Pleasant Grove Review | 1933-11-10 | Page 3 | Early Winter Eggs worth More than Spring Supply

Early Winter Eggs Worth More Than Spring Supply A dozen eggs laid In winter by the flock are worth as much as two dozen laid in the springtime. This is a general rule laid down by It. E. Cray, extension specialist in poultry husbandry for the Ohio State university. His conclusion is based on several hundred farm flock records kept for a period of years. Past records would indicate, Cray said, that in a short time eggs probably will be three or four times as valuable as they were last spring. To induce hens to lay when eggs are worth the most, Cray offers the following suggestions: Make the birds eat more than they really want. This can be accomplished ac-complished by feeding wet mash. Mix some of the regular dry mash with enough, milk to make it crumbly crum-bly wet. Feed this once a day In quantities the chickens will consume con-sume in half an hour. Rid the birds of lice and mites. Lice may be eliminated by painting the roosts with a coating of nicotine sulphate just before the hens go to roost. Mites may be kept out of the poultry house by painting the roosts and roost supports once a year with carbolinenm. Keep birds comfortable, Is another of Cray's suggestions.