Show ThU I Ir r GOOD IDEA TO CUT CUTOUT CUTOUT CUTOUT OUT POORER HENS Why Keep Producers Non-Producers in inthe inthe inthe the Flock It Is economical management to togo togo togo go over the flock frequently for the purpose of removing the hens which show signs of having cease ceased pro ducHon The feed teed consumed might be put to more profitable use If It fed ted to the young oung stock In order that t th the birds going on the market may be bewell bewell well finished and the pullets properly proper proper- ly devel developed ped and In the best beat of ot shape to produce heavily during the winter months when new laid eggs command a profitable price When each hen must be examined l carefully The head bead furnIshes furnishes furnishes fur fur- valuable Indications In pick pick- picking ing the time high layers The long crow- crow headed individual or the bird with the flesh of ot the face In wrinkles and the c eyebrows overhanging Is seldom seldom seldom sel sel- dom a good producer The high producer producer producer pro pro- ducer has a n comb which Is bright red with ith a soft wax waxy texture as opposed opposed opposed op op- posed to a n dull dried and withered appearance The face Is cut clean rather than beef beefy the c eye ce e Is bright and prominent rather than dull duH and small Time The abdomen of or the producer soft and pliable The keel leel Is forced down away from th the pelvic arch and the pelvic bones sometimes called the lay bones are thin and wide apart A shrunken abdomen with pelvic bones covered with fat tat Indicates slow production or none at all A laying fowl uses up the surplus fat In the body and andin In the case of ot the birds of ot the yellow skinned varieties varieties va ra va- va the rate at which the fat fatIs fatis Is used can be determined by the fading of the yellow pl pigment ment from the vent ent eye ring car ear lobes beak and shanks In the order named At this season these parts on tho the heavy beavy producer are usually bleached white When a bird ceases production production production tion the yellow V eo pigment returns rapidly in the same order as It left The best layers generally molt In October or November when they shed their feathers much more rapIdly rapIdly rapidly rap- rap Idly and grow glOW them In more quickly than the earl early |