The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1918-09-27
OFFICIAL INTIMATION OF
HIGHER COTTON PRICES

Washington, d. Cit is learned
from an official source that, in ali
probability, cotton goods prices viii
be revised October on an upward
scale. Many manufacturers and buy
ers are of the opinion that trade ac-
tivities should be deferred until thu
ing apparent that something will come
cotton uestion has been settled, it be
up of the present controversy between
the Southern senator's and the chair
man of the War Industries Board.
Some men now have no hesitancy
in yoicing their opinions that fixing
the price on finished material and
not on the raw material is unavoidable
and they feel that before fair and
equitable basis in the handling of cot
ton goods can be arrived at, soms-
thing must be done to further fix cs
stabilize the price of cotton.
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spicuously backward They will never
make profit and the sooner they are
eaten the less will be the loss OF
their account. Even when foraging is
good it does not even pay to keep
them. It is much better to let the
good thrifty pullets have all the feed
In selecting pullets for layers, the
first thing to look for is birds with
perfect health and plenty of vitality
next select the busy, wide-awake pul-
let's, and then those with the ideal
body type. No bird that is unhealthy
or is low in vitality will ever develop
properly for any purpose. . A laying
hen is always the busy hen, and like
wise the busy, wide-awake pullet Is
usually the one that develops into the
good layer
After the selection is made, proper
care is very essential. Pullets must
have good feed of the proper compn-
sition and plenty of it, clean, fresh
water and a we'll ventilated house.
which must be kept clean and free
from lice and mites
1t is not a good practice to force the
pullets intended for egg production.
but they must be kept growing and de-
veloping gradually. In order to have
them mature for late fall and winter
laying they should be Matched early
enough to allow them 10 reach their
proper development normally and
without forcing.
In the early fall the pullets should
be removed from the range and put in
the laying house. They will then be-
come accustomed to their new sur
roundings before the laying season
starts. If they are moved after they
once start laying they will invariably
stop for a short time.
After they have been put in winter
quarters a good laying ration should
be fed The following are some good
rations and ones that will give good
results Cracked corn, forty-hve per
cent This varies with the season, but
for the fall the above are the proper
lions to use This scratch feed is to
be fed twice a day in deep litter
The dry mash which should be before
the birds at all times consists of equal
parts of corn meal, wheat bran, wheat
shorts, ground oats, and meat scraps,
and two ounces of salt to the hundred
pounds of mash. If the pullets are
where they can run on a grass lot CT
on a rye patch, green reed need not
be supplied; but otherwise sprouted
oats should be fed. Where milk is
available it is very good practice to
feed it and it will prove very profita-
Bile. Always supply clean, fresh WI
ter, grit, oyster shells and charcoal