| Show REDUCING mm FEED DILL Bill OF FLOCK Results of Some Culling Cuffing Demonstrations Demonstrations Demon Demon- Demon Demon- Held by Several County Agents SELL UNPROFITABLE FOWLS P Poultry Keepers Are Urged to Dispose of All AH N Hens Hens Farmers Farmers Save Money by Selling on O Co-O Operative Co-Operative Plan I The he- he advantage of or culling the poultry poultry poultry poul poul- try flock flock eliminating flock eliminating the unprofitable layers lasers layers is shown by a number of reports reports' reports reports reports' re re- ports ports' being received by the Un United ed States department of agriculture from county agents who have conducted culling demonstrations In many instances instances instances in in- stances the culled birds were retained and fed for a few weeks In order to tod d' d demonstrate to the farmers the advantage advantage tage tage It arP proper culling Culling drives ed by county agents were conducted con con- lt ducted tl by poultry raisers In many lo lo- In one community in Missouri Mis Mis- soud the in more than farm m flocks were taken out In one fay day and sent to market In making a to the department of agriculture t lure ture ure oa Oil the culling work In Missouri II n. i ft Cosby state extension poultry says Saving in Grain Miss Nellie McGhee emergency home demonstration agent of Green county together with County Agent E. E A. A report that birds were culled out of about about 40 per cent These were sold making a saving In grain in the form of or The Interest on the money received for the sale of the I culls would bring the total saving to toI I about Mr Cosby further says To Tp show show- the efficiency and acc accuracy racy of local leaders the following will suffice From one flock of 75 chickens chicken chickens chick chick- en ens 25 were culled cuned out Only one egg was laid in the culled cuned pen in four days I From another flock of chickens 60 GO were Vre culled The pen of culls produced produced produced pro pro pro- only two eggs in three days two Fifty birds were culled from a flock of f 58 hens leaving only six good ones In four days only one one egg was laid In la the pen of 52 culls On One county agent reports on two flocks There were hens in the first flock flock of which were selected to make matee up the winter pen of f layers while 37 were put in the cull pen and fed the same ration as the others for two w weeks weeks' eks During this period the hens that were selected for fr winter lay rs s laid Inid rid 62 eggs or an average of about 6 8 eggs each while 15 eggs were produced In the other othe pen less than one egg for every very two hens In the second flock there were were 92 hens 67 07 of which were retained and 25 put in the culled class In one week the 67 good birds produced ggs while In the pen of 25 discarded lens only eight were produced Operative Co Marketing A cull the flock campaign was held in nine 1 Mississippi counties this fall and as asa a result birds weighing weighIng weighing weigh weigh- ing 5 OO pounds w were were re marketed Th These se birds caine came from 1349 flocks If they the had d been retained throughout the winter winter they would have been fed at a loss Through the help of county r gents these ese birds were sold by a cooperative cooperative co co- co- co operative plan and brought If u they had been sold by the Individual owners they would have brought 4 the extension poultry husbandman husband husband- man estimates The operative co-operative selling sell sell- n ing Ini plan l n th thus S saved sayed the farmers arm rs 1554 |
