Show GIVE PLENTY OF ROOSTING PLACE pullets need room and fresh rr P sh air to develop properly give the pullets plenty of ro space aud and encourage them to roost early says says L 31 hurd of the new york state college of agriculture boosting roosting Ro helps to 0 o prevent crowding crowdle and allows the individual chicken more fre freedain edoin of acteon action and better mr air U tIn crowded pullets make better beiter growth clean and disinfect the houses and supply them frequently with fresh litter shavings oat straw or sand make the best covering for the floor during the summer when more than one house Is in use take care that tw too many pullets do not form the habit of ro in one building the buildings ln s should I 1 be at least feet apart to help keep the birds evenly distributed tri buted it Is not advisable to try to house more than growing pullets in one colony house provide good ventilation on hot nights in to the regular ven tila tors take out the glass sash in the front of the bouse house to prevent possible infestation from red mites paint the per perches clies and side walls close by with or spray the colony houses several times during the summer with ft ath a mixture of equal parts of crude car carrolle carlol bolle lc acid and kerosene when there are many hatches and several weeks difference in their ages provide each hatch with it a separate range or place the houses farther apart than for groups of the same age otherwise older pullets will annoy the young and prevent normal growth fireless cooker good idea for egg layers hens need warm water its ita cheaper pr for you to warm it op on the fire than to make the lien hen warm it with expensive teed feed you can save lots of trouble by insulating su the water pall you can make a sort gort of tireless fireless cooker by placing the drinking vessel in a box large enough to stuff two or three inches of straw excelsior or torn newspapers packed tightly below and all around the vessel keep the material dry by covering it wit with tin fitted closely under the top rim of the pall and sloped slightly to the outside of the box so the split water will run off the water keeps warra warm several hours profits increased Increase rd by culling flock closely whether tile the poultry producer keeps pure breda or grades lie he will increase his profits very materially by culling ills flock closely every year though the trap nest Is the roost most accurate means of selecting the best layers in tile the flock its use la is only practicable for those who abo make poultry breedl ni a specialty the trap nest usually tins has no place on the general farm on the average the pullet laying year Is more profitable than any other yearnings yearlings Year lings and two year olds are likely to be kept at an actual loss unless they are carefully culled |