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October  G,  1923 
The  Great  Usefulness 
of  the  New  \h  h.  p. 
McCormick-Deering  Engine 
TO  SEE  the  new  \  l/2  h.  p.  McCormick-Deer¬ 
ing  Engine  standing  quiet,  compact  and 
unassuming  at  the  dealer’s  store,  it  is  hard  to 
realize  the  great  range  of  its  usefulness  and  the 
degree  of  the  power  it  will  deliver  at  trifling  cost 
of  operation. 
Two  cents  worth  of  fuel  in  this  McCormick- 
Deering  Engine  will  do  any  of  these  jobs: 
Separate  4000  pounds  of  mtlk. 
Pump  3000  gallons  of  water. 
Shell  25  bushels  of  corn. 
Grind  6  bushels  of  feed. 
Cut  1  ton  of  ensilage. 
Press  15  gallons  of  cider. 
Grind  2  bushels  of  corn  meal. 
Saw  1  cord  of  wood. 
Churn  200  lbs.  of  butter. 
Bale  V»  ton  of  hay. 
Clean  30  bushels  ot 
seed  wheat. 
Grind  25  gallons 
of  cane  juice. 
Light  uptheiarm 
for  2  hours. 
Do  a  fa  m i ly ’ s 
weekly  wash¬ 
ing. 
Grind  the  mower 
knives  for  a 
season. 
Such  many-sided  labors  may  be  turned  over  to  this  tireless  hired 
man  the  day  it  is  set  down  on  your  place  and  for  years  to  come.  It  is 
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into  the  details  of  its  construction. 
The  new  McCormick-Deering  runs  at  low  speed  (500  r.  p.m.  ).  It  is 
equipped  with  Bosch  high-tension  magneto  and  spark  plug,  removable 
cylinder,  enclosed  crank  case,  throttle  governor,  simple  fuel  mixer,  and 
large,  well-made,  replaceable  bearings.  It  has  a  simple  cooling  system 
and  an  unfailing  oiling  system. 
This  \Vi  h.  p.  size  operates  on  gasoline.  The  other  McCormick- 
Deering  Engine  sizes,  3,  6  and  10  h.  p.,  use  kerosene  as  fuel.  All  are 
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The  Future  of  the  Poultry  Business 
Although  it  is  not  possible  to  look  into 
the  future  with  any  great  degree  of  ac¬ 
curacy  as  to  the  probability  of  its  de¬ 
velopment  along  any  specified  lines  we 
ought  to  be  able  to  judge  the  future  of 
the  poultry  business  somewhat  by  the 
past  and  present  trend  of  affairs  so  as  to 
lay  our  plans  in  such  -a  manner  that  we 
will  avoid  some  of  the  mistakes  at  least 
which  are  commonly  made  by  beginners 
and  sometimes  by  those  who  have  worked 
at  the  game  for  years. 
In  the  first  place  we  should  realize  that 
all  the  attempts  which  have  been  made 
to  produce  poultry  meat  profitably  have 
come  to  grief  sooner  or  later  for  the  rea¬ 
son  that  nearly  half  of  the  chickens 
raised  every  year  must  be  sold  for  meat. 
These  comprise  all  of  the  cockerels  which 
are  not  required  for  breeding  purposes 
and  also  the  cull  pullets.  In  addition 
from  a  third  to  half  of  all  mature  fowls 
in  the  country  are  marketed  every  year 
all  of  which  must  he  sold  regardless  of 
the  price  which  dealers  may  see  fit  to 
pay.  Last  year  there  were  approximately 
13,000  carloads  of  live  poultry  shipped 
to  New  York  Oity  alone.  If  any  one 
thinks  he  can  make  money  by  raising 
poultry  primarily  for  meat  the  best  way 
is  to  try  it  for  himself  and  see  how 
far  he  will  get. 
There  is,  however,  some  profit  to  he 
made  producing  white  eggs  for  the  best 
select  trade  and  this  branch  of  the  busi¬ 
ness  will  no  doubt  be  continued  along 
its  present  lines  with  more  and  more  at¬ 
tention  being  paid  to  the  quality  of  the 
eggs  as  to  size,  cleanliness,  color  of  shell 
and  freshness  when  marketed.  Along 
this  line  of  improvement  is  where  the 
greatest  profit  lies  for  the  average  pro¬ 
ducer  rather  than  in  any  amount  of  in¬ 
creased  production  that  could  reasonably 
be  expected. 
I  do  not  think  that  there  will  be  any 
great  development  of  large  poultry  farms 
but  many  dairy  farmers  find  it  necessary 
to  supplement  their  dairy  income  with  a 
side  line  and  poultry  often  offers  the  best 
opportunity.  With  corn  and  cornmeal 
retailing  at  $50  per  ton  which  is  the 
present  price  there  is  a  chance  for  farm¬ 
ers  to  save  some  money  growing  their 
own  poultry  feed.  A  little  less  than  two 
years  ago  we  could  buy  corn  for  $28  per 
ton  or  about  half  its  present  price  which 
of  course  was  below  the  cost  of  produc¬ 
tion. 
