EXTENSION SERVICE ifoTES
Sovcival people have asked regard*
Ing how to feed chicks and when
to change from chick starter to
growing mash.
There arc many c ifferert ways
to feed chickc. In fact every
body has his own way to do it.
Some find it successful; some
do not.
One of the moot successful poul
try raisin^ establishments in
thu country recommend the follo\>
ing:
Ctart feeding grain when the
chicks are ten days old. Use
fine chick grain and feed a
handful to 100 birds a day to
start. At two weeks they arc
getting a, handihl night and
morning fed on top of the mash.
From three to six weeks increase
until they got 1 pound grain to
five pound.- of mash; at six to
twelve weeks one pound of grain
to three pounds of mash.
At twelve weeks change gradually
from building or growing mash
to egg laying mash. Start feed
ing grain in hopper. . From this
point ( of feeding laying mash)
they like to have birds cat
two and one half to throe pounds
of grain to on« pound of mash,
thus, delating sexual maturity
so as tj prevent too early pro
duction. Pullets should start
laying at rpout six months.
The succ ss of_ your poultry de
pends primarily on sanitation.
Always remember that a poultry
man can got all kinds of inform
ation on t e. ding and care but
unless ho practices keeping his
chick3 in clean houses, or clean
pastures-- away from adult
poultry, it is his own fcncral.
Howard Estelle
District "ntcnsion Agent
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TvCITGLY ACCUSED
That, thj editor has r.quirod the
obit of snoking cigr.rs--so
any new arrivals in the C lony
so n..ny cigars-- it whs inevit
able, nltho’ we prefer c-ndy.
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APPRECIATION
With the clone of mother school
ycr.r r.pprecir.tion is ext ended
to the patrons of the Palmer
schcel for their fine community
spirit end cocpor tion shown
during the p-r.st term of school.
The success of the school in not
entirely dependent upon thos<:.
Erectly in charge but justly
requires the support which the
P..lr.or school has received.
CCC BOYS WANTED
Permission has been granted
from the Juneau office to accept
v ntocn year3 or older,
who may want to enlist with
the CCC. Er.Rob rt Gore foreman,
will Civc you further information
.nd instructions.
PULLET3 POR SALE
400 pullets will be available
to anyone who wants to buy more
chicks. Those pullets ere 4«
weeks old. See Max at the
Hatchery.
NEW BIDS BOR SCHOOL
BUSES
Bids will bo lot s no tine in
July for school bus tr:nop rt -
tion in tho Mntanuskn Valley,
The old contract ha.s expired with
t: is torn of school end a new
contract will be lot at th .t
tine for the corning year.
RURAL ELECTRIFICATIOB
REPRT]BENTATIVE CCMIEG
' ’ord has just been received
from .ashington D.C. that a
r pr sentotivo from the "Rural
Elcctrificr.ti n Administrator1 s
■f f ice, will be s:nt up here
at once,to further investig-tc
tho feasibility of rural light
and power for tho Valley*