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BETTER FRUIT 



October, 1921 



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THE VALUE OF THE TRAPNEST 

 A well known practical poultryman adviics 

 ■^ that the most prepossessing hen is not al- 

 ways the most industrious layer. She may be the 

 loudest cackler, but if her owner uses trapnests 

 she cannot fool him, for he can check up on the 

 retultt. 



The trap nest is so arranged that when the hen 

 enters she it confined until released by the at- 

 tendant. Specialists of the United States depart- 

 ment of agriculture say that trap nests may be 

 used to advantage by the best breeders of heps. 

 It adds mechanical precision to judgement and 

 experience in developing the flock and maintaining 

 it at a high standard of egg production. It tames 

 the birds and tends to stimulate laying. It 

 furnishes definite knowledge of the traits and 

 habits of each hen. It furnishes the most sat- 

 isfactory basis for breeding, and it eliminates 

 the non-productive hen. 



In flocks of 50 or more, a three compartment 

 trapnest should be provided for every ten hens. 

 In smaller flocks a slightly larger proportion of 

 nests is needed. Numbered bands are placed on 

 the legs of the hens and a record is kept of their 

 egg production. Frequent visits to the nests are 

 necessary, especially when the hens arc laying 

 freely and during warm weather. There shoyld 

 never be less than three visits a day, and four 

 or five would be better. 



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CONFINING THE BACKYARD FLOCK 

 'T'HERE is a double reason for confining the 

 backyard flock. It gives a better opportunity 

 for increasing c$s production and from restrain- 

 ing them from straying into your neighbors' 

 garden where they may cause damage and are 

 almost sure to cause ill feeling. 



The yard should be inclosed by a board or wire 

 fence. Wire is preferable, as it is cheaper and 

 the hens are less likely to fly over it, say poultrv 

 specialists of the United States Department of 

 Agriculture. If cats prove troublesome where one 

 is raising chickens, it may be necessary to cover 

 the top of the yard with wire also. A board 

 should not be used at the top of a wire fence, 

 as this gives the hens a visible place to alight 

 and thus tends to teach them to fly over. 



A five-foot fence is high enough for most con- 

 ditions, but if the hens show a tendency to fly 

 over such a fence the flight feathers of one wing 

 should be clipped. Leghorns need a six-foot fence. 

 The larger the yard the better the hens will do, 

 as it not only gives them greater opportunity to 

 exercise, but also makes it possible to maintain a 

 sod on the yard. In most cases not enough land 

 will be available so that a sod can be maintained. 



If the yard is fairly large, it can be divided 

 into two parts and green crops, such as oats, 

 wheat, rye, or Dwarf Essex rape allowed to start 

 in one yard while the hens are confined to the 

 other. The green crops should be sown very 

 thick, and the following quantities will be found 

 satisfactory for a yard 25 by 30 feet: Wheat, 

 2^ poundsi oats, IJ^ pounds; rye, 3/4poundsi 

 rape, 5 ounces, when the growing stuff reaches 

 a hieght of 3 to 4 inches the hens can be turned 

 upon it and the other yard simllarv sown. 



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ECONOMY IN MODERNLY BUILT 



POULTRY HOUSES 



TV/TODERN poultry houses such as are used by 



successful poultrymen or smaller ones adapted 

 to the small farm flock, can be built more 

 cheaply than the old style, double constructed 

 poultry houses of 20 years ago. How it is done is 

 described by James Dryden, professor of poultry 

 husbandry, in Oregon Agricultural college station 

 bulletin No. 179. The bulletin contains plans 

 and diagrams of construction of several sixes of 

 poultry houses that have proved successful. 



The type of house advocated has one side or 

 end open and protected by wire screening. All 



floor space is utilized for scratching by having 

 perches, dropping-boards, and nests supported by 

 bracket braces fastened to the walls. The smaller 

 sire, 8x12 feet, for the farm flock, can be built 

 on runners of 3x6 inch stuff 14 feet long 

 so that a team can move the house easily. This 

 sire is large enough to keep 40 hens in during 

 bad weather without decreasing tgg production. 

 Health and comfort requirements of fowls are 

 discussed in the bulletin by Professor Dryden 

 and the modifications imposed by location on the 

 farmstead and the different types of houses 

 adapted to successful poultry raising are gone into 

 •imply and clearly. 



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Poultry Notes 



/^RIT is very essential to the proper feeding of 

 fowls. Too often it is not provided continu- 

 ally and when given at odd times causes th^ 

 fowls to eat too much. This should be avoided, as 

 it causes bad digestive conditions. 

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TN keeping your poultry house free of insects you 

 will find that kerosene emulsion is more effec- 

 tive than the plain kerosene. Although the for- 

 mer is more trouble to make it lasts longer and 

 does the work better. 



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'T'O raise geese most profitably they should be 

 afforded liberty and plenty of grassy range. 

 They thrive best on low lying lands which are 

 not suitable for most other fowls and being coarse 

 feeders will eat nearly everything in* the shape 

 of green vegetation. 



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TV/hen poultry become infected with "pip" the 

 diseased birds should be isolated. Do not re- 

 move the "pip" when it occurs on the tongue. 

 Apply glycerine twice daily. If treated In the be- 

 ginning the trouble may be cured. 



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A LWAYS bear in mind that it pays best to raise 

 and keep good stock. In addition to the re- 

 muneration received from the hatching eggs there 

 Is always the sale of individual birds at good 

 prices. 



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