HUE CHICK
April And May Is The Time
For Incubation If You
Want Good Results.
HOW TO FEED THEM
The Success of a Poultryman
Depends Much Upon What
He Feed Them And How
Much.
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Poultrymen are generally
agreed that the latter part of J,
March and throughout April is
the proper season of the year to 11
incubate utinty fowls. This for j
the economic reason that chicks ,
hatched at this season of the year
develop, under good care, quick-!
ly and healthfully and mature j'
before the cold weather 1
sets in. _ |'
A bird will begin to lay from ;'
12 to It! weeks after hatching, i 1
Forced feeding is not necessary i 1
to produce this result, and often,
when used, results disastrously. 1
The bird that develops pre- 1 ;
maturely is. more often that not. 1
organically weak, susceptable to ]
disease and a menace to the
flock.
Much depends upon the care '
given the young chicks. During 1
the rirst six weeks their area of i
running space should be limited,
and every precaution taken 1
against the infection of white '
diarrhoea, and other diseases. 1
such as roup, colds and influenza. 1
They should never be without
charcoal, grit and oyster shell. |
Their houses should occasionally •
be cleaned and disinfected and '
all weak and sickly chicks
isolated. At the end of six 1
weeks they should be put on ;
range. The wider the area of '
the range the better. Here the 1
late March anil April hatched
chicks have the advantage of
those hatched at a later or earlier
period. All life is springing into
being after the winter deadness. i
The green grass is full of insects. ;
The chicks thrive in these con
ditions. They get the nourishing
and strengthening foods which
make the eggs. They become
strong and active, so that when
T. CHILTON, President. "t^R^J^V^JEALTvice-Pres.
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I It is expected that within a month or two the people of the United States will witness a great revolt 13
( tion in the si/e and appearance of their paper money. Each one of the two billion notes of that kind now £. I
in circulation will be supplemented by uniform pieces of currency about a quarter size smaller than now used. . I
I The change in size is not the only One. Any note with Washington's portrait on it will be one dollar, I
I Jefferson's, two dollars, Lincoln's, five dollars, Grover Cleveland's, ten dollars, Alexander Hamilton's, 1
twenty dollars, and so on. This plan will render the raising of bills by crooks an impossibility, and we I
I will have the safest and simplest system of national currency in the world. 1
I However, the new money will be just as elusive==just as hard to get and keep==as the old currency, and I
I your need for the services of a good bank in caring for it will be just as great. This strong institution I
\ • stands ready to serve you in this connection. 1
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N. E. PEPPER, Cashier at Danbury. 0. N. PETREE, Cashier at Walnut Cove. A
the summer heat arrives it dots i
not depress them and lower their 1
vitality. By September they j
are ready for the laying pens,
where comfortably housed and
scientifically fed, they are a
source of much profit to the)
poultryman. They lay" through-1
out the fall and winter, the]
yield increasing daily. From the
middle of September to the
middle of December, the egg
market is highest: fresh eggs
are at a premium, and the price
ranges from fifty-five to sixty
five and often as high as seventy
five cents per dozen for selected
fresh eggs, in some sections of
the country. In other secti ins.
notably in the south and west,
where the cost of production is
less, the price is somewhat lower,
but the profit is the same to the
poultrvmen.
There is another advantage in
Match and April incubating
which the poultryman ha>
recognized The percentage"i
cockerels to a hatching is less at
this season of the year. A
poultryman of fifteen years
experience recently told tiv
writer that experiments had
convinced him that April vas
the best month in the year f->r
incubation. For two years h*
incubated in April and May
The results of the April hatch
ing were .'SO per cent better I»■>t !i
as to the number of pullets and
the general health and develop
ment of the tlock. In all cases
the incubation was good and the
percentage of chicks hatched
about the same time. Out of-Via
chicks hatched in April, by two
incubators of a capacity of 1
eggs each, there were p ll
lets and 17"> cockerels, as against
5S- chicks hatched in May >:
which but were pullets, The
May hatch, too, was slow in
developing and forced feeding
was necessary in order to bring
it to the laying point be-on*
cold weather.
This poultrvmen further ex
plained that in spite of the fact
that he had more cockerels in
his May hatch, he did not re
ceive as much money for them
as he did for those hatched in
April. The reason was that the
April hatched cockerels develop
ed in time for the early spring
market for broilers, and brought
a top-notch price. :50c. per pound.
THE DANBURY REPORTER
i They >/c tfged two pounds each 1
'at the t'ul of ten weeks The
[cockerel* hatched in May late in
developing and brought but 18c.
per pound.
; This pcultryman was also
I enthusiastic about his particular
] breed of utility fowl—the single
! comb white Leghorns. In his
judgment this fowl is the
greatest egg-producer in the
world. • It is a natural layer,
and not' a good setter. It is
nervous, active, and. when
properly cared for, healthy. It
must, however, have the best.
; of care, for unlike some utility
fowls, it is very susceptible to
colds and roup. If over-fed. or
improperly fed, it is likely to be
come e^g-bound.
