Show RY FEED HIGH CULL POULTRY FLOCKS owners of birds urged to keep only good stock ny by roy noy S dearstyne head of poultry deportment department narth carolina state college service the high price of feed feedstuffs stuffs is loading to a critical situation in the poultry industry small flock owners are especially hard hit but regardless ot of price the cannot compromise with balanced feeding it if he hopes to maintain the quality ot of his flock very cheap mashes are usually low in digestibility and thus are arc costly in the long run it if you have inferior birds in your flock cull them out and spend your money only to feed the really good birds it you cannot afford to teed feed all your birds well keep only those you can afford to teed feed it there has been a time during the past ten years when poultry men had to cull very carefully that inai time aine inai aine is to meet high feed prices the overage average production per bird in the flock must be increased and this can be done by keeping only the highest producers the lesson of this year should be sufficient to prove to an all poultry men that a better breeding program for the future is imperative it if more attention had been paid to breeding 0 in the past would not be so bothered by high prices now and right now is the time to start breeding for the future when mating the breeding birds place the ma males I 1 es in the pens in time to adapt themselves to new conditions before eggs are saved tor for hatching be sure that only vigorous healthy standard males of good type are placed in the breeding pens there should be one male for every 14 to 16 females of the american america n breeds |