A SUMMER EGG FARM 117 



them of vermin. Occasional treatment for lice during the 

 summer is essential, for a lousy hen is not as productive 

 nor can she be supported at the same cost for food. The 

 foods and manner of feeding do not differ materially from 

 those used on the majority of up-to-date poultry plants. 

 Wheat, oats and a little corn are fed dry during the sum- 

 mer and the proportion of corn is increased as fall ap- 

 proaches. From a creamery near by curds and skim milk 



Some of the Coops and Yards Used on the Summer Egg Farm Describ- 

 ed by R. G. Williams. 



are obtained which furnish sufficient animal food when the 

 supply is adequate. At other times beef scraps are sup- 

 plied. It is understood that fresh water, grit, charcoal and 

 oyster shells are always before each flock. From these 

 fowls a liberal egg yield is obtained all summer and the 

 product is sorted and shipped to New Haven, Conn., where 

 an average of 30 cents a dozen is received. When the 

 writer visited the plant about September first, the price 

 received was 32 cents. 



In the fall when the price is up and just before the 

 hens begin to molt, selling is begun, and before the weather 

 becomes too cold for the fowls to stay in the coops the 

 last one has been shipped and the season's profits counted. 

 A few are sold alive, but the bulk are dressed and shipped 

 wherever the best prices can be obtained. 



