WHAT IS THE WINTER LAYER? 69 



fore, to have successful Winter layers, it is necessary 

 to produce as nearly as possible the Spring-time con- 

 ditions. 



Must Feed Green Food 



On The Corning Egg Farm, when the pullets are 

 brought up from the Range into the Laying Houses, 

 the majority of them have already been laying on 

 the Range, and they are in fit condition to be brought 

 strongly into eggs. They are fed a large quantity of 

 succulent green food, in the form which, perhaps, 

 is more delicious to the hen than any othfer, that is, 

 Sprouted Oats. The quantity of animal food in their 

 mash is increased, and, with the vigorous digging for 

 the grain in the deep litter, the problem of Winter 

 eggs is solved, and from day to day, the number of 

 eggs coming from the pullet houses, increases very 

 rapidly. 



On the other hand, the pullet which has completed 

 its first ten months of laying is well advanced in the 

 moult, and is becoming a yearling hen. Those quali- 

 fying under the drastic examination for perfect type 

 are selected for the next year's Breeders, and are re- 

 moved to the Breeding Houses, which have been thor- 

 oughly disinfected and put in the most sanitary con- 

 dition to receive them. Those not reaching the 

 Corning Standard are marketed, as we sell culls only 

 to the butcher. 



The aim in handling the yearling hen is not to get 



