A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



I thought differently, and "Mrs. Perry," as 

 we christened her, became the founder of my 

 poultry farm by presenting me with nine 

 strong little chicks out of the thirteen eggs I 

 set her on. Five more broody biddies were 

 bought, and by the end of March I had sixty- 

 seven chicks. During the summer there was 

 an addition of fifteen varied mongrels, and 

 one hundred and forty-eight chicks were 

 raised. The cost of the hens was $10, eggs 

 for setting $5, feed from August to March 

 $4; total outlay, $19. 



On the credit side, ninety chicks were sold 

 as broilers, realizing $22. So the profit was 

 $3 in cash, with fifty-eight pullets for stock, 

 as well as eggs for our own table from May. 



Ducks commenced, as did everything else, 

 in a very small way; but they were real 

 Imperial Pekins, two ducks and a drake, 

 acquired the second week in March. Their 

 laying started on March 20; and as these 

 birds take all their rest during the winter, 

 paying their board every day with an egg 



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