Show HATCHING EARLY EAKLY PAYS BEST pullets should be mature by novem her ber 1 and begin laying maturity may be hastened while some pullets may inny start laying early earl in tho the fall and molt during late fall or early winter and not resume laying until spring this will not be characteristic of the entire nock flock with tile the general farming breeds such as plymouth rocks hocks Wyan dottes rhode island leeds Lang langehans shans and little trouble will bo be had with fall molting bolting of pullets unless the birds are hatched extremely early by what Is termed early hatching Is meant not later than may 10 15 it takes take about six months to mature a pullet of the above mentioned broods breeds with special caro care and management and in somo some hocks flocks where they have been bred especially for egg production this may be hastened to a little over five months but on the average it will ivill rim rtuh between six and seven months all pullets should be hatched so as to mature and ready to start laying by the first of november with leghorns Leg horns and the smaller quicker maturing varieties 0 orio a does not need to hatch quite so early as with these birds maturity can be obtained by the first of november with later hatching after very careful observation of poultry conditions throughout the country A 14 hens take good care of chicks even when confined substantiated by experiments in the experiment station and others it has been found that juno june aud july hatch lag ing either from tho the standpoint of egg or meat bro production Is not its as profitable as tho early hatching in so some instances ir where the season Is bac backward ward and plenty of shade can be afforded and vermin can be controlled by rigid sanitation methods june and july hatching can be made profitable |