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Show GETTING EGGS DURING WINTER Good Laying Hens Are Stronsc, Lar?e-Bodled,Vlrorous Birds E arly Molting Is Necessary. Where eggs are desired in the winter win-ter It Is important that the layers shed their feathers early so that the new plumage will be grown before cold weather begins. Some birds, however, begin to molt late, others early, this depending on the time when they are hatched, and as a result re-sult they are not In condition or seem disinclined to lay eggs when the highest high-est prices are obtainable. It Is possible possi-ble to cause a flock of fowls to pass through the molting' period early and uniformly. This method consists in withholding part of the feed for about two weeks, which stops egg production produc-tion and reduces the weight of the fowls, and then feeding heavily on a ration suitable for the formation of feathers and the general building up of the system. i |