| Show EARLY MOLTING OF CHICKENS western gives excellent method of controlling hena hans in changing feathers most people belleve believe that if they cm can force their liens bens to molt early they will lay more eggs during the season but this la Is no not true liens hens that have bavo molted bolted late will lay more eggs during the winter thau tha n the early mol tera this has been baon shown by tho the most careful experiments but the facts ara not generally known molting bolting liens hens require a large amount of teed feed containing nitrogen such as oil meal meat ineat and other feeds rich in protein molting bolting can call be forced by cutting down tile the feed of liens as it has been shown by experiments that scantily fed liens hens begin molting bolting earlier than those on full feed but the fo former do not finish molting bolting much ear earlier liar starved liens hens molt more uniformly than others and this la Is particularly anotle noticeable bable in hens two or three years old in an experiment conducted by the cornell experiment station it was waa found that on an a basis of liens hens the fed flock produced eggs to the value of 2997 more than by the starved flock the total income from till all the birds was for the starved flock and for the fed flock bock a alf difference ference la in favor of natural molting bolting for the year of about 95 A western poultry roan of long experience per peri lence ence gives his method of controlling molting bolting as follows As AB soon as tile the hens are through laying ile he turns them out on al alfalfa feeding them dry bran only in addition under this treatment they get thin then lie he feeds them a mixed ration of grains and meat giving a light feed in the morning and ull all they will eat at upon and night under this treatment ireat ment they finish molting bolting quickly get gei now new feathers and begin laying in september by october I 1 they are all in good laying condition and make a profit through the fall and winter PLYMOUTH ROCK IS POPULAR blocky shape makes them excellent dried breed for Bro broiler liers much FaNi favored ored as utility fowl tile the plymouth with r out a doubt the most popular breed of chickens in this country moro more of them are found on the farms than any other breed on special poultry farms the leghorn Is a very popular breed and in the poultry farming districts the rhode island reds reda are ara almost exclusively used bays a writer in the rural now new yorker As a general utility fowl the wy an dottes prize winning rock second in popularity to the rocks hocks the white variety being the most pop ular their blocky shape makes the them m an excellent breed for brol leru like lik 0 tho t ho plymouth rocks and rhode island reds they lay a brown egg the leg horns horna lay a white egg and in this respect they have a slight alight advantage an aa most markets prefer the white egg though there Is no difference in tho qualities of with a brown or n a white shell |
