Show 60 60 PER CENT PULLETS I URGED AS FLOCK RATIO Chicken flocks should consist of or approximately 60 per cent pullets to allow raisers to gain proper profit a asserts Dr M. M A A. A Jull senior poultry husbandman of the United States department of agriculture To o avert losses from the production tion slump of older hens during molting when prices usually are at their best Dr Jull adds the balance balanc of ot pullets is necessary ry The modern practice of forcing forcin production also permits but 40 per per cent of ot the flock to produce profitably during the secand second second sec sec- ond and year and so the older birds should be replaced |