The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-01-26

the cockerel Of good quality according
to the standard, thorough in all these
qualities, as well as strong and vigor-
GUS. If the cockerel is so strong and
vigorous as to be pugnacious to the
point Of wanting to fight the attendant
that cares for him, SO much the better
Treat such cockerel with great kind
ness, never abuse or injure him, for
his very strength and vigor is of great
value in your flock.
The second step in the production OF
success in the upbuilding of strain
that will be beautiful for exhibition,
excellent for egg production and very
vigorous, is to keep careful record Of
the laying qualities of each pullet- If
you will trap nest them in September,
October, November and December you
may omit further use Of the trap nest
and resume it's use the first of the fol-
towing September and continue its use
to the end of October. The pullets that
will begin to lay early one fall and
continue to lay very late the next fall
and necessarily mott late are the kind
to select, to use as hens from which to
have eggs for Matching the following
year Such pullets should be mated In
I their second year of laying to cocker
els that have been bred from one of
the very best hens you own. If per-
chance you can have these cOckerels
from a hen in her third year Of laying
that has laid remarkably well for three
years you will have the assurance of
strength, vigor and inherited egg pro-
duction. If all of these are good In
standard qualifications you add greater
value to the offspring.
There is another feature Of egg pro-
duction which needs more than pass
ing attention. We frequently hear
people applaud the fact that some OF
their pullets laid when they were four
and a half months old or a little
younger. Usually pullets that lay SO
young not only lay small eggs when
they begin to lay, but they continue
to lay eggs Of small size during their
entire life. Pullets from siA to seven
months old or even seven and a half
months old make better layers, pro-
yided they are fully matured. OF
course YOU will understand that when
poorly fed during their growing period
many Of the pullets will not be de-
veloped until they are fully year old.
Such are never of much value because
they are apt to be lacking in vitality
which is necessary for long continued
egg production.
Leghorn pullets that are very nearly
six months old and that are fully de
yeloped and of fairly good size are
apt to make the best layers, surely
better layers than will Leghorns thai
laid when about four or four and
half months old. Pullets of the larger
breeds should be six months or neal
seven months old before they begin t.
lay, and they must have been well fed
properly nourished and be fully ma
tured before they begin to lay or the!
are not apt to be profitable layers
Pullets Of medium size for the breet
that are fully grown, fully natures
and full Of vigor are the kind tina
. make the profitable layers.
. The day is fast approaching whel
eggs weighing less than two ounce
each will be classed as seconds in tn
market. The sooner we begin, all o
us, to realize that size, shape, smooth
II ness and color of shell have much to d
with the price Of eggs the sooner WI
we begin to reap the harvest due t
all who have eggs that are perfect
il fresh, that are smooth on surface Q
shell, that are clear and clean In colo
whether white or brown, and tha
average two ounces or trifle bette
in weight Such eggs are the kind tbs
will sell best in the future, and "
had better, all Of US, have this in min
= when breeding for egg production.