HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



II 



POULTRY ACCOUNT 

 SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 



Twenty-one poultrymen of this county 

 sent in a summary of their December 

 business which is given in the following- 

 table: 



County 

 21 

 7141 



State 

 120 

 33663 



No. farms reporting 

 No. hens and pullets 

 Average hens and pullets 



per farm 340 280 



Eggs per bird 8.7 8.7 



Egg receipts per bird 43c 48c'- 



Grain costs per bird 



(males included) 23<- 23<'- 



No. farms selling poultry 14 73 



Poultry sold per farm 20.49 42.74 



This table brings out the following- 

 facts : 



(1) The number of poultrymen using 

 this service is altogether too small for 

 this county. There should be at least 

 100 poultrymen using it. Start now! 



(2) While the egg production of this 

 county equals that of the state, it is noth- 

 ing to get enthusiastic about. Our 

 country average should be ten eggs 

 per bird as a minimum. Some, however, 

 may not believe that such an egg produc- 

 tion is possible but: 



(3) Eight of the 21 farms reporting 

 averaged over 10 eggs per bird. The 



county leadej-s for December are : 



Eggs 

 Per Bird 



1. F. D. Steele, Cummington 16.7 



2. Geo. E. Scott, Belchertown 13.7 



3. Phillip Parsons, Southampton 13.6 



4. Smith's Agricultural School, 



Northampton 12.4 



.5. Florence Elwell, Northampton 12.2 

 6. Hillside School, Greenwich 12.0' 



To be among the county leaders next 

 year, one should start NOW. Read the 

 article on Disease Control. It is not put 

 in to fill space, but to give you the 

 best possible information. Healthy stock 

 is absolutely necessary. Hatch your 

 chickens EARLY! Only save about 157c 

 of your best birds as breeders for next 

 year or if buying day old chicks, sell all 

 of your hens. 



FARMERS' EXCHANGE 



FOR SALE:— S. C. White Leghorns, 

 bred for high production and Standard 

 qualities. Our cockerels have egg pi'o- 

 duction of 200 eggs or over on both sides. 

 Order your day old chicks now. Emory 

 Bartlett, Box C, Enfield, Mass. 



FOR SALE :— Black Minorca Cocker- ! 

 els. Mrs. Mary Bennett, Goshen, Mass. 1 



FOR SALE:— Day old chicks sold 

 to last of May. Order Hatching eggs 

 from Standard bred R. I. Reds and from 



M. A. C. strain utility Reds. All stock 

 tested for White Diarrhea. Mrs. Ida H. 

 Rhoades, Box .J, Williamsburg, Mass. 



For Sale 



M. A. C. strain R. I. Red breeding 

 cockerels fi-cm flocks that have averaged 

 over 200 eggs per bird last two years. 

 Diari-hea — free by State Test. Sunset 

 Poultry Farm, Amherst, Mass., L. Banta, 

 Proprietor. 



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