Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-06-21 | Page 12 | Poultry Hints

I f Poultry Hints 1 Heavy mortality from always accompanies warm weather Strict sanitary measures should be maintained constantly to prevent exposure of the chickens to the dig dis dis- dis ease Body weight may be gained for pullets by increasing the grain proportion proportion proportion pro pro- portion in the ration and reducing the mash White leghorn chickens with white skin beak and shanks are usually good producers Some exceptions exceptions ex ex- must be made since diseases diseases dis dis- dis eases sometimes bleach the skin or yellow tinge may be inherited ted Housing pull pullets els and older hens hensIn In the same coop will be less hazardous hazardous hazardous haz haz- if the younger birds are old and large enough to properly care for themselves around the drinking fountain and feeding hop hop- pers An average egg production per bird should be around annually The mark however should be the thelow thelow thelow low mark for feeding programs for production particularly if mortality mortality mortal mortal- it ity is in excess of 20 percent