SOME SUCCESSFUL FARMS 



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sold apples without picking them. A more usual practice 

 is for the farmer to pick and barrel the apples. 



A SUCCESSFUL POULTRY FARM MANAGED BY A WOMAN 1 



The farm contained 12 acres in the edge of a village 

 about 350 miles from New York. Eggs were shipped to 

 a wholesale dealer in New York. 



CAPITAL INVESTED IN THE FARM BUSINESS 



CROPS 



The crops grown were 3.5 acres of corn, 0.4 acre 

 mangels, 1.3 acres alfalfa, 0.5 acre rape, 1 acre young 

 cherry orchard not yet bearing. 



RECEIPTS 



10,007 doz. eggs at wholesale $3002 



8346 eggs for hatching at $7 per 100 584 



584 hens, 35 roosters 478 



210 pullets 311 



963 cockerels 209 



Butter $42, calf $11 53 



Corn stalks $15, alfalfa hay $104 119 



Increase of investment 600 



$5356 



1 The record of this farm was secured by E. W. Benjamin of the De- 

 partment of Poultry Husbandry, Cornell University. 



