Show EARLY HATCHED CHICKS BRING man RETURNS there may be some question about the value of the old saying that the early bird catches the worm but there Is no question that the early hatched chick catches the high egg prices in the all when supply Is small and demand Is heavy according to market statistics over a number of years prices in late september and early october are highest with winter eggs next in value early hatched chicks which can be put into the laying houses in time to produce tor this high priced market offer one excellent way of insuring the largest profits from the arm poultry flock experiments conducted with many flocks indicate that the early hatched lots produced eggs of a total value of per bird as compared with for late hatched chicks this Is not all of the story however the early hatched lot was classified into two group sone comprising all quickly growing eamy laying well formed birds while the other group consisted of slow growing and undeveloped birds that showed no indications of laying when the others did the net proceeds from the early maturing lot were from the late maturing lot in the light of this information it Is essential not only to keep the early hatched pul lets but also to eliminate irom the early hatched flocks the late matur ers |