Show POULTRY FLOCKS A EGGS BACK YARD FLOCK owner should de cc satisfied with no lies less than ten doxen dozen egg eggs per hen say expert experts prepared by the wilted lilted state states ment of agriculture the albruge u novice can reasonably ably expect to get lui full of nt lit kust tin donn eggs I 1 ter er ben hen u 3 mr car from ills dinall nock flock in the buck back aard urd sal poultry of the united dopart department part parti ment nent of agriculture on the basis of two lien liens to each of tho the family this mill give 20 doun egg eggs I 1 to anth lerson which amount la ili about half way may between the general of fann farm and city consumption no back artl poultry keeper should bo be with alian thin lie Ile should tri hoi however ever to get as much more as ble to provide on an egg a day for or each person two hen hens would have haie to lay eige eggs each a liar thia this Is by no means nil Imp ie le average for sini locks flocks it Is perhaps not too much to 4 16 ga alyx 1 4 A common mongrel back yard flock aty that in case where the person at keiding the flock Is in lit a position tc to look after the wants nants of tho the birds birdi three or inore more times a day lay an average aver tige of better shuit thirteen dozen lags p per er lien can con be secured if lie tile hens heng are mature malure and in good condition nt at the blurt start anti have haie the Ni vitality to airry thun through n vear ear of heavy hem 3 laying for the farm the average of eggs per hen la Is advised as the lowest th tint thit it should be accepted as satisfactory while for the back sard la Is insisted upon as is the lowest average although in general u the condition in back forir ard are less favorable to poultry leeping than on forms WHY CULLING IS profitable uncalled flock of 92 hens laid 3 eggs in week and 3 with 7 taken out an flock of liens laid 3 eggs in lit the week before being culled st seventy ent nine weak layers were nere cast out tile culled flock of came right back the tile next week leek with alth a record of eggs while the 70 chills living under precisely similar condl eions and doing their very best were inere laying only 85 eggs the market value nine of the eggs bayed by he the culli culls was around 3 50 the cost of fed alone for them at a cent a day for each hen was 5 53 for the week fig urea ures like thee these say bay the poultry special fats ast 1st nt at the fann farm show the importance of keeping only the beet best layers lessons driven home in tile farm fam lit I 1 beaus and extension division F campaign for frequent culling of flocks should put thousands of colars in ohp pockets of poultry raisers GEESE ARE QUITE PECULIAR different from other fowl fowls as a they must be mated previous lou t 6 to breeding season gem 1 u re peculiar animals thea ought to ti be mated sherall month P prior r I 1 or to the breeding season to obtain the beat best results therefore breeding block stock should be bought in he the rail fall and all changes in mating made then BIR matlega tings are not changed from year to ear unless results are ter ton and this Is lie the peculiar feature of it if the are changed it Is usually to keep the ho grevl pre I 1 busly mated geese far all apart art they cannot hear hegr each oth other er U keep lime in n reach plenty ot of grovel grael or grit ond and a good dry dust bath for or the bowa Is 0 olve live th IP growing grow ing stock all hey they want to eat cut they wont pay unless they grow and they cant an t grow uness all mil fed separate the ho milea miles and females doh boh will stand the hot summer wcarl eath er better if it separated and tho the eggs will also keep I 1 etter liens need fresh water na no much ns as do horses during these hot summer sur timer dave das they will vill suffer buffer greatly unless they have line constant access to it the fanner famer who falla falls to save forne of ills choicest groi mith MI th clorel for the hens liens during the tile winer will miss one of the best eo byg g eeds w e have hae |