FOOD MAIN THING AS PULLETS GROW Oversupply of Chick Mash Not Wise The success or failure of the poultry Industry dep depends upon tho the care and feeding of the pullets durIng during dur dur- Ing the growing age ac according t to Prof R R. R S. S Dearstyne head ad of the poultry department of of North Carolina Caro Caro- lina ilna State college Cockerels arid and pullets be separated sep rated as early as poss possible ble says says' ay Mr Dearstyne This eliminates crowding which tends to retard development development de de- In the young birds which m means ans a small hen with a corre corr correspondingly corre correspondingly low egg production The feeding pro problem lem while often neglected Is of ot major lI Importance states Mr Dearstyne It Is a n mistake mis- mis take to carry the young pullets through tho the developing period on chick mash as ns such feeding tends to bring about an early lay Iny and anda a a molt when eggs are at a premium The high protein feeds should be decreased when the birds are ten weeks old so o as i ris to bring them Into lay about the first of ot October he says When the birds are fourteen weeks old a grain ration should be kept before them at all nIl times time's am and Mr Dearstyne recommends that tha two-thirds two grain and third one mash be fed until the birds go Into the laying house The consumption of grain may be regulated by keepIng keeping keep keep- Ing grain in the hoppers till nIl the time and by feeding mash sev several raI tIm times s a day for limited periods