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Show pOJLTf FOOD MAIN THING AS PULLETS GROW Oversupply of Chick Mash Not Wise. The success or failure of the poultry poul-try Industry depends upon the care and feeding of the pullets during the growing age, according to Prof. R. S. Dearstyne, bead of the poultry department depart-ment at North Carolina State college. "Cockerels and pullets should be separated sep-arated as early as possible," says Mr. Dearstyne. "This eliminates crowding, crowd-ing, which tends to retard development develop-ment In the young birds, which means a small hen with a correspondingly low egg production." The feeding problem, while often neglected, Is of major Importance, states Mr. Dearstyne. It Is a mistake to carry the young pullets through the developing period on chick mash, as such feeding tends to bring about an early lay and a molt when eggs are at a premium. The high protein feeds should be decreased when the birds are ten weeks old so as to bring them into lay about the first of October, he says. When the birds are fourteen weeks old, a grain ration should be kept before be-fore them at all times and Mr. Dearstyne Dear-styne recommends that two-thirds grain and one-third mash be fed until the birds go into the laying house. The consumption of grain may be regulated reg-ulated by keeping grain in the hoppers all the time and by feeding mash several sev-eral times a day for limited periods. |
