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I keep myself posted on poultry by reading farm papers, among which 

 are : The Rural New Ynrker, Rural Life, American Poultry Advocate, 

 and Poultry Success. I intend to follow the poultry business for an 

 occupation. 



The following is a list of the supplies which we buy and an account of 

 my summer work : 



Wheat $ .95--$ 1.10 a bushel 



Oats 45 a bushel 



Barley 60 a bushel 



Bran 1.60 a hundred pounds 



Middlings 1.60 a hundred pounds 



Stock feed 1.40-1.50 a hundred pounds 



Linseed meal 1.75 a hundred pounds 



Beef scrap 2.75 a hundred pounds 



Green bones 00 1 a pound 



Gasoline for engine 25 a gallon 



Litter 50 a hundred pounds 



In closing I will say that a daily record was kept of the following : 

 Number of hours of work and cost, Number of eggs laid, Eggs shipped, 

 Fowls shipped, Returns from shipments, Eggs and fowls used in the 

 house and price, Amount of feed and green bone bought, Miscellaneous 

 expenditures, Mortality in chicks, etc. 



Every good poultry man who wishes to succeed should keep an account 

 of his poultry just as if he were a business man, which he really is or 

 needs to be. By doing so he is enabled to see mistakes and avoid or 

 rectify them. 



In addition to the equipment described, I might say that we have a 

 two horse-power gasoline engine, a green bone cutter, clover cutter, and 

 a water supply which furnishes water to all the coops and also provides 

 fire protection. We now have about 400 head of old stock which we are 

 keeping for breeding purposes next year. 



During the summer I had practically entire charge of the poultry work, 

 but I have only a third interest in the business. 



