Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1902-01-03
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! FOR EGGS.

j FOR EGGS.
men and women gel
eggs per hen per yea
amount. And why ?
E our reasons why-hrst,
nd, the houses third,
b the care given. Again,
two classes who max,
ping poultry--the person
few and the one who
siness. Two hundred egg
year are not an unusual
- ere is no reason why ev-
N should not have tina
al not necessary to haze trap nest
Iod out your layers The poultry
- who has TO use them for that pur
lis hot the one to make success Of
yAtry keeping, because if he has tc
ddpend on continuance it is only PROOF
that he cannot place any dependence Oh
himself. As soon as one has to rely on
= others it is high time that he gives W
the business. II you want to find your
layers, stay with your fowls, pick them
out, hang up daily egg record anc
watch it. II you have not the time foI
this, then you certainly belong to the
middle class. Unless you give the fowl
Pill your time you cannot expect them
~ TDake money for you. Unless you
wyour fowls they will not make you
= even if you do give them all
me. If you have hen that is
layer and she is understood OF
lie, don't breed from her. If you
u are wasting both time and
oek has greatly improved in the
1--WE years, but egg production hat
When poultrymen devote more
ling TO find out which way and
is the best to feed, then they will
rease the egg production. Because
m Jones tells you that his way OF
3 \ ding is the best that is no reason why
should adopt it until you know il
Ne fact Because Sam Jones tells
that one variety Of chickens will
ore than the others dom sell what
ave and get them until you know
Poultrymen are too ready to
@ the other fellow.
method of obtaining and holding
layers is as follows, no matter
ne variety kept:
Il sns soon as the pullets are fully ma.
y Med they are carefully watched. At
IN ~ as one starts to lay she is removed
permanent quarters, punch mark
"a record hung up, date of hatch
hatched from, etc This goes on
ID pens are full Those that are back
II in starting are put in a different
M ding, we counting them as culls -
Z pullcts and records are carefully
;hed.
70 do not breed from these as pull
but will breed from the cream o.
as yearlings. They are now year
and we start to hatch. Each egg
arked with pen number When
incubators, same is set down in
y for that purpose, also giving the
lcr Of male bird and what pen he
Matched from When the eggs are
hatch, they are put in predigrocd
rays This keeps each pen o
IS separate They are then puncl
I'D and placed in brooders, which
ouped in colonies, separated with
sesh wire, so that the chicks cnnno
.hxed The cockelels are removed
gu as possible and fattened for mar.
We pick out few. those that W,
x will make extra good ones, anC
N turn them on free range Soor
+ outlets are removed, each lot to
rpte house and yard, and then W,
pit for the fist eggs.
3 You must start your feeding for heavy
Ding soon after the chick is hatched
A | his part o poultry keeping is entrel,
too much neglected. believe NOR,
damage is done by letting the cockerel,
kremaiq with the puiiets while growing
iaflirom any other cause 1t will put
heul back two months in their laying
and they will never mike as good birds
IT certainly stunts them. A pulet mus,
= be il the best of condition il you expec
her to be heavy layer, and you mus
-keep her that way il you want her t
keep on laying My experience teaches
mo that we must have large framed
birds. aud to get that kind you mus
start feeding as little chick. You car
put ~ flesh any time, but there is only
me to form large bones, aud that
the start-C A Durling