EGG PRODUCTION 
will be secured. They should be hatched 
at the proper time so they will not molt 
in the fall of their first year. Although 
the cost of producing winter eggs seems 
to be much greater than the cost of pro- 
ducing summer eggs, it is not really so, 
for the fowls have to be carried through 
the winter in order to have them for 
summer laying. And to carry them 
through in such a way as to produce win- 
ter eggs is cheaper than to carry them 
through in such a way as not to produce 
winter eggs; for if they can be made to 
lay well in winter, their eggs will more 
than pay the expense of carrying them 
through. Give them clean, warm houses 
and proper food in proper quantities, and 
if the flock is a laying strain and healthy, 
they can not help but lay. If you are so 
situated that you can not do this, you 
need not expect to get many winter eggs. 
; No artificial heat should be provided, 
for they will do better without it. 
The difference between carrying a flock 
through the winter in such a way as to 
produce eggs and carrying them through 
in such a way as not to produce them is 
so trifling that it should not be considered. 
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