I  expect  to  see  continued  development 
of  co-operative  buying  and  selling  for 
poultry  farmer  located  far  from  market 
centers.  When  a  farmer  has  to  purchase 
all  feeds  and  supplies  at  high  retail 
prices  and  sell  his  produce  at  low  whole¬ 
sale  prices  there  is  practically  no  profit 
in  the  poultry  business  after  paying  the 
taxes,  insurance,  interest,  depreciation 
and  regular  wages  for  labor.  The  profit 
comes  mostly  from  a  little  higher  price 
for  the  products  and  the  ability  to  pur¬ 
chase  feed  and  supplies  at  about  whole¬ 
sale  prices.  Naturally  the  location  will 
be  the  deciding  factor  as  to  the  practi¬ 
cability  of  co-operative  marketing.  For 
those  who  live  close  to  market  centers 
the  chances  are  not  very  favorable  for 
the  success  of  this  system. 
The  poultry  business  has  been  de¬ 
veloped  to  large  proportions  in  only  a 
few  sections  of  the  country  like  Vine- 
land.  N.  J.  and  Petaluma,  Cal.  where 
conditions  are  favorable  for  this  line  of 
farming  and  unfavorable  for  other  lines. 
Changing  conditions,  new  inventions  and 
improved  methods  make  radical  changes 
in  the  poultry  business  at  least  every  10 
years  so  it  is  very  necessary  for  a  per¬ 
son  to  keep  up  witl?  the  times  if  he  ex¬ 
pects  to  succeed.  This  does  not  mean 
that  we  must  try  something  new  every 
year  but  it  does  mean  that  we  must  pro¬ 
duce  a  little  better  article  than  the  aver¬ 
age  and  put  it  on  the  market  in  a  little 
more  attractive  condition  so  it  will  bring 
a  higher  price  and  to  do  this  profitably 
requires  that  the  farm  should  be  in  a 
suitable  location.  Such  locations  are  so 
scarce  and  the  poultry  business  requires 
such  fine  work  and  strict  attention  to  de¬ 
tails  that  there  appears  very  little  prob¬ 
ability  of  its  being  overdone  in  the  near 
future.  c.  s.  greene. 
any  inconvenience  in  handling  the  flock. 
A  cost  demonstration  recently  con¬ 
ducted  in  Newport  County,  R.  I.,  will 
give  a  good  idea  of  the  profit  to  be 
realized  by  the  use  of  this  method.  Fifty 
Rhode  Island  Red  cockerels  with  a  total 
weight  of  138  lbs.  were  caponized  Sep¬ 
tember  28,  1922.  The  birds  were  mark¬ 
eted  May  2,  1923.  An  accurate  cost  of 
feed,  labor,  etc.,  was  kept.  The  cost 
items  were  as  follows : 
50  chickens  (138  lbs.  @  50c. $  69.00 
Interest  on  investment  @6%  1.98 
Labor  in  caring  for  flock  35 
hrs.  @  30c .  10.50 
2  bags  mash  .  5.35 
9  bags  cracked  corn .  17.35 
7  bags  scratch  feed .  14.88 
Grit  75  lbs .  1.13 
Cost  of  caponizing .  5.00 
Miscellaneous  costs  .  5.00 
$130.19 
One  bird  died  in  April,  leaving  49  birds 
that  were  marketed  May  2nd.  The  total 
dressed  weight  of  the  49  capons  was 
325%  lbs.  The  price  was  63  cents  per 
lb.,  giving  a  gross  return  of  $205.07.  or  a 
net  profit  of  $74.88  ;  an  average  profit  of 
$l.o0  per  bird  for  the  seven  months  feed¬ 
ing  period. 
The  average  gain  in  weight  per  bird 
from  the  date  of  the  operation  to  market¬ 
ing  was  4.33  lbs.  The  shrinkage  in 
dressing  was  exactly  10%  of  the  live 
weight.  The  average  feed  cost  per  pound 
of  grain  was  18%  cents. 
SUMNER  D.  HOLLIS. 
Carrying  Water  to  Henhouse 
How  can  I  get  water  to  chicken  house 
and  barn  without  power?  Just  now  I 
have  a  hand  pump  in  the  house,  and  all 
water  has  to  be  carried  from  there,  but  I 
wish  to  pipe  chicken  house  and  barn  be¬ 
fore  Winter  if  it  can  be  done  so  it  will 
not  freeze.  Well  is  90  ft.  away.  r.  j.  h. 
New  Canaan,  Conn. 
