Show EGG production ON DURING SUMMER poultry men M en agree that it de depends bends on best care facing poultry men during the sum gum mer Is the problem of preventing a rapid drop in egg production with the coming of warm warin weather when eggs bring good prices standard egg production duft ionin in new ji jersey s ey for june ts ii IS eggs per bird for july Juli litis it Is 10 eggs and fo for august 13 eggs W whether h ether or not a flock makes standard production during these three months depends entirely on the care it la Is given by the poultry roan man announces the poultry department of the new nev jersey agricultural agH cultural experiment station according to the station successful poultry men agree that good summer egg pyo production depends on attention to little details of management an and not on one outstanding factor cull ing the flock for example la Is not the most important factor in obtaining standard production but just one of the many factors in fact culling should be last in the effort to hold production the laying house should receive attention first as a u means of holding egg production all windows should be opened to provide good ventilation and to keep the house cool lice and mites are often the cause of the flock falling failing off in production careful inspection of the birds and coop should be made once a month for these parasites it is considered a good practice to treat the flock for body lice by using sodium florede or any lice powder generalis general Gener alij ij one treatment is sufficient for the entire summer the roost drop boards and nests should be painted with tiny any coal c tar product as a means of controlling the mites when such cannot be obtained a mixture of kerosene oil and old crank case 0 oil 11 from the tractor or automobile can be used to advantage heavy consumption of mash so important to heavy production 11 ia obtained in the summer by feeding only 8 or 10 pounds of grain to e each ach birds keeping mash ansh always before the birds and keeping the layers confined to the house where they will always be near the mash hoppers other factors found to be important in feeding are a dally daily supply of fresh green feed such as dandelions lawn clippings and weeds from the garden and a constant con siant supply of fresh clean cool water 1 when production falls below 50 60 per cent it is time to start culling if the foregoing factors mentioned have been carefully followed |