Show I 1 HO HOW W TO MAKE FARM FLOCK profitable N L M P r 45 1 1 1 ill 11 1 M M W U is A V t N egl I 1 V avia yv iA lima has many uses one Is in tho the poultry house by J G HALPIN secretary or of lV wisconsin iscon poultry association always breed from active liens which lay laythe the best in the fall and win tor watch the flock carefully through november and december and mark the vigorous hardy liens hens with the red combs and the highest egg records never save eggs tor for setting betting from the droopy lazy lien hen that hangs around the roost select strong males much depends upon the vigor and vitality of the malo A lazy and sluggish male should never bo be retained la in the breeding pens as he would transmit these character char characteristics acte ris bics tics to his progeny if he had any for dual purposes use only one male to ten or fifteen females the breeding flock should be allowed n large range only the best beat hens should bo be saved for breeding the rest being sold for meat for good results more than one pen should be available in the poultry house it always pays to have one pen for the pullets and another tor for the older bluds bl ads the pullets are thus protected from the abuse of the older and 4 until they are ablo able to defew themselves rigid selection among tho the fowls of these pens should ultimately result in the choice of the cream of the pock flock for uso use in future breeding to build up and improve the farm hock flock use leg bands ordinary leg bands can bo be secured for ten tell cents a dozen and should bo be used as a means of 0 identification throughout the flock tho the bands banda should bo be numbered and tho the number entered in a small notebook which run ran be hung by a string to a convenient nail tho the numbers should bo be entered in regular order 1 2 3 etc and room left opposite the cumbes numbes for notes which will be made from timo time to time on tile tho winter production health etc of the respective hens the date of birth should also be entered on the notebook as an this Is the only check the has on the ago of his hens bens use eggs the average farmer makes the mistake of sending for eggs concerning which he reads an inviting advertisement in the paper lie he then employs all the birds hatched regardless 0 of f their baide instead of this he should use only the eggs raised on his own place from selected stock then ho he can be reasonably sure of what he Is getting the day of haphazard poultry raising Is fast passing breed only the tha best of your stock and the improvement will be steady and sure |