Show POULTRY CACKLES RIGHT FOWLS FOR BREEDING hers hen are preferable to Pull pullet etli as ae they lay larger eggs fret free range Is I 1 favored ormrod by the united balei depart rilent of agriculture if cockerels cockerell cocker els or 01 pullets are used in ili tile breeding alock they should bo be well poultry jn in the united states of agriculture advise ildia lit tire art better than pullets they lay jay larger eggs yearling it ch produce stronger chicks yearling und mid two to year old liens hens tire are better than older onet ones use u iid as bleeders bre eders should be mated with a lock cock rather than hun with a cockerel it a cockerel la Is used ab should be muted mated with JIVIs inns rather than with pullets As a rule will well matured cockerels cockerell cocker els will give better fertility than cocks bocka when possible free range should ile be provided for the brechling stock it la Is better to provide lt it during the entire full fall und atilt winter before till the breeding season but if tills thil Is 14 not vos possible sible free range just preceding ond during the he breeding season will io bo of great value hilda on free 4 I 1 W j U n 1 ACA 61 IV breeding flock on government pout poul try farm beltsville md range v will get more inore exorcise exercise atilt therefore will be in ili better health and I 1 will give higher fertility bettge hatch es and stronger chicks tho the breeding nock flock needy needs careful to inake binaku sure that th owls keep in good lire breeding e ding c bondt 0 id ion tilt the birds and ami the finites h hi should ie examined often to seo see ahat they are lot infested with lice ilee or op int mites tes altho if f these pests in any numbers will ft pe be bously affect or totally destroy for fer fifty care roust must lie ile exercised ulso 0 see that the inala does not frost hl ills gotab or wattles littles it if these tire frosted it ils ability to fertilize eggs egg swill will be tin mired laired bild inny inay not be recovered reco erod fur fir everni weeks on very rry cold nights ihen there Is danger of ahe he combs bei be ng frosted tile ho males to be used n R ire reeders ideis must be put in n worm place lich its as a box or crate of sul suitable table sin covered by it a ling bag or cloth tin tile needing i anale should be examined w 0 laslo vasio nally after feeding to see that lilt hla iop atop Is 14 full atilt and that lie he Is not growing thin sonic mules will allow allo the he liens hen to eat nil the feed with the result eliat they get out of condition it if this the male must he be fei fed separately from the hens bins at least once it il lay illy provide the breeding bleeding stock with i quarters the houze aust nus t ile be draft proof yet will well giitl abed and dry dr the birds s should not liot lie ic crowded it if the birtis birds flee arc val 1 ad I 1 square feet of floor bloor pair per ier 1 alid r IQ ile billowed lill owed tiit but on oil fl ev rane rance rom 3 to 34 square feet acl blid bird will he enough tho the bre bleeders eders roust must be fell fed so as am to beep them in such condition that they alny will produce eggs any good laying latiola Is suitable for this piu poo beef scroll scrap should not run 10 or oi ift 15 per cent of taw ta total ration the ilits should ile be kept in rood good flesh alet h litif jimile not ile he allowed to become x essl belv fe vely lv flit fat all whole or nickell iraln should lie be fed lit in litter TIIs 0 o reva tile the fowls to exorcise exercise by Pe scratch ratch UK tor for it As it a supply of green reed feell 4 usually locking lacking late lit in tilt winter 1 r I parly curly lit in tile spring sprouted teil oats abbage mangels angels in or cut clover closer or ifalia should hougil hou lil he be to fe |