THE BUILDING OF THE FARM 37 



Pullets Lay in izg Days 



Our hatches this Spring were very successful, and 

 the chicks which went up into the Brooder House 

 were strong and vigorous. The mortality was low, 

 and when placed on Range they grew rapidly. The 

 pullets came into eggs, as they had in the two previous 

 years, within a few days after they passed the four 

 months' mile-stone. 



We had added some six Colony Houses to our 

 range equipment. The building originally designed 

 for pigeons we planned to change over into a Breed- 

 ing House, for, in the Fall of 1909, we would have 

 a sufficient number of yearling hens to carry quite a 

 breeding establishment. This house was about com- 

 pleted in the month of May, when it mysteriously 

 took fire, and was a complete loss. Fortunately the 

 fire broke out at about ten o'clock in the morning, 

 and, by the timely assistance of the boys of the Wilson 

 Military Academy, under the able direction of the 

 Military Officers of that Academy, we were able to 

 confine it to this one building in spite of the fact that 

 a high wind was blowing, which carried the sparks 

 directly on to the other buildings. The water supply 

 on the Farm proved more than adequate to the ne- 

 cessities of the occasion, and the loss was entirely 

 covered by insurance. 



As we desired to recognize the services of the 

 young men, and at the suggestion of the Commanding 



