Show FEED AND CARE FOR PULLETS Most Common Mistake to Give Fowls Free Range and Compel Them to Hustle for Living i When should an April pullet begin Generally the statement Is made that Leghorn pullets should begin be be- begin I be-I gin when five fi to five fh-e and one halt one half months old Rhode Island Reds and W Wyandotte pullets take a month longer long- long er and Plymouth Rocks still another another- I month An Investigation made by Pur Purdue I university developed the fact that many flocks are not doing as well as they could If It the young oung pullets were properly fed nn an and i cared for They are often crowded In the coops at night for the little brood coop that is big enough In the spring is crowded by late fall faU and the chicks sweat The he most common mistake Is poor feeding The Time pullets are allowed free range over the farm and compelled nM i ie a G e t r ra a 9 r rIn In Addition to Free Range Pullets Should Be Given Plenty of Mash to gather most of their I living I They may grow but It Is a slow growth To hurry this growth plenty of mash should be kept before them at all times A very simple mash for the older pullets can be made by taking l GO 50 O pounds bran CO 50 O pounds shorts and SO 30 poun pounds s of ot high-grade high e. e This should be placed dry In a n self self- feeder or trough and the pullets induced in- in Induced Induced In In- to eat ett all nil they will of ot it Some grain should be fed In addition that the pullets may bo be lu In good flesh when ready to start laying |