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Show KEEP TAB ON AGE OF FOWLS Enablea Poultrymart to Cull Out Hem That are Unprofitable One Method Favored. It Is mere rueas work to tell tha age of a hen after ahe lias passed the pullet stage. To the good poultrymao It Is Important that the exact age of every fowl on Ma premtsee be known. Hens that are paat the age for profit should be culled out and their places taken by the younger atock. lgbandB with numbera may be used when the pulleta arrive at maturity, and. If record rec-ord are kept, the Identity of each fowl la easily eatabllshcd. A less elnb-orste elnb-orste method, and one which no ponl-trykeeper ponl-trykeeper can afford not to follow, 1s to punch a bole In one of the four weba of the feet, each web representing represent-ing a certain year. Special punchea for this purpose may bo purchased from any poultry aupply bouse, but a small alxed leather belt punch can bfl osed to good advantage. The hole Is punched very easily when the newly hatched chick la first taken from tha nest or Incubator. All of ono aeason's chicks may be marked on the aami web. although If special batehln" ire to be kept aeparately as bleh aa fifteen comblnatlona can be osed. If properly done tha hole or traces of tbe acar will always remain and tba Identity of the fowl cannot bo lost. |