Show the the the- In la to er erla POULTRY o fl TS 1 a J I CULL HEN FLOCKS Y EARLY AND OFTEN Ml Poor Producers Cut Deeply Into Profits I By culling poultry from the time they are baby chicks on through the laying period It Is possible possible- to boost t egg g production and Increase e the Income In i come from the farm flock says P. P B B. B a Zumbro extension specialist In poultry poultry poul poul- try of at the Ohio OMo State university 1 t Cost account records kept by 78 d In northwestern Ohio Indicate In ti that egg production per birdIs birdd bird birdIs d Is one of the most Important factors actors Influencing poultry profits he points out Of the 78 35 85 made less Ies than a n dollar donor profit per bird and had an average a production of d eggs per bird Thirty-six Thirty made between a dollar and two dolI dol dol- iI 11 lass lais per bird and had an average overage production production pro pro- of ot eggs es Seven farmers making a n profit of more than two t-o dol dot dotI 0 I- I Jars mars per bird had an egg production I of at eggs during luring the year Culling Is one sure wa way to Increase the eg egg production per bird To Insure Insure In- In i sure Eure that only good producers will willbe be kept and that birds not even pay payIng lug Ing for their feed will be discarded it Is best to keep only those birds F having Jm constitutional vigor Igor of good size of ot sexual maturity and free from serious erious breed brew and variety defects records show that pullets pullet P which mature fairly early are the best producers and In culling the flock It ItIs itis Is best to keep pullets which start laying early |