MIKE CLARK CHICKEN FANCIER
Baby Chicks
Given Lots!
of Sunshine!
‘Mike’ Turns Ilutt'liiugs Out
to Scratch Early, anti !
Keeps Inside Quar
ters Warm.
Has Real Playground
Mike Clark, former Douglas county
sheriff, who used to chase criminals
in and around Omaha, unlike many
so-called retired men, is not idling
Ids time away on park benches and
tit pleasure resorts. Mike has a beau
tiful home out Florence way and
specializes in raising nne Kliode is
land lied chickens. A little visit
around his place last, week brought
out some of the secrets of his suc
cess.
.Mike lias his basement fixed up as
a hatchery. The baby chicks are
hatched in incubators and then trans
ferred to a platform near an open
window. The window leads out upon
the sunny side of the lawn Into an
inclosuro which makes - real pla;
ground for the baby chicks. The
chicks were scratching in the loos*
dirt as happy as baby chicks could
i>e. They were ldg-boned, strong
chi which showed unusual vitality.
“Hc>w do the chicks happen to be
s'i strong looking, Mike?" we asked.
"Well, in the first place f intend to
breed I lie klrfd that have constitu
tions. 1 feed those fellows correctly,"
said Clark.
Feeding Methods
Clark feeds regularly starter. He
gets them out on the dirt as soon
ss possible. Then, during Hie sum
mer he sees that the growing chicks
have plenty of green feed. He be
lieves most baby chicks are stUHTr-fl
by too close quarters and lack of
fresh air. "It pays to get them out
on "old Mother Karth’ early.!’ said
Mike. He does not permit the cold
weather to interfere with this plan,
for lie told about shoveling the snow
away from the window in order to
make an outside runway for the
chicks. "Keep them dry and have a
good warm place for them to go to
i hen they come inside and one need
not fear the weather,’’- said Clark.
Trap Nesting
Clark believes in trap nesting in or
der to get the records authentic, lie
has a pen of line birds finder trap
nest supervision now and makes it
a regular practice for all new pens
used in his breeding operations.
"Trap nesting is not tlio easiest
way to handle chickens, but it is the
only correct way to know your hen«.’
said Mike. 11m has been winner In
many big shows with his birds and
takes great pride in breeding an ex
cellent strain of fine poultry. No ex
pense was spared by dark in getting
his foundation stock together, lie
believes many beginners majte a big
mistake when they start the poultry
business with cheap, inferior stock.
l*en Breeding
Mike advises thft use of one cockrel
for each eight or nine breeding hens,
lie- declared that most breeders used
too many hens In the breeding pens.
’’About seven heps for the cocks,
and not more than nine for a cock
rel is the right, number to get beat
results," said Clark. His hens are
the big deep-bodied kind and show
Hie capacity that Is needed for egg
production.
I ililor and Agent
\ irit Snmmerliill
While making the round of Doug
las and Harpy enmities we drove up
to Slimmer Hill farm. AVayland Mt
< H e, ow ner, showed u* about the farm.
McGee claims there is not a seed
planted -upon the farm which Is not
“ pure-bred." He plants livid's yellow
dent corn. His system of selecting
seed corn Is scientific. He selects
his seed by hand from the field.
Lrlngs It to a special room which Is
equipped with drying racks. The corn
Is sorted and placed in the racks.
Helow the room the seed corn Is
treated to a hot blast from a specially
designed stove which pours Its heat
up through a large funnel. The win
dows above are opened and perfectly
dry air Is circulated through the
corn.
We drove about the Summerhlll
farm for an hour and looked over the
stock and crops. McGee has the best
j>atch of winter wheat we .saw In the
day's drive. He has 19 head of spring
calves which look good. One old cow
gave us a little thrill by chasing us
from the vicinity of her pure-white
baby. Khe whs within her tights, sc
we went on to the 200-ncro field of
rye. McGee will have rye enough on
this field to make a "supply" for the
entire city of Omaha. Maxwell says
he raises more rye than all the rest
of the county put together.
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Scenes Taken on Douglas and Sarpy County Farms
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No. 1. A number of "A” type
house* on the farm of Phil Frazier,
Fort Crook, Neb. This type of house,
while better than the old fashioned
[colony house for farrowing pigs. Is
not considered th. bent type. Frnzb r
so vs h» prefeis the Whls' inand type
of house, Hl»I(h is lower and better
ventilated than the tall type, it holds
the warmth created by the sow, has
higher doors which permit the light
to penetrate farther bnck into the
house, thus obviating the necessity
of the pigs sleeping close to the
draught In order to get Into the sun*
light. Plans for th® Whlesmand
typo of house may he secured from
any Nebraska county ngrh ultural
ugtnt or from the state university,
agricultural college.
No. 2. rtctno upon Summerhill
farm, near tunning ton. Mills mac
uifioent estate is owned by Wa.slaud
YlcOec. The herd cf fin** purebred
shorthorns has been gradually Im
proved by the use of good Hirer, from
the university farm nr Lincoln.
No. ^i. "Old l)Mis\ *' M l i - I on
«.f the good red cows belonging to
l'i ed »dirt. I u imingion * do t I <
lot to the I’ought* county cow
. .
testing association, lie Is testing out
his herd of common cows to deter
mine the hest ones. The high pro
ducing cows are being i rossed with a
pure bred Ayrshire sire. Tills cow
hns a 12 months record of S,42.'>
pounds of milk. 3X1.4 pound* butter
fat. I ,'i per cent test.
