Show EGG production CUT BY SKIMPING fi biesh esh must be furnished in clean vessels if biddy Is well b ed and pro properly managed she will I 1 reduce tor for her owner cogs a year helut lut L to lay y those 12 dozen eggs weighing hin g 18 pounds fiam 70 to DO 80 pou pounds s of feed skimping on t f el simply means that cog eg production Is being cut down sas G T klein mein extension cansas state agrical tural college out of every five pounds of feed a hei eats while tn in good laying condition four pounds are used to maintain her body and one pound Is turned into eggs another item in et egg 9 ro reduction must be kept in in nd eggs cannot be produced unless the feed contains the from whick eggs are made cau can ions jons the poultry specialist by way of hel hei ing this point he lie sas that an egg exclusive of the shell is made up of 74 per cent wa ter 15 per cent protein 10 per cent fat and 1 per cent mineral na ater for the egg must be furnished furni shea by means of plenty of fresh water in clean drinking equipment protein is manufactured from bugs worms insects milk meat scraps and alfalfa fat rat Is made from grain and starchy teed feed lime found chiefly in the shell comes from oyster shell or limestone in st stressing g the need for mash klein assures poultry raisers that if lome I 1 ome grown grains are used a ration composed of pounds each of corn cheit heit and oats with 75 pounds of meat scraps added may be mixed tor for approximately 00 high ceilings cause of low winter production poultry experts at the minnesota ag ri cultural college I 1 a ae e found f that high ceilings and much unused ulusc I space above ta tie e pens hens are am among od the most cor comeron int on can causes es of 0 low winter agg production hen houses are warmed with heat pro deuced by tl e I 1 ens and if too much un used space must be a armed it uses up hen benei energy gy which bich i oti berwise might be used in producing begs this trou brou ble Is most aas lj 13 remedied died by build in ing a straw loft in the hen house at a height hight of about six feet above the floor besides making tl e house aas er to heal heat ahe the loft absorbs mo sture ture and helps to solve the ventilation tion hiob pi oh lem S amply nail nall boards or poles ai at tl tie e right height and cover them with at least two feet of straw bur lapped or slatted windows should be left in each gable tl e peal to carry off the moist air or regular ventilating heads cm cin c m be installed on top if de blied sli ed plenta of fresh air will usually asua usua ily enter t rou rough h araci s around windows and doors and around the outer e iges ages of the straw loft poultry notes ww clean i l ground Is the most important item in raising chicks successfully mate the flocks s tl I 1 ree w weeks beeks before hatching eggs ire desired to insure a high per cent of fertility keep heep h the water containers in the poultry hoise above the flor to pre vent contamination from litter serious se rious cases of feather plucking have been traced to lice infestation and an exam nation of one or two birds will provide information on this point where such a state exists the remedy is obvious houses located and built to pro mote sanitation provide comfortable quarters with fresh air and to adm t direct sunlight lit unfiltered through ordinary glas glass add materially to the content of ane owner it Is quite pr probable ob ble that the pu lets will lay enough eno ug h more eggs when kept by themselves to compensate for th few less eggs the hens will lay if ai al lowed to range in winter flock owners 0 N ners who trap nest some ot their layers will want to make sure that the birds get credit tor for every egg that Is laid 0 anyone with experience knows that where pullets and hens are housed to gether the pullets fall to develop as well as when kept by themselves where they are to be sold as green duel s at ten to twelve weeks the boung ducks duels are usually not allowed to range but are fed heavily from the first free range on ground that ts is clean and free f ree from d sease producing or Is much better for hens than confinement in houses if the poultry house is in good con put the pullets in in september it it Is dirty and full of mites leave them out |