Black Langshan Cock and Hen 



Any one that keeps in close touch with his fowls can do this and secure a 

 flock that will have no poor layers. The very key to success is the ability to 

 do this. 



It is estimated that in unselected flocks the unprofitable hens average forty 

 per cent. This is absolutely fatal to any success worthy of consideration. A flock 

 of layers can be built up, or can be formed by weeding out the idlers. In some 

 way get a flock of layers; it is another of the inexorable conditions of success. 

 Eternal vigilance this alone makes a full egg basket. Watch for the layers; 

 come back to this point day by day, year by year. Watch the pullets; keep tab 

 on them; note the signs of promise. The critical point in the whole business is to 

 be able to select layers. Make a note of this and work up to it. Other things 

 being well done, this will crown the whole and put money in your purse. 



Winter Eggs 



Now, with a selected flock, how shall we get eggs in the colder months? How 

 shall we persuade our hens to lay when others are out on a "strike" and prices 

 are high? The answer is not easy; if it was, there would be no incentive to get 

 winter eggs, for others would be "in the running" and prices would decline. It is 

 the generally moderate output of winter days that makes high prices and to change 

 that condition radically is perhaps impossible. But it can be changed so far as 

 to make it contribute to the profits of the wise. It is another of the great objective 

 points in poultry culture. Get winter eggs. People do not stop eating eggs because 

 it is winter. 



The question runs deeply. See what can be said in answer, i. Secure room 

 enough to raise green food. Do not rely on drugs, egg foods, patent devices to 

 stimulate egg production. Depend upon the health and vigor of your flock, and 

 upon green feed, grass, vegetables, root crops, to add to your normal winter 

 output of eggs. 2. Look after the moulting period; a hen that will lay in cold 

 weather or rainy weather must come through the moult early and come through 



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