Show ep lr te Cockerels from Pull Pullets for for Results Its Letting Lelling Males Run With Hens dens I Delays Laying II I Put Put Female Chicks by Themselves Themselves Themselves Them Them- selves as Soon as Comb Be Begins Begins Begins Be- Be gins to Develop on Males Months Month's Delay Otherwise ROOSTERS BYPRODUCT I FOR EARLY MARKETING Keep Them in Fattening Pens While Other Sex Is Given Free Range Preferably in Plowed Fields or Orchard BY A. A P. P HUNTER z Poultry Editor Lecturer Farmer v Copyright 1913 by br Eugene Eucene Co L The rhe Important tank of ot leT develop develop- p. I lag the pullet for tor summer Bummer I Is a treated 11 t exhaustively IY hlo Pullets Pul Pul- lets Jeu and Cockerels Cockerel hl the writer fates should lie he separated as a soon r n ft as the sc sex marks mark appear In order to Insure healthy and mouth In Iu fact the ln qualities qua qua- lt Ittes s of ot the pullets in later life de deon depend de- de pend on this step tP Th The The- e surplus Cockerels not needed needed need need- ed d for tot breeding IC cn offer pl material for fattening fur for the tho market Ue Ilert t methods method of ot ral rul rubs rubs- Ing Ine the Pullets nod Cockerels ore nrc nl alas alao o described The sketch I hY bT j- j Mr 11 Ir Graham t the the- widely widely- bred Game Gome lion linn tams t lam II which hl h ha have o stimulated s no III 1 f many fancier to their best bent efforts Thc ore not only beautiful to look nt but ore are a n source of ot profit by Y t breeding for exhibition RINGING GING the tho forward rd to Mj f B laying maturity Is t the most important Int- Int S task of ot the summer Indeed In- In R- R deed deed It may with truth bo be said that ft Promoting a good stead steady growth of or 1 j the tho pullets to laying laying- maturity Is the theone theono one ono Important task of or tho the summer ant and that tat b by careful attention to that ono one l task wo we may secure a good good- tf lv Iv X Profit from rom our poultry It Is td fe the tle pullets that wo fro have havo to look for C 0 eggs at tho the time of highest prices In November December and January i ii name namely and In order that tho the pullets f n shall shan be bo rUn fully mature maturo and In tood good a t shapo to la lay eggs e for or us at that time lime they must be bo kept steadily growing 1 and Dud should reach laying maturity in m October Having Ha attain attained cd that desired goal proal it Is comparatively cly easy to keep them steadily ll Ja laying laying- throughout tho the winter inter by good caro care and good food tood No ono one thing thinS eo so greatly aids to a n etea leady y growth of ot tho pullets as ns' separ- separ 9 miner nt ns them from the tho cockerels and giving the tho pullets free freo range and this r separation should be made as soon as ns tho the cockerels can be bo distinguished d from the thc pUllets They hey should not ne he allowed to run together for tor a n day after tho the combs and wattles of or th the cockerels begin to redden With Ith the tho wattles the de of combs and cockerels begin to naJ nag and Je tho pullets and the longer lon cr they are re r permitted that permitted per per- to run together aft after that period the worse the cockerels nn n and tease ease with the result th that thit t tI growth of ot tho the pullets Is hindered to the extent that thc they arc hold heM back bacle from laying for from a month to six weeks In time and not nol a few rew o of thorn fall short of attaining tho the best an fullest maturity This may j t eem seem an extreme statement but tests made b by byone byone one of ot the tho agricultural experiment stations sta sll lions fully It REACH LAYING MATURITY E. Pullets allowed to grow to maturity In the tho company of ot the cockerels of ut tho the same Garno hatch reached laying maturity matur matur- tt ity a a. full tuB month later than similar pullets which h had been separated froth from tho the cockerels and given gl full opportunity to grow Not only were the tho pullets slower In coming to full maturity but their average eraSe weight was somewhat below that of or orthe the which had hall been put off ort II liy by themselves do r range and had grown brown to full size and vigor The cockerels are arc a product by-product with tho the exception of ot tho rho two or three tint that ma may be wanted for tor breeding purposes t and the they should be bo fattened and ana sold tto to as early as possible ble Even 1 the two or that are arc reserved for lor or breeders should bo ho grown away from rem the pullets they will not grow row to their best estate to the fullest strength th and andI I vigor or If permitted to run nun with Iho pullets and dissipate much of or their energies In nagging and teasing them I The Tho cockerels to be sold old to mar mal market ket should bo ho shut up In moleia a sized ate fa fattening pens ens so t that ha t the they shall have havo opportunity to c exercise for tor growing ro Cock Cockerels ole ole- will vill not lay on fat when running running run run- ning at large therefore keep them th m confined confined confined con con- fined In small smail pens pons A pen twelve feet twenty five to square is ample amplo for thirty cockerels One twenty feet sq square will do nicely nicely- for fifty cockerels Thero should bo ho a a. colony coop six feet long Jong- b by three feet teet wide three feet high h In front and t two o feet teet hl high h at tho back for or a shelter for tho the smaller flock nocle a a. colony house six b by eight feet In size will caro care for tor the fifty cockerels In Inthe Inthe Inthe the larger pen Tho The soft-roaster soft growers growers grow ers down do In Plymouth county Massachusetts Massachusetts Massa Massa- grow geow fifty roasting chickens to an average weight of or seven or eight pounds each In 11 houses six by br eight ht feet in size but those chickens are sold to market before tho the weather has become vcr very warm GIVE PULLETS FREE RANGE We re hatch and grow chickens that wo we woma ma may have pullets for layers and that end may best be he attained by growing tho pullets on free freo range where shade or shelter from the hot sun of midsummer midsummer