Show PoutTiir KKKrrli says It leas been claimed that thin hen laps the largeat number of eggs during her first year and that aha la more profitable then than at allY other time Thl view Is a mistaken one The first point to bo settled Is which la tho Drat year of a hen If she la hatched In the spring ahe will not lay until fall and If aha then lays n largo number of eggs by tho end ol the next yenraho baa really been supported two years and laid dur log one year only In other words aha had to bo raised from chlckcnhood to maturity before she began to lay at all Her next or third year will be more profitable for the reason that tho tint cant of railing her veil bo proportionately reduced and tho older alms become provided aha keeps up her full quota of eggs the cheaper the cost of the eggs aa the OratcxlI1 Is reduced proportionately each year Wo have found that age affects tho number ol egg laid only when the hen has lived to that period when her species begin to fall It may be live six seven or even twelve year according to her treatment when younger A hen that la only two or three years old U In her fmw amt should not be sacrificed as long aa she produce a fair proportion of eggs |