Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1895-01-03
WHITE lEGHORNS.
Experience With This Precocious and Prof
liable breed.


liable breed.
have a. this writing, says New
Jersey correspondent Of Farm Poultry,
Q pen Of % pullets. Matched March 81,
laying five or six eggs daily, first egg
gathered Aug. Is.
These pullets have made rapid growth,
weighing now from az to 2A pounds at
months and weeks old. sold. June
10, 81 broilers (cockerels) from this
hatch. weighing to ~ pounds, and
ten days later closed out eight more at
~ pounds Thus many weighed ! =
pounds at II weeks Of age.
These birds were Matched in Prairie
State incubator and raised in Mr..
Raukin's brooder. Meat meal and Sher.
idan's powder formed their chief slim
ulating diet with usual grain food Of
baked johnny cake, cracked corn. barley.
wheat and buckwheae, feed as I saw fit,
with little cut green bone for relish
now and then. find this breed preco.
cious, having continually taken pains to
mate only largest and most vigorous
stock for breeding, and BY constant
watchfuluess In this direction we may
in time reach the desired point Of fair
weight great egg production and the
greatly priced On our market white
ness Of eggs. Give Us we'll bred stock
for business and not for fancy purposes.
Ny 100 hens have laid II, 90 eggs in
nine months ending Sept. l, and in DC.
tober were laying Is to so eggs daily.
Only IS out Of entire lot have not cast
their feathers, many having finished the
molt and laying again.
Ny hens weigh from three 10 four
pounds apiece (latter being weight Of a
score OF eo), and three pounds, some a
little less and above, Tor the rest.
II farmers would only watch their
docks little and get 70 know them so
as TO be able to say, There, see that
hen? Well, she has laid right along since
last fall, never offered to sit, good size,
good eater" etc, he would find score
and over out Of every 100 come up or
nearly so TO those points. Now put them
in pen by themselves, take good care
O; them, and when breeding time comes
he will know just where he IS
find 1t Is unwise to kill of all year
old stock. for nearly rs per cent Of them,
If handled we'll, will lay very soon after
melting.
II you see o hen in the midst Of the
molt with nice red comb and lively
gait, good appetite, and cheerful, she is
the one that with little stimulant and
plenty Of heterogeneous food in her ration
will hardly stop laying and will begin
inside Of three weeks to lay steadily.
On the other hand, if you see hen
with comb very pale and shriveled, dull
look, doesn't eat, stands around, etc,
even If she has completed her mott, the
market pen Is the place for her-and do
not think you will get her laying soon,
because 1t will not be until January or
later before she picks up
OF course all breeds have some draw
back and none perfect and find this
one So My pullets began laying at
little less than months but their
eggs are small, weighing only Is ounces
to the dozen, while hens eggs weigh 25
ounces and over.
Thus, you see, 1t is better not to force
your pallets to laying under months
OF 30, as such small eggs are not mar
ketable. Let Us hear from some Of our
Leghorn breeders what they think Of
changing pullets from pen to pen until
or months old. I think this will
check their laying until eggs are better
size. Or Is It best to start them early
and dispose Of eggs at low price until
they become marketable: