Show W W J Q L NO REVENUE FROM MALES IN FLOCK wise iyman will get rid of roosters the only object of keeping male birds Is to get eggs for hatching and that season Is past the farmer should remember that the rooster Is consuming feed which neutralizes the profits from a laying hen A still more important reason for disposing of the males Is the production of infertile eggs we hear a great deal about egg quality the best way to improve eg eab quality Is to produce infertile eggs fertile eggs do not keep well live five per cent of all eggs marketed are a total loss because of chick development besides a large proportion of rot Is due directly to chick develop ment being retarded the object of a I 1 hen in producing eggs Is to reproduce herself it if males are present and the egg Is fertilized the embryo starts to develop within the body of the hen when a proper temperature Is again maintained this development contin ues aes there will be a slow growth at any temperature above abone 70 degrees fahrenheit A temperature of 84 to 90 degrees fahrenheit for three days will produce as great a development as one day at a temperature of A temperature of to for one day will produce an embryo as far developed as three days at a temper of production of infertile eggs Is espe dally advantageous during the sum mer such eggs do not develop germs stand shipment well withstand heat are easily preserved slow to decay and cost less the hen will lay as well or better with no males present in the flock nock an infertile intel infelt tile ile egg can thus be produced and if it unwashed may keep indefinitely A large percentage will dry up before they will rot Misso missouri url farmer weight vy eight important point in breeding of chicks an advantage not often mentioned that early hatched chicks have over late ones of the american and english breeds Is the greater weight this is no little consideration when the hens are sold after a years lay with a cut of 25 to 40 per cent in price for hens under four and one half pounds the massachusetts experiment sta tion has compiled records covering six years work nork with rhode island reds each year the flock was made up of two hatches eight weeks apart one in march and one in may the chicks were out of the same fed and cared for alike as nearly as possible at twenty one weeks of age the av weight of the march pullets was exactly five pounds the best year they weighed 5 IS pounds and the poor est cst year 4 83 pounds the may pul lets averaged pounds tor for the six years pounds being the best and 4 10 pounds the poorest the combar active weights remain about the same throughout lif life e wallace a farmer movable house best the light movable growing shelter Is coming into more general use by poultry men everywhere it Is regard ed by those who speak with authority as the greatest improvement in poultry housing since the introduction of the open front house on a suitable range it provides conditions similar to those that are enjoyed by wild birds easily movable quarters freedom from mites adlle ami ie ventilation cool roosting no overheating I 1 or sweating no germ laden dusty air los angeles times broody birdies broody birds cause loss of eggs loss of freshness breakage of eggs I 1 take the broody birdie off the nest after dark and snip a celluloid band on the leg put her back on a slat bottomed nest for three days it if she has to be put in a slat nest three times for broodiness brood mess it Is time she was eaten fatten her and use the ax brood ness Is an inherited trait just as gainly as shank color plumage color or other distinguishing marks reduces flock costs one way to reduce flock costs Is to cull the year old hens and retain them another year states university of 1111 such hens have gone through their most expensive deprett atlon it they are well bred they should make good producers another year though their egg yield may way not bo be quite as high as pullets keeping old hens increases hazard of disease and where possible it Is desirable to brood a new lot of chicks and replace the flock with pullets painting the brooder unless the premises where chicks are kept and all appliances used are known to be absolutely free from lice and mites and it Is certain that chicks have never been exposed to them it Is a wise precaution to paint or spray the brooder with a mixture of tour four parts crude petroleum and one part kerosene allowing it to dry thorough iv IT before using puffs of insect pow der on the chicks when in the brooder about once e week will destroy any |