there is plenty of shade and abundant food, they will come 

 into the fall laying houses ready for business. Always keep 

 pullets of the same age together. Be absolutely sure that the 

 quarters are roomy so that the birds are not crowded at 

 night. Encourage roosting by having plenty of roosts in a 

 well ventilated but not drafty house. Constantly weed out 

 birds that lack vigor or do not develop rapidly. Clean houses 

 and clean yards are essential to healthy, quick development 

 of pullets. Clean the houses as often as possible. Keep the 

 inside of the houses well disinfected. Be sure to get your 

 pullets into the laying houses early, before the egg laying 

 season begins. Otherwise a drop in the egg yield will occur 

 and a fall molt will be encouraged. Any sudden change in 

 feeding or management is liable to throw the birds into a 

 false molt and seriously interfere with winter egg produc- 

 tion. 



THE BEST RATION IS THE CHEAPEST 



Some people still do not realize that cheap feed is the most 

 expensive in the end. The far seeing poultry raiser realizes 

 that it is results, not price, that counts. The average farm 

 hen lays only 72 eggs per year and in many localities the 

 average is much lower. The average commercial hen lays 

 about 140 to 160 eggs per year. This is an average and not 

 the maximum because many hens eat more than others. 

 Seventy pounds of feed a year is figured as an average for 

 each hen or less than three quarters of the feed for the main- 

 tenance of the body and a hen consuming this amount should 

 lay more than 150 eggs a year. A difference of 7 eggs per 

 hen per year will pay a difference of $10 per ton in the 

 price of feed. This does not seem possible but it is the truth. 

 At the $10 a ton difference in the cost of feed, it costs only 

 35c more per hen per year to feed the best. At 60c per dozen 

 or 5c each, it takes seven eggs to pay the difference. At 48c 

 per dozen, or 4c each, it takes only 9 eggs to pay the differ- 

 ence. Even at 36c per dozen, or 3c each, it takes only 12 

 eggs per hen per year or one egg more per month to pay the 

 difference of $10 per ton in the price of feed. It is by plant- 

 ing the best seed that you get the richest harvest. The far 

 seeing poultry raiser uses only the best rations, and reaps 

 the maximum profits. 



Every poultry raiser is interested in maximum produc- 

 tion at minimum cost, but very few of them realize that 



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