Show FEEDING PULLETS FOR WINTER EGGS to robe be good producers fowls should be well developed the profit or loss in winter egg production of pullets depends upon the care and feeding they receive for pullets to be good producers during the winter months they should be uniformly developed have good frames and be in good flesh before they begin to lay it Is therefore necessary that they receive e a good ration which will fill them out and also store up an abundance of fat according to el 11 at wells of the Colo colorado indo agricultural college feed a good growing mashor mash or a laying mash that Is supplemented with a grain rain mixture of two parts by weight of corn and one one part of flient wheat advises wells A laying pullet during the winter months will draw upon her reserve supply of fat not and the feed she eats will go toward the development of eggs otherwise if slie she does not have this fat reserve she will utilize the feed she consumes to sup ply her body wants and keep her warm and only the surplus will go toward the production of eggs I 1 it would be profitable if one one tins has the room to grade the pullets according to size make two or three grades of pullets namely those that are coming into bloom comb becoming red and are laying well developed would he put in the laying house and fed a laying mash with the grain ration recommended above eye the next smaller grade of pullets should he be given all the growing mash they will consume and this should be supplemented with a moist mash at noon this moist mash consists of the growing mash moistened with milk to a crumbly consistency by following this method the more backward pullets will be brought into production before extreme cold weather sets in to secure the maximum results in production from pullets it Is advisable to keep them housed separately from the hens |