ARTIFICIAL INCUBATING AND BROODING 



C. S. Green — It is reasonable to expect $1 net profit per hen 

 per year after paying the cost of feed. 



G. A. McFetridge — The net profit should be at least $2, the 

 best I did was to produce $300 worth of stock from thirty-six 

 hens; of course, I sold quite a'number at $5 each. 



U. R. Fishel — I never figured this out, as it is not as easily 

 done on a fancy plant as on an egg or broiler plant. 



Q. 21. How many hens can be profitably kept in one 

 flock? 



C. S. Green— Fifty. 



G. A, McFetridge — It all depends on the range; four hundred 

 Leghorns have done well in one flock on twenty acres. 



U. R. Fishel — From ten to one hundred. 



Q. 22. How many hens can one man care for and do well? 



C. S. Green — Six hundred. 



U. R. Fishel — Fifteen hundred to two thousand. 



Q. 23. How many chicks should he raise each year with- 

 out help? 



C. S. Green — Eight hundred. 



U. R. Fishel — Two thousand. 



Q. 24. How many breeding hens are needed to pay a 

 fair living? 



C. S. Green — Three hundred. 



G. A. McFetridge — Four hundred. 



U. R. Fishel — If for fancy, a flock of White Plymouth Rocks 

 numbering one hundred will make a good living; while for market 

 eggs and poultry a flock of five hundred to one thousand will 

 make any man good money. 



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