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RAISING SUMMED
CHICKS FOR BROILERS
ID ROASTERS
Timely Advice to the Ama
teur About Best Methods
of Rearing, Feeding and
Marketing For Profit
How to Feed and Fatten to
Get Biggest Prices
By RKF.SK V. HIOKS
Manager International Poultry Farms,
Browns Mills. X. ,T., and Former
President of the American Poultry
Association.
COPYRIGHT, 1915.
There Is plenty of room for ama
teurs in the raising of broilers and
roasters for summer markets. Th«
demand Is always great and the sup
ply never sufficient.
Some breeds are better than others
for tills jHirimso and It is important
to make a right selection. Some com
mon mistakes that can lie easily
avoided are pointed out and alterna
tive* suggested.
There are comparatively few plants
devoted exclusively to raising broilers
and roasters for market. The ma
jority of poultry plants are devoted to
producing eggs for market or breeding
for exhibition stock. These turn only
their surplus stock into broilers and
roasters. Thus It Is that the majority
of the broilers and roasters that reach
the market go as a by-product of the
egg farms and of the exhibition breed
ing farms and the greatest source, the
average American farm. The plants
that do cater to the broiler business
are mainly those which have worked
up a special private trade. The ma
jority of these plants that make a
specialty of the broiler business make
it a point to hatch out the eggs in
tended for broilers early in the win
ter, some as early as November and
some in December, as the broilers
bring better prices in the early Spring
and the late winter months than any
other time of the year.
Three ("lasses of Broilers
Broilers may be divided Into three
classes: squab hroilers, Spring broil
ers, or friers and large broilers or
small roasters.
Squab broilers have been in demand
only for a few years, and have become
quite a delicacy in the centers of popu
lation. They should weigh from three
quarters of a pound to one and one
quarter pound. The best average is,
perhaps, a pound. If they weigh over
one and one-quarter pound, they be
long in the Spring broiler class, or
friers. These may go as high as two
pounds. The largest broilers are from
two to three pounds. Any broilers
over three pounds should be classed as
"roasters," as they are too large to
broii successfully. The roasters run
from three pounds to the size of full
grown fowls, often as high as ten or
twelve pounds. However, the largest
demand is for roasters that weigh
three and one-half to five pouhds. The
"soft roaster" is a term given to any
young, tender fowl to be used for
roasting. They should be young and
tender, and they bring the best prices
on the market. They usually run in
age from six to nine months.
The age at which a fowl can be
marketed in the various classes of
broilers and roasters depends very
much on the breed as well as how
they have been pushed along. It is
very important that they be mar
keted as early as possible, because the
prices are better early, and in addi
tion. the longer they are kept the more
they cost, and with some varieties
they are liable to become "stringy"
and tough.
American Varieties Popular
Much depends also on the breed
used for broilers and roasters. It is
essential that the breed be of a quick
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WHITE JAPANESE BANTAMS
The little brown man of Nippon is a
wonder for taking: nature by the nose
and leading her into ways she doesn't
want to go naturally.
He grows trees which, after fifteen
years, will measure less than two feet
high; fowls which have tails eighteen
feet long and Japanese bantams with
their tails running up along their
backs toward the head and with legs
but one inch long. Tie's been breeding
them this way so long that they won't
grow any other way. It Is this oddity
that accounts for the popularity of
the Japane.se bantams.
There i are several varieties of this
little bantam, separated only by colors.
In shape they are identically the same.
, Tt Is very popular among the ban
tam breeders of England, the United
States and Canada, and every winter
notable specimens are exhihited at our
poultry shows. Their oddity attracts
considerable attention from the lay-
growth arid develop rapidly. In Amer
ica, yellow skin and yellow legs are
favored by the majority of markets.
This moans that the varieties known
as the "American varieties," such as
Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes and
Rhode Island Reds, make the best
roasters as well as broilers. For the
large roasters and soft roasters, the
Light Brahma has long been a favo
rite, owing to Its largo growth and
the fact that it holds the tenderness
of its flesh until it is well advanced
toward maturity. White Plymouth
Rocks and White Wyandottes are also
used by some farms for soft roasters.
For squab broilers by far the largest
proportion are young cockerels, mainly
Leghorns, that come from the com
mercial egg farms.
