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With the Poultry 



LATE HATCHED CHICKS 



LATE hatched chicks are usually something oi 

 a problem to the poultry raiser. These chicks 

 may be made profitable if they are cared for sep- 

 arately and not allowed to run with the other 

 chicks. If but one yard is available, make a 

 feeding coop for the baby chicks into which the 

 older chicks cannot stick their heads. The dan- 

 ger to the laLe hatched chicks from the older 

 chicks mainly comes from two reasons. They 

 may stunt the late hatched chicks by rob- 

 bing them of their food, or they may give 

 them chicken lice. 



A mistake sometimes made with late hatched 

 chicks is to try to raise them out of doors with- 

 out heat. No matter what the season young chicks 

 need to be kept warm, especially at night. The 

 temperature of the hover should not be less than 

 90 even in July. This heat must be available to 

 them until they are feathered. 

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TREATING GAPES 



IT IS during the early summer that most of the 

 trouble is experienced by poultrymen with 

 gapes in chickens. This trouble is caused by 

 worms in the windpipe of the affected fowls. The 

 larva of this parasite is picked up by the chickens 

 in the damp earth which attach themselves to 

 the windpipes of the fowls, where they first cause 

 irritation and later as they grow and develop 

 obstruct the air passages. 



Treatment for chickens affected with gapes 

 is to place them in a pen or room which has been 

 sprinkled freely with slaked lime. A few drops 

 of turpentine added to the rations is often bene- 

 ficial in controlling the disease. Methods used 

 to dislodge the worms are to use a feather dipped 

 in turpentine and passed down the chicken's wind, 

 pipe or pulling them out with a twisted horse 

 hair. Instruments for this purpose can also be 

 secured at poultry supply houses. 



Prevention methods are to lime the soil where 

 gapes infected chickens have run ; keeping them 

 from running under outbuildings or in damp 

 places. Chickens badly infected with gapes should 

 be killed while those unaffected should be con- 

 fined in a yard freely sprinkled with a liberal 

 amount of freshly slaked lime. 



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POULTRY NOTES 



FEED for poultry should never be allowed to 

 become sour or fermented. It should be 

 kept fresh and wholesome. 

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KEEPING a strict account of both the ex- 

 pense and proceeds of fowls is the only 

 way to know if they are paying. This requires 

 but little time, but it is a very important item 

 in successful poultry keeping. 



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A GOOD way to prevent drinking vessels and 

 feed troughs from developing disease germs 

 is to scald them out with hot water every few 

 days. 



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IN BREAKING up broody hens do not use 

 harsh methods. Broodiness is nature's provision 

 for rest and the measures adopted for overcom- 

 ing it should be along intelligent lines. 



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AS WARM weather comes on is the time to 

 keep a close watch for vermin. Remember 

 that whitewash and kerosene are cheap and ef- 

 fective, so don't be afraid of using it too fre- 

 quently. 



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KEEP the young pullets vigorous and growing 

 without pushing tnem too fast, for on them 

 depends the future supply of eggs. 



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GRAIN is a necessity in the feed of every well 

 developed poultry flock. Bran, sloppy feeds 

 and allowing the flock to range will not keep 

 it in the proper condition either to produce eggs 

 or to be marketed unless grain is fed. 



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AN indication of head lice on young chickens 

 is when they become dopey, hank their 

 wings and sprawl on the floor unable to walk. 

 When this condition is noticed they should be 

 given immediate attention. A good preventive 

 is to grease their heads at least once a week. 



BETTER FRUIT 



THE orchard affords an ideal ranging place 

 for poultry. They devour innumerable en- 

 emies of fruit trees as well as getting plenty of 

 exercise in scratching up the ground in search 

 of bugs and worms. The orchard also provides 

 them with shade during the hot days. 



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REMOVE the male birds from the flock as 

 soon as the hatching season is over so as 

 to produce infertile eggs. Infertile eggs keep 

 much better than those that are fertile in addition 

 to the fact that the male bird has no influence 

 on the number of eggs laid. 



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THE hen's greatest profit producing time is the 

 first :ind second years. For this reason she 

 should receive the greatest care and attention 

 during this period. 



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T)RIEF rules for the poultryman who desires 

 -L* to raise his egg standards are as follows : 

 1. Keep the netsts clean; provide one nest 

 for every four hens. 2. Gather the eggs twice 

 daily. 3. Keep the eggs in a cool, dry room 

 or cellar. 4. Market the eggs at least twice 

 a week. 5. Sell, kill or confine all male birds 

 as soon as the hatching season is over. 



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What Papers Interested 

 in Fruit Are Saying 



June. 1921 



ething radically 



AT any rate there is s 

 with the railroads. For instance, cabbage 

 growers in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas receive 

 $6 a ton for their product. The freight and icing 

 charges to Houston and Dallas amount to prac- 

 tically $15 per ton, or two and a half times the 

 original cost of the product. The rate to Kansas 

 City is more than $31 per ton, or better than five 

 times the amount the grower receives. You can 

 figure it out for yourself; we're in a hurry to go 

 to the circus.— New York Fruit Trade Journal. 



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SOME people cannot seem to get it out of 

 their heads that they can break the Oregon 

 Growers' Co-operative Association, and that it is 

 legitimate to resort to almost any means to ac- 

 complish this end. They believe that if the Ore- 

 gon groders can be done away with, that the 

 growers will be at their mercy, and they need 

 not worry very much about what the growers 

 think of them. 



Recently we have been told on pretty good au- 

 thority that one concern has stated they were 

 willing to spend $100,000 to break our organiza- 

 tion. These insidious attacks do not worry us 

 very much because they always prove to be boom- 

 erangs, and hurt more the men who inaugurate 

 the move, than they do the organization. 



We are making friends every dav. We are 

 growing every day. We hope we will always be 

 classed as an organization with vision, with 

 breadth and that we will be charitable in our 

 ideas towards others. That we will build our- 

 selves, not by tearing others down, but by putting 

 across a pood, constructive program to upbuild 

 Oregon. — The Oregon Grower. 



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npHE railroads are great at isuing permits to 

 -L farmers to "gather drift wood on the shares." 

 Thev will encourage production of 50 cars of wat- 

 ermelons, cabbage or onions where only one car 

 of corn or cotton grew before. But, when the 

 time of shipping comes the railroads are just as 

 apt as not to demand freight in advance and at 

 rates that are as high or higher than the product 

 will sell for at destination. Thus after the drift- 

 wood is gathered the roads take both their own 

 nnd the farmer's share. But. the farmer is ex- 

 pected to be tickled because he has had a job. — 

 The Packer. 



ryO DATE a total of 9870 motor 

 ■*- trucks have been registered in Ore- 

 gon. The lighter trucks prevail with 

 those under one ton and from one to 

 one and one-half-ton capacity leading 

 by many hundreds above all others. 

 Around 2000 trucks range from two 

 tons to five tons capacity. 



CARE and efficient 

 methods are neces- 

 sary to grow and main- 

 tain a profitable or- 

 chai d. Your ban k 

 account needs the same 

 careful attention to 

 provide the greatest 

 benefit to you. 



The First National Bank, 

 through its size and the 

 comprehensiveness of 

 its service, is able to 

 offer you the most in 

 banking service. 



The First 

 National Bank 



OF PORTLAND, OREGON 



The first national bank west of the 

 Rocky Mountains 



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