Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-09-13

They are easy to get if you only
know how. Every farmer should
remember that getting winter
eggs helps pay off the mortgage,
buys the clothes for the family,
the groceries, papers and paints
the house, and other things too
numerous to mention.
Still most farmers let their op-
pOrtunity get away from them.
Generally the farmer seems to be
perfectly satisfied if their hens
leaf around all winter and just
eat their heads off, if they will
only just lay from spring Until
they go into a mott. Now would
these same farmers be satisfied if
their COWS just loafed around eli
winter, and did not give any milk,
when at the same time they were
perfectly capable of filling the
milk pail if properly handled, just
the same with hens. Early hatch
ed pullets must be relied upon for
the volume of winter eggs. March
and April Matched birds should
now be placed in their winter
quarters. 1t usually requires
three or four weeks to get settled
down to business in their new
quarters. Have the floor of these
houses deep with good clean sand,
and cover this sand with four
inches of dry wheat straw. Clean
the nests, put in new material and
add a small handf of lice pow
der, spray the houses thoroughly,
look under the roosts for mites,
and now don't forget to handle
every one of those pullets, exam
inc them closely for lice, if you
find any, dust the birds with some
good insecticide.
Lots of people think if they at
tend to these details just once,
they should last for lifetime.
Here is where the hard work
comes in handling poultry sue
cessfully. All these details must
be repeated every three or four
weeks. Don't lay down on your
job. Put plenty of pep in your
work and you will get winter eggs.
Now feed literally. Remember it
takes considerable feed to just
maintain the body, and you must
feed a surplus above this to make
eggs. Keep a dry mash before
the hens at all times. Here is an
important point-avoid the mis-
take so many people make-they
will have dry mash before the
birds Monday, Tuesday, Wednes-
day and Thursday, then in a
careless way they find themselves
out of mash for the next two or
three days. On the surface this
little slip does not appear to
amount to much but right here is
where you get your first set back.
The damage done in letting the
hens go without their mash takes
a week to repair, and each time
this mistake is made just so much
longer it takes to make repairs
Feed whole grain only once a day
Above all things don't neglect
your water,-see that your hens
have clean water at all times. Re-
member that an egg contains 70
to 80 per cent water.
These are just few of the
things that a person is up against
in the poultry game. 1t has been
proven time and time again, that
no kind of livestock requires the
detailed attention that poultry re-
quires to get from them their
maximum production. Be sure
that your house is tight at the
top and bottom. Look out for any
crack that will allw the wind tC
blow in on the floor. We believe
for the climate of Delaware that
the open front house is the best
with cloth curtains to use in case
of driving storm.
Don't overcrowd your house
Better sell any surplus pullets yor
may nave than try to keep more
than the capacity of your house
There are so many good laying
rations, that one is at a loss re
garulng the one to adopt We dc
not Lain to have the best feeC
formula in the world, but we dc
ella III that there is none better
ano mink the results of our lay.
ing competitions for the past
yea H.I bear Us out in GU!
ella s The following are the
for .ulaS we recommend: