Show SPRING HATCHED LAY IN WINTER N A RN elk t p 4 X 04 aw ft 0 1 W A X W am k k FEEDING CHICKENS 0 N average fara 1 from froin the united states department ot of agriculture poultry owners who wish to obtain a satisfactory production of eggs during the fall and early winter should arrange arranga to hatch pullets in march or april birds hatched nt fit this time will ap be well matured in ta the e full fall furthermore a n grenter greater proportion of t theiu hem will go broody early in the spring thus completing the circle neco necessary as a ry for or reduction production initha in the fall pullets hatched botched in tho the spring con can be induced to lay more abundantly in the it if they are properly fed loused housed and handled on tho the average general farm very few eggs are arc me BO cured nt at the un when eggs bring the tha highest prices it will pay tho the poultry owner therefore to devote a little littie trouble to providing hla his birds with the most favorable surroundings for foi the winter the tha house should to be thoroughly cleaned dis infected and made tight afore before the cold weather sets int if the tha house has a dirt floor ll it ts Is well to remove three or four inches of dirt iron from the top and to replace this material with dry gravel or reind on cement or dr w wooden oden floors your tour or five inches fal of fresh h straw or litter may bo bet thrown brown down after the floor has bus been cleaned Venti ventilation latron Is important ventilation Is another important factor to consider the house should be tight on three sides but for thu the fourth muslin curtains mayo may be used for from one third to ono one halt half its extent in any case there should be some ventilation ti la the house even on the coldest nights fowls will viii stand considerable cold air provided it alt Is dry bind ventilation will keep tho the air thoroughly dry la in the house on oa tho the other hand drafts are likely to cause roup and other trouble many farmers fan ners in feeding their birds overlook the fact that beet beef scrap or some similar shullar feed Is very luring during the winter whiter months it a good supply of c eggs 9 gs Is to bo be obtained A convenient method of feeding be beef of scrap Is in a mash made of three throes parts cornmeal and one part each off of I 1 wheat VW eat bran braa wheat andreef and beef scrap aklin milk or buttermilk way may bo be used iu in place of the beet scrap t feeding deaf beef scrap in experiments conducted by tho department part ment it was found that for th tha first four months pullets fed a ration containing bf beet scrap produced on ark 00 average eggs while those fed the same ration without the scrap produced only tho the cost ot of feeding the latter bards was 22 cents higher for eve every ry dozen eggs produced than in tho the case of the pullets fed beef scrap the birds should have plenty to eat but they also should always be eager for each meal if one third of the tha scratch grain furnished them la is fed in tho the morning and two thirds nt n night the will take more exer cl also than if they aliey received all the grain they desire la tho the morning good scratch mixtures may bo be mado made of equal parts by weight of cracked corn wheat and oats or of two parts ol 01 cracked corn cora arid one part each ot 0 wheat ond and oats other directions for tie winter care of birds are contal contained nedAn n adnew pub i ll catlon of the united states department of agriculture circular Clr iular 71 of the secretary winter egg production |