Show KE KEEP EP ALL EAR EARLY LI HATCHED LAYERS Well-Developed Well Pullets Should Be Selected for Producing Eggs During Winter HANDLE ALL FOWLS GENTLY Much Depends on Method of Changing From Summer Quarters Special Quarters Special Attention Should Be Given to Making Hens Comfortable Pullets that were hatched batched early last spring and developed properly during the summer should hould begin laying In n Oc Oc- Oc- Oc tober These are the pullets that should be selected now to make up the Hock flock that Is Ls s to produce eggs next winter Whether they continue to lay next season when eggs are high m tn price depends upon the way they are fed and the method o oZ ot changing them from summer Bummer conditions to their winter win win- ter quarters At this season these fire ere the questions ns that should receive the at attention of ot every poultry raiser It i Is desirable that pullets be In the houses Muses they are to occupy during the winter three or tour four weeks before they are expected to begin laying However However How flow ever If It pullets are on good range they should not oe ne d deprived of this and may be removed to their winter quarters quarters tern when good range b becomes comes scarce The change should then be made gently gently gen gen gently and carefully and special attention given to making the tho hens hens comfortable and cont contented ln new home If this is done the transfer wIll have only tL It slight effect on their egg elg production Give Pullets Good Start Gentle handling and good treatment will go a long longway way toward offsetting the unfavorable effects effects of ot moving pullets pullets pul pul- lets whether the change to permanent winter quarters is made before or after winter laying begins Rapid and rough handling should be avoided A A. little extra time an and anil care in moving pullets carefully makes a difference of weeks mid arId sometimes months in egg lion tion The new home should be clean clenn the floor covered ered with Utter litter all nests and feeding and water ater equipment ready for use A feed of grain should be scattered In the litter and a drinking drinking drink drink- ing Ingo vessel filled fined with water before the transfer is made When hens are to be changed from one ono house to another it is best to move them after dark If only a few bir birds s sare are to be removed remo and the distance is j I short they may be carried two at a time not by the feet with their heads hanging down but resting in a sitting position on the attendants attendant's hand and and I wrist When a large number of birds are to to tobe be transferred a convenient box or r rop op may be used The birds should not be overcrowded and should be placed p in and removed from the box gantly La Laying Ing hens should get a great part of their feed teed by foraging When housed in winter quarters the tIle best substitute substitute sub sub- for this Is to make them scratch cratch for loJ the GraIn Jn In n clean Utter litter scattered about the floor TLe PLc hens will titus thus get It the necessary exercise which is essential for fOI good egg production If hens are nrc in winter quarters from free tree range maige they should be liberally liber ally aUr supplied with Ith vegetable f feed which at time C elm can n be easily obtained ob ob- tallied from the garden In fact laying lay lag ing hens liens should have vegetable table or orr green r cn n feeds us LS S much as ns possible throughout the tius winter ThIs Tills makes It ft possible to feed grain heavily to promote promote pro pro- mote good egg production and yet keep the birds in the best of ot physical con- con problem of feeding is one of ot great Im Importance ort and should be carefUlly carefully carefully care care- fully considered ed for on It depends to toa toa a 11 tar targe exter extent t not only the general health of the birds but also the economy economy econ econ- omy omi which prom promotes tes success It is a as s subject however which should be studied with wItha a large amount of common common com coni- mon sense for there are no hard and fast rules which can be laid down dO as appl applying Ing to every case The price of ot feeds and the general environment environment should be considered in determining the right rations Profit in Winter Eggs For the largest profit a good proportion proportion proper proper- tion of the eggs should be secured during dur during ing the winter It If two extra eggs per week can be obtained from each hen hena a good profit will be made while if the product is increased by only one egg per week in winter this one egg will pay for all the feed the hen eats To obtain this greater production not only should the fowls be young and of a good laying breed but the feeder should have a full knowledge of the proper feed and its p preparation The nutriment in the feed of lof laying hens liens serves a twofold purpose purpose to to repaIr repair repair re re- re- re pair waste and furnish heat to the body and to supply the tLe egg making egg making gg ma ma- As only the lus over wh what it itIs Is needed for the body is available for egg production the proper feeds should be fed in sufficient quantities to induce this production In supplying feed to fowls there are three kinds of constituents which should be present in certain fairly well wen fixed proportions If the desired results re re- suIts are to be obtained most econom econom- These constituents are mineral min ruin eral nitrogenous and carbonaceous all aU of which are contained in corn wheat oats and barrey barfey but not in the right proportions to give the greatest egg yield In fn addition some animal feed and green feed should be supplied |