The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-26
THOUSAND EGG HEN
Is THE EXCEPTION
Long Lived Birds Often Make
Good Egg Records
Each Year.
FEEDING YOUNG CHICKENS
Egg Laying Ability Is Largely
Dependent on Quality
Of Food.

The monthly bulletin OF the Missouri
Experiment Station snys. "Iy.ns c.h,,, 1. =,
ooo ox,s a., ,,..,,-, '
'''''"e "e quite rare
som" mems i've 70 be fifteen 20 twenty
years old. but few OF them lay many egg,
after the third year. We hay. a White
Plymouth Rock hen n, THE ,,n.,,r.
,,o,t,. .,,.. .,,,
" Soo" "e approaching
the i'"Vo exc marx " she continues to
lay She IL stu In good health. and after
mou!ting began 70 lay again In Januarv
She laid Ten sv~a I, ya,ra,, ,,,. T..
r,.,. wv :"
'""'' una e'e'en IN March, and IL In
hcr seventh year Several years ago We
had another White Plymouth Rock hen
which won from two To- four b,ua rih
hons in pood .bow. so,,h ,..r 80 ..,
IA, un,,, OBJ ,,., p
~ N"'' '"e ""' years o'o ana Also
made good ozK record each year. She
laid an egg the day before her death
when in her eighth wear Dr sa,,o-, -,
No.s,o,,s.,., de-, -. u'. ,,, VI
nun "!ah-
"o''e zen when 'a'o i'Vos eggs IN seven
years ] would much rather have hens
like those In my flock and much rather
breed from hens like these than to have
Il mock of hens whose race WAS soon run,
which are like flesh In the pan, and
which make good record for few
months or Tor year and then because VI
lack OF vitality are unable to stand the
strain or heavy production. break down
and die or become useless and practically
non-prohuctve.
The day chick leaves the shell II
~ endowed with all the yoiks. or ova, or
eggs. that II can ever lay. and several
thousand more. Nearly every chicks body
possesses several thousand Of these tiny
yoiks ana II IL possible to count as many
AZ several thousand in practically every
puilet. No amount OF feeding. no system
Of housing. no method OF care and man
agement, however good II may be, will
add one more yolk to the number already
provided by nature. The method OF breed
ing, feeding, housing and care determines
largely the number of tiny yolks which
any hen will be able 70 ripen or deyeIop
INTO full sized yolks and manufacture
Into the finished product
Breeding has more influence over this
than any other one thing and don't ever
get the idea that you feed II hen to feed
yolks and eggs into her body You feed
her for thu purpose Of enabling her 10
develop the yolks which nature and breed
ing have already provided and made Dos.
sible.
Man has taken the Jungle fowl which
only laid a few eggs per year but was
OF longer NE than our domestic fowl az
to-day. and he has bred md imnroyed ,ha
wild fowl until we now have hens LAYING
500 eggs In u year and 1000 eggs in a
lifetime OF only n few yoars Nature
never intended that any hen i,v o0o ar
800 eggs in a wear. and then nv increas.
ing PRODUCTION 10 MANY times u,ha, nv.
wild fowl laid annually man has short.
ened the life and In most case, has a.
creased m. vitality yrom ,ha, ~ ,h.
original fowl. Modern methnIs hsv. No,
only Increased IN. nroduction NJ n No.
time. but we mr.. also fotcInv tho ov.r.
worked non 10 deliver her ayt.ar nv
,wentv vears SUNNY 4, two ., w..
vears as rule
"Tbe question OF the vounx chick ara
growing stock 4. now uppernost IN our
minds IL YOU nav. no, Already batcbsd
ali YOU need then get busv, Nav ard
.June Matched chicks often deyeion In,o Ina
hest show birds. and often mnk. good
LAYERS
1--WE sorinkle m utt,s c,ovs, o,ar
shredded alfalfa. fine cut straw or clean