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STATEMENT OF COST OF EQUIPMENT, MAINTENANCE AND INCOME, 

 THIRD YEAR Continued. . 



The meat and eggs will be sold locally, not knowing what large 

 city this land lies near, but nevertheless the products will be put up 

 in the best shape obtainable. 



Nothing but the best is sold, because this is absolutely necessary 

 with anyone just starting out in this line, in order to create a demand 

 for your goods, if you may say this. 



Of course, as the market demands more of my produce, so shall I 

 increase the capacity as well as land and resort to more extensive 

 plan of brooding (as coal-heated brooders), but shall not eliminate 

 rearing the chicks nor the breeders on range. 



In my estimation, the less a chick is handled during its growth 

 the better are the results, as for instance, moving from one house to 

 another and thereby giving a radical change, which is entirely against 

 one of the fast rules in chick rearing. 



The continual working of the soil will eliminate the contamina- 

 tion of it, which is very desirable in successful keeping of poultry; 

 therefore, I hope I have made myself clear with these words in clos- 

 ing, "nothing but the best" and "always the same." 



PLANS AND DESCRIPTION OF FIVE-ACRE POULTRY FARM. 



(Miss Lillie S. Tidwell, Arkansas City, Kan.) 

 MANAGEMENT OF THE GROUND. 



In each of the yards for laying stock, the orchard is fenced off 

 from the main yard, making two separate yards for each laying house. 

 By having it arranged this way, the hens can be run in one yard 

 while the other one is being seeded to a quick-growing crop, thereby 

 having green food the entire year. To begin, keep hens in south yards 

 until oats are started in orchard, then turn them in there and prepare 

 south yards for planting corn, Kaffir corn and a few rows of sun- 

 flowers. The Mammoth sunflowers should be planted, as they make 

 a rapid growth and have many seeds. They should be planted in 



