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Show Poultry Raisers Will Cull Flocks1 With practically every progressive farmer throughout the Gunnison Valley Val-ley making plans to embark Xin the poultry game as a side line to his farming and stockraising, one important im-portant question arises and tHat is the raising on "top-notch" laying hens. The Ui-ih Extension News, just testifl l-v i!;c : gHcu. a-al col- i lege at Lt gi.n, says thru dr.'h.i the months of August and September fifteen counties throughout the state received cullnig demonstrations and that as a result thousands of "non-workers' "non-workers' 'were consigned to the markets mar-kets and went lo make up Sunday dinners. In practically all of the demonstrations it was found that out of "very 100 liens fiflcn to thirty of them were not paying their way. Not aipiie were many men present ft the donionstratoins given but I'-omon were deeply interested. Com-oentir.g Com-oentir.g further on the plan of cdu- . 'iUon of those contemplating raising I chickens on a large scale, the Kx- j tension N'ews snys: After the denioi'stration at Bountiful Bounti-ful one man said, "In the past every .cm thai I kilh. d seemed simply filled vi.'h eeg:':-. cn:l egg yolks but from low on 1 r.o,"!l pick llic poor hens a'i'l la e the yood ones." "1 h;:ve ;iiwnys been in the habit, of r;.vig l!.c lo':ght white feathered,! yellow .'-.h.-u-.i-cd hens, in the fall be-! c.'Se they hio'.eii.so nice," said one '.voiiiat'. "Ihii fioiu new on give me ihe rajT'ted, dirty, hleac hod-out hens 'hat have h"'.1!! producing all sum--e? fur l!a,v aie the onta worth la ad.ii'ion to cuUr.g, many -problems on housing, feeding, care of pullers .--'.I'd l-.re-.vSi Jig wer discussed i-i-l t '-! ! e.iit. As a result of i i'ii-".--e u: " :'o-'"s'ra i ion .-! in Utah, the! a e. lv i id of t.liou'-.a'ids of I -vorl .: h i .1 thowaods of ht!:.!;cls of ,;:::) v-:il c;o to hens that' x'w : '..: nii.;r:is ir.slead of be-j i ii; f". tj :i it. . :s tht will never ;.-iy for il. |