Show SECRET OF successful POULTRY RAISING 4 M c I 1 cull the fowl on the left keep the an one on the right the long 1019 body deep cheat broad blood head and share hort beak together with thi the forlie bright lit eye of the cock cick on the ria right lit indicate good strong c constitution the than hort body with long I 1 legs and nd narrow head old and cheat indicate weak constitution in the bird on an ath the left by H L KEMP KEMPSTER 9 TER missouri colaw ot of agriculture A llull rl ull I 1 th tha sent of bucce atul Z poultry rala 1 I ing 1 IB to cull call breeding s stock block Idnia should ld undergo andr a most fint rigid r selection so d atlow not of on a ly for type but to for constitutional vigor for unless a illa bird ills baa a good strong constitution it cannot con not be an econome Remio ull cal 1 ard producer we dealt sk chick are am anim more liable to disease they ey are not a aa good egg producers produce ra n nor do the birds grow and fatten as ab econ economically y A good constitution on la 1 indicated by a turned broad deep chest cheat long body active disposition kesic keen bright eye a broad head and ad bright colored comb glossy piano plumage 6 bud and a very well curved beak bird 3 gibich which have any tendency toward nute the elongated elongate d heads commonly know as 3 cw crow haada heads should be eliminated from the tha breeding pens pena recalls females that have bov e heavy abdomens li down and ex excessive re still fat e ao that they bag down dow A behind should be sent to the market for they are generally poor In bleeders breeders bre mader eders and always poor producers produce ra the th a bird wit which ich Is the first off the roost in th the morning ing and the tha last to go on to tb the roost at night light should be used any bird which has haa been sick bick at any t time should not ba used la the breed red lit u alba belech ing ine pen the th time to beg begin to select bre br e edera ede for the next teacon an 1 when th the chicks are hatched those birds which eh show a tendency toward weak ness nesa should be marked at the time th thia a wea weakness knes 1 IB noticed in order that they hey may never find their way into the breeding pull pens A system of marking the birds bird should be used to enable the owner oure r tot to tell the age ol 01 1 hla his thick chick st ens this can cali bo done by tai the chi chicks k with a punch who when be hatch t ch ed ad or the main mature r birds way may be 1 leg s 9 banded in n the tall fall the owls fowls for the breeding pen should be selected Belec ted fr from the one and two Y id fork I 1 in or on der to secure the largest and best beat eggs tor far be hatching ching in fact the experience of the missouri agricultural expert most merit station shows show that in economical egg production few hens hena over me two aft 0 years year old should oer eer be retained the breeding stock should be ba sep ep rated from the general flock it la Is an unnecessary expense to breed from ro m B the entire flock because ot of the extra met male birds which will be necessary it I 1 la also alao a poor practice to breed from the entire flock because some ot of th the birds bird do not come up to the keep era ideal of chickens and for that reason mason should not be used the worst fault of the usual method of breeding are 1 the use of interior inferior males 2 the breeding of immature or poorly developed stock 3 the breeding from the entire flock poor BB as well re aa good and 4 the selection of eggs fr the general egg basket the former farmer should at aim to olica a few of the beat females and then mate to them a good vigorous male A few hens hem properly handled bundled will produce all of the eggs necessary tor for hatching batching purposes purpose will eliminate cumulate the need ol of using additional males malea and will pro duce does much better progeny |