Show liT IT IS IMPORTANT TO PROVIDE PLENTY I OF HOUSE SPACE FOR ALL YOUNG BIRDS j d w 4 w ff f t f i rf- rf ft 7 N 11 j I n t 0 1 Ii II Ij y j fl e I 1 r Y N hd T M I 4 f t J PM P p Ii i l d I J. J t tf f J 1 ji il II tL t. t tz eLi j 1 f 1 ij i h J. f FA 0 1 h m Yo Yi JJ mf l Y 11 j u i I 1 i H 1 Y F f mo t fL 3 Mf r du 2 m w O f N iW t A 4 e j 1 wt h. h l t d W d w W r in tu xv r b i. i l f. W- W p if U UW W w j 7 N N f w. w Plenty of cOf Housing Space for the Pullets by Practicing Careful Culling Prepared r d by 1 the tine United St States tes D Depart part ment t Agriculture Biddy's boud boudoir r must be spacious commodious and amply roomy so that the pullets will not ot be crowded together together together to to- gether and packed In n as tightly as spectators at a worlds world's series ball game It is' is essential to provide plenty of house space space and and particularly floor and space roost for all the young oung birds In the flock as nothing Is more permanently permanently per per- Injurious and detrimental to the rapid and economical development development develop develop- evel p- p ment of the birds than congested quarters The growth of young fowl is s stunted and prevented where the birds are packed together In close clos confine confine- ment meat A safe rule Is to allow at least three or four square feet of floor space In n the poultry house for each mature nature bird The young stock should be carefully examined handled an and submitted to the acid test to ascertain whether or not they possess the makings of profItable profitable prof prof- table producers All Ml the weaker chick ens and those that are not thrifty and doing well as well as youngsters which arc are not feathering sufficiently fast and showing the proper amount of growth should be culled from the flock Trouble From Crowding The overcrowding of young oung stock at night In congested lodgings is s the cause of much serious erous trouble In n that the birds which are packed closely tog together to to- together g gether ther become ove overheated heated and perspire freely so that when they go out Into I Ithe the cold air of early morning they are I extremely subject to catching cold This indisposition favors the development development development develop develop- ment of roup and similar troubles which once they are established in the flock are difficult to eradicate without without without with with- out dispersing the flock Every should take a census of his young stock stoc and at the same time should Investigate his housing housIng housing hous hous- ing accommodations during the late summer In order that the pullets he retains retains re re- tarns In the flock as future producers may have plenty of room In which to develop le elop properly property and ana a n surplus of space for their comfort at night The gauge for the determination of whether th er the pullet flock should be culled Is the tilE the condition and appearance of the birds at night If the flock Is uniform uniform- uniformly ly spread out over the floor so that t tall all the fowl are comfortable there Is IR no need for close culling unless some of th the birds give external evidence of poor production and unprofitable type when they should be eliminated from the flock If on the other hand the fowl are crowded closely together In Inthe inthe n the house bunched and jammed In the corners or obliged to stand most of the time the least prepossessing fowls should be he culled Immediately from the rest of the flock The warm days In late summer ummer are severe enough on the pullets where they are maintained un un- del dei lh the most favorable conditions but where the ill effects of extreme heat are combined with the disastrous re re- results suIts which occur r from lack of sufficient sufficient sufficient housing space It t borders on the miraculous s If the young fowl develop Into but misfits mis mis- anything unprofitable fits fib Drop Poor Male Birds Subsequent to the separation of the cockerels from the pullets the male birds s should also l t LH culled only the thel l largest choicest most vigorous and type best birds being retained for breeding purposes while their thel less lessI promising mates should be marketed i I immediately if f they are In a fairly fat condition Under average conditions it does floes not pay to fit and Condition the surplus c cockerels for lor the poultry market market mar mar- ket as the best plan Is to feed the young stock at all times a bountiful ration of growing and fat fattening feeds s sr sf that whenever gulling culling is practiced the th undesirable fowl will be In a fairly fair 1 ly good condition for early con consumption sump tion on the family table Furthermore more feeding the tile young stock In n this monner manner mon man ner ner means that the pullets are fit and prime for active service In the egg egg- laying line |