CHAPTER XXIII 
GROWING OWN FEED 
I have had many persons say they should 
think there would be much more money in 
raising chickens if the poultryman raised his 
own feed; but as a business proposition I do 
not see it, at least only toa small extent. A 
flock of 500 chickens could be kept on an acre 
or so but to raise the feed for such a flock 
would require many acres. Even then the 
entire variety of feeds could not be grown. 
Raising chickens in quantities is a specialty 
as is farming or the raising of the grain. 
A large flock of chickens requires all the 
attention of one man or more according to 
the size of the flock. Any farm work done 
would require just that much extra help. 
Every acre planted to corn or wheat would 
be an investment for just that work and if 
the additional cost of the farm acres together 
with the additional help, barn, horses and 
tools were charged to the cost of the feed it 
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