FEEDING CHICKENS 9? 
Details of double feed hopper. End detail of double feed 
hopper. 
FORCE PULLETS FOR WINTER LAYING 
When the pullets are put in their winter 
quarters they should be forced for laying, 
as laying eggs in quantities is what the busi- 
ness outlined in this book is built upon. 
Breeders who raise chickens to sell as foun- 
dation stock to others, or who want fertile 
eges for hatching, probably do not care so 
much as to the quantity of eggs but must 
have a hardy flock of healthy natural birds 
which they would not force by feeding 
specially for that purpose. But you want 
eggs—the more infertile the better, and the 
more eggs the better. 
I feed mostly prepared feeds of the best 
quality, believing that expert feed men 
should be able, with the aid of their scientists, 
to mix better feeds for particular purposes 
than I can. So I feed scratch feed in the lit- 
ter in the morning with the object of keep- 
