Show J c POINTS ON POULTRY CULLING Well to Discard Young C Cockerels and P Pullets Hots That Are Slow In Growing Grow ing and Feathering tare T I red bT br the United Untied V t tor or Of Agriculture In selecting the future flock It Is w well u to tB discard the young oung cockerels and pullets that are slow In growing and lInd feathering and also those that have havo crooked beaks backs legs and tails bits The winter flock of ot chickens should consist on only I of at the best grown pullets I oC of the year which hold out some sonic prospect prospect pros pros- of or earning their keep Culling Is lI usually begun In July and August by toy successful poultry raisers and ond by bythe bythe bythe the end of September all nil should hould be weeded out of or the flock fiock with witha a consequent reduction In the feed teed hill lIens Hens which have been fed ted for more than a n year car and which molt during dur duro fag ing July and August are likely to be TJ r r o f i z a Standardized FI Flock k of On One Breed stackers and should be the first to go The 11 chances are they will not lay again for some time the poultry specialist of oC the thc Alabama experiment station sta tion Uon believes It Is 18 usually advisable al to o standardize the flock b by having all nil of oC one breed but there are special conditions conditions con con- under which the raising of ot two breeds Is b advised Those having mongrel mon mono grel Irel chickens thickens will find It profitable to develop a ft purebred flock the United States Department of ot Agriculture ad I vises rIse cs This can easily be done within i two three few or 01 years ears by buying a settings of at eggs of or the tIle desired breed for Cor h hatching purposes Recent Investigations InestI In es tI at the time U. U S. S experiment farm tarm Indicate that quicker results may often bo be e obtained by such a purchase than by grading up the mongrel stock |