550 



STATE BOARD OF A'GRIOULTURE. 



heavy draft, weighing over 1,500 pounds. The heavy draft horses are 

 largely shipped in from the corn belt states and used in the woods, 

 cities and towns. Many of the light draft horses are raised in this terri- 

 tory. Chippewa and Menominee counties are the leading breeding sec- 

 tions. 



POULTRY. 



The 1920 census reports 243,885 chickens raised in the Upper Penin- 

 sula. 



No farm is complete without a flock of poultry. The size of the 

 flock will depend on the amount of land under cultivation, distance from 

 market and the importance placed on poultry receipts in the general 

 farm plan. 



There are locations in the Upper Peninsula where specialized poultry 

 farms can be made a success, but usually the greatest profit per fowl 

 will be made by the medium-sized farm flock. The reasons for this 

 greater profit is that the farm flocks have a wider range, consequently 



Fig. 35. The barred rock hens in the picture have a production record of 217 egga per 



year at the Chatham Station. 



gather the greater part of their food during the summer months, and 

 they are generally taken care of by the women and the children. 



FLOCK MANAGEMENT. 



Free range, plenty of fresh water and skim milk, a light feed of 

 grain in the morning, a heavier feed at night, with dry mash always 

 available, with a clean coop free from lice, will bring good results with 

 any good laying strain of hens. During the summer the poultry will 

 gather a good deal of their feed, but for high production this feed 

 should be supplemented by the scratch feed and dry mash. Lice increase 

 rapidly during the-^varm weather, especially when the i^oultry house is 

 not sprayed or white-washed occasionally. 



