Show rss CE I 1 EGGL EGG L dying COYEST CONTEST mrs J II 11 melville won a certify cate in the Trib gune home egg lay ing contest for 1931 2 in the class in which the hens owned are fro troi i 51 to in number mrs melville says delta is a good place to raise ens as p production ro of fresh eggs is at the lowest point of the year third there appear to be a rath er marked reduction th s spring in the bumbel of chicks that are being brooded aa as compared with the la t few years so there will be fewer pullets to come into production next year these three factors should carry to the p raisers two import ant suggestions first that there iq 14 yet time to brood chicks to till fill tl e 6 laying houses next fall but only a very limited time tor for this all import ant work second that the storable of eggs next fall will undoubtedly be decidedly short as compared with previous years and will therefore not have the depressing effect on the egg market that existed espee lally during the past two winters the late hatched birds do not grow and develop as rapidly as the i arlier chicks due to the hot dry ummer weather and usually do not come into production until the peak of eggs aie ate high and a weak pullet poorly developed pullets are a ban han decap in tl e floal even when prices of eggs are high nd a weak pullet s a greater hand cap to tohaid vai d prof t than low prices good chicks bieh are brooded under favo favorable raLle conditions ons and fed so aa as to glow nto strong vigorous well develops ellets in the early fall are the alist tiis essential tor for profit profi isle poultry p 0 gail gall bywater of salt lake city is visiting in belta this week the guest of mr and mrs C W underhill |