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Show WILL YOUR HENS LAY bO EGGS EACH THIS WINTER? If Not, Sell Them or Can Them is the Advice of College Experts on Poultry. Don't feed the non-productive hen this fall, is the timely advise given to the farmers of Utah y the Cbommit-tee Cbommit-tee on Agricultural Production of the State Council of Defense at its recent meeting held at the Utah Agricultural College, Logan. Feed costs too much to feed it to any but those hens which will produce 80 eggs in the next six months. Old hens and pullets hatched so late In the season as to be immature imma-ture cannot save in exceptional cases cas-es lay enough eggs to pay for their feed through the winter. Because of this they should be culled out of the flocks. They may be sold, eaten, or canned. The flesh is easily canned and makes splendid food, and at a cost far below market prices. Neither can good birds poorly sheltered shel-tered produce efficiently. Warmth, ventilation and sunshine are essential. essen-tial. Poultry houses should now be repaired and cleaned. Then", too, it is important that some provision be made to permit dusting and exercise. Hens need both. |