, 1919-02-13
EARLY MATCHING
OF IMPORTANCE
Fowls Realize Full Benefits From
Propitious and Longer
Growing Season.
FOSTERS EARLIER MATURITY
Hatch In Time for Best BroiIer Mar
kets and Also Produce Pullets
Ready to Lay When Hens
Want Needed Rest.

Fable is transforming into fact. 1t
has been customary in allegorical
statement only to allude to the hen
the present prices of eggs and poultry,
it begins to look as If the age of the
golden eggs had arrived. With mar
keting conditions for poultry products
better than ever before, with a stabil-
lied demand for quality products, and
with prospects of larger amounts of
feeds being available as a result of
the cessation of war, there Is every
incentive for the p~oultryman's best eff
forts.
, A fundamental factor which makes
for greater success with hens is to
hatch early. The early chick catches
the worm both in the garden and in
the economies of poultry production.
The poultryman who aspires to beat
the calendar n to hatch several
weeks earlier than the cut-and-dried
practice gains an advantage which
permits him to market quality cock
erels at less cost and greater profit
much in advance of his associates who
are remiss in lighting their i%ncubators
or setting their hens. Chicks thrive
and develop rapidly during the early
days of spring; the early Matched
fowls thus realize full benefits from
the propitious and longer growing sea-
son.
Why to Hatch Early.
The early hatch spells sure profits,
other conditions being equal, because
1t fosters the earlier maturity and egg
production of the pullets; it induces
a stream of eggs at the season when
eggs are highest in price; it gives the
chicks a chance to develop into strong,
he4lthy birds before hot weather sets
in ! 1t provides a supply of wage earn.
ing. pullets to replace the OLD hens in
the. flock as soon as the latter birds
begin to develop star-boarder charac-
ter}stics; it produces chicks which are
robust and rugged and better able to
withstand the attacks of lice and dis
ease; it means early cockerels for
market when h supply is scant and
the, price correspondingly attractive.
Hens take a three months vacation
every fall during the melting season
while they don new plumage. When
the hens are idle. the stream off eggs
ceases unless early Matched phllets
are ready to substitute for the older
fowl as egg-producers. AS falI and
winter eggs are always in demand at
profitable prices. early Matching re-
turns rapid dividends where the pull
lets are geared up for active service
when the hens begin their rest.
Less Disease Among Robust Pullets.
Where lice attack the flock, the
smaller. weaker chickens are first 10
suceumb. Lice are worse during warm
than cold weather and hence the
early Matched chicks are less exposed
to such pests while still very young.
Furthermore, immature pullets are
subject to colds during the fall and
r likely to spread colds throughout
h entire flock. To remedy this diff
fcujty, hatch early and have the pull
lets reasonably well matured when
they are placed in winter quarters.
As more cockerels are produced
than are needed for breeding Ii
poses Ii is Imperative that the surplus
stock be rapidly matured and sold as
b%roilers and %springers at early ages.
The demand for such chickens is best
early in tie season when the price is
at it's peak and, on this account. the
young males should be Matched early.