Show EARLIER HATCHED CHICKS FAVORED good business to have good laying flock in summer dy hatching a port part of tile the poultry flock between january 15 anil and february 15 so that tile the birds will mature in july tile the takes a bh big step toward maintaining bis big late sua summer and early fall production advises lt it II poultry research specialist ci in the new jersey agriculture mr mannas points out that the price of t eggs begins to climb as the summer wanes and that it Is good business to have a flock of layers at this time ordinarily a decline in production takes place with tile the old fowls about july it if one quarter to one third of the flock Is hatched between the middle of january and the middle of february the poultry keeper cau call offset this decrease the article goes on to say that thai brooding bro odine of chicks early in the season has been carried on successfully for a number of years chicks thus produced will reach a good growth find development before hot weather comes on thereby giving them an advantage over later hatched stock one precaution to prevent leg weakness Is advised because bad weather Is likely to make it unsafe to let the chicks out on the ground and there Is a lack of green food at this time cod liver of oil and sprouted oats should be supplied the oil Is given at tile the rate of 2 per cent either of the amount of grain or of the amount of mash fed experience lias hns that it Is easier to mix it into the grain and that however used it Is highly effective in preventing leg weakness the writer concludes with the suggestion that the earlier hatching enables the general farmer to pet get tills this phase of hla his work out of the way before the heavy rush of spring arrives |