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the cooperative spirit of the
farmers of the Matenuska Valley.
KDEPING OLT) FEUS
Lately poultry authorities advise
koo]. ing over old lions which have
laid well the first year.
For a number of years past it
scored to bo the peroral practise
to brood’ a new flock ohch year
and dispose, of all eld birds.
The theory was based, upon the idea
of gaining a higher percentage
of lay during the winter from
pulleta. Tlio draw fcr.ck to this
practise, was the periods of'non
production wlr.cn the pullets
were not old enough to lay and
the old hens wer: still in molt.
Nov.', experienced ■ oulcryrr.on ad
vise, thet if !:. .nc which have
laid wo11 tho first year and
which, naturally, have paid for
theme Dive a- and a profit be aides
(we hope) can be molted all at
once and got back into good
xreduction quickly, they should
lay well the second year, and a
splendid profit c n bo realized
from the sane initial investment
in stock.
The high cost of pullet rearing
cut3 materially into one’s pro
fits each year, and it would
seem practical to maintain a
flock as long as it v/as profitably
possible.
Some poultrymon have very good
luck in force molting while others
believe it 'to bo better for the
hens when they molt naturally,
either way requires careful feed
ing an*1 care. .Then the flock
production Irepa and the hens
begin to molt the feed ration
mutt be changed to meet the body
requirements. In place of eggs
the birds arc preparing to pro
duce now fothers and need addit
ional protein,, Because it ic ffo
easily digestible, the feeding
of three i ounce of condensed
milk, or its equivalent in dried
or liquid milk, to each 100 hens
is an .specially good way to pro
vide such protein at that time
of icar.
Another problem which seriously
affect 3 profits, and which
puzzles many poultrymon, is the
drgreo of culling necessary and
the beet time So do this,
’Then meat prices arc highest is
a good time do cull, according to
many poultry raisers. On the
other hind, if egg prices arc
high, it is best to keep the hens
as long as they aro laying*
Air s in p oor hoaltlji, and those
which obviously won t lay should
be culled cut at any time but
practically all healthy hens,
if pro; l'ly fad and managed, will
lay enough eggs during the spring
and summer to more than pay their
wap.. *
This would seem to especially fit
the noof1s of the Valley farmers.
The brooding of pnlltca comes at
a time of the year when cash
income is small ancl if v/o can
keep over old hens and make a
profit the second year all well
and good. The important thing
in th:' s practise is to cull all
non-procLucoors, and remember the
the old saying," a laying hen
is a paying hen."
hr.Vessel Emitter of Los Angeles
is visiting in the valley and en
joying our northern summer weather,
hr.Emitter is very much interested
in the'future success of the
valley.