42 



Credits, $88 86 



Total Credits, $251 SQ 



Expenses, 92 23 



Net proceeds, $159 63 



Note. — His receipts for 59 head of stock, 81 weeks, 

 " " *' 129 doz. eggs, 81 weeks. 



" " "5 bushels hen manure, 



Value of 80 head of stock, on hand Aug. 29, 1887, 



Total, 



Value of original stock, 13 head, Feb. 8, 1886, 

 Cost of feed, 81 weeks, 

 Cost of disinfectants, 

 Cost of eggs for breeding, 

 Cost of stock for breeding, 



92 23 

 Profit for 81 weeks, (average of $1 97 per week), 159 63 



$251 86 



STATEMENT OF FRED H. WILEY, IN REPLY TO INQUIRIES BY THE 



SECRETARY. 



Dear Sir : 



I had eleven hens and two cockerels, eight of which were 

 Plymouth Rocks, and three Leghorns. I valued them at 

 $13. They were nothing but common hens. 



I give my hens bolted meal, scalded, every morning, ex- 

 cept in the summer months. At noon, different kinds of 

 grain, such as wheat, oats, barley, and cracked corn ; at 

 night, about four o'clock in cold weather, and six o'clock in 

 hot weather, I give them whole corn. I also give them 

 fresh water twice a day. I clean off the roost boards every 

 morning, and sweep down the cobwebs if there are any. 

 To keep free from vermin, I kerosene the roosts, once a 

 week, and I don't have any trouble with lice ; this is the 

 best remedy to keep lice away I know. I use air-slack lime 

 in my nests. I raise my chickens with hens. I hatched 

 out 75 chickens this year. 1 do not feed them until they 



