816 BOARD or AOKirULTUT^F,. 



wish to cater to the most exactiug market, white plumage is required, 

 because the fowl is killed when growing leathers and the white pin 

 leathers show the least In a dressed fowl. To be sure of all these points 

 it is best to obtain the eggs from which the broilers are to be hatched 

 from one's own flock. There can be no uniformity in a bunch of broilers 

 of different varieties and it is of advantage to place all on the market at 

 one time. The broiler market opens in February and extends into "young 

 chicken" times, but the price steadily decreases. Therefore the quicker 

 the fowl can be prepared for market, the better the price and profit. 

 Ground feed produces one pound gain at a less cost than whole grain. 

 Concentrated protein food adds materially to the gi-owth, general health 

 and causes more food to be assimilated. One pound of GO per cent, tank- 

 age has a feeding value of three gallons of skimmed milk and averages not 

 quite 2 cents per pound. Linseed meal (though not so rich in protein) and 

 blood meal will also hasten the growth. A bunch of broilers AA-as fed 

 chiefly on ground feed with linseed meal in a mash and in lU weeks they 

 averaged 2J pounds. . The next year during the same month a bunch of 

 broilers was fed the same ration with tankage in place of linseed meal 

 and in 11 weeks they averaged 21 pounds. As the estimated cost of 

 raising a broiler is 25 cents per head and the market price then 20 cents 

 per pound, there was a profit of 25 cents per chicken. 



There is no doubt that there is money in poultry or the industry would 

 not be developing so rapidly. Farmers can surely make money out of 

 poultry since they raise nearly all their own feed and the fowls have free 

 range of the farm and can pick up a good deal of their own living. 



HOME AND FARM SANITATION. 



MISS CLARA WHIPPS, CARLISLE, IND. 



(Read before the Sullivan County Farmers' Ini=titute.J 



This is a subject which is of extreme interest and importance to each 

 and all. The greatest influence upon health is exerted by those things 

 which we most freely and frequently require for our existence, and this 

 is especially true of water and air. 



In the sanitation of the home, the first thing of importance is the 

 location of the house on the farm. It should be on the highest elevation 

 of the ground, so that all refuse and filth can be carried away from the 

 house, either by natural or artificial drainage. It is possible, of course, 

 to secure drainage in towns and cities where systems of sewerage and 

 water works have been introduced without recourse to marked elevation, 

 but in villages and country districts not so favored it js absolutely of the 

 greatest importance. T,iU(> lor instance the ordinarv farm I'esidenee. 



