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young chicks on his hands and ample housing space avail- 

 able and ready would be warranted in carrying the broil- 

 ers long enough to make the lj4-pound weight under the 

 market conditions prevailing in 1918-19. But a Leghorn 

 should not be carried beyond that point. They make the 

 1/4-pound stage more quickly, on the average, than any 

 other breed, but beyond it they fall back by comparison 

 — almost any heavy breed will make the 2-pound stage 

 in less time than a Leghorn will. Furthermore in the 

 ordinary market any other breed is given the preference 

 over a Leghorn at 2 pounds and upward. 



There are more culls in the cockerels as a rule, more 

 thin and "wasty" specimens, than among the pullets. 

 These should be segregated and sold as a separate lot and 

 as soon as ever a buyer can be found who will take them. 

 Price is no object. Feeding cull cockerels is about as 

 easy a way to lose money as the writer knows of. 



Marketing Broilers 

 In marketing a lot of cockerels we make it a rule to 

 grade them by weight, putting the one pounders in one 

 yard, the l}i pound in another, and the lj4 pound in still 

 another. It pays to do this. Gauging the weight is a 

 matter of experience. The only way to learn is to have 

 a small family scale for the purpose. Two persons can 

 handle the work to better advantage than one working 

 alone. Shut the first lot in the house, the second lot out 

 of the house. Take the scale into the house along with a 

 short hook. Pick up the largest looking bird, weio-h him 

 clip his tail and turn him loose again. Use him as a 

 sample to guide your further choice. Birds that weio-h 

 up can be put into the yard through the slide door ; those 



