Show PLANNING FOR EGG SUPPLY IN WINTER when tall Is here and the price of eggs begins to climb upward with the sure prospect ot good prices all winter then those who have given but little attention to the poultry during the rest of the year will begin to ask how shall I 1 make my bens lay through the winter it is uphill work to take a flock of hens that have been poorly cared for and are altogether unprepared and by caring tor them after cold weather Is already here get them to laying before spring the time to begin preparations for the winter harvest Is in the spring and the start must be made by choos ing tor the parents of your laying stock only those fowls that are strong and healthy and good laying stock by this care in selecting the eggs from which to hatch your next win ter s layers you give them hereditary tendencies to be good layers and good strong constitutions to help them develop quickly and enable them to stand the strain of early and heavy laying it this has all been done and the little chicks batched then winter eggs or no winter eggs depend entirely on your care tor and feeding of these chicks to prepare them tor their winters work they must be fed well and a variety of lood so that the whole body will develop properly bone and muscle must keep ahead of the fat but it only fattening food Is given them they cannot grow bone and muscle so teed them bran and cut oats or oatmeal and cut bone as well as coarsely ground corn they must also have food in some form good sweet beet scraps are all right for this or skim milk will take the place of meat although they should be fed as much as possible to hurry their growth they must not be fed enough to cause indigestion they must be given the habit of eating a great deal of food but must also be given a good digestion with which to handle it the ability to assimilate large quantities of food is absolutely necessary for a heavy layer As an aid in helping them to digest their food and in growing muscle exercise is very important it they are A prize winner running on range with their mothers they will get exercise enough in keeping up with her but it they are confined in houses or yards then let them scratch tor the most of their food in borne light clean litter or some loose earth keep them supplied with tresh drinking water and chick size grit many chicks die or have their digestion ruined because they are not supplied with grit and water they must also be kept tree from lice no chick can grow when a swarm of these little pests is drawing the life from its little body they must not be crowded in a coop overcrowded chicks will not erow well or keep healthy they must have plenty of breeh air and shade and both 0 o they choose which they please AB eoon as yung roosters show red in their combs separate them from the pullets allowing them to run with the pullets will retard the growth of both if kept by themselves the young roosters will soon be ready to eat or sell and the pullets relieved of their company will also grow faster this Is what is needed to make win ter layers a quick growth and an even 1 l around development eo that they will begin laying before the cold weather it they begin at this time they will lay all winter it they aro put into a comfortable bouse before they become chilled in the tall and are given the right kind of care afterward I 1 have never tailed to raise a floch of good winter layers when I 1 have cared for my pullets in this way |