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T. E. QUISENBERRY
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A L. EDSON, Secretary.
PULTRY FOR
AID TO U. S.;
CHICKEN EXPERT
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How to House, Feed, and Also
iti&n of Back Yard Biddy
Ml Yield Good -
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la, have cloth curtains (burlap) for
i two-thirds of the open front the
other one-third can be glass. Too
much glass results in a wide variation
of temperature in the house. Glass,
which js a good conductor of heat,
warms the interior during the day and
temperature goes up. At night, the
gUss conducts the heat out so that the
temperature, goes away down.
A fresh air house tynds to equalize
the Piemptrature; that is. there isn't
suclka variation during the day and
night, and is best for the health of the
flock. In short, apply sleeping porch
principles to your poultry house.
Keep the poultry house irpt from
drafts r build it tight oh three 6ideg
and locate the open front to the
south, if possible. Make art open
front house deep. Locate the roosts
in the back 39 that fowls, when roost
ing, will be away from any possible
drafts. Do not build the house over
seven to eight feet high in front and
five to six feet in rear, All that is
necessary is head, room to work In.
.To go above this measurement is only
added expense with no value,
Wooden or Cement Floor.
A wooden or cement floor is pre
ferable to a dirt floor, for it is more
safoitary and will keep the litter drier.
If the house is located so that, wafer
. drains away from it, three -.to six
inches of cinders will make a good
flocf.
I" prefer a dropping board, for it
tnakes more sanitary scratching rpom.
However, if one does not keep it
cleaned off, it loses its value and had '
better be dispensed with. Allow three -or
four square feet of floor space and
six to 10 inches of roosting space per
bird. t Overcrowding cuts down the
egg yield.
i , What Feed to Use.
One may have a good poultry house
and other conditions equally as good,
but if they neglect the feeding they
will not get egs.
- Poultry feeds may be classified un
der five heads, viz.: the grains, such as
corn, wheat, oats, barley, kaffir, milo,
maize, buckwheat, sunflower seed, etc.,
combined, form the scratch feed.
' GAound feeds,- such as bran, mid
dlings, cor?meal gluten feed, ground '
oats, oilmeal, etc., combined, form the
mash feeds. " -
Animal feeds, such as butterjmilk,
packing house products, fish scrap,
etc., are usually mixed with the mash
feeds. The mineral feeds arfc the
grits, oyster shell and chacoal.
Some of the most common green or
succulent feeds are sprouted oats, al
falfa, clover and vegetables.
When Biddy has access to a free
-range, as on the farm, she ge'ts these
different classes of feeds in the form
of seeds, bugs and worms, stones and
the grasses., In the spring and sum
mer they are the most plentiful, and
because of this variety she does her
best laying. In the fall and winter,
Unless these are supplied to her in
ether forms, her egg yield drops ma
terially. -Feed
Chickens Protein. ,
The back yard poultry raiser usu
ally has to supply all of Biddy's feeds
and 1:9 success depends upon the ex
tent and manner of supplying them.
A study of the grains shows that
they contain varying quantities of the
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nutrients, protein, carbohydrates, fat
ananoer,
The hen's bod,y id the egg contains
Jheae nutrients. The egg is a product
wt hs a high percentage of protein.
Com is a product that k low in this
nutrient. Therefore it stands to rea
son that if a hen is to produce a high
protein product in quantities, she
must be fed feeds that contain a high
per cent of protein and not be fed
corn alone, ihe whole grains com
bined with the ground grains and ani
rnai feeds furnish a high protein feed
and a feed that il more economical in
everyway. '
Mineral feeds, in the form of oyster
shell, furnish lime for the egg shell; a
lack of this often results in soft
shelled eggs. .Sand or gravel assists
in the grinding of the hard grains and
is necessary.
The succulent feeds can be supplied
in the form of sprouted oats, vege
tables, alfalfa or clover. A good way
to feed the alfalfa or (lover is to steam
it 1q a pail by pouring boiling water
0ver.it and pouring this off again, then
covering the pail snd allow to steam.
