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r •j) ’ i 't' .■>: . - K ■■■■ ) I I. . ■ A \ ‘.' f ■J7'' pi- 1 Page Ten THE CAROLINA UNION FARMER [Thursday, April 18, 1912- THE PROFITABLE HEN-DUCK RAISING. So many farmers and non-farmers dabble in hens. So many have such severe attacks of “hen fever” every spring that it does seem as if the market would be flooded with chicken roasts in autumn and eggs the fol lowing winter. And yet it never is. There are too many “absolutely hec essary” things overlooked by those would-be egg farmers. Too many people being ignorant, leave off ig norant and end in dead failures. No hen is a sucess that does not yield her owner $1.00 per year. A flrst-class ordinary hen, blooded, but not fancy, should show $1.25 to her credit the flrst year. And she will do it under conditions, and these con ditions to be followed in season and out, are embodied in the following six rules: (1) Good, healthy, pure-blooded stock. (2) Constant, unvarying care, summer and winter. (3) A variety of clean, egg-producing food. (4) Clean water always on hand. (5) Clean houses and yards. (6) Grit, oyster shells, and charcoal if confined. Pure-bred stock is not a necessity in itself, nor for one year alone. Ex cellent results may be obtained from crossing a pure blood and a mongrel or of two thorough-breds. But the next year deterioration begins and the fowls especialy grow scrubby and poor. In fact, you will soon get scrubs and eventually run-out stock. Nearly any fowl will do well if prop erly cared for. We do not advocate fine feathers alone. The general util ity fowl is the one for the farmer and any quick maturing bird from a good laying strain is the one we want. This good laying strain is of the greatest importance, for it is the egg yield that tells. The poultry is a helpful adjunct, but it is the con stant stream of eggs that is the mon ey getter. The profltable hen is the pullet that begins to lay before cold weather. It is well to separate the pullets or at least the older ones from the rest about the flrst of September and begin special feeding. Pew hens thrive or lay well on an entire corn or over-fattening diet. There must be a balanced ration, and the follow ing bill of fare, with slight changes, has given us satisfactory results for several years. In the morning all mash is fed that the fowls will clean up in flve min utes. This made from a three part meal, composed of corn meal, wheat bran and oat meal. About one-third part of boiled potatoes (or less) is added and all stirred to a crumbly mass. Every other morning a meas ure of meat meal is added, for even in summer hens in conflnement (yarded) do not get enough animal food. This mash is fed in long, nar row troughs, easily cleaned and con venient. At noon, feed whole oats of the best quality and the night feed is wheat flve parts to two parts of corn. To the mash meat meal or beef scrap is added the year around, but the ideal food is green cut bone. Hens will double the winter egg yield when this is fed. Green cut bone can be handled and used very well in cold weather, but is not so convenient for summer use for the reason that it becomes spoiled very quickly, and it is then very danger ous to feed to the hens. Duck Raising. Every farm should have at least a few ducks. They are easily rear ed, require only a small amount of food, and alw’ays make delicious eating or profltable sellers. Duck lings pip the shell in about twenty- eight days, and emerge on the twen ty-ninth. It is usually well not to disturb the mother for a day after the ducklings are hatched, as they are very tender during the flrst few hours of their life and are easily chilled or crushed. On the thirtieth day remove the ducks to a warm, dry coop, and feed them a bran and corn- meal mash with a little flne grit or sand added. See also that they are provided with plenty of water in a shallow dish, but so arranged that they cannot wet themselves, for cold and dampness are fatal to them. We raise all our ducks by hand for if allowed to run with a duck or hen, the parent bird will travel too fast and far for them, and they will drop by the wayside. Have a pen adjoin ing the coop to allow them to exer cise in. Peed them always in this pen and not in the coop. Have the coop bedded with dry litter, and keep them in this coop at night and on all wet days. At the end of six weeks they will be large enough to be turn ed out and roam at will, but should always be housed at night until they are fully grown.—E. G. Warden, in Industrious Hen. POULTRY NOTES. A good way to secure a start of pure bred chickens is to send for day-old chicks. Day-old chicks can be shipped for several hundred miles and come through alive and in per fect condition. The business is in creasing. Bowel trouble and other ailments of chicks may be lessened by provid ing the chicks with sanitary feeding troughs into which the chicks can not step with their feet. Peeding chicks on the floor of the brooder where they will pick up their own droppings is one great cause of dis ease. Hatch and raise enough chickens and other poultry to make it worth while. Next fall when the flock is ready for housing and laying more houses can be erected. Next winter it will be pleasant and profltable work to feed and care for the hens. The poultry business is no longer a joke among people who are awake to the best methods of handling the flock. The farmer who is willing to work with poultry can make capital out of the high cost of living. Eggs the flrst