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3 &Zj The Bureau of Animal Industry has Just prepared a Bhort bulletin embody ing a number of useful hints to poultry raisers. In submitting the text to Secre tary Wilson. Chief Melvln of the Bureau stated that the article was pre pared with the special-end in view of furthering the purpose of his Bureau to give the raisers of poultry, especially the general farmer, the best informa tion possible in a very concise form. The article la written by O. Arthur Bell, Assistant Animal Husbandman of the Bureau of Animal Industry. . N Selection of a Variety. ' Pure breeds are desirable, says Mr. Bell, as with, these one has a flock of PLYMOUTH eOCKS-APAIROF PRIZE wINNEES. fowls which Will produce carcases and eggs of a much more uniform shape, color, and size than will mongrels, all of which aids in finding a ready sale. If one already has a flock of mongrel fowls and cannot afford to buy pure- breeds, he should choose a purebreed male bird of the breed preferred and mate him with a few of the best mon grel females. This system, if carefully followed for a few years, will give a high-grade flock that wftl be practically as good as purebreds, so far as market conditions for dressed fowls and eggs are concerned. y Choice of variety will depend largely On the purpose for which the fowls are kept whether eggs alone.botheggs and meat, or meat alone is the chief object; (Whether white-shelled or brown shelled eggs are desired: and whether sitters 'or nonsitters are wanted. Egg Breeds.- Nonsitters and produc ers of white-shelled eggs leghorns and Mlnorcas. General purpose hreeds. Sitters and producers of brown-shelled eggs Ply mouth Rocks, Wyandottes, Orphlng tons. and "Rhode Island Reds. Jfeot Breeds. Sitters and producers of brown-shelled eggs Light Brahmas, Cochins, and Langshans. What Kind of Houses. 'Location. Select an elevation hav ing a natural drainage away from the building, a dry, porous soil, such as a sandy or gravelly loam, being prefer able to a clay soil. I Exposure. As sunlight and warmth ;are essential to the best success with poultry, the buildings should face the south. A southeastern exposure is prer erable to a southwestern one if a direct southern exposure cannot be ob tained. Bize of House. The size of the house will depend almost entirely - on the number of birds to be kept If in flocks of forty to sixty, about 6 square feet of flour space should be allotted to each hen. The building should be high enough for the attendant to avoid bumping his head against the celling. A House for Fifty to Sixty Fowls. The best house for fifty to sixty fowls Is 20 by 14 feet: front elevation 6 feet back elevation 6 feet with double pitch roof of unequal span. The roof, if shingled, should have not less than one-third pitch. If roofing paper is used, one-quarter pitch will answer. In the front or south wall there should be placed two windows about 1 foot from the top and S feet from the ends; 8 by 10 inches is a good-sized pane to use in a twelve-light sash, making the sash about 3 by 9 Inches high, and 2 feet 5 Inches wide. A door 2 by 6 feet may be made in one of the end walls, and also a small door in the front wall, for SINGLE COMB Cock was Awarded First tEe fowls a rasa in and out of the Duuamg. - r Interior Arrangement. The roost platform should be placed In the rear of the house and extending its Whole length. The platform should be about S fpot wide and 2 fet from tSse floor, with the perches errauKed about 9 or 10 Inches higher. The nest -4. '-: 'JLlU. THE STANDARD BIRD. Greatest Profit In Pure Breeds of Fowls. GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL Should be placed against the end of the house opposite the door or under the roost platform, and should be darkened. It is well to have several small boxes for shell, grit, beef scraps, etc, against the walls about 16 to IS inches above the floor. If cement or wood floors are used, a dust bath should be provided tor we iowis. The Feeding of Heaa. In order to obtain eggs, it la neces sary to nave healthy, vigorous stock. properly fed. To do their best, kens should be fed grain, animal, and green food. They should be fed enough to Keep tnem in good condition but not overfat, and should be induced to take plenty of exercise. No set rules can be given for feeding, as conditions vary, and there are different methods of feed ing different breeds. A good system to follow for winter feeding Is mash once a day and grain scattered in the litter twice a day. The mash may be fed dry or slightly moist ened. When the former, it is usually put into a trough or hopper nung against the wall and the fowls allowed access to it at all times. The mash fed at the Maine Experi ment Station is as follows, ia the pro portions indicated: 200 pounds wheat bran, 100 pounds corn meal. 100 pounds wheat middlings. 