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With the Poultry 



CHANGING CROINI) 



RAISING chickens on the same ground year 

 after year Is frequently the cause of disease 

 in chicks. The colony houses for chicks should be 

 moved to fresh ground each second year. The soil 

 of the old run should be broken up and corn, oats, 

 alfalfa or garden truck grown on it. The plowing 

 of land and growth of a new crop is beneficial 

 from the standpoint of sanitation. 



Many brooder chicks that are started and kept 

 confined in a very small run contaminate the 

 ground in a very short time and by the time they 

 arc eight weeks old, the young chicks fail to make 

 a satisfactory growth in response to the feed they 

 consume. The trouble lies in the fact that every 

 time they pick up a grain of feed they take Into 

 their system the infection of the soil. It is desir- 

 able, therefore, to get them on fresh ground at 

 frequent intervals and feed them on fresh ground. 



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HOW TO TREAT GAPES 

 TOURING the early summer much trouble is ex- 

 "^ perienced by poultrymen with gapes in chick- 

 ens, caused by worms in the windpipe. The larva 

 of this parasite is picked up by the chickens in the 

 damp earth and the parasites detach themselves in 

 tlie windpipes of the chickens, where they first 

 cause Irritation and upon growing obstruct the 

 passage of air. 



Where chickens are affected they should be 

 placed in a pen or room which his been sprinkled 

 freely with slaked lime. A few drops of turpen- 

 tine added to the rations may be beneficial in con- 

 trolling the disease. In an effort to dislodge the 

 worms, feathers may be dipped in turpentine and 

 passed down the chicken's windpipe. Worms are 

 sometimes removed with a twisted horse hair or a 

 specially prepared instrument that may be ob- 

 tained at any poultry supply house. However, pre- 

 vention is the best means of control. Lime the soil 

 where gapes — infected chickens — have run. Con- 

 fine the chickens so that they cannot run under 

 out-buildings and In shady or in damp places. 

 Where a chicken is badly infected with gapes, it is 

 best to kill it and burn. Confine unaffected 

 chickens In a yard freely sprinkled with a liberal 

 amount of freshly slaked lime. 



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PREPARING POULTRY FOR MARKET 

 T^XPERTS in poultry raising advise that In 

 selecting chickens for market they should not 

 be fed from 15 to 18 hours before killing. In 

 killing either stick the chicken in the roof of the 

 mouth or dislocate its neck by bending the head 

 back as far as it will go and then at the same time 

 pulling the neck. It is preferable to dry pluck the 

 chicken as soon as it Is killed, but by care in scald- 

 ing it can be made to preserve a good appearance. 

 To do this hold the chicken by the head and feet 

 and immerse the body sufficiently long to soak the 

 feathers In water that Is not quite boiling. The 

 feathers then can be removed by inexeprlenced help 

 without trouble. By leaving the feathers on the 

 upper half of the neck, few can tell thit the 

 chicken has been scalded. If the head and feet 

 are placed in hot water, the head turns pale and 

 shrinks, while the shanks scale off. 



In hot weather immediately after plucking the 

 chickens should be placed in tubs of ice or cold 

 water where they should remain for several hours 

 to be chilled before being packed for shipment. 



BETTER FRUIT 



Ry using the chilling system and packing care- 

 fully poultry can be transported long distances in 

 warm weather and arrive in good condition. 



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/~\NE of the best antiseptic sprays for use In the 

 ^■^ hen house is Carbolineum. It is a sure pre- 

 ventive of mites and red spider when applied prop- 

 erly, and is a general cleanser. 



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"r\0 NOT expect your hens to produce many eggs 

 "^"^ if you simply turn them loose in the orchard 

 and give them no other food than that which they 

 can pick up. The best time for the grain ration 

 is in the morning, and it can be scattered in the 

 litter at night In the hen house, so that by the time 

 they are let out in the morning they will have 

 worked for and found practically all the grain. 

 With one good grain feed a day to augment what 

 they can rustle, they will pay for their care. 



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"TJISINFECTANTS help keep up the health of 

 •^"^ chicks. It prevents the spread of diseases, de- 

 stroys mitcs and lice and kills germs of contagion 

 and infection. The coops and houses should be 

 cleaned and sprayed thoroughly at least once a 

 week. Prevent the disease before it makes its 

 appearance. 



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T^HE low price of eggs this summer means that 

 more of them are being eaten fresh and fewer 

 are going Into cold storage, which will mean that 

 the man who keeps his hens for fall and winter 

 laying will in all probability enjoy high prices for 

 all the eggs he m.^y have to sell. 



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TN TRAP nesting one nest for each three hens 

 is about right. 



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COFT shelled eggs are caused by the hen being 

 too fat, or from a lack of lime In the ration. 

 Laying hens should have access at all times to a 

 plentiful supply of lime, grit and charcoal. 



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"IVTOST people strive for the earliest possible 

 hatch of chicks. This is all right if you 

 expect to market them for food, but for the best 

 egg production later hatched chicks are the best, 

 for pullets hatched before March H are pretty 

 ' apt to molt the next fall, whereas when they 

 hatch after that date they rarely molt until the 

 fall of the next year. 



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TT is a common belief that the dark-colored 

 eggs are the richer in flavor. This is not true, 

 however, for it is the food the hens get that 

 flavors the eggs. 



July, 19-21 



Some Reliable Northwest 

 Nurserymen 



Bits About Fruitmen and 

 Fruit Growing 



According to Ralph Budd, president of the 

 Great Northern railway system, the fact that 

 the Pacific Northwest will have a bumper apple 

 crop this year, has pronipted his road to place or- 

 ders with the American Car & Foundry Company 

 for 500 refrigerator cars, to be delivered by Octo- 

 ber 15. Mr. Budd stated further that the Gre.qt 

 Northern had on its lines 87 per cent of its cars 

 at this time, as against 35 per cent a year ago. 

 This Is an encouraging sign, and shows the inter- 

 est our fruit awakens in the big carriers. 



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D WIGHT L. WOODRUFF, eastern sales and 

 export manager for the Hood River Apple 

 Growers' Association in New York, has been em- 

 ployed as general manager of the Wenatchee Dis- 

 trict Co-operative Association and will take charge 



An Early Order 



For Fall or Spring 



Delivery 



Placed with 



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 COMPANY 



428 Oregon Building 

 SALEM. OREGON 



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 choice of varieties 



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 Company 



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 SALEM OREGON 



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 WE Need Salesmen 



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I of these 



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They have a wonderful flavor, 

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Write for information and list 

 of varieties to 



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