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production. You are more apt to be successful with the breed you 

 are partial to than with the breed recommended by a friend. With 

 good care and feeding, any of our popular standard breeds will pro- 

 duce a goodly number of eggs. 



Many times during the winter months it is difficult to get eggs 

 with rich-colored yolks, and the housewife objects to light-colored 

 yolks. To overcome this difficulty, alfalfa and clover are often fed 

 to the fowls. These foods impart a rich red color to the yolk. Al- 

 falfa is an excellent poultry food, and is similar to bran in food in- 

 gredients. When fed in the mash the meal is more convenient than 

 the short-cut alfalfa. When fowls are on free range very little diffi- 

 culty is experienced from light-colored yolks. 



Question. Is there any truth in the statement that yellow corn 

 affects the color of the plumage in a white bird? 



Answer. I do not know positively, but can say that practically 

 all the noted breeders of white plumaged birds prefer white corn to 

 yellow. 



The Plymouth Rocks were originated in the bleak New England 

 states, and consequently they are endowed with a strong, vigorous 

 constitution. Their strong constitution has 

 made them the most popular fowl in 

 America today, and it is a strange locality 

 indeed that does not know them. There 

 is also another reason why I wish to recom- 

 mend to you the American breeds as the 

 best fowls for the farmer. In my work 

 during the past year, I had occasion to 

 visit a great many large packing houses, 

 and the manager of these houses tell me 

 that next year they are going to pay three 

 cents more per pound for the heavy 



American breeds than they do for smaller A Barred Plymouth Rock, 

 breeds. 



I recently visited the farm of a lady and her husband who have 

 been very successful with poultry. They went to Kansas several 

 years ago and secured possession of eighty acres of land by assuming 

 a heavy mortgage. They there selected the Rhode Island Reds as 

 the breed best suited to their purpose, and through all the succeed- 

 ing years they have maintained the one breed and kept them pure. 

 In a few years the flock numbered several hundred, and today they 

 are keeping between 1,000 and 1,200 hens. The hens on this farm have 

 paid off the mortgage and bought the groceries and clothes. I really 

 believe that if every farmer would keep a record of his poultry he 

 would find that he is realizing a very good profit from them. One 

 very simple way in which you can keep track of the eggs is to keep 

 a record on the calendar. Simply put the number of eggs laid that 

 day opposite the date. 



Question. If a person had a flock of birds and did not attempt 

 to raise any more than he could set under hens, and raise nothing 

 but poultry, could he make money? 



Answer. He most certainly could, and I simply refer you to the 

 instance I just cited a few moments ago. 



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