Show RANGE SHELTERS HELP CHICKENS protection afforded by sim pie covering summer range shelters for pullets make it possible for the flock to obtain the advantages of open range conditions and at the same time offer the birds protection from summer heat and rains says C ai ferguson extension specialist in poultry at the ohio state university in such a shelter he points out it Is best to follow tested plans in general the low gable roof type of range shelter has proven to be the most satisfactory it Is close to the ground resists the wind much better than the high type and Is of such shape that it can be made from light material plans drawn by the state university show a shelter 9 feet 10 inches wide 18 inches high at the eaves with an even root span and a 5 foot 10 inca rafter A plan of this kind per alts use of 1 inch by three inch material for the frame and the use of build ing board for roofing the closely compressed type of building boards are best he states they should however je treated with a coat of asphalt roofing paint an 8 foot shelter will accommodate from to birds the ends sides and floor of the shelter are constructed ted of wire this protects the pullets from the attacks of skunks and weasels and the wire floor alda in getting the pullets to roost early they prefer getting on the boosts roosts next to the roof than to sitting on the wire floors by placing skids under the shelter it may be moved easily ferguson states this makes it easy to clean and to transfer to new locations on the ringe ri raise egg production by more rigid culling by H A SEATON extension poultry man kansas state agriculture college it Is possible to make 1 more pel bird on flocks averaging ago eggs than on flocks laying the increase la returns Is due to high average egg production culling Is one factor responsible for the higher average As practiced hy poultry men culling refers to the sorting of the dyl rabla and undesirable hatching eggs chicks pullets cockerell cockerels cocker els hens and breeding males good poultry men rigid culling from the eg until th hen Is unprofitable as a producer th greatest emphasis in culling Is cen on the hens not only to nate the non layers but to when and how long the have been lading summer culling Is carried out t eliminate the low producing hen an fall culling to select the breeder for the coming year to carry out a successful program on a flock it Is necessary t have a flock that has received reasonably good care as to feeding housing and general management must come first and then be tol lowe by culling turkey producers are to sell on roadsides turkey producers are able to read consumers through roadside markets retail routes or by mall in efforts t sell direct limits of demand are usually th only factors that hinder the unlimited i development of such marketing plana quality Is naturally the first coa in such a marketing plan it usually takes years to build up i successful marketing plan direct t the consumer steady sales cannot be expected seasonal conditions volume of prodoc alon prices and weather will b fac tors that will control b sales volume A survey conducted by the massa chu department of agriculture in that women are adapted to thi details and work connected with selling and figure largely in tali field of marketing S poultry facts s late hatched chicks should net h forgotten the common practice of keeping tin eggs in the kitchen should be avoided do not dope well turkeys but them plenty of tree range and keel them away from the poultry flock poor layers usually molt earlier thai good ones heavy layers generally oi not begin to molt before september 0 october confine broody hens the first hey stay on the nest to a roomy cool in a shady comfortable location an then teed them mash and milk once day with moist mash in addition mud on the shoes of attendants car ng for chicks in wet weather may ac aunt tor worm infestations in lots 0 even grown on clean ground |