Davis County Clipper | 1932-02-12 | Page 6 | "Long-Distance" Layer is worth Considering

Long Distance Layer Is Worth Considering The theory that pullets alone nione pay payas payas os as egg producers Is being modified Pullets do lay l y more eggs than year year- old old hens and In better season Out But It costs money to buy or raise them If a bird in fn her pullet year rear pro produces duces daces Dl c eggs gs and In her second year IS It Is clear that she Is of the sort that should not be sum sum- summarily summarily marily madly dealt with after one years year's It would pay to keep her for eg egg production alone and of considerably more Importance to retain her for breeding purposes The hen referred to Is a Ii Barred Rock Hock on the AgassIz farm She and 15 other Barred Rocks Hocks under test produced nn an n average of 1ST eggs In their second year In five fi years one of these those hens laid 1070 e eggs gs an average e yearly production of The development de of ot long distance long layers offered an nn Interesting field of work for poultry breeders and may maybe be of considerable value to the poul poul- poultry poultry try Industry Industry Industry- Nor Industry Nor or West Farmer