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THE EUHAL NEW-VORKER 
January 1U, 
The Henyard. 
Pullets Fail to Lay. 
I WISH to present a record for pullets 
to some of the poultry boomers and to 
some of the -would-be poultrymen who 
are about to try their hand at egg pro¬ 
ducing. I have 125 Barred Rocks and 
Reds, pullets, from stock averaging 144 
eggs per year, hatched between April 
15 and June 15, part of them under hens 
and part in incubator. They were brought 
up 7 ostly under hens, in coops having in¬ 
dividual, movable yards, changed to fresh 
location every few days. They had the 
advantage of every known convenience at 
hand and good care, sour milk, bone meal, 
latest approved dry mashes, mixed grains, 
etc. They wore separated from cockerels 
at an early age and placed in nice dry- 
house with yard 50x25 with good shade, 
and September 15 began to move the pul¬ 
lets to laying quarters, placing 02 or 03 
birds of each breed to a pen in large, 
open-front house, with 10xl2-foot com¬ 
partments. Their rations are as fol¬ 
lows: Two quarts mixed grain (Jersey 
Experiment Station formula) to each pen 
night and morning. At 11 o’clock about 
two pounds green cut bone per pen. At 
12 o’clock two medium-sized cabbages, 
and to the Rods about four to five quarts 
dry mash. The Rocks, however, have 
dry mash always before them in a 50- 
pound hopper. Dry mash two parts bran, 
one part each of Alfalfa, wheat mid¬ 
dlings, gluten meal, beef scraps, one-quar¬ 
ter oilmeal. The birds have no run, and 
are confined at all times, grain buried in 
litter gives them their exercise. No lice, 
no mites. October 0 I got the first egg 
from the Rocks. On October 14 tin* Reds 
presented me with their first fruits. I 
got two eggs from each pen on or about 
November 1, but that record broke up 
the party and I got about four eggs a 
week from the whole bunch up to No¬ 
vember 20. From that time to date they 
have been resting on their laurels, for I 
have had only one egg since. I have no¬ 
ticed no change in their propensities for 
consuming the grain, however. My hens 
are doing well on the same ration, seven 
to 10 eggs a day steady out of 25 birds 
two years old. The hens are fat. What 
is the trouble? I can think of only two 
or three things contributing to the failure 
of my pullets to lay. First they had no 
range or free runs while growing. An¬ 
other possible difficulty is this: I have 
noticed that about 10 birds or so have 
loose bowels, showing light brown, foamy 
droppings. Thirdly, I may be feeding too 
light in grain. What shall I do next? 
Let me see what others think. G. D. B. 
Connecticut. 
large run with a dry shelter at night. 
After 10 days they will ordinarily take 
care of themselves. 
In the Fall there is a ready market 
in all the large cities. They can be sold 
alive if one hasn’t the time to fatten 
and dress. If they can be sold directly 
to the consumer there is more profit. 
Two or three weeks before they are to be 
killed they should be confined and fed on 
a fattening feed of corn or cornmeal with 
plenty of water to drink. The govern¬ 
ment has published a pamphlet on ducks 
and geese, which may be obtained for 
the asking. w. H. IT. 
Ducks Fail to Lay. 
T HREE years ago I bought a trio of 
ducks. Indian Runners. They com¬ 
menced to lay in November, laid 
some all Winter. Last year I had 12; 
they performed the same way. This year 
I have 50, most of them six months old. 
I cannot make them lay. They are eat¬ 
ing their heads off. What can I do? 
Pleasant Valley, Conn. w. J. w. 
Without knowing the conditions of 
feeding, care, etc., I can neither diagnose 
the case nor suggest a remedy. Often 
with all domestic fowls a few make a 
record performance. As the flock in¬ 
creases the individual birds receive less 
care or necessary feed and consequently 
do not keep up the record. In the case 
of hens a large number in one flock will not 
lay as well as when divided into several 
smaller flocks. I can only suggest a mash 
of several ground grains with meat 
scraps and something to supply vegetable 
matter, like ground clover or Alfalfa. 
Turnips and other vegetables, cooked and 
mixed with the mash is a part of the 
feed in many large duck establishments. 
A little salt in each mash and a supply 
of charcoal, grit and shell complete an 
ideal diet for laying ducks. If they con¬ 
tinue to eat their heads off you have the 
axe as a last resort. w. H. H. 
Broom Corn for Hens. 
I HAVE a quantity of broom corn seed 
which I wish to feed to poultry and 
would like to be able to feed it intel¬ 
ligently. Can you give me the analysis 
as to protein, carbohydrates, etc. 
Ohio. A. A. R. 
The analysis of broom corn seed, as 
given by Henry, is crude protein, 9.9 per¬ 
cent. ; fibre, 7 per cent.; nitrogen free 
extract, 64.3 per cent., and fat, 3.2 per 
cent. The figures for dent corn are 10.3, 
2.2, 70.4, and 5 respectively. It will thus 
be seen that with the exception of fibre 
content broom corn seed is very similar 
in composition to corn though it contains 
sightly less nutrients and considerably 
more fibre. M. b. d. 
The record of your pullets is probably 
not as rare as it should be; such records 
do not often find their way into print, 
and the owner of such a flock is apt to 
conclude that he possesses something 
unique in the poultry line. Nevertheless, 
these pullets are not doing what you have 
a right to expect after the care that you 
have given them, and possibly they can 
be jarred out of their complacency by a 
little different line of treatment. They 
have been handicapped somewhat by their 
lack of that vigor which free range while 
growing would have given them, but this 
does not wholly excuse their slothful¬ 
ness. You have been feeding pretty heav¬ 
ily upon green stuff, and it is quite possi¬ 
ble that they have filled themselves with 
the more palatable cabbage and neglected 
the egg-making mash. Dry mash is a 
little difficult to swallow and green cab¬ 
bages doubtless taste better; the loose¬ 
ness of their bowels also indicates that 
they are eating an excess of this part of 
their ration. My suggestion is that you 
cut out cabbage altogether for a time and 
if the pullets will not then eat dry mash 
freely give it to them moistened. This 
involves more labor, but the results in 
eggs may pay. There is certainly noth¬ 
ing but vexation of spirit and leanness of 
pocketbook to be gained from their pres¬ 
ent attitude, and a little extra labor may 
aid in forgetting these things. M. B. D. 
Profits in Geese. 
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We offer tine pedigreed breeding cockerels, year¬ 
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COLONIAL FARM, - Box O, Temple, N. II. 
I S the raising of geese very remunera¬ 
tive, and how is it made most profit¬ 
able? What are the main points 
about feeding, breeding, etc.? A. c. 
Glenwood, N. J. 
There is more or less profit in raising 
geese, the amount depending upon the 
nearest market, local conditions, care 
and personality of the one in charge. 
Geese need more range than ducks. Dur¬ 
ing the Summer they can get most of 
their feed from grass. If, however, you 
wish the maximum size considerable feed, 
mostly a mash of a variety of grains, 
should be given the young stock. Two 
geese may be mated to one gander. They 
should be put into the permanent laying 
quarters early in the Winter or Fall. 
The early eggs should be collected often 
and kept from freezing. They can be 
incubated under hens, from four to six 
being all that an ordinary hen can cover. 
About 30 days are required for hatching. 
A mash moistened just enough to be 
crumbly, with a pinch of salt and a little 
fine grit, should be fed several times a 
day for the first week or two. They 
should have tender grass from the first, 
and plenty of water in fountains in 
which they cannot get their down wet. 
As they grow older they should have a 
strain of Rhode Island Reds and Mammoth 
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