. Poultry for the farm and home. hens and saving the feed eaten by them,the flock was put on a paying basis. Thousands of culling demonstrations held in many states showthe same results. Often in flocks culled on a fifty-fifty basis,the half selected produce more eggs than the entire flock did beforeculling. The workers are getting extra feed, care, and attention-they respond with a greater production. Time to Cull. The better the flock, the later it can be poorly bred and poorly fed farm flocks are ready to cull inJune. The New York State certified flocks are cuUed in
. Poultry for the farm and home. hens and saving the feed eaten by them,the flock was put on a paying basis. Thousands of culling demonstrations held in many states showthe same results. Often in flocks culled on a fifty-fifty basis,the half selected produce more eggs than the entire flock did beforeculling. The workers are getting extra feed, care, and attention-they respond with a greater production. Time to Cull. The better the flock, the later it can be poorly bred and poorly fed farm flocks are ready to cull inJune. The New York State certified flocks are cuUed in poultrymen can afford to cull every month. If thie flock is culled only once a year, August is the bestmonth. It is good farm practice to cuU twice a year. The firstcuUing in July cuts out the extremely poor producers as soon asthe spring production season is over. The second culling inSeptember enables one to select the good producers to be used asbreeding stock. HOW TO TELLA GOOD LAYER FROM A POOR ONE DIFFERENCE IN MOLT. 203-egg hen molted late. In the last of September thishen was just starting to new feathers will grow quick-ly for such a hen uses her food aseffectively in feather productionas in egg production. Her restperiod for molting will be soon as a hen starts a generalmolt she usually stops few extraordinary bens layeven through the molt. 36-egg hen molted early. This hen laid a few eggs in thespring and then began to lazearound and grow her new coatof feathers. In September herfeathers are new and clean andbright—a pleasing contrast to thescraggly, soiled, dirty coat of herhard-working sister. This henis as useless as are folks whospend ALL their time keepingthemselves good looking. DIFFERENCE IN SHANKS
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