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W. A. HINZ 

 "Our pullets gave us better thon 50y, 

 egg production last winter." 



^A /I — ITH fresh eggs selling cur- 

 ^v.y 1/ rently on farms at I4c a 

 g Q dozen, lowest in years, press 

 reports indicate that AAA officials will 

 sqpport the market with purchases for 

 relief distribution. May 1 storage hold- 

 ings were under the 10 year average, 

 but receipts of fresh eggs at Chicago 

 that day set an eight year record. 



Chief reasons for the nation-wide 

 gain in poultry and zgg production 

 are (1) the growth of commercial 

 hatcheries, (2) more scientific methods 

 of flock feeding and care on farms. 

 (3) the increase in number of large 

 egg and poultry farms. 



Illinois, a leading poultry state, has 

 all branches of the industry within 

 her borders but the bulk of the state's 

 production still comes from the gen- 

 eral purpose farm. Despite current 

 low tgg prices a number of Lake and 



EARLY CHICKS MAKE EARLY LAYERS 

 The pullets will be ready to lay in 

 September. 



Hens Pa}^ Better Than 



Cows On These Farms 



Cook county farms have found that 

 hens pay better than cows for the 

 capital and time invested. Typical of 

 improved methods of production prac- 

 ticed on Illinois farms are those seen 

 on the farm of W. A. Hinz in north- 

 western Cook county. 



Last year, Mrs. Hinz's poultry ac- 

 counts on their flock of White Leg- 

 horns showed tgg sales alone of 

 $657.96. Part of their success with 

 poultry lies in getting the pullets into 

 production early in the fall when ^gg 

 prices are more favorable. In 1938, 

 for example, during the fall and win- 

 ter months when many farm flocks 

 hardly pay for their keep, the Hinz's 

 were selling up to $60 worth of eggs 

 a month. Production dipped in Jan- 

 uary when the older hens quit laying 

 but in February production picked up 

 and sales continued close to the $70 

 per month mark through June. 



"Our pullets gave us better than 50 

 per cent egg production all last winter," 

 Hinz said. "We have a 22 x 18' house 

 which handles about 200 hens conveni- 

 ently. Last year we had well over 300 

 hens which was too many for our size 

 laying house. We keep the hens two 

 years and usually have the pullets sep- 

 arated from the older birds." 



The Hinz's have a better than 

 average market. The eggs are picked 

 up by a buyer at the farm who caters 

 to the Chicago and north shore sub- 

 urban trade. Eggs bring a little more 

 than top Chicago wholesale prices. 



This flock gets excellent care. It is 

 housed in a well-ventilated building 

 free from drafts the year 'round. The 

 hens are self-fed a balanced laying 

 mash made up of Blue Seal concen- 

 trate purchased from the Lake-Cook 

 Farm Supply Co., mixed with ground 



BROODER HOUSE ON 

 NUNAMAKER FARM 

 Warmth, ventilation, santitotion 

 good feed, make healthy chix. 



and 



corn and oats, midlings, bran and cod 

 liver oil. A scratch feed of corn, oats, 

 and barley is fed in litter. 



The Hinz's have been buying five 

 week old sexed pullets and they think 

 it pays. Of 200 female chicks pur- 

 chased last year, they lost only seven 

 to maturity. 



Expansion under way for many years 

 in poultry and egg production is il- 

 lustrated by R. J. and J. M. Nunamaker 

 of Lake county. They have converted 

 the hayloft of the cow barn into lay- 

 ing pens for their White Leghorns 

 which number approximately 750. A 

 chute makes it handy to clean out. The 

 elder Nunamaker, J. M., said he 

 thought hens paid them better than 

 dairy cows for the money and feed 

 invested. That's why they have changed 

 over from cows to poultry. R. J., the 

 son, is an advertising man on Chicago's 

 north side who uses his contacts to 

 market eggs at city retail prices. About 

 50 dozen eggs go to market daily. 

 Retail price was 35c a dozen earlier 

 in the spring and 27c wholesale. Next 

 year the Nunamakers plan to build a 

 new laying house for 2,000 hens. Their 

 farm has only 50 acres and to pay out 

 it must be farmed intensively. 



Nunamaker mixes his own laying 

 mash using 100 lbs. of Blue Seal 32 

 per cent concentrate poultry balancer, 

 50 midlings, 100 ground oats, 150 

 ground corn. The scratch feed con- 

 sists of one-third whole oats. one-thirJ 

 whole corn, and one-third commercial 

 scratch mixture containing wheat, corn, 

 buckwheat, sunflower seed, kaffir etc. 



The hens get plenty of oyster shell, 

 grit and charcoal. Losses run about 

 121/2 per cent including "pickouts." 



Alfred Landmeier, a progressive 

 Cook county farmer operates 74 acres 



FRESH FROM THE HATCHERY 

 One reason lor the nation-wide gain 

 in poultry and egg production. 



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