Show BULLING CULLING POOR HENS RESULTS IN SAVING SWING any any Fowls Eliminated From Missouri Flocks in 1919 9 orty Per Cent of Birds in Average Farm rm Flock Are Nonproductive and Should Be Fattened and l j Sold or Eaten In Missouri la last year ear bIrdse birds er e erg f eliminated from 1593 flocks l were culled under the super super- l islon n of the home demonstration i ts is sent out by the United States of agriculture and the fate Agricultural college This rei re- re i In a saving of approximately to their owners In another state local leaders i ere e entrained re trained with the result that 8 bIrds were culled Of or this aura nura- r C were found to be active bout About t 81 per cent of 01 Uth all the poultry In the country is cared for Cor my women For Tor that reason special attention Is given to poultry by the home clubs supervised by the department of or agriculture agriculture agri agri- culture and the state colleges and farm women are taught best methods of poultry selection breeding raising feeding housing culling V canning surplus surplus sur sur- plus birds for home homo use preservation of oC eggs and co operative co-operative selling of poultry products I Lack of thus far has hns I proved pro to be In the majority of cases the principal reason why a n flock Is not I profitable Forty per cent of the hens hensIn In the average farm flock today me lire nonproductive and should be sold or eaten enten It costs about 2 a year to tor feed each hen If she does docs not produce r more than that amount In eggs she is unprofitable t |