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Show fully developed first will not produce as early, but they will remain In good laying condition, all other conditions con-ditions allowing, for th rsmeinder of th season. Green sprouts that chickens may be able to pick up from thc range this early in the spring I usually insufficient to care for the demands, and alfalfa must be continued. Poultry Hints 4 Duplt repeated warnings, a survey sur-vey conducted recently of chicken ranches In Utah disclosed that many operators are eareleca about discarding dis-carding carcasses of chickens that die from diseases. Such conditions invite more disease, heavy mortality mortal-ity and eventual failure for tha poultrymen. Bodice of dead ehlck-enc ehlck-enc should be immediately and permanently per-manently disposed of by burning. Many operator have asked why summer brooding of chickc is not being advised by authorities. Heat of summer makes it impossible for the poultrymen to properly regulate tsmpsraturss under the hover. Many of thc chicks will die of suffocation, and those that live will not bo ready for production until after the peak price season Is oa, and they must be fed over the clump of thc winter aon, without reasonable income. Spring brooding has always been most euccessfuL Excessive protein In rations during dur-ing the growing and developing periods pe-riods often encourages pullets to lay before they are fully matured. Such chickens lay for a short time, then stop to grow more, and to gain body weight Pullets that ars care- A |