No. I. The ftccredllist flock of
white orphlngtons tielonging to Mrs
<ltts Heitman, iletinlnglon. ft. N
Summers, state extension poultry
specialist, cays that this Is one of
the best flocks of white orplngtona In
the stale. They hud a record of I OH 7
eggs per hen last year.
No. !i. Accredited flock of Barred
Rock* belonging to Mrs. 1 ’llil Frazier,
Fort i'rook. Neb. Mrs. Frazier hns
ln-n Improving the flock by the use
■ if good ouekiels from the university.
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She Joined the accredited work this
spring.
N'o. tl. Sixty nine fell pigs mixed
from 10 sows. Phil Frasier, Fori
Crook, says: "The hog lot sanitation
project gilvoruted by the state exten
slon workers Is the best method of
raising pigs that I have ever tried."
lie keeps Ills pigs worm free now hj
farrowing them upon clean ground.
Xn 7. Willard Whitney of Valley
and hi* purebred flucrnsey heifer
Willard is u member of the West
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That Grow—Need Any? i
l.et ux advise you on the 'ceding end fertilising ef j
tom limn and the planting and planning of your
I garnen Hrliu .1111 problem* to us. SI KHH is our
buxine . we hove been selling Sb'.fc.HS THAT' t.HUNN for year*.
NEBRASKA SEED CO.
I red nltrl- Farm
a Model (lonceru
During (he visit over the territory
Inst week D. il. Maxwell stopped at
Uenningtun.
".Vow, I am going to take you to
one of the beat farms in Douglas
county." .-aid Maxwell. We drove up
to a place northeast of Bennington
The splendid .arrangement and qua!
tv of the buildings on the farm tells
' story of good farming. When w»
drove in the yard we noted a truck
loud of grain hacked up io the ele
vator. Biosentiy the owner. JYed
Ohrt. came out. llie herd of “old
red milch cows" Is the kind that Is
laying a foundation for a real dairy
herd of “just good" milch cow*. Ho
is crossing these red cow* with a pure
tired .Ayrshire bull. He has some of
the second-cross heifers which took
mighty fine. He doesn't believe In
jumping in and out of farm projects
lb. raises about Sort pigs eneli year,
feeds off two carloads of steers. ral«es
several thousand bushels of corn,
ohrt Is one of the best farmers In the
county, lie i$ Just a good farmer
He tins made money some years,
played the game and kept right on
going ahead the tough y ear*. He he
longs to the cow testing sssoclallon.
encourages hi* wife to assist In the
women's program of the stats exten
sion division. More of hi* class are
needed in every community.
Douglas County Dairy Calf club. He
won a free trip to the national dairy!
show lost year, given by the Illuet
Volley Creamery company as a state '
wide prize.
The dairy calf club work Is In full I
Airogress again tills year. Besides the
econd year club members, the conn
t.v ap nl has it class of first year
members. The project is n three year
project. Many fine prizes n r* of
fered ibis year. The Douglas county
fair has several good prizes up.
Farmers Are
Busy With
P 1 a n t i 11 g
Spring Da)s See Activity in
Fields; Model Farms Are
Seen on Inspec
tion Trip.
"Spring’ 1 Look Good
By C. H. BLAKELY.
i Douglas anil Sarpy counties have
1' heir seeding well under way. The
I dry weather in March put the soil
in good shape anti farmers have been
I taking advantage of this situation.
I .a st week, in company with E. G.
I Maxwell, county agricultural agent
;:or Douglas county, the "cow editor,"
; is the city desk has dubbed us, took
[a trip over the two counties. We
;aw Sarpy county farmers finishing
lap oats seeding. At the farm of Phil
I Frazier near Fort Crook we learned
I that over SO per cent of the seeding
had been completed. Frazier said the
neighborhood would finish up within
' week, if weather remained favor
fable.
Frazier’s ‘‘Pig Luck."
Frazier showed his spring hatch of
fine Poland China. pigs. The sows
..'ere averaging eight pigs ;>$r litter
r.d Pit!! said, "I am going to raise
• hem all, for I have learned how to
noise pigs." lie is a booster for the
l.og lot sanitation methods being ad
| voeated by state extension workers.
He told us that a few years ago he
I was losing nearly all of ills pigs. He
| had Id sows which raised only 30
i pigs. Something had to he done. He
li-ame to' Omaha agid looked up the
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count/ agent. Maxwell explained the
method of farrowing the p'gs upon
clean ground. Phil went home and
MaKwell forgot all about his call.
!,<ast summer Frazier asked Max
well to call at the farm, lie had fol
lowed the agent's suggestions and
had a fine crop of spring pigs. This
winter he raised 69 from 10 sows and
sold Ills spring pigs from the same
sows. 73 head of them weighing 306
pounds, for $11.36.
Mrs. Frazier, mother of a large
family, manages a flock of unusually
good poultry, t-'he Is a member of
(he Douglas county accredited flock
work and is striving jto perfect her
strain of Barred Plymouth Rocks.
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Douglas county farming is petting
away with an early start. Spring
seeding within a week will be com
pleted. Winter wheat don't look *o
pood. "See those dead patches out
there," exclaimed Maxwell. “1 eg
arnined a lot of fields the other day
and found Hessian fly in many,
others were winter-killed," he said.
As we drove over the county we saw
but few fields of good winter wheat.
Oil is said to' be better for stovge
than blacking. lTf-e very little and
Yub it in thoroughly. Polishing ran
be done* with soft paper— newspaperg
do very nicely.
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