6 HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



Wiswell the Druggist 



82 Main Street 



THE KODAK STORE 



VETERINARY REMEDIES 

 Daniels', Lesure's, Barber's 



STABLE DISINFECTANTS 



SAMUKL D. HOWARD 



Wir, 1,1AM N. IKJWARD 



D. F. Howard & Sons 



Wholesale and Retail Dealers in 



FLOUR, MEAL, GRAIN 

 FEED, PRESSED HAY 

 STRAW AND 



POULTRY SUPPLIES 



90 East Street, 



Ware, Mass. 



l:l<va(or oil II. & A. K. K. 

 Loiifi: Oistaiirp IVIeplioiio 



GAZETTE PRINTING CO. 

 MERCANTILE PRINTERS 

 NORTHAMPTON, MASS. 



COOL 

 CLOTHES 



AT 



R. F. ARMSTRONG & SON'S 



SOHMAIN STREET 

 NORTHAMPTON, MASS. 



Fords ors. 



Here is Henry Ford's w nrlil-wide gift to (;i\ iiization, vvhicli 

 lias won tiie uil-Eugianil cliainpionslii]) jjrize at tlie demon- 

 stration given at Lincolnsiiire, England, May i), 1SM8. It is 

 one of the iiriiicipal factors in winning tliis great war in 

 liel|)ing in the iirodnction of food. Every fanner should own 

 one of these niaciiines. 



For Circulars, Catalogs, Etc., Etc. 

 CHASE MOTOR SALES COMPANY 



Distributors for Western Massachusetts 



a03 MAIN STUKKT NOIJTH AMPTON, MASS. 



GOOD LAYERS 



1 



Moult late. When a hen stops laying 

 in summer she usually moults. Good 

 layers lay late, therefore moult late. 

 2 



Have a bleached appearance due to the 

 loss of fat and yellow pigment. Laying 

 exhausts the body pigment. The body 

 parts fade in accordance with circulation. 

 Vent, eyelids, beak and shanks fade in 

 the order named. 



•J 



Have moist vent, open, pliable pelvic 

 bones, prominent sternal processes and 

 bright combs. The condition of the pelvic 

 (lay) bones may be determined by feel- 

 ing. On a laying hen they are open 

 sufficiently to allow easy passage of an 

 egg. 



4 



Evidence capacity in well developed 

 abdomen and quality in soft, pliable skin. 

 Egg production requires much food. The 

 distended intestines and functional ova- 

 duct fill out the abdominal cavity and 

 increase the span between keel and pelvic 

 bones. 



.■5 



Possess constitutional vigor, freedom 

 from physical defects, active disposition 

 aiid friendly yet nervous temperament. 



POOR LAYERS 



1 



Moult early. Poor layers quit early 

 and, therefore, moult early. By fall 

 they often have a smooth coat of new 

 feathers as contrasted with the rough, 

 ragged feathering of better layers. 



2 



Retain fat and yellow pigment. In 

 poor layers the shank? continue yellow. 

 A yellow vent is indicative that the bird 

 is not laying. When a hen stops laying 

 the pigment returns in the same order 

 in which it left. 



3 

 Have puckered vents, close rigid pelvic 

 bones, receded sternal processes and limp, 

 pale combs. When a hen is not laying 

 her vent drys, the bones set and become 

 covered with fat. Her comb shrivels and 

 looses its bright color and wa.xy feeling. 



4 



Have little abdominal development 



and are often filled with hard fat covered 



by tight, coarse skin. The slacker, if 



healthy and. well fed, usually fattens. 



5 

 May 01- may not be healthy, are in- 

 clined to be wild or to show an inactive, 

 sluggish disposition. 



Wm. C. Monahan, M. A. C. 



