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Show PREPARE NOW FOR PEAK EGGS NEXT FALL If the farmer wishes to benefit by the high prices that eggs are certain to bring next fall and winter, he should begin to get ready for them 'at once, say the poultry specialists. The way to have eggs late in the year is to hatch pullets early. It is the early hatches from which the early pullets are derived that are the largest money mon-ey makers for the poultry producer. The early hatched cockerels can be marketed in almost any market in the United States when they attain a weight of to a pound and a y2 each, which they should reach at about six to ten weeks of age, respectively, respec-tively, at a greater profit to the producer pro-ducer than at any other time of their lives. The early hatched pullets, if properly grown, should begin to lay in the fall at the time when eggs are scarce and high in price. .A FEW FACTS TO REMEMBER. Pullets must be well matured before be-fore they will lay many eggs. Pullets that start to lay in the fall before cold weather sets in will, as a rule, lay all winter. It is early hatched pullets that produce pro-duce eggs in the early fall and winter when prices are high. February, March and April are the months to do your hatching in order to secure early hatched pullets. Yearling and two-year-old hens do not lay many eggs in the fall as they are generally molting at that time, and the feed they consume goes not only to keep ud the energy and life of the birds but also to put on or grow a new coat of feathers. In properly matured pullets all Surplus eneruv l-evped tbf needed to meet the requirements of the body is available for the production of eggs. |