220 MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



Cost of keeping : — 

 14 bushels grain, |16 75 



Scraps and meat, ..... 2 00 



$18 75 



Net profit, . . ... . . . $62 80 



Framingham, September 22, 1868. 



Statement of Lewis Jones. 



The following statement covers a period of eight months, 

 from January 1, 1868, to September 1. Number of hens kept, 

 twenty-four ; mostly Leghorns. I think they are much the 

 most profitable fowls kept. Number of eggs laid by the twenty- 

 four hens in eight months, 230| dozens. 



t]XPENSES. 



24 bushels of corn, $30 00 



3 bushels of cracked corn, .... 

 Scraps, ........ 



PROFITS. 



224| dozen sold, average about 37 cents per dozen, 

 Set 6|- dozen, raised 53 chickens, sold at market 25, 

 Chickens on hand, 28, . . . ... 



Net profit of 24 hens, eight months, . • . . 

 Net profit per fowl, eight months, 



KEEPING. 



I never coop my fowls up. I have fed my fowls the past year 

 mostly on whole corn, feeding them generally three times a 

 day. I keep a plenty of clean water for them to drink when 

 they want. I have used this year cracked corn for my chickens. 

 I give it to them dry. In the winter I cut up turnips when I 

 have leisure, and feed them with it. I likewise give them cab- 

 bages. I also give them refuse meat cut up, and sometimes 

 scraps ; likewise oyster shells pounded up, and when I can get 



