HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



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POULTRY ACCOUNT 



SUMMARY FOR APRIL '■^'^^^^^ '^^"^^^ °^ '°''* ""*^'' y°" ^^''^^ p°*^' 



Twenty-one reports were received from 

 poultrymen in April, a drop of 14 from 

 la.st month. Tlie following is the sum- 

 mary : 



No. farms reporting 

 No. hens and pullets 

 Average per farm 

 Eggs per bird 

 Egg receipts per bird 

 Grain costs per bird 

 No. farms .selling poultiy 

 Poultry .sold per farm 

 No. farms incubating 

 Eggs incubated per fai-m 

 No. farms selling chicks 

 Value of chicks sold 

 per farm 



According- to the New .Jersey standard 

 the flock should average 21 eggs per bird 

 in April to make a yearly average of 

 160 eggs per bird. Since the county 

 averages 4.4 eggs below the standard 

 it would seem that we have many hens 

 that are being kept for their company. 

 These birds in a healthy flock look good. 

 They have fine feathers, yellow legs and 

 beaks. When handled, poor birds do not 

 have loose pliable skins, the abdomen is 

 not well filled out, the comb is limp and 

 shrunken, the vent is dry and puckered, 

 the pelvic bones are close, thick and 

 rigid. How many of these "flappers" are 

 you supporting? 



The following are the County leaders 

 for April: 



No. Eggs 

 Birds per bird 



1. F. D. Steele, Cummington 221 22.2 



2. Geo. E. Scott, Belchertown 



3. Edwin Morgan, Amherst 



4. Smith's School, North'ton 



5. D. C. Warnock, North'ton 



COUNTY NOTES 



Concerning Tombstones 



It is really surprising the number of 

 chicks that have been buried under tomb- 

 stones bearing this inscription, "Killed 

 by Bacillary White Diarrhea." It gives 

 one a feeling of satisfaction to use this 

 inscription as there is no cure for this 

 disease, advertisements in the farm press 

 notwithstanding. A lot of 300 chicks is 

 reduced to 50 in ten days or less. Neigh- 

 bors come in and confirm your suspicion 

 that "white diarrhea" is the cause. 

 Others say "Yes, mine went that way. 

 I got them at the same place." It takes 

 an expert with laboratory facilities about 

 six days to be sure that it is Bacillaiy 

 White Diarrhea. No one can tell on 

 physical examination. 



Overfeeding, chilling, over-heating, 

 using mouldy straw or chaff on the i 

 brooder floor, using too little litter on the . 

 floor of the brooder houses and many 



other things can cause severe losses. It FOR SALE: — 3 Pure bred Berkshire 



is always safe to believe the.se to be the gows, 7 months old. Price $20 each or 3 



for $50. Also 8 young pigs from reg- 

 tive proof to the contrarv. Those who 



do not have this proof are in bad shape ''^'"'''''^ ''^°'^^- ^arl R. Howland, Hun- 



because they are apt to make the same tington, Mass. 

 mistakes next year. 



Manure, 

 Money— 

 and Concrete 



Every time you pitch manure out 

 into the open barnyard, you throw away 

 money. Your yearly loss amounts to about 

 $13 per cow. That's no small sum when 

 you come to figure it up. 



You can save this money year alter year 

 by building a Concrete Manure Pit. 



The Concrete Pit does not allow any 

 of the valuable fertilizing elements to 

 escape. And remember that two-fifths of 

 the nitrogen in the manure is in the liquid. 



A Concrete Manure Pit quickly pays 

 for itself in the money it saves. And it 

 keeps on earning dividends indefinitely. 

 You can easily build one yourself. 



Our free booklet "tells how. " Ask 

 for a copy of booklet F-14. 



PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION 



10 High Street 

 BOSTON, MASS. 



A National Organization 

 to Improve and Extend the Uses of Concrete 



Oflices in 'iO Cities 



