August, iqi.S 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
7 
fore he follows it too literally. In case 
he likes to get rid of all his old flock in 
order to reduce the labor of the summer 
months, the hens may go to the collector’s 
wagon as soon as they begin to set, but 
if he wants to keep up his egg yield until 
the pullets begin, be must retain a con¬ 
siderable number. Usually, a broody hen 
will go about five weeks before laying 
begins again; therefore hens which are 
broody in July and August may still be 
depended upon for eggs before the end of 
the season. It may perhaps be more 
profitable to get rid of the hens as soon 
as they begin to cluck, but the man who 
keeps only a few is looking for eggs rather 
than profit, as a rule. 
Feeding can hardly be too liberal in 
August. It is a fine growing month, if 
conditions are right, and broilers should 
be coming along fast enough to keep the 
family table well supplied. Needless to 
say, the broilers should come only from 
the cockerel pen. The number of cockerels 
and pullets is pretty evenly divided in 
most cases, and the former should about 
pay the expenses of raising the new flock, 
crediting those served on the home table 
with the amount they would bring if sold. 
When possible, it is desirable to keep 
the pullets and cockerels in separate pens, 
and there will be less fighting among the 
belligerent males if they are yarded out 
of sight of the pullets. It will be hard 
to get much fat on the growing stock, 
but the flesh will be very tender and 
sweet. Even Leghorns and Anconas, 
small as the birds of these breeds are, 
make excellent broilers. 
All the old males should have been dis¬ 
posed of long before this, if the matter 
of economy in feeding is to be considered 
at all. It should be made a point, in any 
event, to have all the male birds out of 
the hen yards before the molting period 
begins. Those being kept over for breed¬ 
ing purposes should have a yard to them¬ 
selves. 
If the growing stock can have a wide 
range, of course, the necessity of sepa¬ 
rating the sexes is less important, although 
the cockerels will be in better condition 
for the table if kept confined to smaller 
yards. A wide range, however, gives just 
the right conditions for the pullets, and if 
they can have a corn patch to run in, so 
much the better. They will be protected 
from hawks and will have shelter from 
the sun, as well as an excellent hunting 
ground. 
Many people get an idea that when the 
chickens have a large field to wander over 
they need no beef scraps, but that is a 
mistake. Seldom do the youngsters get 
as much meat in the form of bugs and 
worms as they need. Of course, it will 
not be necessary to feed so much beef 
scrap as to yarded birds, but a certain 
amount will be needed, either in the dry 
mash or in a hopper by itself. 
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