| Show I Unprofitable Producers Produce rs Should Be Fowls to F a Prepared by the United Stat States Den Denof Pa of Agriculture Ability to choose between the 1 1 ey hen and the is easily d dei ped by poultry owners and a abe sli Bli u be put into practice in culling flock If the best returns in both ea d ar meat are to be had In any g lo some hens will be found which 8 such poor pro producers that they ai are profitable and these should b bones be t tones ones to eat ent All hens molt in the fall faU or winter This molting easily observed and when It sta start star take place means that the he hen about finished her laying season Is la turning her attention to grov growth new crop of feathers for a n vacation fore she starts her ne net neet t years year's W c If It is desirable to use a part i O of 1 flock for tor meat ment says the United s i Sta Department of Agriculture the e a are the ones to select fc for foring forr Ing first because they are laying t T. T few or no eggs during this n mo mol season which usually lasts about tl l months The hens liens In the flock nock i inot shi l not riot be killed until they begin tc to tOlD and their combs begin to lose size or and flexibility for if u these ct chat chan have not taken place the hens hen probably still be laying when eg eig eggs i especially valuable t As a rule hens of the general pi breeds are not profitable layers a athey at they are two years old and Le Lehens Leg Legh hens rarely lay profitably after t th laying years Many of the hens t shi be culled before they reach rench these these and replaced by well-matured well i Dul DulIn In the fall I |
