AN EXCELLENT RECORD FOR THE FIRST YEAR 



WHAT ONE BREEDER DID WITH RHODE ISLAND REDS IN ONE YEAR-CREDIT FOR SUCCESS IS 

 GIVEN TO THE REDS, THE TOLMAN FRESH-AIR HOUSE, DRY MASH AND HOPPER FEEDING 



WHILE corresponding with Mr. Geo. L. Buell, Lorain,- 

 Ohio, relative to Rhode Island Reds we received 

 a letter from him in which he said: "I have a 

 neighbor who has some R. I. Reds that are 

 making some good egg records for the winter months." 

 We wrote Mr. Buell to get the facts and figures. The fol- 

 lowing story, as told by Mr. Warren Gregg, is very interest- 

 ing as it shows what can be done on a city lot by a busy man. 

 Mr. Buell wrote: "Mr. Gregg is a division superintendent 

 of the Lake Shore Electric Railway and any statement he 

 makes is absolutely true and can be relied upon." 



As that is the kind of information we try to give our 

 readers we take pleasure in quoting Mr. Gregg's story as 

 follows : 



"About April 15th, 1908, I bought a 100-egg size in- 

 cubator and brooder. I had not been keeping fowls of any 

 kind for several years, but as I had an ideal back yard, part 

 orchard with' a nice grass sod, I thought I would try arti- 

 ficial hatching and brooding; also thought I would give the 

 Rhode Island Reds a trial. I fenced off a. yard 65 feet 

 square, built a Tolman Fresh-Air house, bought 300 Rhode 

 Island Red eggs from Mr. Geo. L. Buell and out of the three 

 hatches I averaged 75 per cent on each hatch, raising 180 

 chicks from the 225 hatched. My total expense for the year 

 was as follows: 



A fine type of R. C. R. I. Red Pullet, a -winner at Davenport, la.. 

 1910. Owned by W. F. Volz, CeJar Rapidf?, la. 



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Incubator.. $18.00 



Gas burner and fixtures.. - 1.50 



Brooder.. 15.00 



300 eggs at $3.00... 9.00 



Fencing... 13.90 



Poultry House .28.00 



Two extra thermometers.. 1.00 ^ 



Feed for the year... 54.68 



Extras... 6.40 



Total- $147.48 



"During the year I sold $52.50 worth of young chick? 

 at market prices and $100.04 worth of eggs, making a total 

 of $152.54, leaving a balance of $5.06. During the six 

 months, from December first to June first, I kept a flock of 

 thirty of the best pullets I could pick from the flock. Below 

 I give you the egg record for each of the six months. 



December : 353 eggs 



January- 497 eggs 



February. 631 eggs 



March 727 eggs 



April ,- 583 eggs 



May... 569 eggs 



Total 3360 eggs 



"Three thousand, three hundred and sixty divided by 

 thirty gives 112 eggs, which is the average for six months 

 and which I think is pretty good, especially for the winter 

 months. 



"These thirty pullets were housed in a Tolman Fresh- 

 Air house open all winter. I fed a dry mash in the hopper 

 consisting of fifty pounds of bran, twenty-five pounds of 

 middlings, twenty-five pounds of alfalfa meal, twenty-five 

 pounds of corn meal, twenty-five pounds of linseed meal 

 and twenty-five pounds of beef scrap. This dry mash was 

 kept before them in the hoppers at all times. In the morn- 

 ing I fed wheat in the litter, in fact all their grain was fed in a 

 litter composed of clean oat straw; at night I fed whole corn. 

 In the basement of my residence I sprouted oats and about 

 noon I gave them a bunch of the sprouted oats, about ten 

 inches square. I kept oyster shell and granulated charcoal 

 before them at all times. 



"During the whole winter I did not have one sick chicken 

 I have not put on my list of expenses any charge for a cock 

 on account of the fact that Mr. Buell was kind enough to 

 lend me a good one. 



"From my investment of $147.48 in one year I have 

 taken in $152.54, had what eggs we wanted for our own use, 

 also have one hatch of 67 two-weeks old chicks and' a flock 

 of thirty year-old hens, besides fence, building, incubator, 

 brooder, etc. I think this is pretty good for one year. 



"I wish to add that, to my mind, the Rhode Island Reds 

 are the best fowls for confinement that I have ever kept. I 

 have never had one fly over a five-foot fence and when let 

 out they do not wander away. I have been converted to 

 two things in the past year and they are — Rhode Island 

 Reds and a Tolman Fresh-Air house." 



