POULTRYMAN'S CALENDAR 233 



CALENDAR FOR THE POULTRY- 

 MAN'S YEAR 



OCTOBER 



October is usually the beginning of the poultryman's 

 year. Ring out the old and ring in the new is usually 

 practiced at this time. All of the old fowls that are 

 useless should be marketed; the flock should be sepa- 

 rated and the old hens and young pullets placed in 

 different apartments. 



As the weather grows colder, more precaution must be 

 taken to prevent ailment from creeping into the flock. 

 All specimens, old or young, which lack size, strength, 

 or vitality should be culled out from the flock; nothing 

 but strong, healthy specimens should remain. 



The poultry buildings should be of such a character 

 that no drafts of air can blow through them. All air 

 and ventilation should come in from the front of the 

 building. 



NOVEMBER 



The spring-hatched pullets should be laying at this 

 time, and the best of egg-producing rations should be 

 fed to them and to the old hens as well. 



The growing green food having disappeared, a plentiful 

 supply of sprouted oats, alfalfa hay, and other green 

 foods should be provided to take its place. The floor 

 of the poultry house should be well covered with dry 

 litter and the green food should be thrown on it. This 

 will encourage the fowls to work for all the food they 

 get, and in this way they will be made active and more 

 healthy. Fowls that are too weak to work for a living 

 are usually poor layers and might as well be sold to 

 market. 



An additional culling of the flock should be made at 

 this "time. No male over 2 yr. old should be kept. The 

 earliest and best cockerels of the year are best for 

 breeding purposes, 



