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Show PAYING POULTRY FLOCK IS GROWN Spring-Hatched Pullets Carefully Care-fully Developed Are Best. Developing the sprins-liatched pullets pul-lets from the time the chicks leave the incubator until the pullets are placed in the laying house is the pathway to ' prollls in the poultry industry. "The object of this development Is I to have pullets of stamina, bone and ' vigor and fully up to the standard : weight of the breed," says R. S. Dear-' Dear-' styne, poultryman at State college. "At ' first the proper mashes are needed I until finally the laying mash contain-1 contain-1 Ing 20 per cent of protein is given. I The young pullets must have an abundance abun-dance of succulent green feed especially, especial-ly, as tlie grass on the range gets old and tough. When placing birds In the laying house, do this about two weeks before they start laying so that they nmy become accustomed to their surroundings." sur-roundings." Nesting material should be changed often, runs cleared of litter, perch poles scraped and freed of mites, and the birds examined for internal parasites. para-sites. A minimum of four feet of floor space to each bird is needed in the house, and at least two feet of perch pole for each three birds. Dampness in the house and damp litter is to be avoided if the birds are not to have roup and colds. Fresh, clean water Is necessary and the mash hoppers are to be kept filled at all times. Oyster shell and grit needs to be kept before the birds, and grain fed twice each day with the heaviest amount at eve-I eve-I ning. Mr. Dearstyne says that the poultry-man poultry-man will do well to spend about ten minutes each day in general observation observa-tion of his flock. This will help him to find any lack of thriftiness or any indication of disease. Birds roughly handled, irregularly fed and watered, Infested with parasites or neglected In other ways will not prove prol'ntable. |