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Show :-: On Utah County Farms I With Extension Agents ! TRAINING CONFEUKNti: LOGAN Rebecca Christensen of j Spanish Fork, Mrs. J. P. Fugal ; of Pleasant Grave, Annie S. Huish of Provo, Mrs. Erma Swenson of Pleasant Grove, and Melissa Thompson of Springville were the delegates from this county to the 1 homernakers' conference at the Utah State Agriciittural college, under un-der the direction of the extension service. These leaders are receiving intensive in-tensive training in foods and nutrition, nu-trition, clothing, home - manage- the military department and the classes are held on the campus. Some of the leaders are having their first touch of barracks life, , and the regulation O. D., alt-wool 'blankets, all of which, they say. 'give them a better understanding i of what Armistice Day means. PULLET CAKE One of the most important problems prob-lems confronting poultry men at this season of the year is the selection se-lection and housing of the pullets, is the opinion of Carl Frischnecht, extension poultryman of the Utah State AgricuCtural college. Colder uncertain weather is here and delay de-lay anu the use of careless methods of selecting and housing the pullets may eliminate or greatly reduce the poultry man's income throughout through-out the entire year. There are some culls in every flock of young chickens and it is a mistake mis-take to save every pullet that is raised. Poor unthrifty pullets consume con-sume practically as much feed, require re-quire the same amount of floor space and take as much labor as good pullets, Mr, Frischknecht points out. In addition they are more susceptible to disease and seldom are profitable. In order to eliminate the unthrifty pullets with shallow bodies, small pelvic regions deformed backs and crooked breasts, it is advisable to handle ell the birds when they are being housed. As the undesirable ones are being eliminated it is a good practice to j count and carefulty grade the birds that are to be kept. The large mature ma-ture laying karris should be placed in one pen, tle medium birds in another and the smaller slow-developing birds in a pen toy themselves. Most of the birds in the last group need a little more time to develop and gain in weight but those that have not started to lay by the time they are eight to nine months old should be disposed of. With the feed-egg rated as unfavorable as it is at the present time, poultry-men poultry-men cannot afford to keep pullets that are handicapped in one way or another. Occasionally it is necessary to put hens and pullets together in the same pen. This is not objectionable objec-tionable providing the pullets that are added are large, vigorous and fully matured. When pullets and hens are mixed it is usually desirable desir-able to put colored log bands on one group to assist in distinguishing distinguish-ing them later on. Pullets should toe allowed to come into production normally. It js a mistake to start forcing them for pro elision when the first few eggS are produced. Forcing vil encourage encour-age the appearance of egg organ disorders such as inverted oviducts commonly referred to as "blow! outs." This trouble, however, may be due at least in part to a constipated con-stipated condition of the bird which may be overcome by feeding Epsom salt occasionally in a damn crtimbty mash at the rate of three-fourths three-fourths of a pound per hundred pullets. Since pullets should hp gaining in weight during the first few months of production, it js H good plan to mark and weigh representative rep-resentative birds each week or two to determine whether they arp growing properly. Liberal amounts of grain should foe fed each day 12 to 14 pounds of gmin for each 100 'birds is usually recommended Another part of the feed that must not be overlooked after housing is the green succulent feed the pullets pul-lets have been accustomed to on the range. This green feed c;ui be supplied by koeping bright well-cured well-cured alfalfa leaves before the birds in open-type feed hoppers, Plenty of shell-building materials and a good supply of fresh, clean drinking water should be kept before be-fore the birds constantly. ment, and child welfare during the two weeks period. In addition special lectures are provided for diversion and educational value, and time for relaxation and enter- ' tainment is part of the daily pro- ! gram. According to Mrs. Rena B. May-cock, May-cock, assistant director for home economics, who is in charge of the conference, the delegates are comfortable, com-fortable, happy, enthusiastic about their work, and glad of the opportunity oppor-tunity to attend college. The majority ma-jority of them are mothers with families and they have other duties as well, but the call of leadership for them cannot be unheeded. Of course they have their difficulties; some of them are homesick, when they have time to think about John and the children, but, in the main, they are a cooperative, industrious congenial group of homernakers. The delegates are furnished living liv-ing accommodations by the college. Army cots and blankets have (been provided through the courtesy of |