I  know  of  no  way  of  driving  water  90 
ft.  from  a  well  without  power  of  some 
kind,  and  no  way  of  preventing  standing 
water  in  a  pipe  from  freezing,  except  by 
burying  the  pipe  below  the  frost  line.  If 
there  is  no  objection  to  the  pipe  from  the 
well  to  poultry-house  and  barn  being  sev¬ 
eral  feet  above  ground  on  posts,  you  can 
avoid  the  necessity  of  carrying  water  by 
running  a  pipe  from  well  to  buildings 
where  you  wish  the  water,  attaching  it  to 
short  posts,  above  ground,  and  giving  it 
sufficient  pitch  to  entirely  empty  itself 
quickly.  Water  may  then  be  poured  into 
the  pipe  at  the  well,  from  whence  it  will 
run  to  troughs  or  tubs  in  the  buildings 
where  it  is  wanted.  V-shaped  wooden 
troughs  might  be  used  in  place  of  pipe, 
if  less  expensive.  This,  of  course,  does 
not  do  away  with  the  necessity  of  pump¬ 
ing  the  water,  but,  if  there  is  anv  way  of 
getting  water  out  of  a  well  without  some 
form  of  pump  actuated  by  hand  or  other 
power,  I  do  not  know  of  it.  If  you  have 
electricity  available,  a  small  motor  at  the 
pump  might  be  made  to  drive  water  to  the 
buildings  through  underground  pipe,  or  a 
gasoline  engine  might  be  used  for  the 
same  purpose.  m.  b  d 
Marketing  the  Surplus  Cockerels 
Early  hatched  cockerels  as  a  rule  bring 
a  good  price  when  marketed  as  broilers 
or  soft  roasters,  but  the  real  problem  of 
the  poultryman  is  to  market  the  later 
hatched  birds  to  advantage.  The  com¬ 
mon  practice  among  poultrymen  is  to 
keep  the  incubators  running  until  late  in 
April  in  order  to  supply  pullets  enough 
for  the  Winter  egg  production.  By 
October  when  the  cockerels  from  these 
later  hatches  are  ready  for  the  soft 
roaster  market,  the  price  is  down  to  a 
point  that  makes  marketing,  with  any  de¬ 
gree  of  profit,  something  of  a  problem. 
Caponizing,  when  about  8  to  10  weeks 
old,  seems  to  be  the  solution  of  this  prob¬ 
lem.  Birds  caponized  at  this  age  can  be 
held  over  until  the  following  Spring  if 
necessary,  or  can  be  sold  at  any  time 
that  the  market  is  favorable.  The  birds 
gain  weight  very  rapidly  after  the  opera¬ 
tion.  are  easy  keepers,  and  as  they  are 
even  more  quiet  than  the  females,  can  be 
allowed  to  run  with  the  pullets  without 
Blackhead  or  Coccidiosis  in  Turkeys 
I  have  a  flock  of  70  young  turkeys ; 
they  are  apparently  in  good  health,  but 
every  few  days  one  or  two  of  them  will 
be  attacked  with  a  bowel  trouble,  and 
I  have  thus  far  been  unable  to  find  a 
cure.  Those  that  are  attacked  have  a 
good  appetite ;  the  droppings  are  a  bright 
yellow  creamy  substance,  and  the  turkey 
will  droop  around  for  a  day  or  two  and 
die.  I  am  feeding  mixed  grains  and  oc¬ 
casionally  a  wet  mash  of  wheat  feed.  I 
have  tried  different  things  as  catechu, 
carbolic  acid,  sour  milk,  with  no  results. 
Richmondville,  N.  Y.  l.  c.  g. 
Your  poults  are  probably  suffering 
from  either  blackhead  or  coccidiosis,  both 
very  fatal  diseases  in  young  turkeys  and 
resistant  to  treatment.  The  diarrhoea 
and  droopiness  are  only  symptoms  of  an 
advanced  stage,  from  which  the  poults 
are  not  apt  to  recover  under  any  treat¬ 
ment.  The  treatment  of  coccidiosis,  only 
to  be  distinguished  from  blackhead  by  a 
microscopical  examination,  is  the  addi¬ 
tion  of  powdered  catechu  to  the 
drinking  water,  one  teaspoonful  to  three 
gallons ;  that  of  blackhead  is  the  addi¬ 
tion  of  a  teaspoonful  of  powdered  ipecac 
to  the  mash  given  each  20  birds,  young 
and  old,  twice  weekly.  These  are  pre¬ 
ventive  measures,  to  be  begun  early  in 
the  bird’s  life.  Tincture  of  ipecac  may 
be  given  a  poult  already  showing  signs 
of  blackhead  by  administering  ten  drops 
in  a  little  water  three  times  daily  for 
three  days,  then  twice  daily  for  three 
days,  and  finally  once  daily  for  the  same 
length  of  time.  This  course  of  treatment 
may  be  repeated  after  a  few  days,  but 
prevention  is  more  likely  to  be  feasible 
than  cure,  whatever  treatment  is  adopted. 
Sour  milk  is  not  a  cure  for  either  disease, 
but,  as  a  promotive  of  health  and  vigor 
when  fed  continuously,  it  helps  to  fortify 
the  young  birds  against  disease  of  any 
kind.  M.  B.  D. 
