SUCCESS IN POULTRY CULTURE 
so that the fowls can have a clean, healthy 
place in which to sleep. Remember, al- 
ways, that without cleanliness no success 
worth while can be had in the poultry 
business. 
As winter eggs always bring a better 
price than summer eggs, we should seek 
every means at our command to get as 
many eggs in winter as possible. To do 
this we should study springtime condi- 
tions and try to provide those conditions 
for the hens in winter as near as it is 
possible, for the springtime is nature’s 
best time for producing eggs. 
To take the place of bugs and worms 
picked up by the fowls in the springtime, 
we must provide lean meat or its equiva- 
lent. 
Their houses must be clean and warm, 
and have plenty of room, air and sun- 
shine. A plentiful supply of green food, 
in some form, should be provided, and the 
birds should be made to work for their 
rations. We should bear in mind, too, 
that pullets are better winter layers than 
hens, and where they can be produced 
and made to lay in five or six months 
after they are hatched, the most profit 
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