100 pounds linseed meal. 100 pounds gluten meal 100 pounds beef scrap. GROUP OP YOUNG Another mash may be mixed as fol lows, in the proportions indicated: 100 pounds corn meal. 100 pounds ground oats. 100 pounds wheat bran. Toung chickens should be fed a little at a time and often. If they are given ground food alone, there is a great danger of overfeeding. Very good re sults may be obtained by the feeding entirely of cracked grains from the time - the chickens are hatched until they reach maturity. There are on the market many prepared chick feeds, con sisting of different mixtures of suitable cracked grains. After the chickens are five or six weeks old, the prepared chick feed may be dropped and cracked'eorn, cracked wheat, hulled oats, etc., fed to them instead. :. : " If the chickens can not get grass, provide green feed such as lettuce and BUFP LEGHOBNS. Prize. St Louis Enosltlon, . cabbage which are very food for this purpose. ..Some kind of meat inch as green cut bone or meat scraps, is valu able as ft food and it is well to keep in a box where the chickens can help themselves at all times. Water should be provided from the start, placed in stira a dUh t' -1 t!ie cU ens eaa not c si - ': " - yf:J IA iio it ej 1 1 it,,, . - . Mate Tie Great American Hen, Rightfully comes she by the title, Cor according to statistics the Ameri can hen yields more money annually than any other one farm product With eggs as low as a cent a piece a very cheap and nutritious food a well bred hen laying about two hundred eggs a. year has value of 2. An estimate is made that f 1 year will keep her in comfortable if not luxuri ous, quarters. The trouble is that millions' of barnyard scrubs do not yield a hundred eggs a year. " According to Government author!' ties the earning from the egg and poultry Industry amounts to about $280,000,000. Cotton, the king of crops with a value reaching up to 1259,000,' 000, is thus dethroned by the magnlfl- eient earnings of the fowl. During 1905 the total value of all the gold, silver, wool and sheep produced In the United States was 1272,000,000. The wheat crop, considered the most valuable of all agricultural products had a value in the same period of 1229,000,000. The great American hog, consumed at home and abroad. was valued at about $186,529,035. The sugar production of the country was only $20,000,000. The combined value of the oat and potato crops was only $160,000,000. The Industriouji Bttle gallus domestlcus produces enough eggs to require a train of refrigerator cars 900 miles long filled with 43,000, 000 crates, each of which holds 860 eggs. The value of the egg as a food product is equal to that of any food stuff of its size. '. A novel egg-laying competition at the Lady Warwick's Ladies' Agricul tural College is reported by Consul Daniels at Sheffield, England. The conclusions reached are that breed does not govern so much as the laying strain or families of a breed highly de veloped as egg producers. The pen of four Buff Orpingtons led from October 16 to November 16 by producing 49 eggs, and again November 16 to Decem ber 16 with 120 eggs. One thing the present competition shows is the little help it is to birds to be what show enthusiasts call "beautifully marked," for as often as not it is the ordinary looking competitors, birds ft Show judge would laugh at, that have the biggest total of egge to their credit In the winter laying competition what stands a bird in good stead is not that its father was the winner of a medal, but that its mother and grandmother were wonderful layers, ami that its WHITE LEGHORNS. male parents also ORl of 8 gCTOQ lay ing oraua, Ducks don't need water is thrive. There are many farms in this country, where thousands of these fowl are raised each year for market and where there is not even a puddle for them to flounder in. One of these establish ments Is said to furnish 2OJ00O ducks ayeu .. - Jfof the lajiof JEZocL 'M tew days ago rather bashful young woman went into ft Southern grocery store with some chickens to sell. She Inquired the price of fowls, and at the same time put hers on the counter. The clerk didn't notice that the chickens' feet were tied, and asked her if they would lay there. She bit her handkerchief, turned her head, and said, "No, sir, they are roosters." Extending the Weather Becrice In order that the work of the Weather Bureau may be of greatest possible benefit to the people of the United States, and especially to that class which is dependent upon the weather. Prof. Willis L. Moore, the chief, has been making arrangements by wnicn sucn agriculturists as nave telephones and want the service, may obtain weather forecasts within a few minutes after the announcement of telephonic advice as to the state of com ing weather. This Is operating in New York, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Michigan and other states. Recently the Weather Bureau made arrangements for an ex tension of this service in Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. The bloodhound is' generally thoueht to be very ferocious, while, on the con trary, it is really as gently as almost any o&er kind of dog. - The Pennsylvania Railroad Is con templating cutting a tunnel throuph the Allegheny Mountains, and the Booth em Pacific will eventually tunnol the fcierre Nevasa range. Tall psrecms v mially live locser tln short onm, while those born in ti t sprlr? t-itc n3.r eonntltuUuns t z Lci t h...jCj wr b.c... . i. iOSGWORTH GUESSED WROSG. Missed the Opportunity te Get Fasi us Uorse Named After Ulna, StVhen a man becomes famous, all the incidents of his past life are laid bare. There is ft great story going around of how Nick Longworth, came near to attaining to fame some years ago, in connection with horses. "The story runs," according to a prominent horseman, "that some years ago H. M. Zlegler, of Cincinnati, the noted owner of thoroughbreds, and an intimate friend of Mr. Longworth, took the latter down to his Kentucky thoroughbred farm to show him bis collection of fine yearlings, "All of these yearlings were as yet unnamed. .