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Show Good Chicks Pay in Laying House Next Fall It will take three chicks to produce every pullet that goes into the laying house next fall, poultry authorities estimate. One chick usually dies, one of the two left Is a cockerel and the third should mature Into a good, healthy pullet. Purchasers of chicks ehould keep this general recommendation recommenda-tion In mind In planning their flock program. In buying chicks it is essential that good quality chicks be secured. It ia Impossible to produce good hens from poor chicks. Under the code, hatch-erymen hatch-erymen will not sell chicks below cost of production. It costs more to produce pro-duce a good chick than a poor one, consequently they will cost the buyer more. However, the additional cost of a cent or two on a chick does not amount to much in the value of the pullet that goes into the laying house next winter. It will only take a few more eggs per hen to pay the difference differ-ence In a lot of good chicks and a lot of cheap chicks. A quality chick la the result of careful flock management, manage-ment, years of breeding and a program pro-gram of disease control. Prairie Farmer. |