Show Year All-Year Layer Counts on Books The average rage hen eats 75 to 00 pounds of feed per year according to data kept on large flocks s. s The size of the body counts some somo and anda a heavy layer will eat more than a poor la layer er but bat the poor producers dont don't eat enough less to offset difference difference dif dlf dif dif- ference In the cost of keep The hen that lays no eggs at all nIl through the winter requires nearly as ns much Just for body maintenance as ns the one that lays just enough b to pay her lIer way The latter may lay eggs ergs enough during the spring and summer to make her profitable to keep while the one that lays no eggs during cold weather Is not worth boarding for half the year In order to get eggs In the spring The only liens hens really worth keeping keeping keep keep- In ing are those that are able to layall layall lay layall all the year except during the molting molt molt- m molt molting t- t IQ ing period Continual culling to eliminate poor winter layers has bas avery n a nery very ery positive effect on the yearly balance Nebraska Farmer |