HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



Who's Who With I'oultry 



Contiiiued from page 1, column 1 

 high egg production, birds must be 

 healthy. Some of the flocks in the above 

 list could not have such a creditable show- 

 ing before carrying out the disease con- 

 trol program. 



To shovir the persistence that some 

 flocks show in continued heavy egg pro- 

 duction, we give the following figures 

 showing the average monthly egg pro- 

 duction per bird of the three leading 

 flocks. 



November 



December 



January 



February 



March 



April 



Thomas 

 12.4 

 20.6 

 15.9 

 17.1 

 21.7 

 21.3 



Steele 

 11.4 

 14.0 

 14.2 

 14.6 

 22.4 

 25.4 



MoM.ly 



10. 



18.2 



18.1 



14.4 



17.0 



21.1 



size of a pea on the skin under each 

 bird's vent. (2) Cull out non-layers. 

 Birds with yellow beaks and legs should 

 be handled. If the vent is not moist, 

 white and dilated, sell such birds. (If in 

 doubt, send for our culling bulletin). 

 (3) Paint the roosts and adjoining sup- 

 ports with undiluted Carbolineum to kill 

 mites. Do it in the morning and keep the 

 house open. One thorough treatment will 

 rid the place of mites. Do not fool with 

 kerosene and weak disinfectants. (4) Be 

 sure the birds have plenty of mash and 

 water. About 12 pounds of scratch feed 

 per 100 birds is enough unless the birds 

 are very thin. (5) Band "setters." Sell 

 them if they are "repeaters." Feed the 

 setters as well as you do the other birds 

 to bring them back quickly. 



Total 109.0 102.0 98.8 



It takes expert handling to keep birds 

 up to this continued high production. 

 Several flocks started out as well as these 

 leaders but sufl^ered severe slumps. In 

 the majority of cases this was due to 

 following the idea that birds should get 

 as much mash as scratch feed. This rule 

 does not work out in winter production. 

 The proper use of lights to increase 

 scratch feed consumption during the win- 

 ter months has played an important part 

 in the making of records. The use of 

 lights without an increase in the amount 

 of .scratch feed causes a severe winter 

 slump in production. 



April Summary 



The April summary shows the follow- 

 ing to be the leaders in the diff'erent 

 groups : 



Eggs 

 Small Flocks per bird 



S. G. Waite, Southampton 21.2 



Miss M. Moody, Amherst 21.1 



P. L. Wheelock, Amherst 19.6 



A. H. Ballou, Ware 18.3 



Miss M. H. Miller, So. Hadley 17.9 

 Farm Flocks 



W. S. Chaffee, Pelham 22.0 



R. S. Schoonmaker, Amherst 21.69 



S. F. Thomas, Amherst 21.37 



Max Lowe, Amherst 21.09 



Mrs. E. H. Alderman, Middlefield 20.4 

 Poultry Farm Flocks 



F. D. Steele, Cummington 25.4 



John Bloom, Ware 23.4 



H. T. Newhall, Amherst 20.2 



Hillside School, Greenwich 20.1 



H. C. Booth, Belchertown 18.4 



Several flocks failed to maintain March 

 production during April. The 160 egg 

 standard calls for 21 eggs per bird in 

 April, as compared with 19 eggs in [ 

 March. If your flock is not up to stand- ] 

 ard, there are several things you can do: ! 

 ( 1 ) Kill the lice on your birds. The best 

 way to do this is to rub a piece of "blue 

 butter" (mercuric ointment) about the I 



TOBACCO TREATMENT FOR POULTRY 



Clean ground is a hard thing to find on 

 most poultry farms. Where hens have 

 run and where poultry manure has been 

 spread, there is danger from intestinal 

 worms. Sometimes worm-bearing ma- 

 nure is tracked to the range on the at- 

 tendant's feet. For these reasons, many 

 poultrymen in this county start feeding 

 tobacco dust in the dry mash when the 

 chickens are from 10 to 12 weeks old. 



This is the best method: — (1) Get a 

 tobacco dust containing at least I'v nico- 

 tine. There are many dusts on the mar- 

 ket that are too low in nicotine! DON'T 

 USE THEM! (2) Mix 2 pounds of to- 

 bacco dust in 100 pounds of dry mash. 

 (3) Mix only enough for a three weeks' 

 period as the dust loses its effectiveness, 

 when exposed to the air for a longer 

 period. (4) Feed the treated mash dry. 

 (5) Feed the treated mash for three 

 weeks. Omit a week or two and repeat 

 if necessary. Epsom Salts at the rate of 

 \ to L> pound per 100 chicks may be used 

 at the end of the first and third weeks of 

 treatment if desired. Clean out houses 

 every three days during treatment. 



Green Feed : Grass usually gets hard 

 and woody early in June. Do not de- 

 pend upon it to furnish green feed for 

 your chicks. Plant lettuce, rape or swiss 

 chard so that your pullets will always 

 have a liberal supply. Many pullets 

 went wrong last year because they did 

 not have enough green feed. 



Hopper Feeding : Pullets on range 

 can be fed scratch feed and mash in hop- 

 pers on the range thus saving labor. 

 The only trouble is that poultrymen do 

 not put the hoppers far enough away 

 from the brooder houses. Separate hop- 

 pers and water fountains so the birds 

 must travel to fill their needs. If hoppers 

 and water are clo.se to the buildings where 

 the birds roost the chicks will start 

 feather-pulling and cannibalism. It is 

 easier to develop these habits than to 

 break them. 



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