-. " 'Longworth, said Zlegler, as they strolled about the stalls, 'you'd better let me name one of these yearlings after you. They're a swell bunch, and almost all of them are well-nigh bound to do something big in the world.' " 'I don't mind,' was Longworta's WHITE COCHIN COCK. First Prize Bird at New York Show In 1904. . reply. 'But I'd like to be sure of be stowing my cherished name on a real good oni 'jig hate to have a bad one running in my name. My friends of a racing turn would be murine me all the time about my namesake's perform ances."- - " 'Well said Zlegler, you're a pretty good Judge of ft race horse yourself. Now here are two of my cracks in these two stalls. I'll have 'em led out into my paddock by one of the stable hands, and you can look them over and take your pick of them. Whichever one you like the better 111 name after you " 'Done said Mr. Longworth, and the two yearlings were led into the open. "They were both fine lookers, but Mr. Longworth liked the appearance of the larger one of the two the better. "'That one," he said, pointing to his pics, 'tie looks good to me.' ," 'He's christened "Nick Longworth.' then,' said Mr. Zlegler, and the colt was duly named Nick Loneworth and regis tered with the Jockey Club under that name. - "Now, the other colt of the pair from which Mr. Longworth made his selec tion was afterward named Hermis, Sounds kind o familiar to you, eh, that nama . Hermis? Well. I should think it would sound familiar, seeing that in the deliberate belief of many of the most astute horsemen in this coun try, Hermis was absolutely the finest race norse ever foaled in the United States, a speed and distance marvel, a bulldog who never knew when he was beaten, and an animal worthy to be ranked with the very greatest race horses , of all time in this or any other country. , " so much for Hermis, the one that Mr. Loagwerta didn't pick out As for the one that he did pick out nd that was named Nick Longworth well, Nick was worth about $9.72 as ft rac ing proposition, and that's about all. He could win a selling race once in a while on Thursdays when the wind was sou'-eou'east by nor, but hecouldn'tget out of his own way in running with even fair handicap horses, and he lost about twenty times to one win, and n reaiiy am come to pass that Mr. Longworth's Cincinnati friends guyed him unmercifully about his namesake horse. Mr. Longworth never, of course, told his guying friends that he'd actu ally had the chance to get so noble an animal as Hermis named after him. He probably felt that the situation was bad enough as it was. TUB XBGRO ASAriSMtE. Beeker Washington Says ! is worst la Large titles Cooker T. Washington in an address at Washington, D. C, recently struck a keynote when he stated that "The negro is at his worst in the crowded life of a large city, and at his best in the rural districts where he owns and cultivates the soil. ; ; The speaker said the demand in the South for negroes trained for teachers and leaders in the class room, and the lactory was tremendous; but more pressing yet was the demand from the best white people of that section for negroes to take charge of their farms, dairies and other industries. . This de mand is shown, he said, by the fact that every one of the 525 students who left Tuskegee last summer had been en gaged weeks before the end of the term. Washington is solicited by-mail, tele graph, - and in person to furnish trained negroes, and could have found places for twice the number had they been forthcoming. - "Association with the white people has given the negro new wants, de sires and ambitions," said Mr. Wash ington; "To these, education is neces sary, both to appreciate fully the newly awakened feelings and to provide means for their rational satisfaction. Hence, from the most selfish point of view, the right kind of education is beneficial for the negro." That the negro ia not naturally an Idler is shown, the speaker said, by the trebling of the South'! industrial wealth in the last twenty years, with out any appreciable Increase in immi gration, This advance is due, he thought in great part to the well directed labor of the negro. f!nrV In anlta nf tt hnnvannv vtll not raise to the surface again from a r ; ia or ZU0 rt oeiow the ocean s sur ii - owing to the great pressure tt "; :r. 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