Show consistent layer will molt late in season most hens stop laying when ilien they begin to molt it Is a fact no loncer disputed that a hen lu in order to make a high yearly reco d must be a consistent la er thi early molting bolting lien Is not a consistent layer she takes all the fall months as a vacation for changing her plumage the con consistent conslEe nt layer molts late and grows her new plumage rapidly the hen that under normal conditions molts early will not lay as many winter wetter eggs its as the lien hen that molts talt late e neither will she begin egg pro dublon earlier in the spring no definite late date can be set as to early molt ing As a R general rule hov hor ever the alie first liens in the nock flock t to molt should be sold anti anil the last to molt sheild be kept for breeding purposes liens may be thrown into tin nn early molt by starving while laying li eally by irregular feeding by ro in a house that Is poorly ventilated or in any way that tends suddenly to check egg production molt lot from any of those these causes should be avoided E as is it Is likely to result in a lower total egg production if the pullets are hatched early they will he laying in the fall and thus the egg production kept up at all seasons |