EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETINS. 



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find the hawks no more troublesome out in the field than they did near 

 the house. 



Illustration number three represents twentj^-six White Leghorn pul- 

 lets reared according to methods outlined in this publication in the 

 last two chapters treating on the Handling of Young Stock and Food, 

 Care and Management of Pullets during the Fall and Winter. . Twelve 



Illustration 3. 



of these pullets were hatched early in May, 1906, and the remaining 

 fourteen during the early part of the following month. On November 

 30, 190G, the average weight of this pen of pullets was three and one- 

 half pounds. The first egg produced by this pen was laid October 23d, 

 and during the thirty days of November a total of 391 eggs were pro- 

 duced by the pen. 



