Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-26

time Of laying.
The care of the winter egg pro-
ducer does not mean a cut and dried
system to all the fowls in the flock.
Hehs cannot be handled in the same
manner that pullets are handled. The
feeds are changed to some degree
during fall, winter. spring and sum
Iher. Results can be produced on the
one system feed for full 365 davs.
put Tor greatest results feeds can be
well changed to meet conditions.
nose conditions are only confronted
Dy the poultry raiser on his own farm
or plant. Conditions may differ on
each plant or farm separated but a
short distance
As to Balanced Rations.
The balanced ration that NAV he
producing well for one poultry keeper
may prove failure for another. and
this is not to infer that the so-caIled
balanced rations given out as success
tul In the production of eggs by our
leading poultry experts are not good.
Those rations are the solid founda-
tlons on which each poultry raiser
should work, adding or deducting
from them as his own flock warrants.
The rations as fed in the North are
not well adopted to the for South.
Some fiocks may have free almost the
entire year, others confined to bare
yards. These and many other small
things that do not appear large on
the surface but play an important
part in the success of the returns
from the flock are what the poultry
raiser must study and solve for him
self
1t has often been stated that it is
hard to overfeed or fatten Leghorns
which are one of the most active of
all poultry. But in spite of the great
Ia f-it 1f ,,,
tons of the country. 1t must be
understood that taking the country
in all, the major portion of the poul
try raised is still confined to the
heavier all-around breeds. such as
Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes, Rhode
Island Reds, Orpingtons, ETC., and the
ration prescribed for leghorns could,
II fed without judgment, prove detri-
mental to the heavier breeds, es-
pecially to those I'm the second year.
So the wise poultry breeder will
carefully watch his flock in the matter
OF feeding. That hens and pullets in
the heavier classes should and cared
for in the same manner would prove
unwise. Hens in the Plymouth Rock,
Wyandotte, Rhode Island Red, Orping-
ton. etc, are good layers when fed
with judgment, but with the same
amount of corn and other fat-form-
ing foods as fed to the pullet they
would become overfat and in time
the egg yield would decrease. Again
on the other hand the underfeeding
and lack of a good egg making food
would prevent a good egg yield in the
pullet flock. which at the beginning
of their lay, can seldom become too
fat.
To Obtain Best Results.
To obtain the best results, the pull
lets of March, April and May, where
there is a month or more difference
in their ages, should be kept by them
selves. The proper amount of litter
on the poultry floor should always be
provided to induce the right amount
of exercise, which is one of the great
health promoters. The watchful
poultry keeper sees that his flock is
kept in a healthy state, watches the
droppings to note any change in the
grade of feed that he has purchased.
and at once correct the evil. Beef
scraps, the one great essential in the
mixed ground feed or if fed in sep
arate hoppers. must be carefully
watched. Too often one finds this
tainted and unfit for feeding, and un-
ess taken from the flock at ofios and