HOW TO GET EGGS IN WINTER 93 
tule. They require rather different treatment. If 
you are going to keep over a number of extra good 
hens to use as breeders in the Spring, they should 
not be forced as hard as the pullets. Fowls forced 
for eggs are not in proper condition to make good 
breeding stock when the breeding season comes. 
All the other left-over stock should be disposed of 
before the pullets are put into winter quarters. 
They will bring low prices if kept until November or 
December. 
It will be seen from all this that there is no royal 
road to winter egg production. It is all a question 
of properly hatched hens, properly reared and prop- 
erly fed. The requisites are not numerous, after 
all, but they are exceedingly important. 
