AMERICAN POULTRY CULTURE 



dorizer, and when sprinkled over the droppings 

 boards prevents the droppings from sticking fast, 

 and they may easily be swept off. 



Take good care of the early hatched pullets now 

 and they will take good care of your egg yield this 

 winter, when eggs are bringing high prices. Sell 

 the cockerels, but hold on to the pullets and keep 

 them for winter and spring laying. Don't let a 

 paltry fifty cents cause you to part with a well- 

 developed, likely-looking pullet, for she will pro- 

 duce a dollar's worth of eggs for you this winter. 

 Push the young roosters for broilers; more money 

 in them that way than any other way. Don't keep 

 them too long; let them go when they weigh two 

 pounds; a bunch of useless males will rapidly eat 

 up the profits, and their development is usually less 

 rapid after they are three or four months old. 

 Dispose of all stock, both young and old, that 

 have any defect or are not of the most desirable 

 quality from either the utility or fancy standpoint. 

 When cold weather sets in house room will be at a 

 premium, and a small flock of high quality will 

 pay greater profits than a crowded flock of mixed 

 quality. 



Cold weather always means more work with the 

 Cold poultry. The chill should be taken 



Weather off everything to be partaken of by 

 Management t h e fowls. Chilling a fowl by allow- 

 ing it to partake of cold food is just as harmful, and 



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