Show p y 11 WINTER SUNSHINE GOOD FOR POULTRY ultraviolet ultra violet rays needed by flock so much evidence has been accum alcum about the value of winter sun sl ine in egg production that it cannot be ignored by poultry raisers who want to get profitable results it has been shown that ultraviolet ultra violet rays are a powerful factor in increase ing egg production hatchability and fe fertil rill ty as well as in maintaining healthful conditions ultra ultraviolet violet rays promote bone and body growth gro i th and build ng vitamin D dur ng the winter months when poul try Is confined ord nary glass and soiled cloth curtains bar them out and some means must be employed to make them aNal available lable you need good housing and good management to get best results pub limbed data by such representative bod es as wisconsin experiment sta tion university of arl art ansas ohio expend ent station and others have shown the effect of ultra violet rays during the n inter months records 3 at egg lav ing contests notably the vine land egg laying contest also give practical proof of the egg producing value of ultra violet rays poultry needs winter sunshine I 1 ayers must get ultra violet radiation or its equivalent this Is also true of chicks the wise poultry ralser raiser will make sure his house Is properly property con strutted ted this winter and nest next spring ohio farmer size of eggs can be influenced by feeding egg is inal lencek by breed ng and also by feeding it is as natural for or some I 1 ens to lay large eggs eg 9 S as it Is for some cows to give a heavy flow of milk it Is important to select eggs of the desired size when saving for incubation because the size of egg laid to some extent Is inherited by the offspring however it Is possible to influence the size of eggs to a con sid erable extent through proper feed ing and a proper supply of minerals necessary for egg e shell A ration of grain al at ne or even with milk will III probably not give best re suits so far as egg s ze Is concerned A balanced tation carrying not less than 3 per cent of bone meal meat and pos s oly bly I 1 or 2 per cent calcium car bonate in some form like crushed limestone or calcite Is considered de for best eggs plan now to increase production of eggs one of the imperative needs of the poultry industry is to increase the consumption of eggs said heese reese ricks of the international baby chick as so clation in addressing the american institute of co operation at manhat tan kan other foods are giving begs a battle for a place on the breakfast table and accor ing to mr air hicks this Is what can be done about it the first step toward increasing egg conson eption is for producers to supply i t gh quality eggs the step Is in stan urd lard ing ang the product so that the public will know what it Is buying the ll 11 ird step is for co operatives to join hands with other agencies in the poultry industry to ed acate the public as to the value f eggs Ne nebraska brasLa farmer poultry facts oat hulls are not harmful to chicks if ground fine line enough 0 a among the incurable poultry dis ills eases are chronic coccid osis tuber culos s bacillary white diarrhea fowl cholera fowl d and blackhead serious cases of chicken pos pox and roup might also be included the s biggest asset t no v Is the flock of new pullets that are be ng developed for next win living flock and whatever he can do to protect that flock so these birds will continue to lay worth real money to him cull ng a flock Is one of the imbor tant things aich which Is most commonly neglected there is also a ne neglect 1 act to procure and keep purebred pure bred chickens vermin are commonly found in poul pout try houses a 0 several poultry diseases d ceases are quite similar in many external symptoms one or two add timal t mil symptoms usually to the experienced determine the acco accuracy nacy of the superficial diagne sis post mortems prove the super facial d agnos s an I 1 therein lies ex peri per lence ence either whole oats or hulle 1 oats may be use I 1 in a grain ration hit that Is fed to chickens 11 we wever er hulle 1 oats makes a better feed because a large part of the fiber Is remove I 1 and the he birds will therefore get a bigger percentage 0 grain 0 0 keep records of the number of eg rt r calved each day an I 1 1 ow they ar I 1 1 of an account book w 11 te tel N here the money g es an I 1 where it atif c oney comes fr m and will enable on to make maie econom eson the one i fit d ind increase income on the other |