Show BIG SAVING MADE BY GULLING CULLING OUT SCRUBS fowls eliminated from many flocks extension agents explain method of weeding out so thoroughly that poultry raisers soon become efficient prepared by tb abd tbd united ettes alst department of f agi approximately was avas saved to poultry men inen in texas lust last year through the work of extension workers employed operatively cooperatively co by the united states department of agriculture aind tile state agricultural college coI leKe in 14 counties of maine blaine hie savins wua about these sums sum represent at the lie lioney value of cutting culling rs es limited on the feed cost of vile one cent a lay day a lien hen in baine liens acre ere enin lud in culling ciell is and culls removed it in tefft about 15 13 i 0 7 ati ja 6 0 o A X N P fac A I 1 4 extension agent explaining method of culling OGO liens hens were nvere culled that this cullins culling was successful Is shon by the following figures 19 birds wore culled from a flock of 54 and lu in the next nest senen seen days the culls laid hild only 20 0 O eggs 90 birds were culled from flocks totaling 8 ag and in the next seen set en days laid 20 eggs of the entire number of hens culled in maine blaine the percentage of egg production for the entire flock was ZI for the liens hens left a after cull ing per cent and for the culls 4 45 5 per eat cent the number of poultry owners in strutted ted in maine was vias and in texas many of whom afterward atte iward culled their onn flocks the estimated savings represent only a part of the total alue of oc this work As a result of the demonstrations in one section in maine blaine 79 persons eliminated 1420 birds as culls while in in texas the culling that resulted from all demonstrations was valued at I the extension agents not only demonstrated that the producing non rion hen could be eliminated but explained the method of cutting culling so thoroughly that those could go home and put it into practice nearly as effectively as the demonstrators themselves |