REARING HEAVY LAYERS 



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A Group of Early Laying Pullets which were Reared in the Manner 

 Described by L. B. Rich. 



them go on to a roost before they are four or five months 

 old. Let them hustle on the farm all day and fill them full 

 of grain at night. Keep them growing every day and when 

 they are six months old, they should be talking about lay- 

 ing and then is your time to do some fine work. 



People used to think that if they gave the chicks summer 

 conditions in the winter, they would get winter eggs and 

 the only condition they thought of was heat. Now, as 

 a matter of fact, heat cuts but a very small figure in the 

 production of winter eggs. Fresh, dry air and proper feed 

 and care are of much more importance. 



Feeding for Eggs. 



All summer the chicks have had all the green grass and 

 clover they wanted, with bugs galore, for animal food, 

 and they must have this same material in some form dur- 

 ing the winter to produce the eggs. Early in the fall 

 fix a box or hopper to contain dry bran and beef scraps, 

 mixed half and half by measure, where they can get all 

 they want. Throw some clover hay to them, or, better, 

 fix a rack to hold it and keep the rack full; they will eat 

 all but the wocid. Drive some nails into the sides of your 

 pens, and eaCh day jab some cabbage, mangels, beets or 