When the hatching season is over
some farms take advantage of the
low price of eggs and load their incu
bators with eggs from which they
hatch chicks that are later used for
broilers for the broiler market. These
late chicks do not require any differ
ent treatment from earlier hatched
chicks, except that of shade In cli
mates where there is extreme heat in
the middle of the day. Generally the
later hatched chicks grow rapidly to
the broiler stage, and as grain is
usually cheaper at this time of the
year than any other, these hatches
usually give broilers that can be pro
duced at a lower cost than any other
time of the year. It is truo that the
market is higher earlier, but later
broilers make good fillers, especially
when one is raising poultry on a small
scale.
Directions For Feeding
Young chicks should not be fed -for
the first forty-eight hours, whether of
early or late hatches. After that they
should be fed a little oatmeal or bread
crumbs. Owing to the high price of
oats this year, a little bread crumbs or
a good commercial chick feed should
be given the first few days. They
should be fed five or six times daily, a
little at each time so that they will
clean It up quickly. After they are
four or five days old they should have
mash composed of cornmeal, bran and
middlings or low grade flour, equal
parts of each. Afttfr they are ten
days old ten per cent. , meat scrap
should be added to the mixture and
the cornmeal increased fifty per cent.
This is for growing broilers for the
market, and this course of feeding js
designed to fatten them.
When the young broilers or roasters
are within ten days of the size when
they are to be sold on the market they
should be confined in a smaller pen for
fattening purposes. Before this they
should be given the same treatment,
care, range and attention as the other
growing chicks, but It Is important
that the last ten days or two weeks
of their lives be given to fattening
them. By the term "fattening" is not
always meant putting on surplus fat
tening substance, but making the lean
meat fill with fat, so that It will be
delicate and toothsome.
All poultry should be fattened for
market, as it' is usually a waste of
money to allow the produce dealer to
buy fowls at low prices, and then make
the quality better by fattening. It Is
especially important that they be fat
tened where they are dressed by the
producer, and then sold to a private
trade. The length of time required
POULTRY—GaI Two—May 22 . .
to fatten a fowl depends on the age
of the fowl, time of year, care and
feed, as well as the breed and kind
of fowl. best results are obtained
when they are fattened for ten days
or two weeks. Young fowls make
better but slower gains than the Leg
horns and smaller breeds. The smaller
i breeds should not be fattened over ten
days. In many plants the cost of fat
tening is estimated at 7 cents a pound
: sain, but owing to the high price of
[feed at present, no doubt this will be
increased materially to 8 or 9 cents
per pound gain. This does not take
into consideration the increased qual
ity and increased value of the bird on
the market, which is ten or fifteen
cents a pound more than the scrawny,
unfinished one.
Fatten in Pens or Crates
It will not pay the amateur poultry
raiser to use cramming and fattening
machines, but he should either use
pen or crate fattening methods. By
pen fattening is meant confining: the
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
• men, and many have been sold tor
| purely ornamental purposes on coun
i try estates. Good specimens command
{profitable prices, and in fact the fowls
are rare enough to be more or less ex
pensive.
The little hens lay well, set, hatch
and rear the chicks. The chicks are
I not easy to rear, and prohably require
more attention than chicks of any
other variety, except Hamburg and
I Polish.
j When finally reared, however, they
i are a source of great pleasure to those
I who exhibit. Among the breeders
i there is a keen rivalry to produce the
I best and longest fantail and shortest
legs, as well a.s the smallest fowls.
I The standard calls for twenty-two to
twenty-six-ounce weight on males and
! twenty to twenty-two ounces for fe
-1 males, but the winning specimens in
| our better shows never approach these
weights.
J
| fowls in a small house, or a pen in a
! house, allowing each about a foot and
ia half space. The feeding and water
! ing troughs are hung on the wall, and
the birds are kept in flocks of 50 to
!7 5. Crate fattening is done by having
j slatted coops, usually several tiers
i deep. The crate is usually six feet
! long, 18 inches high and 20 inches
] wide, and will accommodate ten to
j twelve birds. There is a partition
through the center and five or six
'birds on each side. The slats
j on the top and sides are two Inches
apart, while on the bottom they are
! usually an inch apart. A V-shaped
1 trough around the sides is used for
i feeding. The flesh of the fowls when
| fattened under the above-described
j conditions is much softer thpn where
i the birds are allowed free range.
| Where possible to obtain it, milk
I (either sour or sweet) Is one of the
| best fattening feeds, and the fatten
j ing ration should be wet up with It. A
j good fattening feed may be made of
two parts cornmeal. one part mid-
Jdlings, one part' ground oats, to which
|is added ten per cent, meat scrap,
and for the last few days of fatten
f ing, an ounce of mutton tallow for
I every ten birds. This is fed in soft
condition, about like thick cream, just
:so it will pour. It should be kept be
j fore them half an hour and then re
i moved, feeding them three times a
I day.
