Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1907 — Save the Early Pullets. [ARTICLE]

Save the Early Pullets.

Don’t make a mistake in the selection of birds for next winter’s layers. Many farmers sell their largest, earli est hatched birds because they arc in good demand and will bring a good price. Keep the earliest hatched, best developed birds for your egg producers and breeders. All that are left are the late hatched pullets and cockerels that go undeveloped into winter quarters. Breeding from such birds will degenerate any flock of fowls if you persist in such methods long enough. To have early winter layers the birds must grow to maturity. The early hatched healthy chick makes the good winter layer. Grain For Hogs on Pasture. Some grain should be fed to the hogs on grazing crops—one to three pounds per day, depending on the age and size of the animals. An ear or two of com will often be all that is necessary, says a hog grower. By using grazing crops the corn can be made to go much further and a better quality of pork obtained at a lower cost per pound. Hogs kept on grazing crops are under the very .best sanitary conditions. The plan suggested will provide grazing for twenty-five to flftj hogs, depending on the character of the land and the crop season.