Show MOST VITAL POINT IS PROPER MATING careful selection of male big proposition correct mating of poultry tor for great est profits during the corn com ng year la is a difficult problem and one that Is ally conducted as a hit or miss prop N W williams in charge of north orth carolina state college flocks says mating poultry Is a hard bard job for the experienced and that the inexperienced man gener ally gives it no consideration at all however it is one of the most imbor tant jobs to be undertaken at the beginning of the tie nev v poultry year first the gro grover er must know whal what he wants if he wants egg production tion be he must mate birds that have hae been producing eggs if he wants show birds he must use those that have the standard conformations to mate birds for egg product production ln the ought to understand what body factors ind cate high egg production says williams select those of standard weight that are vig orous broad deep and with large body capacity such birds will lay more eggs and the chicks will be str stringer nger than those from birds which do not have such des rable characteristics if the bens hens lack some of these good qualities but are good layers use a male bird wh ch will correct the den deb clency to in the chicks no bird should be used in the breed ng pens which his a tendency to be he weak weal constitutionally immature pullets show poor laying qualities pullet buling cull ng proved its value in a wyoming country poultry farm dem on conducted by the county agricultural axtens on ass ceat on D 0 henderson poultry axtens on specialist of the pennsylvania state col le lege e said from a flock of bite leghorn pullets a year ago were separated sepa from the others because they were immature A careful record of the production of the two groups was then kept for five month in november the cull birds had 6 6 per cent egg production while the properly developed pullets laid at the rate of 46 per cent in december the per cen were 22 and 51 1 respectively in january 24 and 41 in february V 34 and 47 and in march 46 5 and CS averages for five months are 26 and rio per cent showing the well developed pullets pallets nearly doubled the production of immature birds housing S suggestions it is necessary to comfortably house the chickens during the inter months in order to make the maximum prof its comfortable housing provides for 1 four square feet of floor space for each bird of the heavy bree brebels N and three square feet of floor pace for the light breeds 2 light in every part of the house 3 A dry floor all the time 4 an open front chri uh which sunshine my get into the h use 5 ventilation system hit thit will fur nish fresh air without a draft and will remove the moisture from the inside of the poultry house 6 A warm arm house and the conser ration of body heat beat during the cold month brooding baby chicks A laying house Is used for br hr baby chicks on the john zeh laff farm macomb county michigan I 1 I 1 fall air started w th 10 1 0 9 kl 1 1 yin hens in two michigan shed type houses by march I 1 the flock had been culled to COO GOO all were put into one house ar 1 d I the other house SO 80 feet I 1 ng and 20 feet wide was cle aneid d thoroughly and used for brood ng 2800 chicks the chicks were kept two weeks in battery brooders then were ere put into the laying louse 1 ouse six electr brood ers were hung from the cell ng of the laying house cappers farmer beets for hens beets and other garden vegetables are valuable add dom to the ration of hens and may be fed without we gb gh ing them out beets carrots and cab bages are all good succulent fo ds apples may also be given in n od cratton cration sweet ones be ng best these vegetables are usually fed at no n giving the flock what it will clean ua a in an hour or two hens lens accustomed to them however will not eat joo too much it if they are before the flock through the day flock profits vary of ohio farmers who kept ree un the I 1 eghoan flocks during the past year sixteen of the roup lost money CO 66 made from I 1 cent to 1 per bird made from 1 to 2 per bird 23 made from 2 to 4 3 per mr I 1 an ani 1 el eight e ht made in re than 3 per b rd th a wide divergence in pr fits indi ind cites cates the poss hil ties when hen abod ond feed reed ing good housing and god min ig ment are given the flock is the asser tion made by a writer in the prairie farmer |