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Show CULL OUT UNDESIRABLE HENS All Fowls That Have Passed Thelr-Term Thelr-Term of Usefulness Should Be Marketed at Once. It is always seasonable to cull out : the undesirable birds from a Cock, says the Poultry Journal. All hena that have passed their term of usefulness useful-ness should be marketed. While culling cull-ing should be continued throughout the entire year, the most heroic work should be done in the fall. What we call yearlings in poultry are those which were hatched the year before the pullets. They are nearer two years old than one, and make excellent ex-cellent breeders. After breeding pick out of this flock such as are considered consider-ed unprofitable. What we call the two-year-olds are the ones that are going into their second molt Very often some excellent layers are found among these, and it pays to keep such, but at that age the closer we cull the better will be our profits. This culling, cull-ing, however, can only be successful by close watching. No matter how valuable a heu may be, if she proves to be a feather puller or an egg eater, she, too, should be sent with the lot of culls to market |