Show FOWLS FOR EGG production good strong vigorous birds are required and should not lay many eggs in pullet year good strong vigorous birds b are essential for egg production tho the simpie fact that a hen has laid or moro more eggs in her pullet year Is not sufficient to warrant her being used as aa a breeder I 1 have seen a number ot of egg eee hens with long narrow alu I 1 I 1 X ft single comb white leghorn heads beads and sunken eyes which indicate low vitality and moreover have tested a number of them as breeders bleeders bre eders and have yet to see bee one that was worth while breeding from judging from the performance and living powers of her offspring says a writer in an exchange A hen used for breeding especially for or the producer of males to head the breeding tons pens the next season should not only be expected to lay a large number ot eggs per year but these eggs should be high in hatching power and the chicks should live and furthermore they should develop into good sized birds quickly and the pullets 11 should hould lay well perhaps it might be well to give hero here the method that Is used by us in breeding from selected layers the hen Is required to bo be a good winter layer and to lay at least eggs in her pullet year the next requirement qui rement Is that her eggs hatch well that Is it Is expected that over 80 per cent of the eggs will bo be fertile and 90 per cent ot of the fertile eggs will hatch batch it is then required that 90 per pel cent of the chicks will live to five months of age and that the cockrell coc krels at n this age be well developed and weigh it from general purpose breeds at least six pounds each and finally that the pullets be good layers if the pullets lay well during the fall then I 1 consider holding their brothers as breeders bleeders bre eders we try as far as possible to test the males along similar lines as to producers of plenty of strong pullets and lay well there Is probably as much difference between males as there Is between females HANDY RACK FOR WATER PAIL one shown in illustration will be found of great convenience in the poultry yard As seen in tho the illustration herewith a handy bandy rack for a water pall pail may be made out of a few odd pieces of lumber and nailed with a brace bo bl water pall rack neath death to tho the wall it will be found very convenient in the poultry yard or elsewhere A hook in the wall to hold the handle may bo be needed where tho the fowls are likely to upset the pall BUY STOCK FOR SPRING NOW I 1 some of the advantages of buying june bred poultry at present time breeder Is thinning out it if you are aro contemplating starting in n the fancy poultry business next spring dont wait till that ume time to buy your stock so many wait ft all till the last moment before buying their stock that it Is an annoyance to themselves as well its as the breeder to bo be told that ho has no DO stock for sale here Ifer eare are some borne or of the advantages of buying june bred poultry at tho the present time 1 the breeder has a larger stock on hand than he will have in tho the spring 2 tie ile has baa more birds than he can properly accommodate now and will thin out at a sacrifice 3 As ao business busine gs to Is dull with the poultry fancier at this time of 0 the year ho he Is more anxious anthous to sell and will do better by you 4 it he Is compelled to keep his stock block over till spring he be will add the extra expense to tho the birds and ll it eggs for or hatching hate birg are in demand he be will not si aall ll 11 at any price 5 in the spring the pens are mated up and the careful breed breeder ler will not break up aphis hag matl t liena hent and ud pullets pu lleta of at any breed abrl are seldom to be had in the spring |