PROGRESSIVE POULTRY RAISING 



Producing While it is possible to keep a good 



Good Eggs e &&> tnat * s produced in March and 



April, good until mid-winter, a good 

 egg cannot be made from a poor one. During the spring 

 months before the hot weather sets in mosp of the eggs 

 marketed arrive in fairly good condition but with the 

 onset of warm weather the situation is much changed 

 and eggs reach the packing house in considerable numbers 

 that are not only not fit for storage but are actually 

 unfit for use as food at all. 



The Bureau of Animal Industry has carried on investi- 

 gations which show that the following simple precautions 

 taken during the very hot weather resulted in the market- 

 ing of eggs which graded 97 per cent first class. These 

 results were reported in Bulletin No. 160 of the Animal 

 Industry Department, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



1 . Infertile eggs were produced by keeping the males 

 from the laying flock. As has already been suggested, 

 this may be accomplished by disposing of the cockerels 

 as broilers before they reach the breeding age, or by 

 capon iz ing. 



2 . The hens were furnished plenty of roomy, clean nests. 



3. The eggs were gathered twice daily. 



4. They were kept in a cellar that was cool, dry and 

 free from odors. 



5. The eggs were taken to market twice a week, being 

 carefully protected from the sun on the way to town. 



6. The eggs that were small, dirty, misshapen or found 

 in stolen nests were kept for home use. 



In dealing with poultry diseases, 

 Diseases preventive rather than curative meas- 



ures should be depended upon. The 

 flock that is well bred from the standpoint of vigor, is 

 reasonably well fed and given a comfortable house and run 

 on land that is sodded or grows a crop each year, is not 

 likely to give much difficulty from diseases. As a usual 



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