Show p y CULLING POULTRY IS QUITE SIMPLE Consider Four Points When Picking Out Loafers There Is ts no mystery about culling poultry it is quite simple when rhen done In the summer since the changes In Inthe Inthe Inthe the body of the laying hen lien are more pronounced cd then than Inn at other times First says W F r poul tryman nt at the North orth rth Carolina state consider the condition of the feathe feathers if they are worn ragged and dirty It is because the thc hen ben is a worker not a n drone and the working u UI C of ot the poor laver layer will be In good on In late lite summer They will be clean and well kept because uce she Is n a society chicken a n I 1 spends lots of time on her appearance The poor la ers illy get a new coat early euly In the summer while chile the hen heavy vy layers may muy not moult until August Septem September September September ber October November No ember or even e e en later t e points out Mr Ir Armstrong the y he y layer does not usually get enough yellow corn orn or green feed to keep the yellow ellow color stored up In her body w laying so her skin and shanks bleach out and become white This yellow pigment Is taken from the body and put Into the yolk of or the egg to color it The poor layer la In cr does nut call caU so hel lIy on this reserve supply and therefore her natural yellow skin shin and sh shanks The poor layer is fit fat and the good layer Is usually rather thIn The lit lit- litter lit ht litter ter does not ha have e time to store up a supply of surplus fat fat The fourth point is the body meas mess u I expands because more room is needed to consume more feed and tore ture ergs eggs e gs The poor layer laier In er will most likely mely be out of lay Jay In late summer and will ill have hare smaller measurements than tIle the one v which is pr p Me Ie J i Jure ure by the width of the hand and the lingers fingers from the rear end of the he he breast breastbone breastbone breastbone bone to the pubic bones and then be between between tv tween een the arch of the pubic bones bonessa Sll says s Mr Ir Armstrong The best layers have the greater distance between these bones |