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Show I'llEPAHE NOW FOIl IIEA11 E(!(1S NEXT FALL If the funner wishes to benefit by tho high prices that eggs tiro certain to bring next rail uud winter, be should begin to get ready for them ut once, say the poultry specialists In the department. The way to have cgg3 latei In the year Is to hatch pullets pul-lets early. It Is the early hatches from which the early pullets are derived de-rived that aro the largest money makers ror the poultry producer. The early hutched cockerels can be marketed mark-eted in almost any market In America when they attain a weight or tlireer fourths of u pound to a pound mid a hulf each, which they shoiifd ruich at about C to 10 weeks or nge, respectively, re-spectively, ut a greater profit to tho producer than at any other time of their lives, The early hatched pul-kits, pul-kits, If properly grown, should begin to lay In the fall ut tho time when eggs are scarce and high In price. A FEW FACTS TO HEMEMHEIt. Pullets miiBt bo well matured before be-fore they will lay many iggs. Pullets that start to lay In the rail before cold weather sets In will, as a rule, lay nil winter. It Is tho early hatched pullets that produce eggs In the fall and early winter, when prices aro high. February, March, and April aro tho months to do your hatching In order to secure early hatched pullets. Yearling und L'-year.old hens do not lay many eggs In tho fall, as they are molting at that time, and the feed they consume goes not only to keep up the energy and lifo of tho birds but nlsc to put on or grow a now coat of feathers. In properly matured pulhits u,U surplus energy beyond that needed to meet the requirements of tho body Is available for the production of eggs. Wrlto the. Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, I). C for free bulletins on poultry management. |
