The Landswoman August 1920 | 页面 7

.Jugus l, 1920 '!liE L.\:-.:1>~\\ 0~1.\~ Poultry Notes. By W. Powell-Owen, F.B.S.A. ll F poultr} -kt:t pc I' !;hould now lx ow·rhaulin , th mlult, '>loci<. to d('( idt• which arc to IJ 1• l.d~•llt-~ " 'UI h .tiC tu be tll5pvscd 0f. J'ulkh for Wh~to H~t:\.- ) t is W(>ll tu n·m,. 1 tl· t full \\int~ r egg h.;-.kt•11j .1111.1 pullt•t.., go h· 1 ni ~·r 1 111 ··'.I B} this 1 uw~n that '-OU lrl~>' ' n I 1,u1U. . ' .t-..UH• y CJur )h of Winter egg:> hv the IIUillbcr of p 11 . s ll)l)k. when Ot tober c lll;w, round '>Ut.:h J ullcts tnf w~.- C to be of (orn·ct h.stchin-r • vi.~: :\1- >U cts h . o liHir. "'' --• • ar1 tn . broods like the \\"-. .muott~ and Rh 01 1 1 • 1 u 1 • ~"< , h< .wy . . ·. ' .I \ ril in lwht V •·ver) hf'n of the prevJ~Ul> ~<:a~on ~he,. ~ullt r Will_ be. }Our t:~g- r_nonths, I.e., from l!a-.k( ts e· rPli,,ble in cvr·ry Wa), and take dc·iivcry of the bi~ \'('r~ tmport.mt that ~~u -.lwuld vork to a sclwdult· :1nd m,· long experH•n( e h.t-- :::llln-ht m<> that all p'utlo•t ...... hould lx· ·in th,.ir pcrma- 11 , 11 winter quartr·r-. l>\' nud-Scptem&r. The idenl I 1 · to phce t!H m ( 111d •• 11 h rd:.) in tll' r \\ snter r ·" in~-housc·-, ., · about the fir-,t week · m September, · la• at th; -..anw timt' in~tallin~ th(• nc-.t-boxb and fcedinK up tlw bird ... for 1.'~~-pro­ dunion. Th('y thu-. hm r· ,,., N?l \\l•t>)<-. in \\ hich to '><'ttk ,!o\\ n to th(·lr quarter-.. and to -.l;lrt ··~~·J)I'Odt!\'tion C'Jrl)- in O ctolx·r. I£ a df'l ,t)~d ,,Jwdul<' j.., p<'rmitt• d c·MI\' c~g--. wrll not he -.o c<:rtain, Olll ' n·:hOII "h~ I .nh i'l' a t:ort('Cl -.tart and .11n .tg-mn-.t l:ttl' df'liwn· of puiiPt-.. \\'hl't' tlw law•r an• pl~u.·<'d in ,1 Ill''' hou-.c· and run th(·y 111'<:<.1. ,c,c•ral \\(Yk' to -.c·ttl< tlo\~ n. T 7 lutumtl .U aulf.-Otw mu-.t al ... o pulh·t.. C\< n chanu'. •t hrrc will \~ '-log.tn to follow b . - " Pullt-l::. orGC'gf and hf·n-. for ( h•cks. '' 11 m_g thl ldults -Ont•\ plan-,. will l.tnt.:P:. of the individual. 'J hf"rc mu-..t '-"' "JX'Cial · 1 · f h ~ . 'f · ·~rcomm01 iilJOn or eac d~h" of ~tork, anr 1 I hou-.mg i-. -.hort it b b) far the wi-.e-.t plan to ~radc h~a-.·ih • .m d k ~>ep on I ) · th " t :x: . . t. 'J I 1e t" trst )Ntr of la} r u 1 11 "I e, an d 1 ou btcdl ) . t 1 1(> mo:s t pro t" •tau • . " ' 11 thPJr sf'rond ... t•a nth ... l"·st of th e pu 11 • t ,..., h ou<."' 1 J 1--· 1 )f( d !r(Jffi. At thl { nd of lhl· '><'<:ond -..Pa-.on of la\ Ill" h Id • ""' IJne ~ ou nut k(l(·p on the hrn<> for egg-proclur.t ion and •tll should 1. d' 1 f • • O"N: f> s • .lvmg any m 1\1 ua that may be h:rmed a "-..upc•r " :md will be im·,,lunble for brC'eding. ~urh a .. !;uper" may have bcPn a wond,.rful la~··r, or m a) han· bred e..xcell.•nt pro- 1.{ 1 '0} that te:.tf'd out well. All h~ns. then, now at the < lo-.e of th,.ir <.l'cond ... <'a ... on of la.,; hould oo tak1•n fir-,t and their dcstin.ttion -..Pttle'd promptly. \-. th .. ~ stop lii) ing th··~ .... hf)uld be marketed, and I am ahva~-. \'£'ry anxioth not to :sell an~ hen-. that ar(· full of 1 ~g ... T.tHf rr )p of Et;t;'S.-\\'hf're all the bird-, have rr•a-,f'(i proJu~t•on thf>n di-.p<>-.e of th»m Pre thf"y he g-in to d .vour thf~ profits. Bu• ke<>p on a httle long< r any that are pro that. one c;m c.:oiiC< t a h~nl_nup of (·g-g-,:; .• I h • t1m•• to d1"poc;(\ of Ntc h hl'n h JU--t a-. -..he fim-.h~ her 1:!-.t bntch of ~'gg--. .wd ere 'he -.tnrh to moult. The own£'r can tt·ll \\he_thfor a. bird j.., in lay or not by exrunini~~ tlw P' !ne bonf'-. rt'ld b~ ~~'ner.tl appearance-... I or (C' lHlt · nllt~ d 011 p t t:; ~~ • ) u'7 ° ",.. . . • Poor horned African Sheep . ["Farm mtd Hom t - ,- -- "1 . - - - -