Show BREEDING MALE IS OF BIG IMPORTANCE With poultry as with everything c else like produces like realizIng the truth ot of thIs are now makIng the final selection of theIr breeders for the comIng sprIng ever bearIng In mInd that what they select now will be multiplied In numbers next year ear FIrst of nil all says R. R 1 E. E Cray assistant assIst assist- ant specialist In poultry husbandry ot of the New York State Agricultural college remember that the male Is Ismore ismore more than hat half the flock The cheapest cheap cheap- est cst male Is the one with a pedigree re ord stamina and body conformation tion the most expensIve male Is the thes s scrub rub whIch you oU usually get when exchanging ex- ex changing with a neIghbor Remember that egg production must be bred In In order to be fed out The good producer has body type ot of capacIty measured by Its length depth and width ot of bod body a lean face free from wrinkles and n a nent c eye e The head should be well balanced broad and deep with every line denoting strength The skin should be son soft and pliable ble and the shanks smooth and flat fiat Above all the breeder should show no signs of sickness sick sick- ness but Its personality should denote de de- note health vigor and Interested ac- ac Only use those birds bIrd for breeders which have completed at least one years year's production and whIch were culled vigorously during the perl period or Remember that you culled to eliminate the poor producers so that you would not breed from them and then decIde how many poor birds you ou would produce pro pro- duce It if you were to breed from the pullets which you now now have The comparative number of males malen and females varIes with the breeds as follows Leghorns I male to 15 females s male mace to 15 females nocks flocks 1 male to 10 females I Reds 1 male to 10 females male to 10 females Give the breeders plenty plent of lse allowing them out O In the yards ards when the weather permits Keep the lItter dry and deep and the house wen well sup sup- supplied plIed with fresh air HIgh fertility and stronger chick will result It if the breeders are not forced It Is best to keep then them below 50 per cent production 12 per cent animal protein In the mash Is sum dent |