Show shredded corn stover Is a good winter bcd feed tor for mature animals such as idle boress breeding cattle or dry cows it Is deficient in protein and it if riven given to young stock should ajr be fed sparingly and with at a liberal protein botein supplement shredded corn stover that has been stored in good condition la Is a satisfactory roughage tor for wintering cheep particularly ticul arly in the first part of the winter i A white leghorn hen on the U S department of agriculture farm at beltsville maryland made the enviable record of 0 eggs in her pullet laying year yet she was cul le leu from the flock and sold as meat size of eggs as well as number is important in breeding poultry tor for good egg production the deportment believes this hens eggs were ward undersized poorly snapped chapped and contained less lass food value than ithan 20 dozen standard sized eggs they might bo no have hatched well had ari an effort been made to reproduce them and it is essential to breed chic chickens kins for or size and quality of eggs as well as 03 tr or greater number ol of eggs A minimum standard ol of 24 ounces to the dozen has been adopted as aa a basis lor for culling the department ot of agriculture breeding flocks |