999 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 



QUESTION What does it cost to have half-tone cuts made of 

 fowls ? 



ANSWER The usual rate is 17 cents per square inch with a 

 minimum charge of $1.50. Photographs must be furnished the 

 engravers. 



QUESTION Where can half-tone cuts be procured? 

 ANSWER Write to the J. Manz Engraving Co., Chicago, or to 

 Barnes-Crosby Co., Chicago. 



QUESTION What is the address of some printing firm that 

 makes a specialty of printing for poultrymen? 



ANSWER The Recorder Publishing Co., 334 Dearborn St., 

 Chicago. 



QUESTION When will hens begin to lay, that moult in Decem- 

 ber? 



ANSWER Generally not till early spring. 



QUESTION When fumigating a poultry house with sulphur, 

 how much and in what manner should it be used? 



ANSWER Burn about a pound of sulphur for every 100 square 

 feet of floor space there is in the house. Place the sulphur in an iron 

 pan or kettle, or some sort of a metal vessel, and set it in sand or 

 earth to prevent setting fire to the house. Start a fire with small 

 pieces of wood saturated with kerosene and sprinkle the sulphur 

 upon it. Close the house very tightly and allow it to remain closed 

 for four or five hours. 



QUESTION Where can one get good plans for a trap nest ? 

 ANSWER Write to Dr. S. A. McWilliams, 3456 Michigan 

 Ave., Chicago, or F. O. Wellcome, Yarmouth, Me. 



QUESTION When is it proper to use the words beak and bill 

 with reference to fowls? 



ANSWER Beak is used when referring to chickens and bill 

 when referring to water fowl. They are the projecting mouth parts 

 consisting of the upper and lower mandibles. 



QUESTION Which is proper, "crop" or "craw"? 

 ANSWER Crop is correct. It is the receptacle in which a fowl's 

 food is received before passing into the gizzard. 



QUESTION Do fowls take on fat more rapidly as they grow 

 old? 



ANSWER Yes, 



