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I Go to the expense of■brooding;and rearing,
!bring hens into lay and what happens—they
nay droop down their wings, pull in'their
neck3, o.nd die. Gounds pessimistic, but re
ports the Idaho experinent station, nortal
ity is one of the "ills" of the poultry in
dustry.
The experiment station had 5178 leghorn hens
and l03t about 19 per cent of the flock.
Their studies show that the disease, leukos
is, kills over one-third of all hens that
die during the first ;!ear of egg production.
|..ccounting for the other losses, and each *
takes about the same’toll, are peritonitis, .
ovarian disturbances, coccodiosis and can
nibalism.
Studies shov; that there is a gradual increase
in the rate of mortality during each month
after egg production begins. Mortality is
quite heavy during the last three months of
the laying year.
Chick3 are more susceptible to both-'coccid
osis and leukosis during the first few weeks,
Host effective control measure is rearing
in separate brooder houses as far away as
practicable from the old’ stock or the ground
used by them, /.void walking from the laying
flock to the brooder as much as possible.
RICH : Oil fOR l\H> V/J'/U
Fertiliser ranks high on the rhubarb grow
er's oxpr-nsc list, Chicken manure is ap
plied at the rate of 10 to 12 pounds per
acre. In addition commercial fertiliser
(5-10-10 ' or its ecuivalent) is applied at
the rate of 1000 pounds per care.
khubarb seems to take more fertilizer and
prosper on it than any other crop, accord
1 ing to lielvin Knoblauch, vice president of
the Sumner khubarb Growers association in
the Puyallup valley.
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Lack of vitamin D in the ration often is
the cause for shell-lo3S and soft-shelled
eggs. ..Ithough the principal component of
an egg shell is calcium carbonate, a hen's
sholl-foming mechanism ’.rill not function
properly—even where enough calcium is fur
nished—unless hens are receiving enough of
the needed vitamin,
| Direct rays of the sun .are one of the best
source3 of vitamin D, If the birds recoive
sufficient exposure to unobstructed sunlight r
they i/ill receive an amply supply, ilherc
this is not the case, they need a vitamin
' D supplement in their feed. Sun-cured fod
der helps, but thej'- need the type contained
in fish-liver oils. For this reason, ap
proved poultry rations always include on
'' of these substances,' Hake sure layers re
ceive enough calcium, as well as tie vitamin
: Ground limestone or oyster shell are good '
j calcium supplements,