The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-19
TIMELY HINTS FOR
PRODUC|NG EGGS
SELECTION AND CARE OF THE
EARLY HATCHED PuLLETs
SOLVES THE EGG PROBLEM
.LEGHORNS BEST LAYERS
PROPER HOUSING AND FOOD PLAY
IMPORTANT PART IN EGG.
INDUSTRY.
LEGHORNS BEST LAYERS
Nv Clinely +, Milhr.


BY Ciineiy 4. "
r, ia the early Matched pullet that
f,Ils the egg basket and in the emu
helps to fill the owners pockets. anu
for this reason. IL we wish 10 set tise
eggs, we must first get out our "ln.ei
layers in the early spring "eiI-
Matched chick Is said to De naii Iaa ss
for 40 that II may be well developed
at the time when the eggs are In the
greatest demand Our chicken sneuie
be we'll developed and fully maiuIea
before the first chilly blasts OF winter
ar. at hand. Then. IL the chicks have
been we'll Matched and the eggs 10 IN
cubated have been produced oy q
GOOD laying strain. and the puilets
so hatched have been well cared for.
we are in q fair way to nave sooo
supply Of eggs at the proper une'
while the above suggestions have the
major portion to do with the prouuc-
ton Of winter eggs. there - YET
mart that we must play in this inter-
estinR part OF the game. The same
puilets must be housed In warm com
Portable houses ana PROVIDED VII"
good sound grains ana otheI neees
! sary life-sustaining 1oods' 80 .na' ~"
feathered friends may be able 10 TUT
nish the eggs wanted. Some strains
Of fowls are claimed to be egg ma
chines," and now and then we near OF
Individual specimens laying az ntSh
a. two hundred and nifty eggs IN q
year But these are exceptions. ana
II our flock will average one nuhureu
and seventy eggs per year. we viii
come out winner when our pooNs
are CHECKED up.
| LeGh0rns Best Layers.
| Although the breeders or the Oi-
pingtons Aer now claiming tnat THIS
breed OF fowls are the premier egg
producers, they will have to go some
| TO wrest the laurels from the egg
| farmers choice. the Leghorns. II
this 10 not SO, why do all OF the iaTke
egg farms raise nothing OUT Leg
hornso Show me an up-to-date egg
farm that has the orpinston ore rec,
Of fowls as egg producers. ana Will
show you ten that have Leghorns. l
am not crttieising the Orpingtons. for
I truly think that the white orpins-
ton Is one OF the prettiest fowls that
in recognized by the standard or per-
lection, and am somewhat partial 20
the Bluffs OF the same breed. but 1
do say that as egg producers they
win not produce as many eggs IN
year as the Leghorns. Athousn .
great number Of the readers OF Wis
article do not know much about this
newly introduced breed. 1t has made
n greater stride In a given length OF
time than any other breed yet intro
duced into the United States Al
though have strayed somewhat from
the original article, they are still NOT
out OF place. and at an early date
will have more to say in regard to
them. As said before, the early part
Of the pullet's life plays an import
ant part In the game. yet give them
II ventilated and draughty roostinH
Quarters and there win not be much
trouble In collecting the eggs.
PrOrcF Housing.
Pulfets for winter layers should be
housed in a good house that IL free
from drauxhts, yet we'll ventilated ana
| built facing the south, 30 that II
may received both light ana warmth
from the sun on the chilly days.
have very little criticism to ofrer tr
regard to the open front house, yet ]
prefer that our fowls should be lit
lie better protected during the coolest
weather. But II we must have the
open front houses. give them q drop
teurtaan Of muslin or yellow cotton
IN front Of the roosts. This Will al
low 4 circulation Of air and still re
tain = portion OF the heat generated
by the fowls.
Egg Producing Fowls.
Now that / have laid considerable
stress upon the Strain as we'll as
! "housing." the remainder Of the arti-
clio will be devoted to the feeding. An
important point to be- Impressed upon
the farmer poultryman Is that a fowl,
like man, needs a variety OF food at
Ali times. With poultry on the farm
turned into food for the poultry at
s-au >xrarsa IN the OWNER Espe-