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EGG MONEY 



any roots you can get op them and watch the hens eat. 

 Keep plenty of straw on the floors for them to work in and 

 scatter all the grain they will eat in the straw and let them 

 work it out. Wheat, oats, barley, corn and speltz are all 

 good grains to feed; give them a variety and don't be afraid 

 of overfeeding if they have to work for it. Above all, 

 don't be afraid to give them plenty of fresh air. 



To Improve the Flock. 



In the fall, as the pullets begin laying, you will find 

 some six weeks difference between the time the first one 

 starts and the last one from the same hatch. Leg-band 

 those first layers and the next year breed from them. Fol- 

 low this up and in a few years you will have a strain of fowls 

 that you can be assured will lay in the fall and winter. 

 Don't get the idea that if they lay in winter they won't 

 lay in the spring, for you will find that the hen that lays 

 the most eggs in the winter will also lay the most during 

 March, April and May. 



Eggs in winter depend on breeding, raising, feeding, and 

 housing. You can make a straw shed, mushn the front, 

 and get just as many eggs as though you had a $1,000.00 

 hen house. 



