72 EGG MONEY 



same inclination. Therefore mine, all of them, dogs, cats, 

 horses and poultry, always have enough. 



A Heavy Egg Yield is Not Difficult to Obtain. 

 By A. B. Williams. 



I begin in September to prepare my heas for winter lay- 

 ing, first I shut off the feed from the old hens (only give 

 one third their regular feed) for two weeks. Then I feed 

 heavy for a spell, to start all the hens that are backward 

 about molting to molt; that gets all the hens in good shape 

 to start laying by the last of November. By that time the 

 hens are all housed in a good warm house with plenty of 

 hay and straw over head, so that frost never gathers. I 

 also have double doors and windows; they do not know it 

 is winter. 



I feed mostly wnole grain; wheat, barley and some corn, 

 with a supply of cabbage, beets and small potatoes always 

 on hand. The fowls are seldom allowed out on the frozen 

 ground, but the doors have Screens and are left open on all 

 bright days, which keeps the birds in good health. Pul- 

 lets hatched in May should be housed in their winter quar- 

 ters before Nov. 1st, and should be helping to fill the egg 

 basket all winter. Pullets as a rule lay the most of the 

 winter eggs, if looked after at the proper time in the fall. 



Make your poultry house warm and light, feed plenty but 

 don't fatten your hens, always have plenty of clean water, 

 don't forget to furnish good grit and a dusting place 

 in winter, and you will have plenty of eggs in the coldest 

 weather. 



Grit, Shells and Vegetable Foods Are Needed by Laying Fowls 



— A Good Ration. 



By R. A. Pike. 



In writing an article on winter egg production I realize 

 that it will not be of much interest to poultrymen who are 

 getting a satisfactory number of eggs from their fowls, it 

 will, therefore, be of help only to those who are not getting 



