248 ELEMENTS OF FARM PRACTICE 



Arithmetic: 



1. If a farmer keeps 50 hens and each hen lays 125 eggs in a 

 year, how many d9zen eggs will the farmer get in a year? How much 

 will these eggs be worth at 20c. per dozen? 



2. If a farmer keeps 50 hens and half of them produce 10 chickens 

 each, how many young chickens will he have? How much are they 

 worth at 35c. each? 



3. If 9,000 lbs. of grain, worth Ic. per pound, is required to 

 keep 50 hens one year and raise 250 chickens, what is the total cost of 

 feed? 



Figure 112. — Two baskets of eggs. The one on the left represents the 75 eggs 

 laid by the average hen in one year. The one on the right represents 220 eggs 

 laid in a year by the best hen at the Crookston Experiment Station. 



CARE OF POULTRY 



Sitting Hens. — Like any other class of live stock, poultry, 

 to do well, must be well cared for. During the early part 

 of the summer the young chicks require considerable atten- 

 tion. A great deal of time may be saved, if several hens 

 are set at one time in a building separate from the main 

 poultry house. We mention raising chicks in this way, 

 because but comparatively few persons use incubators. A 

 woodshed or corncrib that is clean, and that may be dark- 

 ened, is a good place in which to set hens. In the evening 

 take as many broody hens as you can get, or as you want, 

 and put them in this shed or crib, that has been well cleaned 

 and provided with good, clean nests, preferably near or on 

 the floor. Shut these hens in over night and darken the 

 windows. If they continue broody the next morning, set 

 them at once with eggs selected from the best hens. Then 



