Show FARM TOPICS CARE OF POULTRY VITAL IN SUMMER special measures are necessary to protect flocks by 0 F PARRISH the health and egg production of the poultry flock next fall will be in proportion care given the pullets this summer one ot of the first musts a ts in the 9 rowers growers program should be the providing ot of clean ground not used by poultry tor for at least two years to range the pullets then too an open air summer range shelter should be located in a corn c 0 rn or soybean field orchard lespedeza e deza pasture or some other location where ample green teed feed and shade are available A an s ample supply ot of tender green feed eed will cut the teed feed bill greatly as well as result in a more healthy flock soybeans planted in rows or in corn make an ideal shade and s source 0 u ace ot of green feed eed during hot dry vi weather ather it Is also important that the pullets have plenty of fresh water supplied 4 in a cool shady place at all times at least once a day in the late of afternoon hernoon ter noon the pullets should be fed liberally on whole yellow corn and whole oats also the tha ards birds need a ugh high quality growing or developing mash many of the more successful poultry men keep whole oats and whole yellow corn in hoppers before the ahe pullets as well as a hopper of wash mash of course liberal feeding of whole oats corn and green feed will retard the sexual maturity of the pullets to a certain degree but this is to 10 the advantage of the since the birds will have more time to become better developed this will mean larger eggs |