Show hug HENS MUST LAY I 1 TO PAY TIM WAY the old joke about the cackling I 1 lien hen and her owner who dern demanded chicken Is you byln or kayin has lost its humor it tunny funny now days when the flocks do not lay enough to pay tor for their keep the hen ben that eats regularly and lays I 1 only occasionally Is a constant drag I 1 upon iron the profits of the larmer farmer who keeps her figures figurea available from a teat made by the university ot of illinois indicated that the average profit on flocks averaging hens each was as per hen in other words the loafers loa tera in the flock were eating up worth of the profit the good hens produced presence of hens laying less than 90 eggs a year on farms throughout the country Is standing between farmers and a substantial profit from their poultry according to the U S department ot of agriculture ft figures need of better stock on th the farms of america Is paramount according to investigators because under present conditions many farmers e rs are conducting their poultry business at a direct loss DT |