WITH 4200 HENS 125 



up any strays that may be working in the house. So far 

 as the birds are concerned it makes no difference what 

 your call may be, whether a verse from the Bible or a bit 

 of profanity, so that it is the same call all the time. As 

 a matter of fact the writer talks to (or at?) the birds from 

 the time they are hatched. We think they understand 

 the spirit from the tone. Going through the houses at 

 night we can start one lot after another to answering a 

 softly spoken greeting. The habit is worth while when a 

 riot breaks out in the flock at night, as it will at times. 

 The writer can open a compartment door wherein the 

 birds are in full cry and quiet them with a few words; 

 and if it breaks out again we wander around rather care- 

 fully after making sure that our shooting irons are really 

 loaded. 



The hens in the broody coops are given no mash ; 

 sprouted oats, greens and grain are fed them on the reg- 

 ular rounds. 



Cost of Feeding a Hen 



The table following shows the month by month cost 



of feeding a hen on our farm during 1913 and 1918. The 



comparison is interesting. 1913 jgjg 



January lSl/3c 18 3/4c 



February IS 1/4 19 3/4 



March 13 20 1/2 



April 13 1/3 21 



May 13 1/2 22 1/2 



June 14 2/5 20 1/4 



July 14 19 1/2 



August 13 1/3 16 1/2 



September 10 1/2 16 1/4 



October 13 1/2 17 1/4 



Nowember 12 1/2 17 3/4 



December 14 1/4 20 2/5 



Totals $1.63 1/10 $2.29 4/10 