How to Dress For >larket.
Where it is at all possible, poultry
raisers should dress the broilers after
| fattening them for a local market.
I They should not be fed for twenty
| four hours before they are killed. The
j best method of killing is to insert a
' knife in the roof of the mouth, and by
; plunging it into the brain paralyze
j the bird, then cutting across the roof
lof the mouth, sever the arteries, and
I let the bird bleed freely. The bird is
i then hung up by the feet with a cord,
' and picked quickly by plucking off the
1 feathers, downward. The majority of
1 markets demand dry-picked fowls, but
I some markets will pay as much for
' those that are scalded as for those
| that are dry-picked. Scalding makes
j the skin spotted and discolors it, nor
do fowls keep as well if they are
| scalded. It is easier and quicker plek
| ing to scald than to pick dry. The
| majority of markets demand poultry
! that is undrawn, and •It will keep
! longer. Where fowls have to be sent
a long distance to market, it is neces
' sary to grade them according to size,
j and they have to be iced.
The majority of producers on a
large scale find it advantageous to
send their shipments to market alive,
if the distance is such that it is neces
sary to ice if dressed. The amateur
poultry raiser ought to study his mar
-1 kets and ascertain the demand over a
; period of years, as the demand is 11-
! able to vary from time to time in each
I locality.
I . \
How to Raise
; Summer Chicki
1 Success with poultry depends
! largely upon the care given the
j chicks during the summer, for the
i next year's egg production will be
| determined largely by the vigor of
j the pullets.
I The poultry raiser who knows
how to overcome the difficulties
can be successful even under ad
verse conditions. These diffleul
! ties, and the way to meet them,
i with rules for the proper care of
| growing stock, will be the subject
i of an instructive article to be pub
' Ushed next week. L.ook for it ap
■ pearing next Saturday, exclusively
1 in the Telegraph.
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] SEWING CIRCLES ENTERTAINED
Special to The Ttltgrapli
Klain, Pa.. May 15. On Thursday
! afternoon the members of the
i Sewing Circles, of this place and New
I Germantown. gathered a t the home of
j Mrs. J. C. Martin, at Andersonburg,
where they were entertained with
musical and different forms of amuse
ment. Supper was served at 5 o'clock.
Those present were: Mrs. Benjamin
Urlng, Mrs. H. C. Showvaker. Mrs. Ver
non Smith, Mrs. Omer Kell, Mrs. J. A.
Noll, Miss Mabel Noel. Mrs. J. A. Rhea,
Mrs. C. M. Bower, Mrs. W. W. Woods,
Mrs.'. Annie Woods, Mrs. F. A. Kern,
Mrs. K. M. Smith, Mrs. Grace Sheaffer,
Mrs. D. G. Keck, Mrs. D. P. Stokes,
Airs. J. C. Rlckard and Mrs. W. H. Sheaf
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FISHING ON ASCEN'SI&N DAY
Special to The Telegraph
Blain. Pa.. May 15. Recreation was
sought In different ways on Ascension
Day, but most of the pleasure-seekers
of this place and vicinity wended their
way to the creek with fishing rod and
line and spent the day. The school ball
team played a game with a pick-up
nine of the town; score, 12 to 6 in favor
of the school.
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Special to The Telegraph
Shlppensburg, Pa., May 15. Tester
day the office of the Shippensburg
News was sold to Charles E. Hoke, who
will take charge on June 1. Under J.
C. Fleming the paper has become the
leading one■of the eorpmunltv. Mr.
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1301.
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Deal to Merge Electric,
Gas and Trolley Companies
in Cumberland Valley
Special to The Telegraph
Chambersburg-, Pa., May 15. - It was ■
announced yesterday that a New lork .
firm of engineers has obtained options '
for the purchase of electric Mgrht, trol
ley and fcas companies of Chambers- j
burg, Shippensburu, Greencastle and ,
Waynesboro. The deal has .
brought about through H. B. McNulty.
Options have been secured on the fol
lowing plants and railway lines: Shlp
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Chambersburg Gas Company, Cham
bersburg and Slitppensburg Street Rail
way, Chambersburg and Gettys
burg Street Railway. Chambersburg,
Waynesboro and Groencastle Railway
Company, Greencastle Electric Com
pany, Waynesboro Electric Company,
Waynesboro Gas Company and Mercers
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It is stated the engineers represent i
four large trust companies of New
York City and that a $4,000,000 com
pany is proposed.
While it will not take more than
$2,000,000 to purchase the companies, it
is hold a similar amount will be used .
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