POULTRY RAISING 53 



CHAPTER XX. 



A Leghorn plant for profit. 



I want to say just a few words here as to what a 

 Combination Leghorn Plant can be made to do, and 

 to tell you how to run such a plant for the greatest 

 possible profit. 



First of all, your great aim must be the produc- 

 tion of eggs, and for at least six months in the year 

 you must feed this plant to produce not only eggs that 

 will hatch but to produce eggs that will hatch 

 chickens, that will live, cared for any old way. If you 

 will feed your plant this way, and advertise eggs for 

 hatching, produced by the new Briggs System, for 

 producing fertile eggs that will hatch strong, healthy 

 chicks, that will live if given half a chance, and offer 

 to replace all clear eggs free if returned, express pre- 

 paid, I am very positive a man with three thousand 

 layers could clear from eight to ten thousand dollars 

 a year, providing he feeds them on my system and 

 gives them free range. 



You should sell your eggs during the hatching 

 season for $6.00 per 100; or $50 per 1,000. Possibly 

 you could make more money by selling them for $5.00 

 per 100, in any quantity, and make no reduction, for 

 quantity for $5.00 per 100 is the popular price for good 

 hatching eggs in this countr}-. There is a grand pro- 

 fit in it when you produce them in such large num- 

 bers at so small a cost. 



Now for your breeders ; their care and feed. 



You must not feed a bit of mash. I will lay you 

 down here the ideal way to feed for fertile eggs at a 

 small cost either a yarded or free range plant for Leg- 

 horns only. 



Beginning in December, the first thing in the morn- 

 ing, as soon as it is light, give 3^our hens a light feed- 

 ing of oats in your litter; about i>2 quarts for 60 or 

 65 is plenty. Give warm water to drink, as early as 



