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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



GROWING NEXT SEASON'S LAYERS 



IT has come to be an accepted fact that 

 the way to get a satisfactory number 

 of eggs in Winter is to renew the lay- 

 ing stock each season. It is true that 

 many hens will lay well in their second 

 year; but taken as a flock, one may be 

 sure that pullets will produce many 

 more eggs than hens which have passed 

 through one season of laying. It is an 

 advantage to renew even half the flock 

 each Fall, and many amateurs follow 

 that practice. The hens which as pullets 

 were the earliest to lay and which laid 

 well throughout the Winter are well 

 worth carrying over to serve as breed- 

 ing stock. Thev will be likely to pro- 

 duce better chicks than pullets which 

 have been forced for eggs and are feel- 

 ing the effects of the strain by the time 

 the breeding season arrives. Whatever 

 fine points there may be in breeding, the 

 fact remains that stamina and vigor are 

 indispensable. 



The best time to have the pullets begin 

 laying is the middle of October, which 

 is about the season to expect eggs in 

 quantity from pullets which were 

 hatched in April and which have been 

 grown evenly and without forcing 

 throughout the Summer. This matter 

 of even, steady growth is important. It 

 involves that attention to details which 

 will prevent the birds suffering from the 

 heat, from crowding, from lack of water 

 or from improper feeding. Yet these de- 

 tails are not burdensome. People simplv 

 overlook them, but the result of this 

 oversight is a flock of stunted chickens. 



It is necessarv that poultry should have 

 shade in hot weather. If the chickens 

 have the run of an orchard or a corn field, 

 there is no shade problem to bother with. 

 When there is no natural shade, many 

 people plant vines to climb over the 

 poultry yard or grow sunflowers along 

 the fence. The substitution of Jerusalem 

 artichokes has been recommended, be- 

 cause the plant will come up without 

 further attention year after year when 

 once started. The shade is abundant and 

 the leaves are so distasteful to the fowls 

 that the artichokes may be grown within 

 the enclosure. Some people like the 

 tubers to eat, either boiled or pickled. 



Brooders which will accommodate fifty 

 chickens comfortablv when first hatched 

 are far too small for that number when 

 the birds get larger. It commonly hap- 

 pens that enoueh chickens die off to re- 

 duce the number sufficiently but the 

 amateur who is fortunate enough to 

 catty his flock through the first few 

 weeks without losses must take care to 

 avoid over-crowdine or he will pay the 

 penalty. It is a fact, thoueh, that there 

 is less danger of trouble when plenty of 

 fresh air is given at all times. 



After the youngsters get old enough to 

 have their liberty, it is a question 

 whether it is better to keep them shut 





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