Show SOME essentials OF SUCCESS WITH HENS laying fowls must have a variety of feeds by PROF G M A good breed of properly bred Is the first essential of successful egg production for egg production alone the white or the brown leghorns Leg horns are an surpassed for the general farmer ind oeners desiring both meat and eggs white or barred rocks white Wyan dottes and rhode island reds head the list keep only one breed and breed these by continuous selection vigor and egg production no hens should be kept for laying purposes aes after their second laying ear on an hens will lay 76 per cent as many agga egga during their second laying year as they will during the first after this they will seldom lay enough eggs at market prices to pay tor their feed the ability to hatch and rear young stock is a third essential for the general farmer keeping not more than ana or two hundred fowls the natural method of batching and brooding cannot be improved upon for those in the business of egg production on a baiger scale incubators and broaders brooders bro oders are a necessity A good poultry bouse one that la always dry inside and admits plenty of fresh air and sunshine without drafts must be provided this la accomplished complis hed by having three sides tight and the south side largely open olasa windows are an unnecessary expense the building should be convenient and not cost more than one dollar for each bird it will comfortably house proper method of feeding consists in the use of a variety of cheap grains and mill products 0 good quality when fowls do not have access to insects meat food 0 some form Is an absolute necessity lime in the form of ground oyster shell or old plaster should be provided together with plenty of green food and fresh water at all times economy of labor is the sixth essential of profitable egg production this can be largely brought about in three ways 1 the use of the colony bouse system of housing where buildings can be moved 2 by the hopper method of feeding so that the stock need only be fed every few days or once a week instead of several times a day 3 by the use of a water system which does avay with the necessity of carrying water to the fowls and by giving the stock plenty of free range during both summer and winter months |