Next in degree of usefulness,
'his poultryman placed the Black
Minorca This fowl, he said,
was a good layer, though not so
good, he thought, as the White
Leghorn. It lays a large, white
egg. and like the Leghorn, does
not care to set, and is even more
susceptible to disease. This is
because it is a tropical fowl. He
declared that his experience
Black Minorcas had been rather
discouraging. chiefly because he
:irst had dilliculty in securing a
good strain and also because of
the special care he had to take
oj them. He found that they
.lid ">t do well in law coops:
and he had to build other coops
ior them, each with a system of,
heating available for use in ex
treme cold weather. He finally
concluded to sell them and raise
White Leghorns exclusively. He
.•.. dd house them in large coops
with ;>*ss care and expense.
I'he Rhode Island Red is
popular with many poultrymen
:".'cause it is not only a good
layer, hut a good market fowl.
11 is rugged: can stand the cold
and is not easily effected by
sudden changes in the weather
It grows rapidly: but some
poultrymen claim that it is
lower than either the White
Leghorn or the Minorca to reach
maturity that is to say. it will
not, all things else being equal,
start to lay as soon as the others, j
This, however, is a mooted
■ uestion among poultry raisers
There are. to be sure, many
• other breeds that are used
;ccessfully as utility fowls by
expert poultrymen. The Brown!
Leghorn is not the least popular i
of these, and claims are made j
that it is equally as good a layer j
as its sisters of lighter shade. ;
Many poultrymen insist there is I
more profit to be made in com- j
bining the two branches of!
poultry raising—fowls for eggsj
and fowls for market, and to l
this end they select the larger |
fowls; the Cochin, the Buff and I
Barred Plymouth Rock, the j
White Wyandotte, and Dom-j
iniques.
But opinions vary in different
localities. The wise poultryman
is' guided by experience in
selecting his variety of fowl for
market or utility use, or both
He seems, however, to be
thoroughly convinced that there
is but one proper season of the
year for incubating utility
fowl. Home and Farm.
The Sand-Clay Road
A Perfect Success.
"Don't brag too much on any-;
thing, for it might spoil it,"does
not hold good on the sand clay
road from ( 'uilford Station to
the county line beyond Colfax
towards Kernersvilie, for the
people and The Record have
been bragging on it for almost
two years and right now it is in
better shape than ever. Heavy |
rains have done no harm: in fact [
the road bed is packed and is
hard. The county has an
arrangement with a man up that
way who has a gasoline traction 1
engine and with a scraper he
goes over it when required and
keeps the ditches open so that
the road is kept well drained.
This is no doubt the secret of the!
good condition of the road. Win- \
ston has graded its road from i
the tiuilford line to Kernersvilie |
but the sand clay has not yet
been applied, but from the color
!of the mud now seen, an easy
job should be the result, for the
I clay is right there and it looks
like it might be able to hold the
sar.d. It surely does hold an
automobile, except when the
wheels skid, which they are
likely to do after a rain.—
! ireensboro Record .
ROADS FOR DAVIE
j Bond Issue Tor $175,000
Carries By a Large Ma- '
jority.
'NATIONAL HIGHWAY
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May Be Changed Through Davie
I County and on Into Iredell
Much Enthusiasm Over
the Election.
The $175,000 bond issue election
for good roads in Davie county
Saturday was carried by the
good roads advocates by a major
ity of over six hundred, every
township in the county giving
the bond issue a good majority, j
The result of the election puts j
Davie county on the map among
; the f iremost progressive counties
of the State.
The campaign for good roads
: was led by Senator A. T. Grant,
IJr., Jacob Stewart, John Henry
Clement, Col. W. K. Clement. \
and T. J. Byerly President of ;
the Davie County Good Roads
Association.
Hon. W. C. Hammer, of Ashe
l boro, and Mr. H. B. Varner, of I
' Lexington, President of the
North Carolina Good Roads As
sociation, who were in Davie coun-;
ty speaking in the interest of the ,
cause, are elated .over the result
as well as the advocates of the
proposition.
The carrying of the election
i was certainly a great achiev
frient and one that will have a
! far-reaching effect in the de
' yelopment of Davie county. The
Mocksville Herald took a leading ,
part in the right for the issuance |
of the Ixmds and played a ;
prominent part in the contest, i,
The election Saturday means |
that the county will vote bontis'
in the sum of $175,000 to be ex
pended in building a net-work of ;
fine sand-clay roads throughout,
' the county. i
Davie county will, indeccn'
occupy a strategic position whe«l
the new roads are completed. It
It is not improbable that thai
building- of the new roads in th«*
county will result in the extension
of the Central Highway througW"
Forsyth county on through Daviel
and thence to Statesville as i
good road to the Iredell count]
line from Statesville is practically
assured.
t lt is also possible that thi
National Auto Highway may b
changed to run through Davi
county in view of the good roa
work contemplated not only i:
Davie county but also in Irede
county.
As is known, there is a movei
ment now on foot to build t
modern steel bridge over thf
Yadkin river to connect Forsytf .t
and Davie counties with moderi '
; turnpikes leading to the bridge
\ from both counties.
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Pinnacle Route
Pinnacle Route 2, June 2. Mr]
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and Mrs. Bob Hill visited Mrl
and Mrs. Robert Lawson Sunday.
Messrs. Flos Lynch and Jim
Lawson called on Misses Bessie
and Ida East Sunday.
Mr. ieorge Harger visited his
mother, Mrs. (iabe Lawson, Sun
i'day.
JACK AND JOE.
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i cantile Co.