Show POULTRY ON DRY FARM should be one of most important sources of revenue to ro prevent injurious draft drafta dry land fowl should have proper Shelter Have south front of hen house open dy 11 II M COTTRELL COTT nELL good lions bons like good dairy cows are suro sure producers in dry land farming sections and should bo be ono one ot of the important sources of revenue rov onue A ou on a dry land farm can realize two dollars a year a he ben n above tile the cost of food feed the layers in the average flock consist of a number of early hatched pul lots lets and a few yearling hens besides these there are a number of old hens dionio of ol 01 which ceased to lay years ag ago 3 several long spurred old roosters and i lot of active young cockerels cockerell cocker els su bubli ea ch I 1 a lock flock with fair attention will average 60 eggs a year a hen get rid of all tile tho lock flock but tho the choicest early hatched pullets and tile tho heavy laying ans tile the average will increase to eggs il a year a hen and tile the feed bill will be cut cui in half pullets front from good egg laying strain atragna will bean to lay when six months old it if they have been pushed for growth arid and development and given plenty of exer elso and comfortable surroundings such pullets hatched in march or april will start to lay in october and will supply tile the eggs tor for the high priced fall and winter markets Y conr oar old hona hens begin to lay in doc december 0 m bor and should bo be laying well in january males should not be allowed at any time with the liens hens except when tile tho eggs are to bo be used for hatching tile hens hena will lay more eggs and produce them at less cost without males than with them at tile the new york expert mont ment station pullets without a n male produced eggs at 30 per cent less cost coat than pullets kept with a cockerel in fertile eggs do not spoil in warm weather tho the general management of the hen to make her lay Is the same in the dr dry y land districts as in the rain belt with one marked exception that of shelter people in the dry land districts boast that no matter how bow hot it gets in the th day time they have to sloe sleep under blankets at night this shows a wide change of temperature every 24 hour between the hottest time of the day and the coldest in the night in some soma districts the average change tor for each 24 hours is 30 degrees abts extreme change causes drafts with eastern methods of ventilating poultry houses one of the sources of heaviest loss lose comes from injury to the fowls from these drafts colds roup and poor laying to prevent drafts tho the dry land hen bouve houw should be built tight on the north vade both ends and the roof the tha ozity openings will then be on oil the south side and drafts are not ble with openings on one side aide only the south front must have sufficient openings to supply a constant change of air without draft the air la Is so eo dry in the dry land districts that severo severe cold to Is felt but little and it la is easy to make a ben house warm enough it may bo be made of straw packed between boards ado adobe boor or lumber or mile Is the staple poultry teed feed in dry land districts supplemented with wheat oats and millet in cold weather it pays to warm the grain in the oven before feeding |