Show Laying Age of Hens According to Thomas I Malrs ol Pennsylvania bens over two years of age are seldom good layers Leghorns Minor ens etc aro sometimes good during the third and fointh rears but generally speaking the Plymouth Rocks and such fowls arc of little or no use ns layers after tblr second year being much InclliK to become excessively fat For summer egg production pro-duction the lighter breeds and later hatched pullets of the heavier breeds 00 best A hen that has laid well all winter should not bo expected to lay exceptionally well during the summer |