FEEDING PULLETS 71 
of the fact that the mash is before them all 
the time. 
On this basis the adjustment of the feed 
for pullets is a comparatively simple problem. 
If the quantity of scratch feed given to a 
flock of pullets is somewhat reduced they 
will, within certain limits, eat more mash in 
proportion. If they eat more mash they will 
be getting more of the egg-producing ingre- 
dients, and we shall find that a larger number 
of eggs will be laid. On the other hand, if 
the quantity of scratch grain feed is materi- 
ally increased, the pullets will eat less mash 
and we shall find that egg production is 
lowered. 
How to Judge Condition. There is a 
reliable and easy means by which the poul- 
tryman may know whether egg production 
is getting higher than is consistent with the 
condition of his birds. The test is the weight 
of the birds. Several pullets, say eight or 
ten out of each one hundred, should be 
banded and weighed and the individual 
weight of each pullet accurately recorded. 
Then the same pullets should be weighed at 
frequent intervals—every two or three weeks. 