Feeding Practice. ,
The grains should form the prin
cipal part of the ration: A good rule
is to make about two-thirds of the
ration grains and otie-third the ground
feeds or mash.
The exact amount that each fowl
should receive depends upon the sea
son of the year, the breed and the
aooetite of the flock. The feeder will:
have to judge these things for him
self. This wiM come from practice
and watching the flock closely. I
make an allowance of two ounces of
grain and One ounce of mash per fowl
perlay ahd vary this slightly. One
pound or 16 ounces of grain is suffi
cient for eight hens a day. This should
be fed in a deep litter. Make Biddy
work for all the scratch feed. It will
keep her in good condition and pre
vent overfattening, which affects the
egg yield. It is a good practice to
know how much you are feeding. It
takes very little extra to feed from a
quart cup or measure than to throw
out the feed promiscuously without
any knowledge of how much. .
Feed' one-third of the 'amount of
scratch feed allotted to the flock in the
morning, the other two-thirds in the
evening; that is, if you are feeding
three pouhds .or three quarts of
scratch" feed" to ypur flock per day,
feed one pound, or one quart in the
morning and 'two pounds or two
quarts in the evening.
A light gfain feed in the morning
makes Biddy exercise. -The heavier
fed in the evening sends her to the
rOost with a full crop, where it can
be digested whie she sleeps. If there
is any feed left in the litter from the
evening feeding, she can clean it up
the next morning.
Use Open Hopper.
The ground' feeds should be fed in
an open hopper. Always feed mash
mixture of ground feeds. It lowers
the total cost of the ration. The hen
will lay mora eggs; chicks will de
velop more rapidly and make .more
economical gains on it.
Leghorns and breeds of similar type
rrfay liave Access to dry mash at all
times. Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes,
Orpingtons, Rhode Island Reds, etc.,
will become too fat if allowed the
samp freedom. To present this, close
the dry mash hopper in the evening
R. C. R. I. REDS EXCLUSIVELY
Bred frem the best that I tin possibly
obtain from breeder that are the high
est prise winners. I also have a few
letting of eiffrs from the first Chicago
rock and the sixth first prize hen of the
largest dhows in the United States.
That t the kind I am breeding.
Young and old birds at half price.
RED ROSE POULTRY FARM
rS01 North 30th St. , Omaha, Neb.
JBELG1AN HARES OF
QUALITY
BRIGHT'S RABBITRY
6434 Evan Street, Omaha
First Class Stock at Reasonable Prices.
Luxus Rabbitry
Prize-winning New (Zea
land Red Rabbits, Peruvi
an Guinea Pigs (long
hair) and English Guinea
Pigs (short hair).
pLWIIG, Proprietor
1810 Vinton Street, Omaha'
White Wyandottes
Alfalfa Fed, Farm Range,
Winter Laying.
Seven years in breeding a
laying strain. Although not spe
cializing in . show birds, took
first and second on hens, sec
ond on pujlet, third on cockerel
and third on cock bird at Ne
braska State Fail? the only
time we have ever shown.
Cockerels, hens, trios and pent
' For sale. 1
MRS. F. K. CROPSEY
R. F. D. 3. Lincoln, Neb.
and open it the middle of the next
day.
If your flock drops off in laying dur
ing a cold spell, it is a good plan to
warm them up with a small amount
of mash moistened with warm water,
to form a crumbly mixture. Feed this
about noon and onlhat can be
cleaned up in 10 or 15 minutes. Table
scraps ground in a food chopper may
be added to this moistened mash. Pul
lets can be broughtjnto laying quicker
by feeding a wet mash.
One of the main secrets of poultry
raising is sanitation. The poultry
raiser, has to wage a constant war
against parasites and poultry diseases.
The more sanitary he keeps his poul
try house and. yard, the less trouble
he is likely to have.
Do not feed in a filthy litter. Spade
the yards and sow some green crops
in the spring and summer.
Keep a constant watch for mites.
