Show cut out non producers and save cost of feed according to the poultry department of the new york state college of agriculture feed Is about one halt of the cost of keeping a hen 00 pounds being required per year for slightly better than average production during the past 11 years the number of eggs per hen to pay for her cost of feed has ranged from 48 to 72 per year averaging 02 62 in WO 1910 it required 69 eggs per hen annually to pity pay her feed costs about ten dozen are required per bird to pay the entire cost on this basis you can easily estimate what your own lock flock la Is doing now Is the alie time to cull the old hens hena As witla with the dairy so with the poultry this Is the year to weed out the non producers mercilessly fortunately the ratio between feed and eggs Is relatively good so that if you do cull closely and then exercise more than usual care your poultry business may come through fairly well during the next nest year amer american ican agriculturist |