% wAtCrEs ‘cLocks.. | SEWEERY - * | POULTRY FL DEPARTMENT Bop eters potas tt tarts ub “A very common mistake, more especially amongst the amateur poultrymen, is to over-estimate | the capacity of a poultry-house. There i isa. growing tendency. to house 6 birds where 4 are just comfortable, or to crowd 25. into; a. Coop that. isn t large enough for. fifteen... “One thing to retnember i is that the More you keep in‘a flock, no matter how much floor space. is allotted, the farther you get from the maximum results: then, when = you begin. to.crowd them, especi- ally in- large flocks, you simply invite. trouble. ~The beginner’ in poultry: rais-. ing, especially he who has his eye ‘on: “eventually making a business of. it, is very apt. to become: too enthusiastic, The: fact that 18 or. 20. hens. may show’ a profit, of for table | use. head p per year - does not mean that “four or: five’ hundred. will do the same,: and certainly ‘not under crowded ‘conditions, unless you eul 3a8 carefully. as with your 18}. or: 20:: sorts: of “trouble, ° place: ns that are ‘crowded will not- produce the: maximum num- ber of-eggzs, and the eggs they. do: profluee. will ‘not-bring forth’ the’ sttong. healthy, ‘ehicks ‘they. ; shou ld: Thereisa ¢ mon sense reason ‘for this weakening of vi- tality. cannot perform: the of: work,, but the: “fl your stock, and: irda you to sell Shaving’: down’ the beak ‘only birds. ‘handicaps “them in-carrying out. apt to start the habit, especially their mischief, but, will. never; white ones. Crowding : birds” ‘leads: to -all]: ‘In ‘the’ first} ther) have to ‘scratch it out.” not keep growing-pullets. in. the. ef, kill it, and then devise. oes ‘to cull out all but a.single one } from your: éntire hatch of chicks “Human beings ‘workang Auctioneer, Appraiser, Pro: | un ler. crowded. conditions in al: . HAYNER BROS.” fo FURNITURE vo Funeral Directors Embalmers SPECIAL ATTENTION 70 SHIPPING ‘OASES any-of this stuff .-you: would: get. the finest kind of: a Diack eye.. Again, crowding: young pullets just before they “begin. to“lay;' when they are quiek to form the. |. habits of vice and more especial- ly so when insufficient exercise is. provided, ‘frequently. results in’ feather pulling’ or feather eating | or both. Some a are born with this instinct, but anyway the hatchet |}°.; is the only’ cure, The theory.|| -: L am that they crave. beef seraps is 2 ll pomnt Service false alarm, | ‘Stuff them Af you -}. ‘Prompt Service like, and’ ‘they will never quit it, Rete once thé habit has been formed. HOME - MADE. - BREAD © | ‘Fresh Bvery Day : Pogues, FRESH Bes oe AND Green VEGETABLES o In BEA SON dune Goods In Keeping: a, - Jarge cure it. ‘After’ they begin to lay ‘number of. birds in one: flock, e8- and the ‘system. calls for more pecially, on small space, the quan- | food; which means seratehing for tity of grain it is necessary - to” a living, they gradually get over feed to satisfy them is such that the habit, bat not, however, un+' ‘itis an easy: matter: for. them to til they have played their mis-. pick it out in a very short time, .. which shows another reason why. chief, -whieh results ‘in. disfigur-. jit is better to keep fewer togeth-" - Where it is absolutely neces- - ‘to.keep..more than twelve ~ ing (usually) your best birds, -: ‘The only: cure: is to kill thems bear “The ounce of pre-"or ‘fifteen ‘together, it is best: to vention’ - ; chowever;: cheaper..: feed-only a little grain, three or Jet will never pull feathers. . Feather pulling i is a bad: habit, same” Ben or run. with molting * ‘and means of making the others | The Omineca | _ Market | perty Salesman ‘Orders taken for ail kinds. of io ‘lumber and’ building material, :. ie or small,‘ and in ear lote.” - rices right. ~~ - Quality. Hehe ty Come and See, - Vegetables: _ Express. and a Pear cA number of live Pigs. _ Between Old Hazelton “Always reliable. 3 Close attention; given’ to “all ®. ‘The sight of feathers is for. hatching: eggs ‘thoroughly acquainted : “with the. ‘standard ‘qualities of the: particu-| lar fowl, often get ‘themselves into,a rut. that is afterwards hard ito bre k away from, ? 2 Al ks . hatched from $20 to $20. ‘sittings “do. not. become: ‘$50: show birds. If ‘this: were'a certainty: the breeder | ¢ would ‘not’ sell them to. you. at $100, t to oe _ and laying Hens for sale. le | ae meee Be AY i: a Power and: “Telephone Ee 5 oubtful- specimen. If there isn’t omething unusually good ‘about | si ‘bird; get rid ofit. .There-is no| n: figuring: that: you:-can. lerhaps. round it out: ‘later. -Dis- ose of it and’ make. badly-needed om: for’ something: better: . ° not: wait/until it lays,:for. then: it -is:a ‘erime to kill it, ‘but itis: even: ~@ Worse: crime for-you to ikeep it o the laying: stage, if you: now beforehand that you haven! t the TOON. ent: ~ Beginners who - pay: a a big p price cand. are not a: sitting,” “Sonie’ ‘of ‘the’ birds |; hatched. from‘. ‘such. sittings. will}, oe ‘be no- better than the birds found First, do. at crowd.: A lean pul-: four times 4 day, to pullets that... ; She. are.not yet laying, so as to. keep. ry is too busy. trying to satisfy her them busy between feedings... 4 in: n average far Tm: flock, but: you the you are Bond ne from the . 13 eggs ‘you paid the fancy” price! for,” That i is: ‘the whole thing: in Do duced ¢ to breed. “from a “bird that . ought to be'killed. no matte the: 7 amount you paid'tor:the eges, or ‘yous will tie:2 ‘millstone’ around your . ieek: that ill surely: drag you under.” oA : Just, a’ ‘word: ‘about’ crowd z chicks. | ‘Many’ f the foregoing. remaed* Sep bo PU ally ag’ well, oniy that they are not so si apt to form habits of vice ai this. young age. “You. cannot, ‘how-’ ever, gain. anything by crowding;' whethet * ‘you. brood. with or with-: out heat. ‘Only a a limited: number will thrive together, hence if you: do not actually lose them through: death, they-do ‘not: grow into as large and healthy: a bird as they. would have. become under: Jess) vantage : ‘at. the start.» "Chicks should not beso crowded: but: thati | you can bury a reasonable anrount! of feed in:the littter to; keep them’ busy. for two or three: hours, and: yet: have room “enough - ‘to: turn: about. 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