There is a difference in the habits of
lice and mites. Mites attack the fowls
only at night when the chickens are
roosting and hide in cracks and under
filth during the day, and are red in
color when full of blood. They ap
pear early in the spring and multiply
rapidly. When present in large num
bers, they sap the vitality and lower
the egg yield of the flock. To combat
them, apply a strong disinfectant with
a spray, pump or brush, that will kill
the parasite when it comes in contact
with it. '
Lice remain on the fowls all the
time and are not .as serious as the
mites unless in large numbers. A mix
ture of one part mercurial ointment
and two parts vaseline, applied in
small amounts around the vent and
under the wings, will rid the chickens
of lice.
Keep the drinking vessels sanitary.
The drinking water is the most com
mon .means of spreading disease. A
few drops of a solution of potassium
permanganate crystals to which water
has been added, placed in the drink
ing water so that it is a cherry red,
helps to prevent the spread of colds
and diseases in a flock.
Remember that Biddy will respond
to proper 'treatment. She is doing it
for otherswhy not you?
Rose Comb R. I .Red Cockerels
Vigorous Birds
Price Reasonable
Will have some at our coming show
0. H, BICHLE,
4354 Franklin St., Omaha, Neb.
Central Park Rabbitry
Breeders and Shippers of
Thoroughbred Rufus Red
Belgian Hares
and
New Zealand Red Rabbits
The largest breeders and shippers of
thoroughbred stock in the middle west.
Have en hand at all times a
fine lot of breeders and young.
Price Reasonable.
, Satisfaction Guaranteed.
M. H. FOWLER, Mgr.,
4213 Larimer Ave., Omaha, Neb. ..
LIGAHT BRAHMAS
A few fine cockerels and pul
lets for sale. Farmers and others
wishing to increase the size of
thSir poultry will do well to see
my birds at the Poultry Show.
Including two capons weighing
over 14 pounds each.-Also for
breeders of pure-bred stock.
G. F. ROBERTSON
46th and Saratoga Sts. -
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WELCH'S
Full-Blooded
Tom Barron
Single Comb
1 White Leghorns
The Kind That .
"Lay and Pay"
A few fine Cockerels at $2
each. now. Prices advance 50c
per month until March 1.
J. J. WELCH
Cherrycroft, Omaha
and Near Omaha
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Corner Sixteenth and Harney Sts.
Dou&las 2596
- Ashes, Grit and Charcoal.
Ashes, Rrit and charcoal you will
need all three this printer in the poul
try house, or near it, and also oyster
shell, more so by far than in sum
mer, One handy way to provide the
ashes is for those who burn wood or
coal to throw the ashes finely sifted
if coal under some little buildinR
to which the fowls have access. Here
they keep dry and, of course, as they
cannot be rained or snowed on, never
freeze up, and the chickens soon,
learn to bo under here and wallow in
this dust. If the fowls use such a
spot as this they come out at brood
ing and hatching time in safer condi
tion for 'such special work.
Grit, too, is difficult to find in win
ter, if it be found at all, and if it is
not' provided, February and March
may find them suffering from liver
troubles. Of course we all know the
need of oyster shell, and the refusal
of the body to form an egft if there is
not enough lime in the body to make
the covering:, but there are people
who question the necessity of char
coal at any time, winter or summer,
yet to see how greedily chickens
break off or pick up bits of burned
wood argues of itself a call in the
system of the birds for this product.
It is really a tonic medicine for them.
It furnishes sulphur and iron tp
cleanse and strengthen the blood; it
sweetens the crop and hurries up di
gestion, so dont forget this cheap
help toward the comfort of Biddy.
Poultry Notes
No cracked or thin-shelled eggs
should ever be allowed to enter the
regular channels of market egg dis
tribution, but' should be used at
home and sold locally, where they
may be at once consumed. Dirty
pctra m v mean the nrrsfnrs nf riar.
teria and should never be marketed
along with clean eggs. Usually a
few dirty eggs will reduce the value
ner rlnzen nn the entire ra. tfi r.
Suction sometimes amounting to 2
cents per dozen or o(J cents per case.
