Gleanings in bee culture . con-templated laying eggs. Dont you believe(lie outdoor air during these hot monthslielps them to thiid-: of laying eggs?* Ijetme digress a little. Years ago one of my most intimatefriends was a beekeeper by the name ofBlakeslee. We used to do a lot of visiting * Later, Aiit/. 29.— I hold in :uy hand a little eggweighing ] % ounces, just laid by one of my LadyEglantines. As nearly as I can figure she will befive months old Sept. 1 ; so she laid her first eggwhen 4 months and 29 days old. There is one more SEPTEMBKK ;, lOlC 879 back and forth, lie bought my big-
Gleanings in bee culture . con-templated laying eggs. Dont you believe(lie outdoor air during these hot monthslielps them to thiid-: of laying eggs?* Ijetme digress a little. Years ago one of my most intimatefriends was a beekeeper by the name ofBlakeslee. We used to do a lot of visiting * Later, Aiit/. 29.— I hold in :uy hand a little eggweighing ] % ounces, just laid by one of my LadyEglantines. As nearly as I can figure she will befive months old Sept. 1 ; so she laid her first eggwhen 4 months and 29 days old. There is one more SEPTEMBKK ;, lOlC 879 back and forth, lie bought my big- wiiifl-mill j-ears ago, and jiaid me for it in bivesof bees. Well, one of his daughters is nota beekeeper, but she is a ^chivken has now something like 2000 Leghorns,l)ig and little, and 900 laying hens. Theselaying hens are shut \\\) in rather closequarters, and never get out to liave tlie runof the farm—-that is, after they commencelaying. No males are permitted amongher laving hens. Miss Blakeslee has one. Baskets th;it brought the nine chicks from Bradentown. Fla., toMedina, Ohio. Three of the chicks were four weeks old, and the othersix only one week old. pullet that began to lay, I think, when itwas only four months and five days , as many pullets begin to lay whenfour or five months old, how old mu>t abrother of hers be in order to do his ])artin the way of replenishing and multi})ly-ing the fowls of tlie air? This w-as aquery, so I purchased two two-yeai-oldhens of Miss Blakeslee, hens that practical-ly had never seen a male bird since theybegan to lay. I put the two bens amongthe Eglantines. They are close to thatyoung rooster there on the perch. Youwill notice they are apparently goodfriends. At this date they have laid 1.)eggs, and these 15 eggs are under a sitting-hen. When she has had them five days Tcan tell whether they will hatch or not. Ifit were not counting chickens before theyare hatched I might go on and tell you that1 am planning t
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