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mash hopper and grain and water three times a day, and the 

 laying and breeding stock should receive like attention, using 

 in this manner chore time in which to do the poultry work. 

 This department of the farm will give the largest return for 

 the time spent on it. Where poultry raising constitutes a main 

 department of the farm more time will need to be apportioned 

 for it, but if correctly planned and cairried out, it will pay a 

 good profit. 



344. Tenant and Landlord's Shares Where Poultry Are Raised 

 in Partnership. From data collected by the North Carolina 

 Experiment Station, the following division will be about equita- 

 ble : In cases where the landlord furnishes all the feed, he is 

 entitled to 50 per cent of the returns when all the feed is pur- 

 chased in the market. In cases where the landlord furnishes 

 the land, buildings, equipment, and pays the taxes and other 

 land costs, he is entitled to 25 per cent of the returns ; where 

 the tenant furnishes the breeding stock and all the labor, he 

 is entitled to 25 per cent of the returns. Where the landlord 

 and tenant pay equally for the feed and other supplies are fur- 

 nished as above outlined, then they should share equally the 

 returns from the sale of eggs, birds, and the young stock. 



345. Labor and Return of a Hundred Hens as Compared to 

 a Family Cow. Warren estimates that the amount of labor 

 required to care for a family cow would amount to a man's 

 work for fifteen days, and a horse's for two days. Elliot and 

 Brown estimate that the returns from this one cow would be 

 approximately $70.60. The North Carolina Experiment Station 

 has found that 100 hens will require about eighteen days' farm 

 labor a year and two horse days, and should bring in a net 

 revenue of $1.80 per hen, or $180.00. It requires approximately 

 nine pounds of feed and 0.12 of an hour's labor to produce a 

 dozen eggs. Two hundred to two hundred and fifty hens can 

 be kept in one flock with very little more labor than a hundred 

 hens. The following summary is taken from the records of 

 the North Carolina Experiment Station: 



