POULTRY RAISING. 
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find the hawks no more troublesome out in the field than they did near 
the house. 
Illustration number three represents twenty-six White Leghorn pul¬ 
lets reared according to methods outlined in this publication in the 
last two chapters treating on the Handling of Young Stock and Food, 
Care and Management of I’ullets during the Fall and Winter. Twelve 
Illustration 3. 
of these pullets were hatched early in May, 1900, and the remaining 
fourteen during the early part of the following month. On November 
30, 1906, the average weight of this pen of pullets was three and one- 
half pounds. The first egg produced by this pen was laid October 23d, 
and during the thirty days of November a total of 391 eggs were pro¬ 
duced by the pen. 
