VOL. LXVII
INDIANAPOLIS, FEB. 3, 1912.
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Profit in Early Laying Hens
Forty   Cents   Eggs
POl'I/TRY A    BIG    ASSET ON    THE
FARM.
The Department of Agriculture says
are  not too high.
It depends much on the care of the
hens in the winter whether or not they
will begin laying early in the sDring.
During the months of January and
February preparations should be made
for the laying season. Most hens by
the  end  of February are beginning to
produce     the   maximum     number     of
eggs.
Do  Better  on  Good  Range.
On the farm where there is plenty of
range, hena get some other food than
corn, which on most farms is their
principal feed, but in small yards in
towns they get nothing but what the
owner gives them. In such a case
much more depends upon the fancier
than in the case where the fowls have
free range.
production.
A great variety of food of a plain
and nourishing kind Is the key note.
Too much corn, as many poultrymen
have experienced, causes disease, and
in many cases poor vitality, which may
not be noticed by the unobserving
poultrymen, will be the direct result of
over feeding of corn. This is true of
other foods that are too concentrated
or stimulating.
A   successful   poultryman,     one   who
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lay, if they are .going to lay at all to
pay enough to be profitable to their
owners, but if they have been poorly
wintered  they  cannot    be  expected  to
Balanced   Ration.
In all cases, especially the former,
a balanced ration should be provided.
This  will   encourage  early   spring   egg
gets eggs in winter and early spring,
recommends the following for the best
egg producing food in the early spring
months.