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that time, the chick mash is continued until 5 months. 

 Regular laying mash is then substituted. 



The March pullets are given the laying mash at from 

 10 to 12 weeks, depending on the weather and their de- 

 velopment. If they have grown fast and cool weather 

 has prevailed (which has a tendency to stimulate growth 

 and development) they are continued on the chick mash 

 until 12 weeks ; but if it has been been hot at intervals 

 (or steadily) the birds will be slower, and they are then 

 given the heavier mash at 10 weeks. 



Culling the Pullets 



We have learned by experience and by observation- to 

 go very slow on discarding and selling so-called "cull" 

 pullets. One can run up their production per bird by 

 making a close culling, taking out and getting rid of all 

 the undeveloped birds at from 4 to 5 months; but we 

 are not so certain that it is a profitable thing to do. For 

 several years we culled them in this manner ; but instead 

 of getting rid of the culls we kept them in a separate 

 pen, and by far the larger part of these "culls" were after- 

 wards retained. One such lot, taken from March hatches, 

 outlayed the main flock throughout the high priced egg 

 season, and never did we find we would be warranted m 

 disposing of the entire lot. 



A case of mistaken culling that came directly to the 

 writer's notice was one where a friend of his bought 75 

 cull pullets from a dealer who obtained them from one 

 of the large egg-farms ; they were bought on fhe writer's 

 advice. The purchaser knew how to handle chickens. 

 This particular lot came into laying within two weeks 



