Show J ONLY CERTIFIED ca CHICKS 11 FAVORED must most be rigid supervision of hatching eggs the pu ot of baby chicks gen ersiely i gels als what hp he pays for and chicks from unknown hidi liberles usually results in a failure allure ot ili the project ilie nw fiume ot of the hatchery behon buh iri ties entirely in the locks flocks supplying hie file hatchery with eggs fa ays kiy 8 deur styve head ottlie otlie north nort Ci state college poultry department ment there must ile he a rigid supervision ot of those supplies to assure that tile hie stuck stock and of 1 tie supply loch flock Is of the best ln tit brodin tl on type and con figr insist he in ili tile breed 1 ing birds alica I 1 1 inest he be housed right fed hialit free free of disease and should pay a profit to the und and the HIP butchery haft 11 erf before they tire lire tanal ly delivered at al the cus customers lonjers floor door ille hatching of 0 any klinl kind of eggs to produce Kp dithy ticks fur for stile snip Is a thing of the kenst alp rie dares mr dearstyne it I 1 t Is quite expensive to build up tip a lock of standard hens of high pi producing educing boiver awer and qualley qu allty this often offen involves trap rap measuring the qualities OT of 66 individual birds careful s selection election ot of abilities to produce a marketable egg and other factors tent entering ering into successful bouttry production Is tt it important that the erks eggs be free fron from tile the gerni germ borne diarrhea disease some ad vertise that hilt their chicks tire ire fro from a blood tested alo acks but baio do not nat say when nor how the says air styne should kaow his hatchery and its record and find if it 0 offers something in addition to price alone the purchasing 0 f quality chicks with production behind them Is a money saving investment when cideko are sold at a very red reduced tired taie rate it means that they are hatched from pullet epps eggs or that the hatchery Is retting getting little if any profit selection of breeding birds sometimes hard the first point to consider in corl con lection with the selection Is the number of breeding birds likely to ile he required to produce sufficient sulli clent eks eggs at the right period prolonged hatching must be avoided as far as possible ind consequently there must he tin adequate number of breeders bleeders bre eders an extra pen of birds will provide a surplus number of eggs enabling the lie breed er to avold avoid the possibility of a short age a ge when most needed nee led to arrive at the number of barda bard 4 required to supple tile the eggs during a given period conr would be safe in estimating an output of four eggs weekly from ench bird A hundred breeders bleeders bre eders should have no an dlf dif in providing eggs a week and if tile the sel servellon vellon of stock lias hail been carried c out on sound souad lines must most of these eggs will be suitable for hatch batch ing it should be borne in mind also that under tinder normal conditions not more than ju to 80 10 per cont of thel the eggs incubated hutch out willie from these there will he at leam 50 0 per ce cent III cockerel ground alfalfa good v for eggs green feed and darel il or oi cod liver oll oil are bol holli it tiry miry kopro 1 duce a miili mim art of hatch able eggs nce to tests te q S it at the ohio ahlo experiment station direct sunlight sun light ur or the feeding of f cud liver oil lias has liitle benent benefit unless a green teed feed Is available dt at tile the S same ine time find and ut according to D 0 kennard in charge of poultry lona a elgh quality alfalla meal men used as a part of tile mash makes a very i cadry solution of tile green feed problem pr lie also finds that milk in sulue forni form serves very as 88 it a partial te for green graen feed and for this reason makes an important part of df the lie ration for layers lasers kept in confinement beter care needed farm people are dol doing nifa a atla h etter joh job of raising baby chicks than ahey of caring for their mature malure pullets and laa ang stock w according tit W V whit field iowa state siale college vo lilge atter after al fter a stir hocks tp in 11 i 1 counties ve acy y of MK farm f arm seventy e alty two per lier cent of the fart farmers ners were w ere feeding a baby chick mitlon that was vas suitable 65 per cent reusing we eusini brooder stoves sl 11 per ceni raised their chicks on c jenn ground gri nind and 50 per cent had find found it profitable profi tabie to raise pullets separate lv test of value the balance sheet Is 11 the e real reak test of the value of any an enterprise or any section oi of tanner ta irmer commercial activity only gilly to the extent to which returns exceed costs do profits apply in any study of egg production it I 1 Is necessary to take lake into consideration tile the varying factors I 1 in n different areas there alfr ire fome parts in ill which feed cos costs ts are app more than in I 1 in others find and there lire are patta paka where price ret are higher and marketing costs lem |