| Show CHANGE PULLETS ANY HENS FROM PASTURES TO THEIR WINTER QUARTERS EARLY IN FALL 14 k ania I 1 4 N X za roomy winter lodgings for hens mean plenty of eggs prepared by the united states department ot of agriculture pullet lovo love of home and contentment with simple surroundings to no mutter how humble ninke it advisable to transfer tile the prospective layers from the range to the winter quarters early enough in tho the fall that they will be thoroughly accustomed to their new quarters before they begin to lay many practical poultry inen neglect till this precaution tand inu maintain latain their birds under range conditions almost up tip to the beginning of cold weather with the consequence that egg laying Is IH retarded and often jeopardized accustom pullets to winter quarters timeliness and timeliness mentis to do today the jobs of today is highly es essential kentral kent ial in the full fall moving of the hock flock the owner of exhibition bowis would never neglect to feed und eon con llalon hla birds for tile the exhibition cli alt it Is 19 just us ns essential that the egg producing squads be properly iliin livirt ered for the w inter season its par enry y us as possible consistent with the MO ino t progressive poultry elliena elli ent tb melin to acan the pullets to the r cold weather home before they be begin rr to lay illy hen pullets are move moved to tile lie winter I 1 quarters quarte 9 ut tit tile the right time thile they rood Ie become coine reconciled to their new mur dutli ant unit begin to lay illy without any interruption on file he other linrud it if they are arc kept out oat on the r ranva a I 1 P until they attain maturity alip ill 11 they finally are moved to the cot weather houska their laying neill ity 14 so seriously checked that the to do not produce any eggs for wr 0 enu weeks anti in ill some i ilo do nod illy again for some months month 4 here the mature hona hens art are to be coi co ined closely nil winter it Is e en tl tta to provide three to four square f t of hour space for each ea ch while to fo li 4 having freo fre to range all wl nl ter in it a land climate in addition to co need only about I 1 chii tand and one half to three squaw square feet fee 6 floor it la Is Iiii important to have all the boosts roosts in the winter house on the same level otherwise the birds will crowd to the highest positions to the extent that the weaker ones may bo be seriously injured as the stronger birds tire are sure to galu gain possession of the desirable perches disinfect buildings thoroughly it Is also essential just before the pullets tire quartered in their new locution location to clean out and the buildings thoroughly and to provide plenty of cle clean titi dy litter the house should bo be carefully its to need for repairs bo sure that the sides ends and roof are weather pr proof of and the building la Is open duill cantly lit in front that it will not sweat front inadequate quate ventilation As a rule tho the same ration that growth also produces plenty of eggs so that it is not necessary to mako make much change in the pullet dietary at the approach of cold weather it Is worthy of special mention the united states department of agriculture at tile tho govern ment experiment farm faria beltsville md id kept it number of liens for a period of over three years on it ration which contained ili ti wheat or wheat prod acts and got cot good production the federal specialists have maintained tile he production in their hocks flocks by tho proper and use of corn and onta in fit the ration feeding two parts of d corn to one part of outs and morning while they used three parts parta of cornmeal comment anti and one part of beef scraps as the scratch mix mixture turc kept before the hens at all times last benr 30 hens fed in this manner ninde nn average yield of 14 eggs white while the same individual liens hens yielded over eggs during the th 12 months when tile the fall rolfie are on in full every pouT tryman should be sure to protect iha e exposed end of his poultry house so mo that the rain cannot beat in und and act wa the bedding and litter a as damp iatter causes colds roup and a ad other disease |
