Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-07


this phase OF the winter egg propo-
sition and puts his findings into prac-
tice at this season will be a winner.
\ rightly culled flock has an immense
. advantage The weak and therefore
worthless bird hnders the efficient ones
occupies valuable floor space, cats her
head off monthly. and gives n black eye
TO the whole flock tut her out.
Nothing but high class stock should be
| permitted to scratch IN your litter this
winter The bird that will not 10y eggs
must not eat grain ut such q time MS this.
Spot her quickly and sent her to the
| shamhlcs as n substitute for red meat
| You will make more money that way than
by giving her free bonrd for the next ten
| months
one blessing of these stringent times
will be the necessary forcing 10 the trout
| of the fittest We cant afford to keep the
| Inefficient and the prolitless Sentiment
| must ho cast to the winds The darling
cripple and the beloved hut egRless pet
| must bc sacrificed not only TO win the war.
| but Ia save the poultry industry There
| must be no trifng until We are well out OF
| the woods of uncertainty. Confidence
must he restored and profits must he
| assured before We cease to Gull orr fiacks
mcrcilessIy and yet With the wlsest care
tuII IN DETECTIVES.
l1vc non producers IN n unit OF twenty
will swing the balance 10 the wrong side OF
| the ledger and not only put You out OF
| business. hut rob herolc nome guard ot
!, meat food in The form Of aA-No. eggs
| Those five hens ought 10 lny two and a
| half eggs every dav. hut they fail 70 do
| that and IN addition cat each day nearly
| the value Of the same number Of eggs
| III, "cull underslzed. crowbeaked.
| ms shapcn, pop less. and show numerous
aud vcll-marled signs u degeneracy
| She IS as little value TO your flock as the
! human degenerate IS - the body pollfic
| Nc must taxi sensitive and stmpathetic
rarc of the humans of this class. for We
| arc Christians tut a chicken must bc
| handled on he same principle rs bill q
corn The non-prnduetive must be r.
moved Ii cumbers the ground
! PERMANENT WfSTER QUARTERS.
The pnllct, should be put into tholr
| permanent winter quarters two or three
| weeks nj least before they reach full
! lavlnp maturity Fowls arc peculiarly
/ sensitive as to their living places The
| home of d hen Is the pole on which she
/ roosts A forced change from one sleep
nervous system The result Is that the
! reproductive processes are instantly check
| cd or fully arrested until she becomes ac-
| cuStomcd to the new quarters and reacts
| 10 the changed home environment
Ii your bullets have come to full layIn
maturity and are yielding YOU a seve nty-
/ five per cent record before you put them
| into their permanent winter laying house,
they will be quite certain 10 drop to zero
or at least to q twenty-five per cent out
| ptlt almost immediately after YOU place
/ them in a strange living and roostlng en-
vIr0nment This IS a provision OF Nature.
Ii Is the instinct OF the bird guarding the
| offspring
Get them well wonted therefore In
! the winter egg building before YOU have
reason tolook for the irsteggs. Make the
change as little exciting a. possible.
/ Get your Notwithstanding system well
| organized. The man who has several
! hundred pullcts to house for winter egg
production Will find that this advice, well
| followed Will mean many dollars added
to his poultry profits
.PreDaratIons should be SO thorough for
| the coming months that practically no
| changes Will need 10 be made after the
| birds are placed IN their winter home.
/ Never forget that every tune YOU enter
! the LAYING room of a flock of hens and
| make anv material changes, especially III
! the nests and rOostIng arrangements, YOU
do it At the sacrifice OF eggs
once had flock OF ID thoroughbreds IN
a we'll equipped laying house 1t was IN
mdwlnter. but every hen was IN the punk
of condition and laying eggs with clock
| like regularity. One day | made radical
change in the character and positions OF
! IL MT -txx-n hours
the new nesting system was installed
every hen had stoppcd laying, and II took
me three long weeks 10 get them back TO
| their former egg record | lost about 200
eggs by the blunder. If the same error
| had been made with 500 hens, instead OF
Is. nv arithmetic teaches me that
would have lost 10000 eggs, the market
value of which should be nothing short
of 81 900 at the present time
Such an experience should wnte IN
| large letters The importance of permanent
arrangements from the first. Spray for
mites and lice before you put the pullets
| in improvements, painting, white-wash-
ing, laying the litter everything should
be in the same condition In which you eX
pect to keep II all through the winter.
FooD ~ ABUNDANCE
4 fowl IS a mere machine for the manu-
facture OF eggs You get out what YOU
put in The bird that is gwen ration
that Is deficient IN quality and quantity
must not be expected to lay eggs Her
body is busy taking care Of itself Give
her more in quantity and quality. and
She will not oni> bulld a splendid animal
machine for YOU. but she will use surplus
energy in the making OF eggs
This is the secret Of the mating sea
son Food and temperature in the wild
OF nature make il impossible for the bird
to do more than sustain her own body
during the rigors of winter When the
spring time comes the warm weather and
an abundance of food make it possible