Rich County Reaper | 1930-06-27 | Page 2 | Early Maturing Pullets Usually Best Layers

early maturing pullets usually best layers in every flock of growing chickens there are always some that grow faster than the others observations and experiments have shown that it Is these early developing pullets that tire are the best onesto ones to select for the lay ing in lock flock they will start laying sooner than the others and will keep it up tip longer provided alipy y tire are fed a good A ayling ration and are fed in such d a way its as to maintain body weight occasionally some will develop sexually u fl ily that Is their combs will reddest redden up and become large and these birds will lay eggs they may make this development at the expense of their body growth such birds should be given a little longer time to put pui on more growth and weight before expecting them to continue laying tills this Is done by cutting down the protein in the growing ration cutt cutting lill down the meat scrap to about 5 to 10 per cent and feeding heavily of grains follow this procedure for about two week