midsummer mid mid- summer Is available a The very vely best conditions are found In a field flold of at growIng growing growing grow grow- ing corn with Kith the pullets housed at nl night ht In colon colony coops set about a n. hundred hundred hundred hun hun- dred feet apart In a row alongside the field of or growing corn Tests mado made at tho Ontario A Agricultural Agricultural tural college farm faim demonstrated that pullets which had the run of o a n. plowed fluid field made a a. better growth than thun those running on grass rass ground round and that tho the very best growth roT was a made b by tho the pullets which ranged through h a field of growing corn not only onh Is the shade shado of or the tho corn good for the pullets but the activities o of tho the pullets are arc good for forthe forthe the corn the worms insects and bu bugs s ire are destroyed by the tho chickens and tho the torn born Is better for being protected protected protected pro pro- from rom their ravages The Tho decided advantages ad of or ran range e through a n cornfield corn corn- field arc now so 80 well kno n knon-n n that some ome poultry growers who make a 8 specialty of ot winter layers plow up a n long Jong narrow v t pr y t v t t r Y i t f i T 1 try b T M 4 riy tl 1 r- r 7 I. I I I 4 Lr j I i a. a lf t r I rr r Jt 42 f BLACK RED GAME II BANTAMS This is one of the thc known best and ana most widely bred of the game bantams It is probably reared in almost every cry country in iu the world oriel u world It originated in England but bat so long ago that the th source of its origin is not known The rivalry 11 among breeders of f this variety is is intense and atul large larg-c sums arc are expended to 1 purchase winning nines specimens Specs They are small and are limited to 18 to o 20 0 o ounces for females o 20 to 2 22 ounces for males The mulo male is is bril- bril brilliantly colored red ml and g greenish black The is is colored in tones tone of brown with salmon breast and yellowish neck strip of ot ground near tho the row TOW of ot coops occupied by tho the pullets and antI plant It to corn Wyckoff Son In New NewYork NewYork ew York state and und Go Well farm faun In Maine are good examples Next to plowed ground round for the pullets to ran range e over o an orchard IB It most desirable desirable desir desir- able especially I If there thero are arc aro strips of plowed or harrowed harrowell ground between tho the trees An orchard furnishes both shade and ond open ground and tho the put pullets can avail themselves of shade shado or sunshine sunshine sunshine sun sun- shine at will an orchard is also rich In worms bugs bug and Insects which tho the pullets pullets pullets pul pul- lets greatly enjoy to their own o benefit bend t tand and tho the benefit of ot the trees which they protect VIGOR Y NECESSARY FOR I LAYING If It neither cornfield nor orchard Is available give I e tho the pullets range over mown fields after the grass has been cut for ha hay or over the tho pasture land lard tho latter has especial advantages If It there thero are arc trees scattered hero here and there thoro or If It there thore Is a n wood adjoining The essential thing Is that the pullets have havo liberal range since slice ran ranging promotes bud body growth tho developing of bono bone and and muscle and building up of ot bodily strength and vigor Igor for tor these are aTC cs- cs for pullets that we want to have to do the tho best work worle on the n nest st st. It Is only the pullets that come como Into the tho laying quarters In full bodily strength and vigor that havo have the tho necessary staying power to produce eggs continuously that la lay well through tho the lato late fall raH and early winter months months and then continuo continue to lay lilY steadily ll until it Is time to sell thorn thom aUto off aU to market Otherwise the they go Into the moult preparatory to grow growing ins their new now winter suit of oC clothes clothe It has lias been objected by some that there was much labor In caring for pullets that wore were spread out over a considerable range but such uch Is la not the I caso case where up to feeding methods are arc employed If It one continued tho the old method of feeding three times a 0 day there would be both time and nd labor expended expended expended ex ex- ex- ex In feeding The simple method of oC ke keeping Ing tho rho food before tho the growing pullets all tho the time and letting them help themselves at will reduces the labor to a 0 minimum B By using field food foed hoppers which hold a weeks week's supply of ot food tood for or each cach family and refilling the hoppers onCe a week there Is extremely extreme little little labor ex expended expended ex- ex furthermore by keeping tho food tood constantly before tho the birds and letting letting Jetting them cat eat when they please a better otter that lint Is a more symmetrical growth will be mac made COOl NS AT NIGHT The birds should bo be secured within thin the colony colon coops at al night so that they will be bo safe safo from night prowlers which necessitates their being lot out again early the next morning The Tho water fountain which stands near each coop should be rinsed and refilled once a aday aday aday day as It Is essential that fresh resh clean water be bo always accessible to them The rinsing and refilling of ot tho the fountains foun- foun can easily bo done at time of closing the coops after anel the pullets have retired for tho the night or when them to let the tho pullets out In InOw inthe the Ow morning morning- This method of at feeding and caring for tor the rowing growing pullets Is easy and the tho results in the shape of at a good steady growth are aro most satisfactory Good stead steady growth g Is essential If It wo we would secure the te best profits from our poultry work and those best profits can bo bu In Insured Insured insured In- In b by giving the pullets free tree range wholly away from the annoying annoying attentions attentions attentions atten atten- of or tho the cockerels Separate the from tho time cockerels at tho the earliest possible date and give Sl the pullets pullets pul pul- lets the best possible chance to grow |