Show PRODUCE FOOD AND SAVE ahls tal IF no 4 of a series ol of artilles contributed by claa bettu on the raising of poultry on the tarm farm early spring Is natures most moat favorable growing season by hatching chicas early they will have tho the advantage of this also a longer season in ill which to grow crow given tho the sama feed care and attention len chicks hatch batch ed cd the first of at march will weigh more when four months old than those hatched tho the first of may will weigh whon when they are four months old the rate of growth of a chick Is greater during the first tour four weola of its lito life than at any other period therefore other conditions being alual tho more favorable the tha period the greater will be tho the rate of growth during that tha period consequently the early hatched batched chick having the advantage of moro more arable growing season makes greater gains during the first four weeks of its life athan tho the chick that Is hatched later in ili the season Feb febraro rc biary march march and april are the best months tort hatching tit in our climate Ot Of courso course this presupposes proper I 1 brooding pe pens a it would not do to turn the february chick out to matlo astle tor for himself early hatched lions lit in returns becomes broody early for this hatching the incubator may lie be studied with profit IA this ibis chicks early with proper care and should roach reach maturity early anil and start labing in septema b r october and november it Is duing these tall fall that tho the liens hen are aio getting read for winter by moult ing ind and grolln growing now feathers eathela ea thera dui foar hens grow fo athers and produce aggs at tile the bamo mama time tho the solouta lon then than la Is to hatch early 03 to have early maturing pullets to produce egg s when eggs are high millions of into info hatched each year as the result of being in fasted llao which are so go prevalent in the summer bummer alin toa hot weather retards regards tho the growth of should bo be done early as an to got get a good start before hot hat weather er arices lato late hatched batched pullets are u us bally tile tho ones that become e i 1 with front in the fall thereby eb erinc tt ang tile rest ot of the flock another reason tor for early carl hatching is that the spring ta Is ready for the trying frying p pan in earlier and brings a better palce market all cockels not lot v anted BB as breeders bleeders bre eders at as early a date j as possible hut but never market drone strout vigor vigorous 0 U 6 fl as 68 these will mali 43 aly layers and your broody hens ecna the next nox when the hat ch ngi la Is dono done ca early i aly tho the chelf labor of it lihi benoto the kardon karden and ami farm arm work are at hand dut this seems to be tho the most moat popular prop hocy namely a period of 0 in length working itself a out u t by common sense and forethought fore though to i tar far bettor better era and greater prosperity than ever has been our portion or in tho the past |