Show CULL LOAFER HEN EARLY IN SEASON N Kept Dept ept U Until Fall Bring Very Small Price A hen lien sold In June will bring In more than a hen sold In October poul- poul often say To ro test the truth of that statement particularly as It affects culling affects culling the loafers poultry extension specialists at the Ohio State university present this example on the basis of ot last yen years year's s prices A Leghorn hen weighs four tour pounds She was worth 28 25 cents a n pound or on June 7 last year On On- Octo October er 11 this same hen was worth 19 10 cents a pound or a n total of 70 76 cents She was worth SO 30 cents less simply because of ofa a lowering of ot price It It- would be necessary necessary essary to make male a profit of 30 cents on that bird In the four tour months from June to October to pay vay for her depreciation depreciation depreciation de de- In value Pric Prices s generally go that way every year the university point out hence the necessity for culling the loafer h hen n early An Another ther reason says Paul Zumbro Zumbro Zumbro Zum Zum- bro one of ot the specialists Is that culling lowers your feed teed costs That Leghorn hen would eat approximately 25 pounds of or- feed In the four months which would cost from GO CO to 70 cents The hen stops la laying ing the first of ot June She Is not sold because the flock flags owner Is too too busy or It Is th thought she will lay later In the sum sum- mer Summer comes and the hen Is still out of production October comes and th the hen Is sold to make woke room for pullets On this one hen the poultry- poultry man has lost 30 36 cents for depreciation in price and 60 GO cents for feed |