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May. We sold 218 as broilers from this lot during July. The later cockerels were 

 removed to the fattening crates as was done with those groAvn in the pasture field. 

 Most of the pullets were taken out about the 1st of October, and by the 1st Novem- 

 ber practically all had been removed with the exception of about 100; these were 

 cockerels held as breeders, and the July chicks. 



The above illustr?.tion shows how it is possible to produce two crops in one season, 

 viz.: apples and chickens. This is one of the best places to grow strong, healthy 

 chickens at a very low cost. 



We raised in this field 733 chickens at a cost of 8,649 lbs. of grain. A pound 

 of chicken equalled 3.34 lbs. of grain, or nearly the same as the pasture field 

 chickens. 



The figures mean that a farmer can in his fields raise a four-pound cockerel for 

 thirteen or fourteen pounds of grain. This amount of grain at $30.00 per ton 

 would be worth twenty-one cents. The cockerel would sell in the market for at 

 least forty cents, and if fattened, would be worth sixty cents. The data we have on 

 hand would indicate that it costs about five to seven cents each to hatch the above 

 birds, that is figuring eggs, oil and losses. Several years figures show that four 

 pounds of grain will produce a pound of gain in live weight. 



Breeding Market Foavls. 



When looking over dressed poultry in some of our markets, I have often thought 

 how easy it would be to improve the appearance of much of the ordinary poultry, 

 and some of that which is specially fattened, .if the birds are bred to a proper type. 

 I have spent much time in examining different types of birds, alive and dressed, and 

 in observing the feeding capacity of certain types; but it would take years to arrive 

 at definite conclusions on these points. I am, however, of the opinion that one of 

 the most important things to be sought after is constiiution. This may have no 



