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The same objection may be made to the January as to 

 the fall-hatched — their first eggs will be very small; but 

 the eggs gain in size faster than the fall-hatched, and in 

 addition these first small eggs will come into the market 

 at a better time, the time when the flush of the lay is 

 over and when prices are beginning to advance. The 

 cockerels from a January hatch are ideal for breeders. 

 We use nothing else. The broiler cockerels come in at 

 the very peak of the market — if they are properly handled. 



Your heaviest broods of chicks should come off in 

 March. If you have two lots, March 10th and March 

 25th, would be good dates. If you have but one, let it be 

 the ISth. The pullets from this hatch will give you their 

 first eggs in August. They will be nearly if not quite 

 self-sustaining in September — by which is meant they 

 will pay for their feed — and will show a profit in Octo- 

 ber. Some of the quicker-maturing ones will go through 

 a light moult, but taking the flock as a whole the moult 

 will not amount to much. Some years whole flocks of 

 March pullets will go through a light moult in their 

 first fall, but this is exceptional, due, usually, to extreme 

 weather conditions. A mild spring and summer followed 

 by an extremely hot spell early in September is likely 

 to bring on a moult. Improper feeding or a sudden 

 change of rations in August will do the same thing. 



Some years April hatched chicks will do as well and 

 even better than those hatched in March but we prefer 

 the latter month. We can offer no encouragement to the 

 idea of hatching chicks for commercial egg-farming in 

 May, June, July or August. 



Whenever you start, whether in the fall or in the 



