Show IT ID CULLING METHODS QUITE IMPORTANT Much Money Lost Each Year by Yearby Unskilled Manner I All the good methods In building a profItable poultry pock loci may be tol- tol lowed but It If culling cullin Is not the results are discussed Is ono one of ot the tho most dis- dis cussed phases of ot poultry work says 0 C F P Parrish poultry extension specialist at tho the North Carolina State college cOlleg There Is la a great deal ot of money lost each year on unskilled and timed Ill culling Most poultry men ore are elastic clastic In their culling tices practices leaving weaklings short and round backed birds deformed or un- un chicks with the hope that these may develop cop Into profitable birds This Is bad Such birds are arc al- al always al always wa ways s 's costly Culling must start with the baby chicks and space may be b saved sayed and disease dl ense eliminated It If the baby chicks are rigidly culled This culling needs to be followed on through the growing stage and ond when the pullets are arc transferred to tithe the laying house In the lie fall the good will pullout pull out the time weak weak- weaklings lings that may I ye been on overlooked earlier If It egg production drops sod sod- denly It may be a n case of ot poor teed feed or disease but when birds have gone gon eight months and have haye net laid It means that they are from pro low low stock and aad should be disposed of The laying lock nock should be culled nt at least once each month says s Mr Ir ParrIsh Then when egg g prices drop droIn tn in the spring another rigid culling should take 1 place lae with only the best liens hens In the flock lock kept In the laying house The virtue of this plan Is that the hens are marketed as ns they become be- be become become come culls and no birds are ure kept that are not paying their way In egg pro pro- production In such cases also the liens hens hen are arc not all nil lumped dumped on the market when prices may be low lo To ro cull properly Mr Parrish suI- suI suggests giving attention to the th comb health eyes ces molt pelvic bones flex flex- of the abdomen shank and beak vent rent color and ind weight |