CARE OF THE FUTURE LAYERS. 



A Description of the Care and Foods Required to Produce 



Rapid and Uniform Development in the Prospective Egg 



Producers — the VaUie of Range and Fresh Air — 



the Preferred Styles of Roosting Coops — the 



Foods to Feed — Changing to Winter 



Quarters. 



By H. A. Nourse. 



It is generally conceded that the best egg yields can be 

 secured from piillets and the problem of caring for them, 

 in order to produce early and continued laying, is an im- 

 portant one. The highest prices for this product are ob- 

 tained during the fall and early winter, and the poultry- 

 man's income is increased or diminished in many cases 

 by the number of eggs he secures in November, December 

 and January. While foods play an important part in the 

 development of the pullets, the environment and roosting 

 accommodations are deserving of more than passing no- 

 tice. 



The Proper Environment. 



Although very good pullets can be raised in limited 

 quarters', free range is desirable, both because it is con- 

 ducive to healthy, vigorous growth and because it reduces 

 appreciably the labor of caring for the flock. Up to the 

 time when the ground freezes, the birds can find consider- 

 able nourishment, both animal and vegetable, which ac- 

 ceptably fills the place of much that must otherwise be 

 bought and paid for. Bugs and worms, together with dry 

 berries and green vegetable growths fill a want that can- 

 not be as well supplied by the feeder. 



Exercise plays an important part in the well-being of 

 all poultry and the growing stock in particular. Any de- 



