The courier-index., 1918-08-02
Get Some Hens

keeping of more poultry. As an ar gument we ask you to think upon this fact: Last March eggs were worth s2 each in Great Britain. Feed got scarce and they ate the goose
 that laid the golden egg. They will never be so high in this country, but they will be such a price that you cannot afford to buy them if you have the opportunity to produce eggs. Get busy right now and buy three fourths grown bullets and push them from now until the first of Novem Der and you will find the bullets a profitable investment and something I to offer you recreation when the business day is over. If you are Q city man, run an electric light into :, the hen house, so you can look after the birds when you come home from
 business. Then 1t will be a good J idea to Iengthen the day in the
 winter season. They will work by
 the electric light. take more exercise
 aud eat more feed This gives more eggs, which makes the poultry profit i, able
 Now is the time to get the hens
 and not wait until it is too late. The bullets will be scarce if you wait
 until the last moment. Have the
 house built and make every neces'
 sary arrangement to receive them
 after they are bought ee ssss
 The Nest Egg ', | Tests have been made at the Iowa station to ascertain the kind of nest egg the hen most prefers. They found that she nas her likes and dislikes
 on this question The test indicated that she likes plaster of Paris eggs
 best. The wooden egg came next in her selection, next hen eggs and the last egg of her choice was the china
 egg that is most generally used. .a ssss : Long Distance Esee l We think it some distance to carryl eggs from Mississippi, Tennessee and
 Arkansas to New York But how about eggs from San Francisco? The ! speciality breeders there are sending
 eggs carefully packed in refrigerator ], cars and selling them in competition , with eggs produced on nearby poul-
 try farms. Eggs keep as good as ap- ples and people of California are
 learning to care for their eggs just
 as they care for their apples. These eggs are carefully selected. preceded i and packed away in, the car with the
 proper care and they ride into New
 York in fine condition. A fine les
 son for us down south Proper care
 of the egg permits it to go to any market in the United States and
 compete with the nearby fresh eggs. ] Putting up the eggs in the proper
 way will increase, the price. Proper.
 handling by the farmer has the big
 gest influence on the price.
 | s@s
 i Eggs are always high in August, because moulting time is approach ] ing. Be sure if you sell or eat any
 of the grown hens that they are not
 Having. Use the test that we give you and you will lind this out. 1 ws-w Hl
 Hens cannot live on grass and water and produce eggs They must
 have some feed. Eggs are worth
 money now. Feed the hens and make
 them lay for you. I
 The bullets are tho main prospects 1 for winter eggs. It behooves you to
 give them a good chance Make
 them grow by feeding.
 We may have more cotton than we
 know what. to sdo. with this fall, but we are not sgoangv to have more eggs
 than we need. That 100 hens, that
 we advocate for tha farm w2a always produce product that is in demand.