Show HEIN IS age at which fowl Is best depends on purpose for which they are I 1 kept METHOD OF FEEDING COUNTS commercial plants follow forcing system which gives heavy production for single season not good for farms the age nt at which flitch ki hen Is 18 mo most t profitable for egg production depends largely on the method of feeding and the purpose for which the bird la is kept in the opinion of N L harris ls superintendent in of tho the poultry farin at the kansas state agricultural college if tho the object Is heavy egg prodie tion without expectation of using tile the bird for a future breeder the forcing method Is adopted said mcharris Mr Harris by tins this method the liens hens tire arc kept lit in it small yard or house aud and are arc given a ration which Is high in egg prodoc ing elements by this method the reproductive system is worked to its highest capacity alm aim Is immediate immediate Imme diale production it is seldom that it bird will he be able to stand up under such feeding conditions for more than one season this system of forcing la Is followed by largo large commercial egg plants tile object being to get tile greatest possible po Ible income front from the liens hens in the shortest time tile the forcing habit has given rise to the statement that the pullet year is the most profitable of the alio life of the lien hen As the great majority of liens hens ure kept on general farms where the production of eggs la Is merely a side line forced feeding Is not practical tile general plan being to allow the liens free range and feeding them so ns as to produce only tile normal amount of eggs many eggs in second season cared for in tills way liens hens of the small egg breeds will produce nearly but not quite us its wany many eggs lis season as tile first those breeds willell which have it 11 tendency tefil lelley to put lit on oil flit fat readily usually decomo unprofitable the second year hens that tire ire to be kept as breed ers should never lie be given highly lilg lily concentrated cent rated feeds if this Js 14 done the liens hens will mill not be in li a good condition to produce the best of chicks |