Show EXPERTS AT ODDS ON PULLETS HENS Tests Teats Show Older Birds Arc the Best Breeders There Is a s MSt sat 1st variety end ind dIffer dIfference difference difference of the themore themore themore ence of opinion as to the use as nS breeders or orthe orthe orthe more mature pullets the use of hens for this purpose experiment station seems Ohio s the In found difference to base e a mortality of pullets pallets from pullet and pullets from hen m It fogs Ings greatly In favor of the latter Ohio findings of e c e mortality running as high as CO 60 per percent percent percent cent with Ith pullets from rom pullets pul pullet pullet let lct breeders breeder and selected or culled a promiscuous breeding flock fIock not In the of cases agree with Ith the practices of men In general However IIo e cr this test did not attempt to prove pro that there are ore not flocks ochs throughout the country which have and still 11 produce laer layers lasers from pullet i bred Ired pullets which la layers lasers erg In ID the first firsti i year car will show a n much lower lo nor mor and will produce eggs In profitable quantities Many poultry men hold to the L to- to lo c- c clief lief that pullets In perfect health and full eg egg lay are arc far more de- de desirable desirable de desirable as breeders than hens that are run down from heavy yields and therefore more susceptible to disease On the other hand some believe belle that hens that ha hale hae e successfully passed a n year of heavy yIeld yielding In are arc more desirable for reproduction purposes Breeding pens will soon be or ar arranged arranged ranged for spring reproduction pur purposes purposes purposes poses and some of these pens will still become the tests for proof of sue suc success cess or failure both as to the use of roun young or oI or old birds |