Bisbee daily review., 1912-01-21

Those who have their young stock colonized on the range now have the bullets separated from the cockerelS. On the average farm, however, the whole flock of a hundred up to sey-l eral hundred, old and young of both sexes, are still running in one pro miscuous lot All receive the same food, or as much of it as they can snatch in a big general scramble. In many locks both old and young arel too fat: in others the birds have been oyeTfed on corn and have del yeloped leg weakness or have laid on internal fat, which will effectually rel duce the egg-producing capacity of the bullets. A bullet intended foFl egg production should never be per- mttted to lay on internal fat, which she is sure to do if fed largely onl corn during the last few months of her development
 Your early spring bullets should now be receiving care and attention directed toward their ultimate use in the egg pen. You would not think of feeding your stock hogs and milch i COWS on pure corn; no more should you stuff your growing bullets orl breeding stock on so faitening a ra- ton. If you can allow the bullets free range without their getting fat they will be all the better and stronger.
 There is a vast difference in the laying quality of bullets that have been bred and fed and handled from the start with egg laying in view and in those that have been kept fat A mixture of oat chop. bran. wheat chop and alfalfa or clover. with skim milk forms a fine ration for growing bullets until laying time: such a ra- ton should also be fed afterward, for the elements that are required to produce eggs are also needed to dc velop a growing bullet. Of course you can add lean meat scrap and oy ster shell if needed to mahe up for a possible scarcity Of that on your range. Don; neglect 10 furnish these young bullets plenty of fresh water and grit of the right kind; also. pro- vide comfortable quarters for them comfortable chick is always more thrifty than one that is compelled 10 suffer all night from extreme heat or cold or dampness, or one that has to fight lice and mites.
 Pullets just approaching maturity must not be herded with the cock erels if they arc to attain the highest degree of physical development. If you have milk, feed it in the form of cUrd or Clabber. Have it fresh every night and morning and keep the vessels clean and the milk unspoiled. The ration required by young pull lets does not differ from that needed by young growing stock of both sexes, and if they are fed in widely scattered troughs or piles so that there is no robbing of the weaker or less bold ones. the bullets will do reasonably well in the general flock sc long as the above ration IS fed On the other hand, if any attempt is made to iatten the flock in order to get the cockereis and old hens in shape for market, harm will result to the bullets unless they are penned in separate enclosure. Don't forget, however, that when the bullets are confined in pens where grass does not grow. green stuff must be supplied. and it must be of palatable nature Green clover or alfalfa is always to be preferred. but lettuce. cabbage. chopped potatoes, waste apples. etc, may be utilized.
 In selecting the bullets to be used for laying, if you have plenty of pull lets to select from, choose only the thriftiest and best Do not include crippled pulle- O. one that has had a serious Illness. She may have re- covered and be fit for market, but her constitution is very likely impaired enough to make her the prey of the first Hnflvorable change Of tempera- ture in winter and thus make her a menace to the rest of your birds. 1 Better have 50 strong. reliable pull lets that will stand the strain Of forcing for eggs than to have co that include Q number of weddings. You cannot overfeed a laying hen or growing outlet on the above ration if she is healthy and has sufficient room for exercising, and you should see 10 1t that they get enough every day. Do not feed stimulating condi- ments to young bullets early in the season. Later in winter t may be well enough to force them a little. but do not risk getting them weak ened by oveT-stimulstiou before the season is fairly on. A healthy pull let is better off with no stimulants other than fresh air, exercise and plenty Of wholesome food.
 The plan used in Arkansas is to or ganize a poultry club in each school