of April this year were twenty cents a dozen on almost all local mar kets, from 30 to 50 per cent higher than most years, with market poultry correspondingly high. If the prices of feeds and foods remain high, eggs ^will be a good price all summer, next fall, and next winter again Extra high prices are being re ceived this spring for pure-bred eggs, stock and day-old chicks. The man who is in the poultry business right, with pure-bred stock, and enough to fill large orders is sure to make a balance on the right side. A successful poultryman says that it is his aim to make his hens lay as nearly two hundred eggs a year as possible. To accomplish this he houses them well and supplies them with all of the very best feed they wdll eat. The more they will eat the better he is pleased, since the quant ity eaten by the flock determines to a degree the quantity of eggs laid. Oatmeal, rolled oats, hard-boiled eggs or stale bread soaked in milk and squeezed dry are excellent chick rations.—Selected. Be strong: be worthy of the grace Of God and fill thy destinec^ place. —Wordsworth. , Farmers’ Union Member T Take Notice! S13.62 Paints This House Two Coats Spotless Paint Size of boose 25 by 40 ft. 20 foot- eaves— two fall coats and trim. Is yoor boose any larger? Mr. J. R. Rives, State Business Agent, North Caro lina Farmers’ Union, has made contract with us to fur nish SPOTLESS Ready-Mixed House Paint, Barn Paint etc., to every member of the Farmers Union at whole sale prices. This paint is time tried and tested. A paint as good as this will cost you elsewhere from $1.75 to $2.00 per gallon. This paint has been tested under the severest climates. It defies heat and cold. For seven years it has given perfect satisfaction to users. Made in all shades and colors for all purposes. It is thoroughly ground from the best white lead, lin seed oil and other necessary ingredients. We guaran tee every gallon for five years. It must please you or you get your money back. SPOTLESS paints well- holds well—does not fade. Summer months are paint ing months, order now. Spotless Paint, Quarts, each 39c Spotless Paint, i Gallons, each. 67c Spotless Paint, Gallons, each $1.16 Spotless Paint, 5 Gallons, per gallon 1.13 Spotless Paint, 25 Gallons, per gallon... 1.09 Spotless Paint, 50 Gallons, per gallon... 1.06 Co'or card sent free upon request. If you have not a complete catalog, write for jour copy. Limited Quantity Rubber Roofing Mill Ends 75c per Roll Mistakes of others give you these bargains ber roofing. _ In maKing rubber roofing, some times a defect occurs or a piece is spoiled. The oe- fect is cut out destro^m A new piece is started through the rolls, cause some short lengtns —called mill endi^ mill ends are except that they are in shorter lengin than our regular rubber rooting- The quality of each is identical. These mills ends are full weight— the one ply 36 pounds—the two ply’1 pounds and three ply 58 pounds per roll. Prices include nails and cem ent for applying. We can ship ly from Richmond or from facto^ near Philadelqhia at prices 0®*°^' Customers paying freight either pia^ Not less than 10 rolls shipped from factory. Prices on Robber Roollng Mill Ends Shipped from Factory One ply $ .75 $ Two ply .90 -1*5 Three ply 1.04 1-13 Shipped from Richmond The above prices are net. Remem ber we have contracted with yc,"*^ state business agent to quote whole sale prices, and the above Prices prove it. You can secure samples u you want them, but as we guarantee our goods, you can order right from this advertisement. THE SOUTHS MAIL ORDER HOUSE 39 Shockoe Square, loori£SS{ 4F. SniITH'*: MAH OPHFR Richmond, Virginia When You Purchase your piano it will pay you to get a good one and you can always find good ones here at reasonable prices ana terms. There is no reason why with our fine line of pianos of various grades, we cannot satisfy any individual taste and any sized pocket-book. We also handle Seybold and Putnam Organs, Victor and Columbia talking machines. Sold on terms to suit you- DARNELL & THOMAS, Raleigh, N. C. BOYLAN-PEARCE CO. Raleigh*s Greatest Dry Goods Distributors Welcomes The Carolina Union Farmer to the Capital City, and cordially invites its patrons to VISIT OUR STORE when in the City of Oaks, and to make free use of our mail-order system frequently and at all times. FAYETTEVILLE STREET Buy Stock Instead of Eggs and Have Better Results. Runner Ducks $2.00 each. Eggs 12 for $1. White Runner Eggs 12 for $3.00. White Orpingtons $3.00 each. Eggs 15c each. MUNNIMAKER POULTRY FARM, Normandy. Tennessee. conoiv SEED PURE CULPEPPER’S IMPROVED Cottonseed for sale. Vigorous growing, medium maturing, large holled, and hea\'y yield ing variety. DIRECTOR, N. C. EXPERIMENT STATION, (A-18) West Raleigh, N. C. DEATON CORN—Won five premiums in 1911—Raleigh, Atlanta, Carthage (2), Columbia (South Atlantic Corn Show). Peck, $1; bushH, 13. John Deaton, Carthage, N. C. S. C. Black Mlnor^ |6 Eggs, $1.25 per 15; $2 per 30, ^ per 100. Eggs from prize j |2 Greensboro and Asheboro Fair, ’ per 15 eggs. Fine cockerels for B. C. ROITH, Randicman, N. C Buy Baby Chicits Instead ot From free range S. C. White Legb°pgr. The large white kinds, bred to fectly hatched, strong, vigorous, i* fioo chicks. The kind you want. SaUs[»® jSC and safe delivery guaranteed. each or $12.00 per hundred. Locust Grove Poultry J. W. Dilworth, Prop., R. 5, ReidsviH*’ EGGS FROM SINGLE COMB REDS 50 cents per sitting. Mrs Fred Par ® ’ (A-*^ ington, N. C.
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