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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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i POULTRY DEPT. i 



O o n d u c 1 1; d by 

 S. SKort, Ottu-wu 



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FEI3RUARY is the most trying month of 

 winter for the fowls. Tliey begin to find 

 the limited space of the winter quarters 

 irksome. The floor litter should be changed' 

 frequently, say once a fortnight. The windows 

 of the pens should be cleaned to admit as much 

 light and sunshine as possible. Keep the grit 

 boxes filled. Study the birds with a view to 

 making up this season's breeding pens if they are 

 not already made up. Dispose of all extra or 

 surplus males. If thoroughbreds are not kept, 

 try and make provision or arrangements to in- 

 troduce them. 



Good pure bred breeding birds may be 

 purchased for five dollars a trio in nearly every 

 neighborhood. Try and see personally the 

 birds before buying. Do not go across the border 

 for them, but encourage Canadian breeders. 

 Two expert breeders who visited Guelph and 

 Madison Square poultry shows recently held, 

 declare the quality of the stock shown at Guelph 

 to be equal to that shown at the Madison Square 

 Gardens. Five dollars is a reasonable price for 

 a trio as I will endeavor to show in the next issue 

 of this magazine. 



With regard to which breed to keep, that 

 depends on individual preferences. Apparently 

 white Wyandottes are the most popular fowl in 

 Ontario, for they were the largest class exhibited 

 at Guelph. At Madison Square barred Plymouth 

 Rocks headed the list, with white Wyandottes 

 and white Leghorns next in order. This may 

 assist in deciding the question, for breeders both 



in Canada and the United States kec]) fowl more 

 for j)rofit than pleasure. 



VENTILATIO.N. 

 Last month something about ventilation was 

 promised for this issue. With this end in view 

 six of the most prominent poultry plants in and 

 about Ottawa were visited in January — and data 

 collected. No definite conclusions were ariived 

 at and I will relate the conditions of each and let 

 the readers judge for themselves. The first 

 house visited was situated on the brow of a hill 

 with southern exposure. There were three |Jens 

 of fowl. The first pen contained 46 white Leg- 

 horns, hens and pullets. They were laying on 

 the average 20 eggs a day. They looked in first- 

 class condition. The next pen, a small one, con- 

 tained 1.5 May hatched Plymouth Rock pullets. 

 They were laying an average of six eggs a day. 

 The third pen was in a loft over the other two. 

 The poorest birds, that is the culls, were kept up- 

 stairs to the number of 50, and laid on an average 

 eight eggs a day. The owner said that he had 

 never been able to get really good results from 

 birds kept upstairs so he had put up the least 

 promising stock in this loft. The house was 

 comfortable and I was told that the temperature 

 never went below freezing point. There was a 

 stove in this house and when the weather was 

 cold a fire was lighted to keep the temperature 

 up, and no trouble had been experienced with 

 dampness for the frost did not collect on the walls 

 unless the thermometer went below freezing 

 point. The owner of this establishment is 

 making money. The next house visited con- 

 tained 20 white Wyandotte pullets, some of them 

 winners of the best prizes at Ottawa last fall. 

 They were all laying, and had been averaging 

 12 to 13 eggs daily. They were housed well. 

 Last winter moisture collected very heavily on 

 the inside walls of this house, and some sickness 

 was the result. This winter two panes of glass, 



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one upper and one lower, were broken out and 

 cotton stretched across the oj>enings. There has 

 been no moisture so far, but as this has Ijeen an 

 unusually mild season the owner could not say 

 yet whether or not the cotton ventilatf)rs would 

 prove a decided success. These birds were more 

 than paying exjjenses. 



The next place visite<l contained three pens — 

 one contained about 30 hens, white Leghorn and 

 barred Rocks, half of each. The Leghorns were 

 laying, the Rocks were not, although they looked 

 well. Six to seven eggs daily were got from this 

 pen. The next pen contained about 40 half-bred 

 Orpingtons. These were well fed and in good 

 condition. No eggs were laid at the time of 

 visiting. The next pen was in a loft over the 

 other two and contained about 40 white Leghorn 

 and barred Rock pullets, half of each. Three to 

 four Rock eggs were laid daily in Ihisiien. No 

 artificial heat was used in this building. The 

 windows were single and the building not warm, 

 and an occasional crack in the walls let the day- 

 light through. The fowls were fed well and 

 much the same as those mentioned above but 

 were not paying expenses. 



Of the other places visited two of the buildings 

 were heated and the hens were laying well, and 

 returning a profit. The last building was not 

 heated artificially, and the fowl were barely pay- 

 ing expenses. From these visits and from con- 

 versations with other breeders the evidence ad- 

 duced is in favor of heating the houses artificially, 

 just sufficient to keep the temperature above 

 freezing point. Under such conditions the best 

 results have been obtained in this district. 



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