Show POULTRY NOTES selecting pullets not every can select a laying hen by her appearance it Is true students of poultry husbandry are generally able to do this but few farmers and poultry men are unless they have given the subject some attention the following suggestions should be of help to you in enumerating some of the points in the making 0 of f a good laying labing hen ben but these points will need to bo be verified that Is you must practice if you would become a good judge or at least learn learn how bow to select your own pullets for layers and it will be nee necessary esary for you to know how to select it if you Youir are eto to improve your flock judging poultry Is said to be a finer art than the selection of other farm animals but the man or woman who picks pullets with a fine head bead alert eyes and comb face and wattles of fine texture has taken the first step toward increased i egg production good pullets should stand square on their feet with legs wide apart with the front end of the body slightly higher than the posterior end and with a long back and tall carried rather high the body should be wedge shaped yielding ample room for the reproductive and digestive organs organs when eggs are highest now how to get eggs in late fau fall and early winter when they are highest Is isa a serious problem with most poultry men taking it tor for granted that the pullets were hatched early ledry and have made good growth during 1 the summer season we would get the entire flock 4 of spring pullets pul fiets yearlings yearnings year lings and all into winter quarters in september that thai Is we would have the poul and yards put la in order corwin for winter then so there will be no rearrangement to disturb the fiock or in any way disarrange its dally daily routine or habits during late october november and december when we most desire the eggs one of the principal factors facto rs for securing a high egg production in the poultry flock Is ts exercise A hen kept closely cooped will not lay as many eggs during a season she vi v i on fat If instead istead and become unhealthy e hens plenty of range and then get gead a in which to carruthe car carry rythe the ega to market marked single comb black leghorns Leg horns not noi many years ago this breed was little known to breeders bleeders bre eders they have made rapid strides and are becoming very popular the heavy minorca combs high tails very dark legs and purple instead of black plumage have all been bred out and today ioda the black leghorns Leg Jeg horns are as good in slope as the other leghorns Leg horns their combs are equally as small email and neat as the whites or browns they carry their tails low and well spread their legs show a good yellow color with a good green sheen to the plumage among many fan fanciers elera black Is a desired color and among these admirers and fanciers the black leghorn in many instances Is replacing its brown 6 or white sister they are persistent layers of large chalk white eggs and theres no reason why they lack popularity arii any lonser |