Such methods do not pay..
RHODE ISLAND REDS
Single Comb Exclusively
LOUIS D. MOTZ,
3418 Franklin St.
Omaha, Neb.
Cloverdale Reds
Have Won From Coast to Coast.
Look me up at the Omaha show or
.write me If in need of
stock or eggs.
Everything Shipped On Approval.
Cloverdale Poultry Farm
C. A. ROMIGH
Phone Florence 409, Omaha, Neb.
WB WANT you to see our new, up-to-date
poultry bouse, yards and tin ehlclcens.
Com down and have a talk with Vr.
Ufford, manager of our Poultry Extension
Department. You eaa buy from us our
Red Feather poultry feeds, alfalfa meal,
alfalfa flour, corn feed meat, sucked oats,
corn coops, bran, shorts, ellmeal, etc and
speclalfeeds for cows, hors, eattle, sheep,
horses and raulee. We make city de
liveries. Country buyri drop us a line for
prices, samplea, booklets, it. C. Peters
Mill Co., 19th ahd B Sts., South Side.
Omaha, Neb. Phone Tyler St.
DISTINCTIVE REDS WIN
, Wherever Shown
Single Comb Rhode Island
Reds s
ARTHUR U EDSON, Breeder
4511 Ersklae St, Omaha, Neb.
Breeders of Single Comb,
White Leghorns
H. A. RASGORSHEK, Prop.
Stock and Eggs InJSeason
See Our Back-Yard Poultry House
At the Show.
Rotate 7, Benson Station,
Omaha, Neb. ,
LfjnOOQ GAEIOS
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Offers you an opportunity to have plenty of room for your chickens
and still be very close to the Business Center of Omaha.
Just a few blocks from the LeaTenworthcar line and directly ad
joining beautiful Elmwood Park.
Rich Garden
Lots
$195 to $275
A Few Slightly Higher
$1 Pown, $1 a Week
Room for a Few Chickens
Large Lots
(Mostly U acres), high and
sightly, with fin trees, overlook
ing the park.
$300 Upwards
$10 Down, $5 to $10 a
Month
Room for Mora Chickens
OR IF YOU PREFER
We will sell you , '
A NEW WELL-BUILT HOUSE
4 or S Rooms With 2 Choice Lot (1-3 Acre)
$1,750 to $1,950
$100 Down SIS a Month. ,
VI r elty taxes, eounty taxes, until Hay, Interest until April. 1918.
Il J payments during slekness nor if you are sailed to the eolors.
Investigate Now and Have Your Flock in.Operation
Next Spring. -
PAYNE & SLATER CO.
REALTORS
616 Omaha Nat'l Bank Bldg. Phone Douglas 1016.
WE WILL SHOW '
Perfection Chick and Hen Foods.
Perfection Pigeon Ration.
, Buckeye Incubators and Stanjdard Col
ony .Brooders.
Norwich Automatic Poultry Appliances.
Darlin's Meat Crisps.
Milkoline. ..
See them at our booth.
THE NEBRASKA SEED CO.
TWO STORES
The, New Public Market Branch, First National
Bank Building.
-.,- ' and -
' ' 1613 Howard Street )
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Poultry Men,
Attention
have our own poultry extension department lo
cated in connection with our hig manufacturing plant at
Twenty-ninth and B Streets, South Side, Omaha. We
have some fine, birds and we are conducting special feed
ing exrrimentSe This work is permanently in charge of
our Mr. O. C. Ufford, formerly connected with the
Poultry Experimental Department, Agricultural College,
Ames, Iowa. Mr. Ufford will be in charge of our booth
at the Omaha. Poultry Show.! Get acquainted with him.
If he can help you or give you any information, don't
hesitate to consult him; he will be glad to talk with you
about your poultry. v
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PETERS'
Red Feather Poultry Feeds
Scratch Mash Chick
M. C. PETERS MILL CO.
SOUTH SIDE STATION
OMAHA NEBRASKA
PETER6' PROVEN PRODUCTS
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