The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-01-03
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BREEDING FOR LAYERS

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Bteez rut'ce The egg record of hh~
tLu Long Of PittspuFg, Kansas and
also notice The breed mixture u
leghcyn and G cues. Why not have
them pure ana then breed upalayirg
stiair? Let me tell you how L went
about it eight years agy,
Isclected my favoriie breed and
hrugnt tie very best hens | couio buy
Tor shape ard vitality combined win
'.sat.v aud m3iug qualities l soon
Uncovered hat some OF these heu
" sce Woudetful layers some we're Or
dtnacv, some were poor and few dlo
NOT lay enough 30 pay for io'a ana
care. How dId 1 X COW this? B'
uap merits ofcuurse,
Eight wears aga Ihad a heo thai
n.s 2coaeccutiv months 22i 'e'
ana ..a.o4 800 ,berq wnirb 9t
owe, iie 300 max -hi" ntie ""''
,hfee that lard tnly 80, SO au1 AZ egg
ret ,ectively during tbs year and tals
with exacilg the same food and care
y ven the other birds. According ",
| reared cnicKs next year from hens
with the highest record and he result
was truly woud rful in bringing about
an egg producing staain.
In every farmers flock there are al
ways few hens that lay nearly al
winter all summer all through the
muut and when setting time comes
these mems which have paid their o"
secp and supported the d'oDes Of to'
OK are the first ones TO set. lai
NE tpey set on their own eg :? N "
hy jvpfu. They are set on egg
from. hens that have not laid all wat
er long.
An look at the result, The eal
producing qua tiles are bred out ~
stead of bred 10. No wonder we oii
aod flucls Of loo hens supplying ouN
enough eggs during the foil aud VII I
or for the family use. Who wtp'
think Of selling calf for yea from =
cow that gave an abundanbe OF nj b
rich in butaer fat. Or VINO won"
think OF kerping che taom a co" II ~
did mt nay her keep in milk az q
butter. It's the same old story. N"b
must have the quality bred In gene
tinn after generation until shade an
color size and quality become fxod ID
| iii like will produce like in fair Pr.
portion.
After several wears breeding fl lr-
Of II pulIets, reared from hlgn-recoi
ben, were yarded January ! tn
yard wa only about half as large ;
most people would use being only IL
BY so feet, which included the room
for their little house. The house
was open to the south, was absolute
dry and was cleaped every morn'ns
The door was never shut until i!t
thermometer reached 10 below Ter
and even then nothing but buria
WIS stretched over the wire. l AIN e.
believer In fresh air for both man ahG
owls.
The birds we're fed on dry fonc
never once having a so called mash
The chief ration was wheat; no.
musty, light wheat and not screen
ings, but good, sound milling whea'
that cost me 75c buShel. Occaslui
ally also fe whole corn. kshrcoru,
speltz in very limited quantities ano
also some oats, heavy and bright
They had three self-feedlng hopper,
grit, shell and beef scraps aud also a
ran OF fresh water three times every
day. The grain WAS thrown into Thu
straw, which was about 6 inches deep
and eyey week this straw was thor
oughly raked out and burned aud
other straw put in Its place.
In January these II puIlets laid 2l1
eggs, in February $50, In March All
IN A pril 4Ol aud in May they coveIeo
themselves with glory and gave m
The almost incredible nan Der of All
eggs. The June record was 397.
During these six months these Il
bullets gave me 2, 1873 mammoth whit,
eggs, which we're sold for over $500
Did they pay? Across the road was %
flock Of $50 hens aud pullets that olo
rot supply their owner with enour
eggs TO make his cornbTead with io
the months OF December aud Januar' =.
Did his hens pay? l leave it to you
Can this sort OF thing be done viii
any breed OF bird? l don't know
The Hondan is my faVorite fowl l.
takes time, patience, knowledge "a
perience and money aud | don'S thlub
shall eve try to breed up any othcf
fowl, but / am going right along with
these aud every year shall strive It.
rear pullet that will lay few MOI
eggs than her mother.
A Sherwood klri, VINO recently u