IN THE POULTRY YARD. 18t. 
The plans that Ihave described gave us better results than I 
had ever had before with chickens in winter. It is true, that, pre- 
viously, I had only raised a few clutches, mere for experiment than 
‘anything else, as it does not pay to fuss with one brood of 
chickens in winter. It is just as easy and far more profitable to 
attend to a hundred. 
Out of 880 eggs, we hatched 637 chickens and of these we 
brought 543 to maturity. In April and May they were worth 75 
cents to $1.00 per pair, making, at least, $250. The food had 
cost very little, but as it had been taken from the general stock, 
Iam unable to give the exact figures. 
We sold the cockerels and the culls of the pullets, and this paid 
for all labor and expenses, and left a handsome profit. We had 
150 very fine pullets left, and they supplied us with many eggs 
during the following winter. 
The success of this experiment led me to repeat it the same sea- 
son. As soon as the hens.were all off the nests, we had the hatch- 
ing room thoroughly cleaned, fresh dry earth put down, new nests, 
etc. ‘Then, calculating the time when our brooding house would 
be vacant, which we placed about April ist, we filled the boxes 
again with sitting hens. If we had had sufficient brooding room, 
we could easily have brought out three or four sets of broods from 
our hatching house, but as it was, we could only manage two dur- 
ing the very cold weather. But thjs was enough to show the 
profitable character of the system, and next season I tore down the 
temporary structure that had served us during the first winter, and 
put up a cheap but substantial house. 
