The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-30

The advantage Of culling the poultry
flock eliminating the Improbable lay
ers-is shown by II number Of reports
being received by the United States
department Of agriculture from coun-
ty agents who have conducted culling
demonstrations. In many instances
the Culled birds were retained and
fed for n few weeks Ia order to dem
onstrate to the farmers the advantage
of proper culling. "Culling drives" SUI
pervised by county agents were CON
Quoted by poultry raisers in many To-
c~alttteg. In one community in Mis-
souri, The non-producers in more than
800 farm flocks were taken out In one
day and sent to market. In making a
report TO the department Of agriculture
on the culling work in Missouri, Fl. r..
Cosby, state extension poultry husband
man, says:
Miss Nellie McGhee, emergency
home demonstration agent Of Green
county, together with County Agent T..
A, Cockefeln, report that l6,607 birds
we're culled out OF 40, l69-apout 40 per
cent, These 6 ,6O7 were sold, making
Il saving in grain in the form Of So
64O.SO The interest on the money
received for the sale of the culls would
bring the total saving to about $40. 900.
MIR Cosby further says, To show the
efficiency and accuracy Of local leaders
the following will suffice, From one
| lthth VI 10 tIlltktilN, - were Cuiltu OUT.
only one egg was aid in the Culled pen
In four DAYS. From another flock of
200 chickens, so were culled out. The
pen OF Culls produced only two eggs
In three days. ~Fifty-two birds were
culled from a flock OF 5S hens, leaving
only six good ones, In foar days only
one egg was laid in the pen OF s.
culls,"
One county agent reports on two
floCks. There we're lac hens in the
first flock, 1906 of which were selected
to make UP the winter pen Of layers,
while 81 were put In the Gull pen and
fed the same ration as the others for
two weeks. During this period the
hens that were selected for winter lay
ers aid go eggs, or an average of
about six eggs each, while 10 eggs were
produced In the other pen; less than
one egg for every two hens.
In the second flock there were %
hens. 81 OF which were retained and
% put in the culled class. In one week
the 81 good birds produced 1877 eggs,
while In the pen of % discarded hens
only eight eggs were produced.
A "cull the flock campaign was held
in nine Mississippi counties this fall,
and as a result 1882 birds weighing
rs, 900 pounds were marketed. These
birds came from i,349 flocks. II they
had been retained throughout the win
ter, they would have been fed at a
loss. Through the help or county
agents these birds we're sold by a co.
operative plan and brought S5,69S. II
they had been sold by the individual
owners they would have brought $4,i44,
the extension poultry h~usbandman es.
Inmates, The cooperative selling plan
thus saved the farmers 1851,
Culling the Flock.
with feed high In price and in many
cases difficult to get, It is of greatest
Importance to Gull the poultry flock
Quilting serves two purposes: First, II
insures that the feed will he consumed
by the better-producinR hens. thereby
increasing the profit. Second, it makes
1t possible to save those best suited for
breeders, both on account OF their bet
ter production and on account Of theil