THE FARMERS' MONTHLY, MARCH, 1928 



HOWES HAS LEADING COW 

 ON TWICE A DAY MILKING 



M. S. Howes & Son of Cunimington 

 owns the cow making the highest butter 

 fat production on twice a day milking in 



C. T. A. herds for February. A cow owned 

 by S. R. Parker of South Amherst is a 

 close second making only three tenths of 

 a pound of butter fat less than the cow of 

 M. S. Howes. Pelissier Bros, and Frank 



D. Steele are still contesting for high 

 places with the three timers. Pelissier 

 Bros, have the leading cow while Frank 

 D. Steele has the leading herd in butter 

 fat pi-oduction. This list of high cows 

 follows. 



L. G. Clarke, Jr. 5 31.8 



Q. A. Bagg 12 30.7 



C. G. Lord 11 30.3 



Now is the time to consider seeding a 

 sweet clover pasture to cut the costs of 

 milk production next summer. It is 

 proving successful with men in all parts 

 of Hampshire County. 



S. ELLIS CLARK'S FLOCK 

 IS SECOND IN MIDDLE GROUP 



WIRE SUN-PORCHES 



* Milked three times daily. 



Fred Frost is back in the association 

 and his herd is in the list of high milk 

 producers. 



The accompanying picture tells, better 

 than words can, of a new and most practi- 

 cal type of "sun-poixh" of "chick-walk". 

 It is made with a floor of i inch mesh 

 hardware cloth, a square mesh galvanized 

 wire. 



With newer knowledge of nutrition and 

 better appreciation of the anti-rachitic 

 influence of direct sunshine; sun-porches 

 on the front of brooder houses came into 

 favor especially on commercial poultry 

 farms of the East. They are used with 

 both permanent and portable houses. 



At first construction was of boards or 

 cement. These out-of-door runs of about 

 the same size as the brooder house floor 

 serve the purpose of getting chicks out in- 

 to the direct rays of sunshine. The ad- 

 ditional area provided also relieves con- 

 gestion and permits of fresh air and re- 

 lief from the constant heat of the brooder 

 stove thus tending for faster growth and 

 better feathering. At the same time they 

 have the sanitary advantage of keeping 

 chicks ofl" the ground the first few weeks 

 and protecting them through their most 

 susceptible period from coccidiosis, black- 

 head and intestinal worm infection. 



Wire Better Than Wood or Cement 



However, cement or board platforms 

 have certain ob.iections. They require j 

 frequent cleaning. Droppings sparkle in 

 the sunlight and chicks eat from ap- 

 parently even more than they do inside. 

 On warm, sunny days board or cement 

 platforms get too hot for comfort. The 

 h inch mest wii-e eliminates these objec- 

 tions. Rain and droppings go through. 

 They do not get hot. Sanitation is com- 

 plete and labor is reduced to a minimum. 

 Poultrymen who have tried both types 

 favor the wire. The chickens do not 

 hesitate to nin on it and in our experience 

 the wire does their feet no harm. Smal- 

 ler mesh wire does not keep so free from 

 droppings. Turkey raisers have also 



In the flocks of pullets from 500 to 999 

 S. Ellis Clark of Williamsburg places se- 

 cond in the state list. His production per 

 pullet for the last three months' period is 

 44.6. 



Put your chickens into clean brooders 

 and on clean land. Disease is the poul- 

 trymens' greatest enemy. Cleanliness in 

 all poultry management is the most eff'ec- 

 tive way of combating disease. 



The county and state lists of leaders in 

 egg production follow : 



Counti/ List 

 Hampshire 



No. No. Pi-o<1. 

 Pullets Piillets Per 

 Nov. 1 Jan. HI Pullet 

 John Bloom, Ware, 450 450 62.9 



J. I,. Wheelock, Amherst, 315 

 F. D. Steele, Cum'ton, 347 

 F. B. Lyman, Amherst, 115 

 Mrs. A. G. Eldridge, 



Amherst, 150 



296 

 344 

 103 



57.1 

 49.2 

 48.7 



130 47.7 

 State Lists 

 Large Flocks with 1,000 Pullets or more 



Elm Tree F., Ply'th, 2504 2333 45.5 

 Peckham P. F., Bristol, 1900 1417 44.2 

 Homer Rowell, Essex, 1101 *2100 43.8 

 E. H. Small, Barnstable, 1614 *1646 41.0 

 Monroe&Nepper, Plym, 1709 2603 38.2 

 M. R. Jones, Barnstable, 1014 977 37.7 

 Hass P. F., Bristol, 3000 2853 37.4 



Large Flocks with SCO to 999 Pullets 



S. P. Kafafian, Barnstable, 896 750 46.6 



S. E. Clark, Hamp., 900 750 44.6 



C. M. Williams, Barnstable, 525 456 43.0 



L. E. French, Plymouth, 680 627 41.4 



W. T. Stanton, Middlesex, 675 650 40.7 



C. N. Ward, Bristol, 501 477 40.7 



A. S. Pendleton, Essex, 611 604 36.9 



A. S. Elwell, Es.sex, 930 747 35.8 



Small Flocks 90 to 499 Pullets 



John Bloom, Hamp., 

 P. L. Wheelock, Hamp., 

 A. Perina, Middlesex, 

 Frank D. Steele, Hamp., 

 F. B. Lyman, Hamp., 

 Mrs. A. G. Eldridge, 



Hampshire, 

 H. M. Bolston, Essex, 

 * All Females. 



4.50 450 62.9 



315 296 57.1 



250 245 55.0 



347 344 49.2 



115 103 48.7 



150 130 47.7 



400 397 47.1 



found these wire platforms of tremendous 

 advantage in controlling blackhead. 



An improvement from the standpoint of 

 labor economy has been made in some 

 sun-porches like the one illustrated by 

 arranging one side so that a water trough 

 and a long feed hopper are on the outside. 



Where the control of tapeworms, hav- 

 ing flies as an intermediate host, is a con- 

 sideration, the both sides and top of these 

 enclosures can be made of fiy screening. 

 Continued on page 9, column 2 



