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Poultry specialists advise that good caro
nou uhen the pullets are beginning to lay
bill be repaid manyfold by higher production
during the rintero
First- Pullets should be housed before they
it art to lay. This uill keep dem the number
of floor eggs and reduce the amount of can
nibalism in the flock,
Second- The development of the birds should'
not be retarded during this period of change. -
Feeding grain in the litter—about three
pounds of oats for each 100 birds in the
morning, and at night all the rheat they
rill clean up—rill help make this transi
tion easier. A developing.mash should bo
kept before pullets rhon they are first,
placed in the laying house* This should be
changed over gradually to a lyying mash.
Third Laying quarters -should be roll ven
tilated* At least three square feet for
the heavier breeds should bo allored. Access
to a son porch is desirable.
Fourth /artificial lighting should be em
ployed to lengthen the day. Specialists
advise that experiments have shorn that 13
hours of daylight is the optimum amount —
eeyond that 'amount is a point of diminish
ing returns, they tell us,. Experiments* in
ALaska are being made along these linose
iiVontually re rill hive mere accurate fig
arcs for the Territoryy.
Artificial lighting to lengthen the day
helps increase foil ogg production, builds
do ay roight and helps prevent premature
eo ItipLgg lights in the spring should not
do discontinued until there are 13 Hours of
3aylight„
ixtter management becomes ono of the poultry
tan■ s chief problems rhen chickons are com
bined to houses,/ If freauent house clean
ing is desirable; then the cheapest avail
able material is, of course.'the most prac
tical to us6i On most farms, stfair or, in
3omo places, sardust or shavings, are the
3Cst from this point of vieu.
liime can be used uith ei^Her a shallow or '
loop litter program* lor the shallow typo,
ipplying one pound for each five square feet
if floor space rill permit the interval bo
noon cleanings to be extended from one
:eek to tuo during the rinter.
A deep litter can bo maintained throughout
the rinter by making periodic applications
of limoc ^/hen the litter begins to pack
doun—particularly around food'hoppers and
rater fountains—hydrated lime, applied at
tho role of ono pound for each tfcro and a
half square feet of floor space rill keep
the house in good condition..
Limo should bo spread on top of the litter
and stirred in nth a fork or rake. Lime
b is oh t ect ion ah lc to or? da., Lime should
iot bw i>.*n unic dry 3 ittor or loft on top
any longer than necessary Adequate venti
lation. is necessary in too house after a
r':ou treatment because the air rill unavoid
ably contain aome limo dust,
Ooce id les is is sonet imes a serious problem
■~ith a ouiJ.t up •.!»/■ or program, tho special
lets rarn*