambition, now realized through the aid of a flock of chickens which have been given intelligent and systematic care. Why try to raise chicks with a brooder that you are not sure clone that you have to watch all the time? The Standard Coal-Burning Brooder is the surest, safest brooder that you can buy—it burns coal--only six to nine cents worth a day—requires filling only once every twenty-four hours. It never fails to supply adequate heat every hour of the day and night, regardless of outside temperature* You cannot lose a single chick that has any chance of life, if you use the We are so sure of what it win do that we will let you write your own gunatee. Put down on paper, everything yon can think of that • good brooder should do, ve will tigs it. If it doss not raise more chicks and better chicks than any other brooder, we will refund your money after thirty days trial. There were 27,000 sold last year under this guarantee and not one came back. Ask your County Agent about the Standard. See it at your dealers. Writ* for the new catalog. ^^^.j^^ B3§ii£lE BW&w&w&w&wB The Buckeye Oll- ^^HRABBBB j BurnlngBrooderloen- and .HEHHLwAvAm expensive, economical, simple safe. (B^Balir^naaaaaaaaal Used n^^H^^^^^ B by large and small •^^HBBBB jaam poultry raisers all over ^'sasMMMMt^r' the country. Set cataloe lot details. The Buckeye Incubator Co. I 54 Euclid Ave.. Springfield Ohio World's Largest Manuf acturers of Incubators and Brooders. Poultry Woman Tells Why Chicks Die Bessie B. Carawell, the poultry woman, and an expert on baby chicks, 693 Gateway _ Station, Kansas City, Mo. ia giving away her book on baby chicks which tells how she successfully raises _ f 98% of her hatches BESSIE B. CARSWELL The Poultry Woman ^mf nomẹ 1 soIutiolT^ 80"«,on 1. to combat white diarrhoea, the fatal chick disease. This valuable book is FREE and you should certainly write this successful poultry woman for a copy.—Adv. Tells why chicks die and how to save them—how to keep your poultry strong and healthy^—how to rid them of white diarrhoea and other diseaseshow to increase egg production when eggsf'are scarce. Write today for this free book, and we will also send you on approval, at our risk and expense, a full sized standard package of Macnair's Chicken Powder, the guaranteed baby chick tonic, poulvry vitalizer and egg producer. Send no money, but write today to Macnair Poultry Products Co., Dept. 202, 47 S. Cay Street, Baltimore, Md. r^naaaaaaaaa'PBs' TbeOld Rali&br? Hatcher direct trom factor* Bi T T "TnTM*"'r—-* 1 —* -"'rr'" Madebyexpertaof IKB9GE9 fl \&tST9Sj » experience . Haa triple walls, red- |r=^;*^S3 uaul wood esse, not water copper tana, (aria off H II ^^ f^l tarik-ape rullrwtohateb.BelfreB^Dlatn. H I 1 II uurQ>,ooableheatuffsratam,etc aafetr v sue.aliopM, Expresṣ I * eetopreedytotrie. BWboofcaaaeatftMtfree- I KepiH U fee^litttaleTC^BU it., FluluḥMin. 50.008 WHITE LEGHORN CHICKS. English Strains, Heavy eeg producers. Circular and prices Free. GRANOVIEW STOCK FARM, Zealand. Mich.
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