Show PO poultry BEST TO CUT OUT HENS safest method Is to raise new flock it Is generally conceded that the fowl tuberculosis germ Is not carried in the eggs and therefore eggs are perfectly safe to use even though the hens laying them are in the earlier stages of the disease TI e losis germ Is one that Is quickly billed by heat hence cooking would destroy such germs even if they were present we doubt if it Is advisable to keep a flock of hens having tuberculosis to any considerable extent avian or fowl tuberculosis affects chiefly the liver and other dil digestive estive organs the disease Is communicated by food or water contaminated by bowel discharges I 1 tence ence when a targe large number have the disease keeping the healthy looking fowls usually means nation of the disease for one by one those that have the germs in them rill ft III reach the consumptive stage and scatter more infection if you want to keep pullets or healthy looking young hens you should confine them to a yard that can easily be made safe by chai clial ging tt tie e top soil let the of the range begin al at once there Is a tuberculin test by which the disease can be weeded out of a 11 flock in tile course of two or three years but unless the flock Is a able one the better plan Is to c change it completely beginning with chicks an ani I 1 raising them on clean ground nebraska I 1 armer cut out non producers and save cost of feed according to the poultry depart ment of the new york state college of agriculture teed feed Is about one halt of the cost of keeping a hen 90 pounds being required per year for slightly better than average production dur in ins the past 11 years the number of eggs per hen to pay for her cost of feed has ranged from 48 to 72 per year aver avenging aging 62 in 1910 it re quiren 69 eggs per hen annually to pay her feed costs about ten dozen are required per bird to pay the entire cost on this basis you can easily esti estl mate what your own flock Is doing now Is the time to cull the old hens As with the dairy so with the poultry this Is the bear to weed out the non producers mercilessly fortunately the ratio between feed and eggs Is relatively good so that if it you do cull closely and then exercise more than usual care your poultry business may come through fairly well mell during the next year american agriculturist sanitation pays illinois poultry men who used sani tation and otherwise practiced good management got a return of 31 cents an hour more for their labor last year than flock owners who did not use sanitation according to a summary of their records by 11 II 11 alp poultry ex tension specialist of the university of illinois lie ile cites this as further evi dence that the difference between success and failure in poultry raising Is largely one of good management since sanitation Is always part of good man ademont I 1 locks handled under the recommended sanitation system paid their owners a return of 70 76 cents an hour for labor while non farms paid only 45 cents an hour indiana farmers guide watch flocks condition fowls should be handled frequently if one Is to know their true condition they are disturbed least by doing this at t after they have gone to roost if it too fat reduce the teed feed and increase the amount of bran if results are still poor increase the amount of animal feed such as meat scraps etc hens with too much fat are not in good laying condition cond tion because the tat fat prevents tie tl e egg from passing through the egg duct it takes some experience in hai hill adling to detect the pink of condition in a laying hen but it Is a knack that can be easily acquired for good hatch the older and better known essen bials of a good hatch are these 1 eggs must be fertile in the breeding flock there should be one vigorous male to every eight hens in the beav lest test breeds one to 15 in the rocks and reds and one to 20 in the light breeds 2 eggs must be gathered atme s irae day as laid 3 eggs must be stored in a temperature between 32 and 68 degrees lal fat renholt and should be turned dally daily 4 aggs shout I 1 be selected normal in shape and size poultry facts chickens need at least tour four square feet per bird in small bouses houses it Is claimed that a hen a eggs reach maximum size during her decoi second year s laying toying when wild turkeys appear near a tame flock they greatly excite the do birds and a wild gobbler will attack a tame one usually being victorious over the barnyard var lety |