Convert Cockerels into Cash and Clean Up Poultry Yards
A USDA special information service urges early sale of surplus male chicks to free coops for pullets. It details feeding rations to fatten cockerels, advises retaining choicest for breeding, and notes higher prices for quicker market sales.
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Fiock
Jack Frost
Practical Poultry Primer in Farmers Bulletin
An illustrated Farmers Bulletin from the US Department of Agriculture outlines fundamentals of poultry production. It covers breed selection, fattening cockerels for market, rationing, housing, and a home made fattening battery with emphasis on efficient profit and humane culling of weak birds.
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Farmers’ Bulletin
Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
First Care of Baby Chicks Circular From Agriculture
The Department of Agriculture in Washington issues circular G-30 on early chick care. It emphasizes feeding and care as the key factor once hatching ends across sections.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington
Head Lice on Chicks Warns Farmers of Nuisance
The notice urges constant control of poultry pests with remedies available, recommending rubbing a pea sized amount of lard on the back of the head and neck after dark on a dry warm night and thorough coop care beforehand.
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