Show poultry facts the tack lack of lime in the poultry ra tion muy cause soft or thin and weak shelled eggs 0 the brooder for or burts a should be moved away anav from buildings to aroun I 1 known to be free from contamination with chicken dai eases the presence of additional lime in the me poultry ration Iner increases eases the num nuin tier ler of eggs produced by laying hens over those pridu produced pro dued ed by hens not re ceiling lime although cull culling can he be practiced as soon as the chicks are nearly 40 per cent of an average lock lewk of nf hens will probably have to tw be culled between june und september 0 in order to make a prom on bresn d poultry farmers should charge fratin 13 to 20 per ceria more anore for dressed birds than for live ones lighter fowls lose the greatest percentage of weight in dressing i contrary to tire the bellef belief of many lime in the form of oyster shell has no efi effect feet on the color of the egg shell wlben pullets are ale kept in good von con ditan there Is a greater likelihood of a sustained ned egr egg production there Is also less danger from colds and molt 0 no feed has any effect on the color I 1 of tile the egg shell feed does have an effect on the color of the egg yolk but not on the color of the shell 0 4 do not begrudge the cost of good stock A dollar saved on the price of a bird Is often the very poorest econ eniy only especially ls lei this the case where the male hird bird js Is concerned in poul it has bus practically become 4 proverb that tile male bird Is more than half the pen 6 1 there ure are three minerals that have heen been to io be e essential lii if bell tile the feeding of of poultry T they ey are lime phosphorus and suit and their function 11 in Is to build hone make ess egg eliell und aid in dage digestion won |