Show FEEDING PULLETS FOR WINTER EGGS to be good producers Produce rd fowls should be well developed the profit or loss in winter e egg 9 production lon of pullets depends upon the care and feeding they receive for pullets to be good producers prod acers during the winter months they should be uniformly developed have good frames and be in good flesh before they begin to lay it Is therefore necessary that they receive a good ration which will fill them out and also store up an abundance of fat according to H na M wells of the colorado agricultural college feed a good growing mash or a laying mash that Is supplemented with a grain mixture of two parts by weight of corn and one part of wheat advises wells A laying pullet pallet during the winter months will draw upon her reserve supply of tat fat and the feed she eats will go toward the development of eggs otherwise it if she does not have this fat reserve she will utilize the feed she con consumes sames to supply her body wants and keep her warm and only the surplus will go toward the production of eggs it would be profitable it if one has the room to grade the pullets according to size mate blake two or three grades of pullets namely those that are coming into bloom comb becoming red and are laying well developed would be put in the laying house bouse and fed a laying mash with the grain ration recommended above the next smaller grade of pullets should be given all the growing mash they will consume and this should be supplemented wah wi tl a moist mash at noon this moist mash consists of the growing mash moistened with mills milk to a crumbly consistency by following this method the more backward pullets will be brought into production before extreme colt cola weather sets in to secure the maximum results in product production i n from pullets it Is acarl advisable to keep them housed separately from the hens |