POULTRY. 



299 



PRODUCT OP EGGS AND CHICKENS. 



76 dozen eggs, at 20 cents, . 

 46 chickens, at 30 cents each, 



$15 20 

 13 80 



$29 00 



EXPENSE OP KEEPING. 



Indian meal, four bushels, . . . $4 00 



Shelled corn, four bushels, . . . 4 00 



Buckwheat and oats, one bushel, . . 1 00 



Potatoes, three bushels, . . . . 1 50 



Profit, . 



10 50 



$18 50 



Statement of H. O. Stone. 



In presenting the following statement of the method, expense 

 and profit of keeping hens, there is no pretence of extraordi- 

 nary results, — only a tolerably accurate account of what has 

 been done under limited circumstances, for a series of years. 



January 1st, 1855. Had a stock of fifty-two hens and six 

 cocks. 



Their feed for the year consisted of two barrels potatoes ; 

 one and a half bushels cob meal ; five bushels ears ; nineteen 

 bushels corn ; eleven bushels Indian meal ; two bushels of oats ; 

 cost, $39.9T. 



