Show HENS THAT DO NOT MOLT IL LATE ARE BEST EGG PRODUCERS 7 the best layers of the flock and those that should be kept for breed ers do not molt until november prepared ly by the tha united states deportment department of agriculture lt liens hens that devote too much attention early eaily in uie the season to the fall styles in feathers me are biot bot the be kind that please the flock owner it costs too much to support them rind and they demand too long a mcatlin Mc atlon period but the lien hen that wears her old clothes until autumn has almost passed Is the best ot of the flock for she has kept on laying since the previous fall or winter so now when you see a rford that looks shabbier than the others d do 0 ll 11 not 0 t coll conclude that she Is 14 3 of the he no n account kind anil and that alint her s smartly III artly dressed sisters me are the ones to keep take short vacation of coilio some of tile the liens hens that melted eft earlier riler say in august and september ore are profitable enough to keep but alie ill cream of the flock Is made imide up tip of liens that do not change tit their ir november feathers until october or november their molting bolting will require only a few weeks and they will probably be laying again by the of january the poor ones the early bolting molting loafers will not until about this time even though they have been resting since the middle of the summer it takes one about two months and the other twice abat long to get back into production 11 the poultry keeper who lias has an all eye tor for business will not neglect this worn looking late layer for site she Is the best profit maker lie ho has she needs a highly nutritious ration it if she Is to lie ile in the best beat condition to start on oil another year of high production when she quits laying lading and starts to molt she has ins ns as much need for a ration strong in protein as slie she has when she blie Is shelling out the eggs as feathers are highly nitrogenous in their makeup they use the materials supplied by beet beef scrap gluten feed and oil meal the oil meal Is very effective ve in keep ng mg the feathers in a healthy condition hens that lay eggs late in the fall and in the winter ore are really producing an out of season crop for it Is normol tor for the lien to lay for a time in the spring and arly summer and rest for the remainder of the year jear profitable hens are really those mose that have the capacity to force their egg making machinery but they must have the right sort of feed with which to do it that means feeding well balanced rations designed tor for the particular class and sometimes for the particular breed A balanced ration Is a combination of feeds which furnish just the necessary amount of nutrients lents to produce the highest and mot most econom economical leal egg yields the amount of feed needed to produce a dozen eggs varies with the kind of birds according to experiments peri ments conducted by the united states department of agriculture general purpose pullets produced a dozen eggs from 67 pounds of feed leghorn Legli orn pullets laid the alie same number from 48 pounds simple mixtures are usually the most desirable As the fall advances ind and the days grow shorter the ards should be encouraged to put away na as much feed as possible po isible during the day go that tile their ir bodies will have plenty to work on for all of the 24 hours A rood handful liand ful of scratch grain for ench each bird at night will fill the crop it Is not that oat the liens be made to work very hard for tills this feed be sure pure that tile the hens go to roost oost with a rr rill crop in jinking up ul rations it Is necessary necess nry to adhere to standards certain limit hut but some feeds may be sub tor for others its as barlay wheat and oats for corn flo however wever meat scrap and other protean feeds ran not ile he replaced by high vegetable protein rotean rot eln feeds feed all changes should he be made its as sudden changes nifty may decrease egg production A amat binany poultry nien lind livestock san ck feeders now believe that it tile lie noth roal inifi fins ft free choice it will elect felece the ration that Is most sul suitable table at the farm the follow following ins mash ivan mado up lip by keeping account of tile hie amounts of the different feels a laying in ing flock consumed samples of balanced rations mash scratch mixture 16 lbs ibs corn meal I 1 lb ib tracked cracked corn 6 lbs ibs meat scrap I 1 lb ib wheat 1 11 ib bran I 1 lb ib oats I 1 lb ib here Is 13 1 3 it A simple ration chilt hns has given very good results with leghorns Leg horns but that has proved too fattening for rocks nocks find Wyon Wyan dottes ment it will be been makes up over 25 per cent of the moish mash mann scratch mixture i 3 lbs ibs corri corn meal 2 lbs ibs cracked corn I 1 lb ib meat scrap I 1 lb ib oats oatis I 1 for birds tunit are made too fut fat by the preceding ration the following conta containing lhing only 18 16 per fler cent of meat earn hut but having baving const deraNa pro feln in other feeds lias has been found a good one mash scratch mixture 1 lb ih corn meal 2 lbs ibs cracks cracked born beorn 1 ib b bran 1 ib wheat I 1 lb ib meat scrap I 1 ib ab oats 1 1 ib b 1 I lb ib barley I 1 1 ib b ground oats oat a pou Poultry thymen raen resort to every possible means to get their liens hens to ent eat a great deal of f feed c ed in the winter when the lays days are short one way Is to cut the morning scratch feed to about half the hungry bird then goes to the mash rough brough and gorges on athe the dry mash then to increase the consumption ot of mash some som e of it Is fed wet at noon and the liens hens will att ut it when they would take no more of it dry |