Show SELLING OFF THE OLD HENS now Is in good time tima to cull out nor non layers layer and fowls two or three years atar of age tay y T E M r z nc j U 80 N at alx athla Ps uan of f t the h year Y ar hena hans hatched a year ago last spring may bo be roasted nicely if they are in good condition and let me say bay right here it lei id bad policy to market chickens that are ar poor la in posh flesh A thin hen can be well fattened in three weeks she can aa be made to advance in weight from 4 pounce rias to six nix pounds and this gain of one third la in flesh la Is surpassed by the advance in price per pound nt at tho the hands handa of a discriminate ing in purchaser there Is another kind of fowl that tho the shrewd farmer to get rid of before winter and this to la the time tima of year to do tt it I 1 refer to the hen two or three years yeara old the hen ben that you kept over tho the last season against your better judgment for you that as a pullet and as a yearling shei she did bettor better work at tho the egg basket than she ever can do again she accumulated fat during last winter and will do all right to stow lots of good gravy about her or she will it if stowed a while first make nice chicken pie if steamed a long time she eho will oven even make a ahmo roast self her now before the price gaeo down injure injune in june last year we disposed ol of B silver Wyan dottes ow our surplus old bens at 15 cents poi pound that la is more per pound that thai 01 ey will bring next fall from july I 1 to november I 1 old bens scarcely more than pay for theli food by the tow few eggs they produce and is aa tto the price of live poultry drop so eo fast in the meantime meant it Is best tc sen early |