Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-11
STACKER HENS TO THE BLOCK

Edghty-one poultry hocks in differ ent parts of Connecticut were ex- anined during recent months by specialists from the extension service of Connecticut Agricultural College. The purpose was to determine the percentage of profitable hens in the flock.
 Of 9,664 hens examined by the spec ialists, 3 766 were rejected and their owners were advised to market them. The average daily egg production be- forefore the investigation was 2.e11 After the stacker hens had been re- moved from the fiocks the average daily. production was 2,361 eggs. In other words, the 3, ,766 hens that were rejected have been responsible for only 250 eggs. Stated in another way, 39 percent. of the flock was responsible for only 9.5. percent. of the production.
 Frequently one hears the contention that hens are no longer profitable at the present prices of feed Informed poultrynen insist that there is a safe margin of profit between the price of feed and the price of eggs where only good hens are kept. Hens that won't lay cannot return. profit regardless of prices of eggs or feed. Gull out the slackers and keep the layers. Farmers Week
 The plans for Connecticut Farmers Week at Hartford are rapidly matur- ing and the detailed programs for the several sessions will soon be com plete.
 On Monday evening January 20, there will be. an informal social meet ing for all in attendance. The reg ular sessions will begin Tuesday, January q, and extend through Friday, January 24. The program for the week will be as follows: TUESDAY = A. M, Dairymen's Assn. and Poultry Association. P. M., Dairymen's Association, Sheep Breeders Association, and Poultry Association. Evening, General meet ing devoted to 'The Nations Oppor- tunities in Agriculture"
 WEDNESDAH-A. M, Dairymen's Association, Poultry Assn. and Wom- en's meeting. P. M, Joint Meeting. Evening, Council of Defense Night, devoted to Connecticut's Problemsin Reconstruction Work.
 THURSDAY-A. M., Pomological Society and Vegetable Growers Assn. P. M., Joint Meeting. Evening, Gen i eral meeting devoted to New Eng lands Opportunity in Agriculture. FRIDAY-A. M.. Pomologicai So-
 ciety and Vegetable Growers Assn. 1 P. M, Joint Meeting
 l Among those who will speak at the 1 joint meetings and evening meetings
 are Assistant Secretary of Agricul- 1 ture, Clarence Ousley; Dean Henry S. 1 Russell University of Wisconsin i; ] Dean J. L. Hills, University of Ver- mont; Robert Scoville, Food Admin istrator for Connecticut; Prof. c. A. Lavetz of the Ontario Agricultural
 College; Dean W. Horace Hoslins of the New York Veterinary College Governor Holcemb will preside at
 the Tuesday evening meeting and
 President Beach of the Agricultural
 College on Thursray evening.
 | Among the other new features o1
 the work are two meetings especially
 for farm women and an educational
 and trades exhibit at the State Ar.
 mory. This exhibit promises to be oi
 unusual value.
 The meetings win be arranged so as
 to allow plenty of time for visiting
 the exhibit, which should be the socia center of the week. Each County
 Farm Bureau will have special bootl
 and will act as hosts for visitors iron home.
 | The individual meetings of the sev.
 eral cooperating societies will be helt principally at Unity Hall. The after.
 noon and evening meetings will b,
 held in the Auditorium of the Higi
 School.